Nick ⛺ ✅ @clinkingdog@friend.camp

A day ago,
I was distant from all my sorrow -
Now it's back for good, it looks as though.
Oh, I had faith a day ago.

Doctor: Hey did you see the great clown Pagliacci is in town? Wow, I'm so excited, I have a huge crush on that clown.

Pagliacci, blushing: But... but doctor...

"All of these new emotions I'm feeling are about to burst out of me which might be super embarrassing! What if they come out my butt??"

- The Absolute Biggest of Moods

Emotionland. Sentimental City. Feelings dot Camp.

I wasn't expecting it to be great tbh given the source material and trappings, but they seem to have basically looked at the two possible decent directions they could have taken it in, and done half of each so that neither really works.

Based on my understanding of what comes next, I *suspect* the next series will lean more strongly in one direction and that might improve it. But can I be bothered?

I have now finished The Witcher (TV series) and it is: yeah not great

On the advice of a very wise friend, I am re-reading Robin Hobb.

I regret to inform you it is time for me to continue watching The Witcher.

(Today's count is five, all in the last hour.)

I might set up a counter above my desk labelled "Number of times Jira has pissed me off today".

For top marks I'd also email it to Atlassian every day.

Good Lord, MacOS is worse for notifications spam than Windows 10!

Possibly I have posted about this before; it entertains me every time I buy one.

I am having a "Sultana Surprise" flapjack, one of my fave snacks and the one with the most self-defeating name.

A mother on my train is explaining to her tiny daughter that you can't always be on holiday, you always have to come back, and the tiny daughter is very upset and I'm like, kid, word.

Doesn't necessarily need to be explicitly considered "magic" in the fiction - e.g. bending in Avatar, all the stuff Dream does in Sandman, etc.

Tell me some magic in fiction that you think is cool! Preferably stuff I'm likely to be familiar with, or give a description of what it is / how it works so I can understand what's cool about it.

(Research for game design!)

(I have never been a good sleeper but it's always been difficulty *getting* to sleep. Once I'm there I'm usually out for as long as I'm allowed.)

I am not delighted about this new trend where I wake up after half a night's sleep and then can't get back to sleep again

I will only buy "Fun Edition" soap now. Given the choice is available, why would you ever buy non-Fun soap.