Facial Hair Update

The last day of the month = the last day with this mustache.  Thank god.  First thing tomorrow it's getting shaved off, and that can't come soon enough.  I'm so self-conscious about it now that it's started to affect my desire to leave the house without wearing a mask.  I think it looks stupid and doesn't suit me at all, and I'm never growing one again.  All the ridicule I've received from friends and family have obviously not influenced my decision.  At all....  My inability to grow a nice thick mustache is also a significant influencing factor.  As, I suspect, is the fact that my dad had a mustache - that is some deep psychology that I have absolutely no interest in examining further right now.  

Guilty Pleasure

There is one TV show that I am ashamed to say that I continue to watch if there is nothing better on or if I want something on while most of my concentration is directed elsewhere.  And that is The Big Bang Theory.  I think apart from the last few seasons, I've probably seen every episode at least once - and probably most of them numerous times.  The earlier seasons - before the introduction of Bernadette and Amy - are by far the best, and the later seasons - when everyone is just phoning it in and collecting their huge paychecks - are by far the worst.  Now that the show is syndicated, it is aired on so many channels that almost any time of day you're guaranteed to find it.  If I'm going to be totally honest, it does have some truly funny moments - but for the most part it is utter trash.    Yet I continue to put it on.  What is wrong with me?  That was a rhetorical question.

It's On Again

Oh no.  Opened the curtains this morning, looked outside, and what was the first thing I saw?  Something that fills me with apprehension and dread.  The source of a lot of time and trouble.  A battle that has already been won once, but apparently not the war.  Yep, it was a big ole molehill.  The first new one since traps were successfully deployed earlier this year.  Oh joy, now we've got to deal with this all over again.    

Relic

I recently received something that I ordered over a year ago, and it might be my favorite 007 relic so far.

Yes, an actual Golden Gun that you can put together.  It ticks all the boxes - iconic, limited edition, already sold out, and looks good.  I probably overpaid, whatever.    

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all!  A time for millions of Americans to travel and congregate in large gatherings, despite all pandemic advice to the contrary, and inevitably cause an even higher spike in cases.  And for what?  To celebrate the pilgrims coming to America only to kill all the Native Americans with smallpox or guns.  It's always nice to have a few official days off work - but not exactly a big deal when you're generally not overwhelmed with work anyway.  But today has not got off to a good start.  I fancied having a proper Thanksgiving meal today, but I didn't fancy having to cook it.  So I pre-ordered a meal from a local restaurant, and was due to pick it up this lunchtime.  But then got an e-mail this morning saying that my order had not gone through.  No explanation as to why, and the link in the e-mail to re-submit my order didn't work.  Great.  Fortunately I was able to submit a new order from their website that did seem to work - though now I am having a Thanksgiving evening meal rather than a lunchtime meal since my old pickup time was no longer available.  It had better be worth it.  I'm already worried about being charged twice.  If I decide to do the same thing for a Christmas dinner, then I might try somewhere else.       

Plumbing

My DIY skills were put to the test today, with mixed success.  I noticed that my shower was leaking a little bit, and I had a spare shower head set from my previous abode - so decided to replace one with the other.  After initially making things worse, I realized I was missing a rubber washer and duly found one and fixed the issue - it's amazing how such a small little thing can make a huge amount of difference.   I think I have a better pressure shower now that doesn't leak, and was feeling very pleased with myself.  So decided to try to fix another issue for myself.  Pride comes before a fall.  And for such a small thing - I wanted to try to fix the washing liquid dispenser built into the kitchen sink, that doesn't actually dispense washing up liquid.  And in fact, I have made this worse.  I can't seem to fix the dispenser - the mechanism is probably clogged up with years of use and needs to be replaced.  And now the whole fixture is loose in the sink and I'm totally unable to tighten it up - I need a wrench that I don't have or a second person to help.  Time to call my landlord I think (after Thanksgiving - don't exactly want to take him away from his family for Thanksgiving for something so insignificant).

Proof

This little guy lingered on my feeder yesterday for a good 20 minutes, so I took the opportunity to snap a quick shot to prove that he really does exist.  I didn't want to get too close in case I scared him off, but apparently I need to get a phone with a better camera, or at least a better zoom....!