Susan
@snarkysusan.bsky.social
Scottish, cynical, attempts at pithy. Also photos of my regular wanders & local canal.
It's the 43rd of January, it's raining, and shuffle offered up a bunch of songs about dying. I regret leaving the house.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
It's the 43rd of January, it's raining, and shuffle offered up a bunch of songs about dying. I regret leaving the house.
I like my current employers. But I'm still going to kick up massive fuss if they refuse to buy me PPE that is actually made for a woman. This is a hill I will die on. Apart from the hard hat. My child's size head is my burden to live with.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I like my current employers. But I'm still going to kick up massive fuss if they refuse to buy me PPE that is actually made for a woman. This is a hill I will die on. Apart from the hard hat. My child's size head is my burden to live with.
These days I am all about the small pleasures. Because if you live for the big ones you'll miss out. So, lovely new hand cream.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
These days I am all about the small pleasures. Because if you live for the big ones you'll miss out. So, lovely new hand cream.
Back to work today. Too icy to walk to the office.
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Back to work today. Too icy to walk to the office.
I have put the Christmas decorations up. Not all of them, because that would be an insane amount. I would now like to shut the world out and read Dorothy L Sayers until January.
December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I have put the Christmas decorations up. Not all of them, because that would be an insane amount. I would now like to shut the world out and read Dorothy L Sayers until January.
I am not a deep person. If I won the lottery I'm basically spending that money funding a romcom with Glen Powell in the lead, Jason Statham as a Dad and Jenna Ortega as the kickass.
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am not a deep person. If I won the lottery I'm basically spending that money funding a romcom with Glen Powell in the lead, Jason Statham as a Dad and Jenna Ortega as the kickass.
Season of mists etc. aka why do I have to work for a living when I'd rather be on a tropical island?
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Season of mists etc. aka why do I have to work for a living when I'd rather be on a tropical island?
If the world was run by women around about 50, shit would get sorted. But also there would be a half hour screaming/crying/ inappropriate laughing break in the workday
September 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If the world was run by women around about 50, shit would get sorted. But also there would be a half hour screaming/crying/ inappropriate laughing break in the workday
How lucky am I to live in a place where a local trims the useful, well used, unofficial path? Very.
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How lucky am I to live in a place where a local trims the useful, well used, unofficial path? Very.
Minimal excuse for not walking to work on such a beautiful morning. Hey ho
July 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Minimal excuse for not walking to work on such a beautiful morning. Hey ho
I do not remember signing up to be the keeper of the household inventory. Obviously I know what we own and where it is. But not my actual job.
July 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I do not remember signing up to be the keeper of the household inventory. Obviously I know what we own and where it is. But not my actual job.
New theory: DJT wants to bomb Iran because he is jealous of the job title 'supreme leader'
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New theory: DJT wants to bomb Iran because he is jealous of the job title 'supreme leader'
Just finished a book by @standupmaths.bsky.social . excellent, funny, worrying that he thinks structural engineers are brave, somehow. We mostly rely on 'feels' right, tbh
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just finished a book by @standupmaths.bsky.social . excellent, funny, worrying that he thinks structural engineers are brave, somehow. We mostly rely on 'feels' right, tbh
I'm trying so hard not to post about how my smart, good cook of a bideyin is so,so wrong about indian recipes. I'm clearly not succeeding tho
June 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm trying so hard not to post about how my smart, good cook of a bideyin is so,so wrong about indian recipes. I'm clearly not succeeding tho
Feel like I'm having a barely contained panic attack, for no specific reason, so that's fun.
May 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Feel like I'm having a barely contained panic attack, for no specific reason, so that's fun.
I have housework to do. But also I was gifted this book about 3 years ago and suddenly I feel guilty that I haven't read it.
April 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I have housework to do. But also I was gifted this book about 3 years ago and suddenly I feel guilty that I haven't read it.
I try every day to find something good in a newspaper. Today this seems actually potentially really good. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
April 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I try every day to find something good in a newspaper. Today this seems actually potentially really good. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
It's Mother's Day here in the UK. It seems that I'm at a place where I'm ok with that.
March 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's Mother's Day here in the UK. It seems that I'm at a place where I'm ok with that.
I will never stop being grateful that paying for plumber to come and fix my hot water is an annoyance, not a crisis or an extended period of sink washes. Not being skint changes EVERYTHING
March 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I will never stop being grateful that paying for plumber to come and fix my hot water is an annoyance, not a crisis or an extended period of sink washes. Not being skint changes EVERYTHING
Worried about accidental demonic candle
March 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Worried about accidental demonic candle
This way to the week...
March 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This way to the week...
A question, prompted by a thing I read: the worst thing you've ever done? Would it mean a break up, a criminal record, bankruptcy, family rift, court case?
February 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A question, prompted by a thing I read: the worst thing you've ever done? Would it mean a break up, a criminal record, bankruptcy, family rift, court case?
Daylight even for the early train! Whoop whoop! Of course this means I could/ should walk instead.
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Daylight even for the early train! Whoop whoop! Of course this means I could/ should walk instead.
Left for work after sunrise! Still face numbingly cold tho.
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Left for work after sunrise! Still face numbingly cold tho.
A small (unhappy because this is not his house) dog imitating a cushion
February 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A small (unhappy because this is not his house) dog imitating a cushion