I happened to spot in the calendar that today is the Sámi National Day, in memory of the first Sámi congress of 1917.

So I also listened to the Sámi national anthem, which I have never heard before, but it's very neat.

Dovira wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:30 am I happened to spot in the calendar that today is the Sámi National Day, in memory of the first Sámi congress of 1917.

So I also listened to the Sámi national anthem, which I have never heard before, but it's very neat.

that's cool. my daily newsletter already went out but i'll add it next year. it's full of stuff like that.

I applied for my passport and signed all the docs for the closing on my house sale tomorrow. The buyer is doing their final walk through this afternoon.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:59 pm Just made an appointment with a podiatrist. Big toe joint pain that's been everpresent because I'm getting old and my bones are deteriorating. Might have to start wearing a big shoe.

Doc jabbed my foot in four different areas surrounding my big toe with steroids. Four! My stars.

I rode my bicycle to the public library ( like a commie) and they were giving out cards for people getting hassled by ICE (explaining in English that they consent to nothing, get a warrant, etc). They also had menstrual products in the men’s room for trans people. It was a regular hotbed of anti-‘merican vibes I tell ya.

I listen to podcasts on Spotify and today I got int my car and Spotify started up (it connects to the bluetooth automatically and plays) and it was a Joe Rogan show. I have not once ever listened to Joe Rogan on Spotify.

i had planned to drive from edinburgh to london today to attend a show. i checked my tyre pressure on the way to the motorway and found my rear drivers indisputably has a slow puncture. can't find anyone to fix it today, so no show, but sitting at home in the warm & dry feeling like an arsehole definitely beats losing control of my vehicle at 70mph. check your tyres!

Not from today, a few weeks back, but I keep thinking about it.

I was talking on the phone with a client's mother, absolutely exhausted from trying to help her 30-year old child, sobbing to me about her worries that she can't keep taking care of him for the rest of her life, blurts out:

"He's not evil, he's just a dumbass!"

Haha damn. That does describe the shitpickle we are in

over the past few weeks i have been listening to (on YouTube) and absolutely loving an older album that i had been previously unfamiliar with only to find out that the least expensive vinyl copy of it available on Discogs is over 100 bucks.

fucking shit