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My lenovo smart clock fell and the power cable snapped right on the metal barrel. It's a 20 volt power supply as well so I guess it's just trapezoidal ewaste now.
Maybe I'll get one with the wireless charger as ac replacement so I get a bit more convenience out of these things if they're going to spy on us
The AFL really needs to get its shit together.
To allow the opening game to happen with the cyclone over in QLD is pure insanity as much as I want to see my team play.
Move the opener to round 3 where the bye for the teams are or move it locally and tell people early so that they don’t make a dangerous trip to Brisbane.
Anyway that’s my rant for the day.
Yes, they should move that game to round 3. But also what even is this half-arsed 'opening round' nonsense? Just play a normal round of footy.
4 day weekend next weekend, but it can't come soon enough. Might have to slip in a mental health day somewhere this week
Tomorrow is Pancake Tuesday which means the following day is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Every year I give up sugar but it's not really much of a challenge because i don't eat that much of it so this year I've decided I'm giving up bread as well. (I love it, but it hates me).
So if there is something you'd like to give up, feel free to join me. You can do it for a week and see how you go or continue for the 40 + days. It's up to you.
I’m trying to stop doomscrolling and also trying to reduce negative social media.
It’s been really hard trying to replace it with other hobbies due to multiple barriers but all I can do is try to reduce
Yeah doomscrolling is not worth your time or the little bit of sanity you have left. I like to play games like cribbage, 500, chess, backgammon, mahjong. The world is your oyster these days.
I used to enjoy Solitaire until Microsoft stuffed it with ads, levels, pop ups for premium and sound effects that turn themselves back on if muted. They made a basic game unplayable… do I have to buy a pack of physical cards? lol.
(Actually they are cheap… but impractical on bed days and the cat would sit on or eat them.)
I played Minecraft single player but it gets depressing and boring after a while
For solitaire, try this one - https://worldofsolitaire.com/ - ads easily blocked and it's free. I've never had any trouble muting sound or choosing other options/settings. Has easy versions and difficult versions of most of the games.
It's odd. I grew up with a devout mother and I went to church at least once a week up to when I became a teen
we just didn't do Lent , Easter wasn't big at our house either, Christmas was. ( traditional Huguenot )
We eat tuna casserole and stuff our faces with hot cross buns at mums house every Good Friday. That's as religious as we get.
I will give up spinach for the week. Edit: AND I will give up 90% and above cocoa chocolate
I think all the napping I did over the weekend screwed up my sleep last night.
It felt like I didn't sleep well and I "B set" of dreams.
