Category: Social Commentary

  • It felt good being able to finish work tonight at 8pm where I was able to pack up, throw on a coat then head down to the supermarket to pick up a few things for dinner – pumpkin soup with fresh bread and some garlic butter. I finished that off with a fresh fruit salad…

  • Second day back at work and I am feeling good – worked two extra hours tonight so on Sunday I can finish two hours early. I was able to get a whole lot of work out of the way in the last couple of hours – processing a whole lot of paperwork so when I…

  • I had a good first day back at work – I got up earlier than expected but because it was raining I stayed inside, watched some YouTube videos and did some free weights. It looks like things will fine up on Sunday but I’ll see how things work out. I’ve been working around the house…

  • I had a splitting headache so I decided to take the day off from work to recover and I’m taking it easy today and I’ve given my boss a heads up that I’ll take Thursday off. I updated Chrome to version 148.0.7778.97 and it looks like there are some big security fixes that have been…

  • I woke up this morning and spent my day just relaxing around the home watching some YouTube videos on the television and then I decided to head down the road to do some grocery shopping. While I was down there I needed to pick up some ointment because I have dry cracking heels (I’ve applied…

  • Woke up this morning and went for a 10km walk and it felt really good – the weather was mild, the sun was out but it wasn’t intense so I enjoyed the warmth and there were plenty of other people out also enjoying the experience. On Sunday I’m looking forward to a good walk but…

  • I decided to sleep in today because wanted to catch up on sleep but that didn’t sotp me from getting a 8km power walk in – around 2pm I went for an 8km walk, really got my heart rate up there and completed the whole set it around 1 hour and 17 minutes. At the…

  • With parts of the MAGA movement souring on Trump, or at least the online commentariat, there has emerged a conspiracy theory regarding the two assassination attempts on Trump. For the record, I don’t what to see Trump assassinated and that has nothing to do with something noble or altruistic but rather the fact that I…

  • After having many days of wind and rain there is now a suddenly drop in temperature down to 6 degrees celsius with the temperature in Lower Hutt reported as feeling as though it was 4 degrees celsius. For dinner I had some steamed vegetables and fish with hollandaise sauce over the top that I had…

  • With how horrible the weather is I decided to stay and work at home instead and I’ll do the same on Thursday as well because the temperature is dropping with more rain on the way. The forecast on the Metservice website says the weather could improve on Friday onwards but the problem is that the…