Hjularöd slott (Hjularöd Castle), Eslöv municipality, Sweden
A manor house in Scania (southern Sweden), mostly famous for being the Castle featured in the Christmas calendar production "Mysteriet på Greveholm" (The mystery at Greveholm).
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjular%C3%B6d_Castle
Have yet to play it but Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous does have some similar themes. If you haven't looked at it already give it a glance.
Tomato sauce, thinly sliced garlic, red onion
Sauce, (button?) mushrooms, garlic, black pepper
Sauce spiced with harissa, red onion and served with hummus
Sauce, pesto
I think Sneaky Purple should be in that list as well.
Walks around town
Bike ride
Gym
Walk along the stream looking at the mallards
Trail running (as soon as I get started with it...)
Park/square bench, filled thermos and something to read
Supersetting with mobility
Hi y'all. So I'm closing in on a full year at the gym. For the second time in my life I'm doing it, last time was 15-20 years ago. I'm down, I'm up and I've got the best/most fun body I've had in at least 15 years.
So naturally with a bit of retro- and instrospection I think of what is working for me. I go on loooots of classes, having someone tell me what to do and get energy from others around me is super-duper awesome. From spinning to strength-cardio and dance (I did not see my fondness for that a year ago). Working classes into my schedule often takes me to the gym 30-35 minutes early and I've been using that time doing "random" strength stuff.
But perhaps time for me to get some organization going for my self-guided pre- and/or post class workouts. And since I like moving my "new" body around I think of supersetting big(?) strength exercises with mobility work. For example squats with dead hang (or eccentric pull ups to dead hang).
So let me have your favorite mobility inserts into super sets!
Strength exercises I especially enjoy
- Squats (including sumo)
- Romanian deadlifts (including single leg variant)
- Overhead press
- Rows (barbell, alternating gorilla)
- Kettlebell ABCs (one KB, two KB) (I know not 100% a strength exercise)
Side note: Reading the list above makes me realize I need to find some arm and chest exercise variants to enjoy
My guess would be that it is much easier to report on some metric and compare that to other metrics compared to content critique.
Or that industry cares more about metrics about profitability than anything else.
And someone will have to go on an Orphic journey to bring back his lost lover.
Europe's free speech is far more free than the US
But not Europes FREEZEPEACH(tm)! And freezepeach is all that matters
99% of what I drink is Ceylon and my supplier is my local middle eastern stores. Pick up pound of loose leaves every now and then, brand varies.
Actually not. They quickly dried, took about 5-10 minutes while walking. Sure a little bit slippery at first but somehow that soon turned into even better (sticky) grip.
Not as much reading but I'm taking much of my cues regarding mythology from Red over at Overly Sarcastic Productions (https://www.youtube.com/@OverlySarcasticProductions).
Two related videos
Wrath of Demeter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhANZKerug
Hades and Persephone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5ksZTvZN8
What I especially like about their content is that there is plenty of source critique. Things are seldom presented as "this is the exact truth". Mentioned in the video about Hades and Persephone is "we don't know the original myth" which I find telling of much of their mythology work.
Demeter is up there.
Her baby father (Zeus), aka the big douchebag, married away her daughter Persephone to his brother Hades. Patriarchy does what patriarchy does. The brothers were aware neither Persephone nor Demeter would approve of the deal so Hades had to kidnap Persephone and force the deal upon her.
So Persephone were abducted and her mother were beyond herself with worry about her absence. Once Demeter learnt about the deal she threw the hissy fit that all hissy fits are measured against. Plants stopped growing, livestock stopped giving birth and the world soon was in a cataclysmic state. Behold a mother's justified wrath and tremble.
Douchebag-in-chief was forced to negotiate but wouldn't anull the whole deal. Only that Persephone would spend half her time with her mother (spring, summer) and the other half with the husband forced upon her (autumn, winter).
For me about 10€. At work I have free "coffee" and at home I alternate coffee and tea. For the coffee I've found a nice 500g bag of whole brand for 8€ that is my go to.
"Antique" 2€ grinder bought well over a decade ago and french pressing. No expensive equipment.
I've got a new camping hammock that I want to go out and try out. With a bit of rain during the week the fire danger will drop because a little coze fire is awesome. Not sure how much it will drop but at least it will drop enough for the camping stove. I need my fresh coffee damn you.
And yes we have had a fire ban since last week. Probably lifted now after a good rainy day.
Don't have your mouth write checks your ass can't cover
Or
Under promise while over deliver
To those whose lives flicker like a candle in the wind elves are royal and in their societies live free of want.
I spent thirteen years growing bonsai, fifteen pining over Loravindrel. That brought me into my eight year long emo-goth period which produced poetry I've since fed to the flames. For sixteen seasons after that I meditaed under a plum tree and swept the eight hundred and seventy two dozen and five stars. Six years I practiced the letter œ to master the uhm. Fifty seven years I spent in the arms of Madeleine and our oldest grandchild is about your age. And the last three seasons I've been chasing the south-western gale that robbed her from me decades too early.
Swede yes. Fil is our national variant of soured milk. Runnier than yoghurt but still creamy, about same fat content as milk.
BROTHERS OF METAL - One (2019) // Official Music Video // AFM Records
A fun band. Lots of skin, lots of sexy bodies. And then there is "the Voice of the Gods" whose magnificence overshadows all. On the vocal side the band is well wrought and the three vocalists plays off eachother almost like a classic boy band from the late 90's.
ELUVEITIE - Epona (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
While I do love Eluveite I cannot listen to them for longer periods of time. Just so full of everything and then some. It gets discordant tiring. Still good in a mix.
ALESTORM ft. PATTY GURDY - Voyage Of The Dead Marauder (Official Video) | Napalm Records
Let's stretch my theme for the evening. Just a duo between the chaotic maniacs of Alestorm and Patty Gurdy. Well produced and everything fits well together. Very good drinking music.
ARCH ENEMY - War Eternal (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Ahhhh Alissa White-Gluz, in my opinion the queen of the harsh melodic death metal. Growls but the higher pitches does come through. Can listen to Arch Enemy for long periods without getting fatigued, that does say something.
BATTLE BEAST - King For A Day (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Let's take the vocals a bit harsher. Still clear by metal standards but I find Noora Louhimo's vocal more in line with the rest. Much less of a contrast compared to (for example) Nightwish.
Nightwish - Nemo
Nightwish featuring Tarja. It is nice to listen to the "peak" of their vocalists. Her voice does fit the band's sound. It is all about the contrasts. And you can hear her (by then) classical training.
NIGHTWISH - Amaranth (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Old Nightwish. According to Spotify their most played track.
Not your everyday bake day
Camping season is on and that means hauling half a kg of sourdough on the trail. Just to make some flatbreads.
Recipe
About 80% hydration
One part rye flour
Three parts whole wheat flour
Sourdough starter (you know yours best)
Salt
Mix and put into container. At fire work dough into golfball sized balls, let balls rest snd then flatten them. I prefer the thumbing method. Once coals are hotHotHOT put discs on gridddle and bake. Time depends on how how your coals are. I go by feel.
Not exactly home... Dinner at the campsite: Baked beans, mushrooms, squash and rye flatbread
How it tasted? Smokin!
Gathered up a nice little pile of dead wood, hopefully it will last me through the night
It will. I am sure of it.
Hiking and camping season started for me today. Walked part of Skåneleden (Scania trail network, southern Sweden). Part of the trail along the creek in bad condition, had to climb over and under hallen trees and bushes. All while on loose footing with the creek below. Got to the campsite and got it all for myself. Nice!
As for firewood I would have had to notify the trail managers to have some ready for me. Counted on there being some already but no luck. So out into the woods and gather up deadwood.
Now darkness have fallen. It is half past eight. Time to burn!
NANOWAR OF STEEL - Pasadena 1994 (feat. Joakim Brodén of Sabaton) (Offical Video) | Napalm Records
When sportsball meets metal.
Timing app?
Short: I am looking for (foss) recommendations for an app that lets me program various time intervals and then does some notification when they are up.
So last November when the after work cycling season froze up I finally went to the gym, got me a membership at the one with the most group activities/classes(?) because I like committing to a schedule and to be told what to do. Also the group energy does help me pushing. But I started looking at the quite well equipped gym and somehow I got kettlebells in my youtube recommendations. And then other strange stuff like EMOM and AMRAP.
And the gym have no good clocks...
So when (pretty much always) I want to do some AMRAP (conditioning?) I have to rely on my clock. But its timing programming is really limited, essentially just active/rest. So I need something more robust and after a cursory look at apps I have found nothing. I NEED recommendations.
Example: I want to program a AMRAP session of 1 minute active, 15 seconds reset to next move(?). Do that for 5 cycles. Then a 2 minute break. And start from the bottom. Just an example.
MANEGARM - Ett sista farväl (Official Lyric Video) | Napalm Records
Cannot leave y'all without some Månegarm and some old tales
> "Ett sista farväl (a final farewell) is based on Völsungasagan (Völsunga saga) and the love story between Helge Hundigsbane and his wife Sigrun. Helge is assassinated by Odin's lent spear and travels to Valhalla, but for one single night he returns to his tomb and the realm of the living. Bloody, and with frost in his hair, he meets his wife and they spend one last night together. At dawn Helge must return to Valhalla and once again leave Sigrun who a short time thereafter dies of grief and sorrow.