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Finished reading Mistborn Wax & Wayne The Complete Series by Brandon Sanderson last night. Really enjoyed it, though I’m still not 100% certain with what is happening with the greater Cosmere lore after that last book. Was a sudden, massive expansion I wasn’t really ready for. 📚
Watching the Socceroos beat Turkey today was maybe a little too stressful for my liking. But it was so good to watch a solid strategy bear fruit.
Also Irankunda is just fantastic to watch. His goal was great, but the touch to get past two defenders? Amazing. ⚽️
Photo dump from my trip to Singapore
Traveling to Singapore for work highlights the diminishing personal connection to international travel as digital processing replaces traditional passport …
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(Finally) finished watching all of Modern Family last night. The last few seasons were a real struggle, to be honest. 📺
I’ve been trying to lose a bit of weight the past couple of months, so I’ve been limiting my bread intake.
But this flatbread, cooked in the pizza oven, was so bloody good.
Disappointing to watch the Matildas go down 0-1 to Mexico in extra time after dominating most of the match. They seemed to try to push a final pass too often instead of having a crack.
Hopefully they’ll bounce back on Tuesday. ⚽️
Finished reading: Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson 📚
I was surprised when I finished Bands of Mourning that the epilogue told me I needed to pick up a flashback book. I did enjoy going back to the original trilogy’s time period, even if the story was a bit rough around the edges.
Ughhhh. Tried to send out a campaign email today to encourage referrals for BTTR. Test email worked fine, but the actual email did the broken %SUBSCRIBER_FIRST_NAME%%recipient.% thing.
So embarrassed. I hate when this shit happens.
The past couple of weeks have been unrelenting, and it caught up with me today. After a morning spent trying to focus, I called it at lunchtime and spent the afternoon on the PlayStation. Finally getting around to playing Immortals: Fenix Rising.
Has anybody else noticed that this year’s mandarins seem to have a lot of hard bits stuck to the centre part of each segment? I can’t recall ever experiencing that before.
Just finished rewatching Constantine with the kids last night. I’d forgotten how unfinished the end of this show was! Blows my mind that they couldn’t even do a quick “let’s wrap up the loose ends as best we can” episode… 📺
Just finished rewatching Ted Lasso Season 3. Goddamn I love this show. It just makes you feel good to be human in a world you so often don’t. 📺
Alright Sydney. Looking good.
I just encountered a bunch of teenage boys taking mirror selfies in the public toilet at Circular Quay, blocking the walkway.
At Circular Quay! Just head outside and you have one of the most spectacular backdrops in the world, kids! Don’t fill up your camera roll with pics of a public crapper!
Rocked up to an event 35 minutes early. Thought it started at 2pm, when it’s 2:30pm… Not my finest moment.
Oh great. They’ve announced new DLC for The Witcher 3, a full decade after the last DLC came out.
Have to wait until next year. But I guess that gives me time to replay the game in its entirety.
Aussie Broadband just increased the cost of my NBN plan. After almost five years, I think it’s time to shop around again.
Frustration arose from a tedious and inefficient experience trying to access MyGov to check a tax bill, ultimately leading to disappointment and a sense of …
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