Big D's mum apparently just absolutely loves our derpy Halloween scarecrow. She apparently spent ten minutes going "Boo!" to set off the sound & motion.
Yes, he makes noise and moves.
Yes, he makes noise and moves.
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Big D's mum apparently just absolutely loves our derpy Halloween scarecrow. She apparently spent ten minutes going "Boo!" to set off the sound & motion.
Yes, he makes noise and moves.
Yes, he makes noise and moves.
Grey seems to be rather 'in' for home decor at the moment, particularly looking at the amount of cushions in the Range in town.
I like grey. And cushions. I am trying to keep a modicum of self-control.
I like grey. And cushions. I am trying to keep a modicum of self-control.
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Grey seems to be rather 'in' for home decor at the moment, particularly looking at the amount of cushions in the Range in town.
I like grey. And cushions. I am trying to keep a modicum of self-control.
I like grey. And cushions. I am trying to keep a modicum of self-control.
Because I need to share this everywhere.
Big D sent me this from an email ad he got with Halloween stuff, we laughed over it for at least half an hour. I bought it for him for xmas. I mean, I had to, because look at that FACE. XD
Big D sent me this from an email ad he got with Halloween stuff, we laughed over it for at least half an hour. I bought it for him for xmas. I mean, I had to, because look at that FACE. XD
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Because I need to share this everywhere.
Big D sent me this from an email ad he got with Halloween stuff, we laughed over it for at least half an hour. I bought it for him for xmas. I mean, I had to, because look at that FACE. XD
Big D sent me this from an email ad he got with Halloween stuff, we laughed over it for at least half an hour. I bought it for him for xmas. I mean, I had to, because look at that FACE. XD
"Mike is my head of security. He's a former Marine, and looks like a vending machine with a mustache."
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
"Mike is my head of security. He's a former Marine, and looks like a vending machine with a mustache."
New fence is all up, garden is all clear. It looks so much bigger.
I also now have a bunch of small stone animals that were buried in the shed. Honestly I might just make that a theme, plant something around the borders and maybe a few boxes and the rest a stone garden. Plus Eric, of course.
I also now have a bunch of small stone animals that were buried in the shed. Honestly I might just make that a theme, plant something around the borders and maybe a few boxes and the rest a stone garden. Plus Eric, of course.
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New fence is all up, garden is all clear. It looks so much bigger.
I also now have a bunch of small stone animals that were buried in the shed. Honestly I might just make that a theme, plant something around the borders and maybe a few boxes and the rest a stone garden. Plus Eric, of course.
I also now have a bunch of small stone animals that were buried in the shed. Honestly I might just make that a theme, plant something around the borders and maybe a few boxes and the rest a stone garden. Plus Eric, of course.
Apparently people born between 1977 and 1983 are being re-defined as 'Xennials', a Gen X/Millenial transitional hybrid.
As someone born in '78, I object. Because it's a) unnecessary; and b) that's the worst combined name since 'Milkdromeda'.
As someone born in '78, I object. Because it's a) unnecessary; and b) that's the worst combined name since 'Milkdromeda'.
January 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Apparently people born between 1977 and 1983 are being re-defined as 'Xennials', a Gen X/Millenial transitional hybrid.
As someone born in '78, I object. Because it's a) unnecessary; and b) that's the worst combined name since 'Milkdromeda'.
As someone born in '78, I object. Because it's a) unnecessary; and b) that's the worst combined name since 'Milkdromeda'.
Also the redesign of our local store sucks and I hate it.
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Also the redesign of our local store sucks and I hate it.
I have no idea what the difference is between something being on the favourites list because you bought it, which puts it on there automatically, or specifically 'saving' it onto the list (not necessarily buying it). It's all one list.
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I have no idea what the difference is between something being on the favourites list because you bought it, which puts it on there automatically, or specifically 'saving' it onto the list (not necessarily buying it). It's all one list.
Sainsburys, please stop fucking with my favourites list. I've had at least four items randomly vanish and ended up not remembering I need them. (They're not unavailable, not out of stock, just randomly dropped and it's REALLY ANNOYING.)
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Sainsburys, please stop fucking with my favourites list. I've had at least four items randomly vanish and ended up not remembering I need them. (They're not unavailable, not out of stock, just randomly dropped and it's REALLY ANNOYING.)
The universe is under no obligation to make sense.
...but it'd be nice if it gave me a hint occasionally.
...but it'd be nice if it gave me a hint occasionally.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The universe is under no obligation to make sense.
...but it'd be nice if it gave me a hint occasionally.
...but it'd be nice if it gave me a hint occasionally.
Getting older is strange. I'm pretty sure my eyes used to be blue, or blue-very-slightly-green. They're more like dark-grey-maybe-a-tiny-bit-greenish now.
Still shortsighted as hell, except I now also need reading glasses.
Still shortsighted as hell, except I now also need reading glasses.
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Getting older is strange. I'm pretty sure my eyes used to be blue, or blue-very-slightly-green. They're more like dark-grey-maybe-a-tiny-bit-greenish now.
Still shortsighted as hell, except I now also need reading glasses.
Still shortsighted as hell, except I now also need reading glasses.
Loft is now a very small cinema - main room is the lobby, screen is in the basement. #whisperofthehouse
January 20, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Loft is now a very small cinema - main room is the lobby, screen is in the basement. #whisperofthehouse
An absolute gem of a name out of the youtube AI slop stories..
Azaelia Boom.
If that isn't a badass, ass-kicking woman in a spoof blacksploitation film then I don't know what is. Takes down bad guys then whispers 'Boom..' with the explody-head gesture.
Azaelia Boom.
If that isn't a badass, ass-kicking woman in a spoof blacksploitation film then I don't know what is. Takes down bad guys then whispers 'Boom..' with the explody-head gesture.
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
An absolute gem of a name out of the youtube AI slop stories..
Azaelia Boom.
If that isn't a badass, ass-kicking woman in a spoof blacksploitation film then I don't know what is. Takes down bad guys then whispers 'Boom..' with the explody-head gesture.
Azaelia Boom.
If that isn't a badass, ass-kicking woman in a spoof blacksploitation film then I don't know what is. Takes down bad guys then whispers 'Boom..' with the explody-head gesture.
It's 2am and I'm moving virtual furniture around to see if I can turn a loft house into a very small cinema.
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
It's 2am and I'm moving virtual furniture around to see if I can turn a loft house into a very small cinema.
I may have developed a Tasty Diner addiction.
Don't suppose anyone has a real-life recipe for fruit & nut pie? :p
Don't suppose anyone has a real-life recipe for fruit & nut pie? :p
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I may have developed a Tasty Diner addiction.
Don't suppose anyone has a real-life recipe for fruit & nut pie? :p
Don't suppose anyone has a real-life recipe for fruit & nut pie? :p
It was about a month ago, but I actually finished something (it'd been 'in stasis' for like a year): painted galaxy pendant.
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It was about a month ago, but I actually finished something (it'd been 'in stasis' for like a year): painted galaxy pendant.
My 'I should have thought of this earlier' moment:
Tasty Diner minigame - was making one dish at a time and ferrying it out to customers because you can only carry one object... there's a couple of serving trollies sitting right there. Make multiple dishes then just move the trolley. *headdesk*
Tasty Diner minigame - was making one dish at a time and ferrying it out to customers because you can only carry one object... there's a couple of serving trollies sitting right there. Make multiple dishes then just move the trolley. *headdesk*
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
My 'I should have thought of this earlier' moment:
Tasty Diner minigame - was making one dish at a time and ferrying it out to customers because you can only carry one object... there's a couple of serving trollies sitting right there. Make multiple dishes then just move the trolley. *headdesk*
Tasty Diner minigame - was making one dish at a time and ferrying it out to customers because you can only carry one object... there's a couple of serving trollies sitting right there. Make multiple dishes then just move the trolley. *headdesk*
Garden's done - it looks way bigger without the shed-shaped stack of debris. It's also revealed I don't have an end fence, it was just back-to-back sheds with the garden opposite. XD
Eric is... a lot shorter. Garden guy did warn me, and I trust him, but it's still a bit of an 'errgh' moment.
Eric is... a lot shorter. Garden guy did warn me, and I trust him, but it's still a bit of an 'errgh' moment.
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Garden's done - it looks way bigger without the shed-shaped stack of debris. It's also revealed I don't have an end fence, it was just back-to-back sheds with the garden opposite. XD
Eric is... a lot shorter. Garden guy did warn me, and I trust him, but it's still a bit of an 'errgh' moment.
Eric is... a lot shorter. Garden guy did warn me, and I trust him, but it's still a bit of an 'errgh' moment.
#WhisperoftheHouse : Fun with partitions and rugs. The Cream Apartment has really bright default decor (no renovation available yet), but we can hang things on partitions now - including windows! And rugs can be overlapped. So here's a makeover. This was a lot of fun. <3
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
#WhisperoftheHouse : Fun with partitions and rugs. The Cream Apartment has really bright default decor (no renovation available yet), but we can hang things on partitions now - including windows! And rugs can be overlapped. So here's a makeover. This was a lot of fun. <3
I'm pretty sure the boiler should not be making a noise that sounds like a very large bee trapped under a sink. It's not quite 'nyuuuuurreeeek' but it might be the same dialect.
January 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I'm pretty sure the boiler should not be making a noise that sounds like a very large bee trapped under a sink. It's not quite 'nyuuuuurreeeek' but it might be the same dialect.
If you like room designing/item arranging games with some light puzzles and a small side of oddness, I recommend Whisper of the House. Also you can run around town rummaging through bins while enjoying variable weather that has two types of rain and the most beautiful snow I've ever seen in a game.
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 AM
If you like room designing/item arranging games with some light puzzles and a small side of oddness, I recommend Whisper of the House. Also you can run around town rummaging through bins while enjoying variable weather that has two types of rain and the most beautiful snow I've ever seen in a game.
I'd like to state for the record that it is bloody freezing.
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I'd like to state for the record that it is bloody freezing.
I feel a little bit good about the fact I managed to track down an anime that was on late night Channel 4 in the 90's, when the only thing I remembered that I could parse into a search query was that the villian wore white gloves with a pentegram on the back.
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I feel a little bit good about the fact I managed to track down an anime that was on late night Channel 4 in the 90's, when the only thing I remembered that I could parse into a search query was that the villian wore white gloves with a pentegram on the back.
I wonder if there's a particular collective term for potplants specifically on a kitchen window sill, adjacent to the sink because that's the only place I don't forget to water them.
Maybe something military-ish since they're all lined up.
Maybe something military-ish since they're all lined up.
January 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I wonder if there's a particular collective term for potplants specifically on a kitchen window sill, adjacent to the sink because that's the only place I don't forget to water them.
Maybe something military-ish since they're all lined up.
Maybe something military-ish since they're all lined up.
Garden is getting sorted this week. Cleared, new fence - concrete posts this time because I'm fed up with bits coming down - and *finally* removing the shed. Or rather, removing the shed-shaped pile of stuff that's falling over.
Also Eric is getting a serious trim. He might look weird for a bit.
Also Eric is getting a serious trim. He might look weird for a bit.
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Garden is getting sorted this week. Cleared, new fence - concrete posts this time because I'm fed up with bits coming down - and *finally* removing the shed. Or rather, removing the shed-shaped pile of stuff that's falling over.
Also Eric is getting a serious trim. He might look weird for a bit.
Also Eric is getting a serious trim. He might look weird for a bit.