Notices by Alex Psmith (alexpsmith@beige.party)

Just in case anyone needed to see this photo from the Hoar Cross downhill soapbox race in
Staffordshire

Your body, my well

You were going to ask me how much a rainbow chicken weighs, and I have the answer.
You're welcome.

Caught yesterday's blue supermoon rising on my way home from work, but forgot to share because I was too distracted by the guy on the train wearing the leopard-print Hammertime Pants with matching glossy leopard-print duffel bag.

The loud, mercurial upstairs neighbours are arguing again.

I've had it! Tomorrow I start online saxophone lessons.

Your moment of zen

I think this cormorant wants me to answer some riddles, I'm not too sure.

Happy 4th, my American friends! Enjoy yourselves and be merry, but please, for the love of all that is good in the world, don't vote for that lummox, OK?

Love,
The Rest of the World

"He died doing what he loved: suffering from a preventable illness so a millionaire could get a huge tax cut on investment income."

I have been visited by a birb. Now you have been, too.

I forgot how much welding there is in Aliens. What a treat for the metallurgically inclined.

“Seal that off!"
“We’ll have to cut through!”
Great stuff

They say candles are a nice way to unwind and indulge in a little self-care, so I took their advice.

What do you do when you buy a shitload of spinach at 7 am and then suddenly decide you're sick of spinach the second you return home?

Why, you make spinach pie. Pie makes everything yummy!

My crack-of-dawn ocean swims are a lot more enjoyable in the summer than they are in winter. Brrrrr!

Good morning from Wollongong, everybody.

Sunset proper to sunrise, winter(ish) edition

Good morning from Wollongong, everybody.

Peak cocker spaniel condition

Good morning from Wollongong, everybody.

I think one of the reasons privileged people can be such jerks is because people are generally unable to perceive that which lies outside of their own experiences. So when they see someone who's really suffering, they just assume they're weak. "I don't suffer, so why should THEY?"

That's why people tend to despise those of us living with depression. They see us as weak because, in their minds, they believe everyone around them is as privileged as they are. They actually cannot see other people's experiences, ony a mirror reflecting their own experiences back at them.

When it's finally shaping up to be a sunny day after ten days of unceasing torrential rain and you want to play outside, but it’s Monday morning and you have to sit behind a computer and "make a living."

Regarding the whole bear meme that's going around the internet, I'll say this much: I've been backpacking all around the world solo, and have gone on extensive trips in the wilderness where bears exist, including the entire Appalachain Trail and Olympic National Park amd Olympic National Forest. I've encountered plenty of bears and plenty of men while alone at night, and the bears were always, always less threatening to me. Not because men are powerful or anything like that, of course, but because of their behaviour and potential motives.

The men who are protesting need to learn to shut up and listen.

Good morning from Wollongong, for those who celebrate.