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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I read a short biography of one of my fave artists last night.
He was not a good person, he came from a deeply misogynist society , knew better but still aided in events leading up to a young woman being murdered by her husband.
He was also not some magic artist that had no help or training.
I am conflicted as his paintings really are beautiful.
There are a lot of artists and musicians who unfortunately aren’t great behind the scenes
The AFL really needs to get its shit together.
To allow the opening game to happen with the cyclone over in QLD is pure insanity as much as I want to see my team play.
Move the opener to round 3 where the bye for the teams are or move it locally and tell people early so that they don’t make a dangerous trip to Brisbane.
Anyway that’s my rant for the day.
I’m not sure I’m going to bother buying a coaxial cable for the tv if the dvd player isn’t working
Tomorrow is Pancake Tuesday which means the following day is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Every year I give up sugar but it's not really much of a challenge because i don't eat that much of it so this year I've decided I'm giving up bread as well. (I love it, but it hates me).
So if there is something you'd like to give up, feel free to join me. You can do it for a week and see how you go or continue for the 40 + days. It's up to you.
I’m trying to stop doomscrolling and also trying to reduce negative social media.
It’s been really hard trying to replace it with other hobbies due to multiple barriers but all I can do is try to reduce
Used to follow it very loosely, I remember getting ashes on my forehead every year but I fell away from it all after I grew older.
