2026-10-25T01:06:23Z https://nostr.now Helen https://nostr.now/npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke https://media.beige.party/accounts/avatars/113/559/976/952/518/504/original/d26c0a38692dba6c.png https://media.beige.party/accounts/avatars/113/559/976/952/518/504/original/d26c0a38692dba6c.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8wj4lw6dp2rzmn9qe80dt9szq4x7sqcjt7uk5n85kznhcfhafdlqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl537t4pt Happy Friday, pocket friends*! When did your butt get so peachy? Let&#39;s take a breath, enjoy some trees, and maybe drink some hot foreign leaf/bean water to get started.<br/><br/>:Pumpkingoose: <br/><br/>*this only really makes sense if, like me, you mainly access this community through a mobile phone or similar tiny device that fits in a pocket. If you&#39;re using a desktop then I assume you have ginormous pockets filled with other essential tidbits like biscuits and dice. 2026-10-30T08:03:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsya5q33j034sy6lzn6xclaz6zhzm032ww58gfpjc0vlugp328e8mqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl59zhsfv My Patrick Stewart story is that he was the dean of my university but on graduation day he just filmed a video because he was away filming an X-men film. He once played pool in the Student&#39;s Union.<br/><br/>A proper dude and all round solid Yorkshireman! 2026-10-29T20:06:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2el9429s32d4sele3qrwtvlewyuvjr9sazkqmwxljk90w4h4855qzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5tvvfgg what the dickens do you mean it&#39;s only tuesday 2026-10-27T16:49:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0vr3rh7n2krs9xhs3ec72wwqykun8xutjfjgutk7hyn4pz575fgszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl54d2pap My friend made a giant lasagne for me and the kids* yesterday and then gave me an extra portion to take home.<br/><br/>Which means today (and probably tomorrow) is also lasagne day, and I have to say, it&#39;s fucking banging. The white sauce is filled with garlic. I&#39;ve got garlic bread. My bowels get really upset with garlic, but look at all the fucks I give?!?!<br/><br/>#food<br/><br/>*his kids, not mine, but it flows better to say it like that 2026-10-25T16:49:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa8z8l04arv4me59d33tga3qu320qzjymvdkgnav8g3v75uqyepqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5wcgft4 I don&#39;t have access to my hand written diary out here but the thoughts need somewhere to go, and maybe someone else might see themselves reflected in them.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not happy with the choices I&#39;ve made in my life. I&#39;m angry that I listened to well-meaning advice when I was young rather than following my heart and doing what I knew was for me. I&#39;ve changed careers and relationships several times, I&#39;ve moved my life repeatedly in search of new and better. At times I&#39;ve decided there&#39;s no hope and made plans to just be free and end it all.<br/><br/>And I hate myself for that because on paper I have an ideal life others would strive for, so I don&#39;t feel like I have any right to feel this way. So I never told anyone at the time.<br/><br/>Over the last couple of days I felt the stirrings of &#34;what&#39;s the point, there&#39;s no hope, I want to die&#34; BUT. Then I remembered that useful phrase I came across years ago.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want to die; I just want my life to end.<br/><br/>Two very different things. This is not one of those times when I&#39;m desperate to be free of pain. This is when I want to be a new person with a new life. That&#39;s the important point. I *want* a new life, I want life, I want to be here and doing the things, I just want those things to be different to what I have now.<br/><br/>So I&#39;m lying here by the pool wondering what exactly it is that I want to change and then most importantly, trying to determine the tiniest of steps I can do to get towards these goals.<br/><br/>Mainly, I want to perform. I want to be on stage. Either in plays or playing music or doing magic. I want to entertain people. I want to prepare and rehearse and perform a thing. All the things. And I want to meet the creative people involved so that I can learn from them but also get swept along in their journey for a time.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure yet what I can do about this. Not realistically. I can think of lots of useful tips but I know I wouldn&#39;t act upon them for reasons.<br/><br/>It&#39;s weird. I feel like I&#39;m this giant bundle of tinder just waiting to be set alight and then there&#39;ll be no stopping me. 2026-10-10T13:11:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8n7p73fyfepgnefd3k64vp6xq4xcm33c2dkmc0k3xk00qv83u53czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl55355s4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvedtk9xzanrrkq43a6kxx8gntfzk2s547fynlwh5aam6huu6jqqpm3af6'>nevent1q…3af6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Followed by Galaxy Quest?! Comedy Central is looking after me. 2026-09-13T18:31:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfvedtk9xzanrrkq43a6kxx8gntfzk2s547fynlwh5aam6huu6jqqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5d3cw8e Merry Christmas, Mr Bean is currently on TV and I don&#39;t think a year has gone by when I haven&#39;t watched this.<br/><br/>Usually in December, I grant you, but it&#39;s comforting the sads. 2026-09-13T17:02:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg9d5ucl5f8mprwvyd6ltfh3z3xnmkxd4dgpal30s4mcqj7gv8ztqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5g3y26t My big Saturday night wasn&#39;t the overwhelming joy I was hoping for but it included lots of sweet moments. And moments of epic glory like when I annihilated the competition at the basketball machine in the arcade. <br/><br/>Now I have a case of the sads. But alcohol causes low mood and I&#39;ve been awake since 02:30. It&#39;s almost 5am. <br/><br/>It&#39;s been a week. 2026-09-13T03:45:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9lgsu22jhz58fh4p7l3vhjjaky26q2qfd8n4dkmt9zendmws54qszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5u9vza2 Update: thank you for your incredibly quick advice (as always). I think I&#39;m all set. Also, fun fact, I assumed &#34;ffmpeg&#34; was an AO3 tag so I learnt something new today.<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>I&#39;d like to strip the audio from an MP4 file so that I have the audio only. Can Audacity do that? Is there a better program?<br/>#AskFedi 2026-09-10T06:27:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0829xj2fkrmp8fkre2yxjsr3vj4wvne6pvp44skxl9hr47027lwczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5njx4r9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwzxv6cr3na0nashv74u6pfja4h32wjlp0hmf9fw3qzeya46c9uqwprysa'>nevent1q…rysa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use the most basic and cheapest Parker fountain pen with the same basic Parker ink. <br/><br/>I have lots of other pens and fancier inks but this diary has always had the same basic combination. It&#39;s the same kind of pen I used all through high school and for some reason that matters to me. 2026-09-06T08:21:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsflg5sex3kekv6quul9gsqlxj85uveade9tffd3dlanuqwafng44qzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5srxk36 I&#39;ve kept personal diaries for about 8 years and I&#39;m about to get to the end of diary #4. That&#39;s 1000 pages all written by the same fountain pen.<br/><br/>I always use a Leuchtturm 1917 notebook so I&#39;ll need to pick a knew colour for the next chapter of life. It&#39;s amazing to see how life moves forward but also goes round in circles.<br/><br/>We&#39;re gonna be okay. 2026-09-06T08:09:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq89xp3c5w62n4p9g4jz60ws00tq0h2d2w2gucn80pdf3gke5wyaczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5g8w7cu I&#39;ve had 2 emails about selling me advent calendars in the last week. 2026-09-04T09:03:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfgd9jvcg0v9xshsh9nxr8q0ve5c9we5rjpn8r9wts6wnxyxyshqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ht4fll No way, Dolly Parton&#39;s died!<br/>#DollyParton #death 2026-08-25T17:50:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswc8efn69mr4p02vp2l8mk72w6xjyf22t9nevmswdrqmkmrpcjrzczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl52a0yn0 Does anyone have any knowledge of #CakeWalk Sonar?<br/><br/>I keep finding links with my exact questions to the CakeWalk forums but none of them open.<br/><br/>I just want to compose music in staff view but can&#39;t get my head around it. I want to tap in the notes for bass and treble clef, press play and hear what I&#39;ve put in. It should be really basic.<br/><br/>Should.... 2026-08-18T07:32:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg55nhwj8gz3g2ute08q7xqs8njzhrrzvg0gv9zl33qwhgmkp6qnczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5fy5alf Went into a music shop with a friend yesterday, one that sells instruments.<br/><br/>He noodled on the guitar. He asked me to noodle on the violin, which I haven&#39;t picked up in years and years. He noodled on the piano. I noodled on the drum kit.<br/><br/>It was a soft and gentle moment of support in that shop, and now I want to smash off the rust and take up the violin again.<br/><br/>It&#39;s sitting downstairs. I&#39;ll crack it out, the same violin I&#39;ve had for 25 years, and if I can make my fingers work, I think I&#39;ll buy a new one for a new chapter of my life.<br/><br/>My nana always wanted me to use her inheritance for that. Well, Nana. It&#39;s 14 years since you left us but I haven&#39;t given up. The spark is still there. 2026-08-09T05:04:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpvh2lpnes95j50gynnxnrk7hpymrfj0uprrtu86x0sjxj03tj9qzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5umavce Hive mind. Where is the correct place to dead head a rose? I&#39;ve read it in a book but not sure I understand exactly what it means.<br/><br/>Pink, blue, red, or something completely different?<br/>#gardening #roses<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/998/340/897/565/096/original/a0320668b0c1c7c2.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-28T15:38:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2amx7uxy8nvmgclk0fc882zr2daw9kva9xes66utulcugjxf78gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl532nqee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdup4f6zfdr3yzthw3wgh6urj3tflxzg923ghyh4ffylch3kj35ws6j5u59'>nevent1q…5u59</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well this escalated.<br/><br/>Internet person turned out to be 2 men. One of whom accidentally locked the front cab of the van. So they were able to complete the WiFi but then couldn&#39;t go home. They&#39;d blocked us, Spouse&#39;s parents, and our new neighbours in our driveways. <br/><br/>TV person came and went no problem.<br/><br/>I sacrificed a coat hanger in the name of breaking into a van. It didn&#39;t work. 2 hours later a locksmith arrived. Such fun! 2026-07-25T17:33:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdup4f6zfdr3yzthw3wgh6urj3tflxzg923ghyh4ffylch3kj35wszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5znldg6 TV person will be here between 12 and 5.<br/><br/>Internet person will be here between 1 and 6.<br/><br/>Helen will be waiting by the window between 11 and 7. 2026-07-25T11:39:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydmfc5r847fhgz2tjhu5vywmg3cx5pvgu84jm0h3rr35xm4k9vlqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ks5uwr OH MY GOOOOD<br/><br/>It&#39;s only Friday. Haven&#39;t even done the thing I&#39;m excited about tomorrow. It might be shit but right now I&#39;m fucking BUZZING. BZZZ BZZZ. Hello bees. How are you? I&#39;m fucking GREAT.<br/><br/>I never thought I&#39;d feel like this again. I was so miserable and vacant of hope. And I remember when the plug came out and it all became possible. It was seeing Groundhog Day on June 17th 2023 and now I&#39;m here and I&#39;m fine and fuck I could just cry all the happy tears but I&#39;m in position at work, and about to talk to fake planes so I can&#39;t do that.<br/><br/>I never believed anyone when they said it would get better. Never. Not once. I so easily believed it was bullshit.<br/><br/>And here I am right now OFF MY FUCKING TITS. Just wow. I can&#39;t believe it.<br/><br/>If this is now, can you imagine what I&#39;ll be like when I turn up at work tomorrow afternoon and it all goes how my ridiculous brain has thought about it? And even if it doesn&#39;t go that way, it will be amazing. And if it isn&#39;t amazing then it doesn&#39;t stop that I&#39;ve just had a whole week of feeling HOPE.<br/><br/>It&#39;s POSSIBLE. God damn.<br/><br/>Love you all. 2026-07-17T06:23:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswwnrehp3ncg3dmckvggp47lkmdmdh53f7lg7vdfpy4hwsjfg5ryqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5nnvzwc My brother said the heat has been going on for so long and he&#39;s &#34;had no rest bite&#34;.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not going to say anything to him... but I love the image that conjures up. 2026-07-12T16:10:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp46sxsrgupjt2fuugdehr4tekn24k9rukdf0sd5yz4dqsx7ygaxszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl52q596w Question for people who went to big music events in the 1970&#39;s:<br/><br/>My mum did this. But she can&#39;t remember how she got the tickets. Was there a phone number? How did you pay? Was it a cheque in the post and hope they still had tickets left?<br/><br/>Her memory has completely gone about it but I&#39;m hoping the people of the Fediverse might have some experience and memories that might help.<br/>#AskFedi 2026-07-10T06:08:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp06cnd4h608970urf3r55us4xap6skttxkchhvz8v9uf3g3t0vxczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5t7326f Thank you to my pocket friends who keep tooting about staying hydrated. I keep forgetting and then wondering why I have this killer headache in this killer heat.<br/><br/>Lemon squash is now inside me. Where it belongs. 2026-06-25T18:16:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspusjyprr33dj8eq8ghsse4dcfhu6yg0gv4ee5h7jvu6qpnh9n9cszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl58j2lle Has Benoit Blin done any audiobooks?<br/><br/>Asking for a friend. <br/><br/>Me. It&#39;s me. <br/><br/>Obviously. 2026-06-25T08:14:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsddcfu9gper53ccrp44tkhuxcrqjqmwd3gu229xlpce2ndqhhfv7czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ayeuvt After 14 years, my little petrol car is starting to struggle. The MOT is next month so we&#39;ll see what the damage is.<br/><br/>My workplace is about 3 miles from home and this is 95% of all journeys I make. My new job will be mostly work from home but I will occasionally have to go into the office (sometimes at very short notice). I also hope to start some sort of social life, but we can expect that most of my journeys won&#39;t be more than 5 miles. I&#39;m not in a city so public transport is laughable and not feasible unless you have a spare 5 hours to make what should be a 10 min journey...<br/><br/>My most important family live 150 miles away. Another lives 250 miles away. I make those journeys maybe twice a year.<br/><br/>I like small cars and would love to keep it that way. Hyundai Inster size. I wouldn&#39;t want to go bigger than a Kia Niro. I would also like a fully electric vehicle. One of the first things we&#39;re putting on the new house is a charge point (Spouse already has an EV). <br/><br/>I&#39;m not averse to buying second hand or from new, but I&#39;m not really sure what to look out for. Smaller cars mean lower range and I suspect the range on the car websites is much less in reality. But then my trips are so short anyway so it probably doesn&#39;t matter. Does anyone have any tips and advice? Any cars you love? Anything to avoid? Things you definitely do/don&#39;t want in a home charger?<br/><br/>Every webpage is a sea of numbers and nonsense. Like the Fiat Panda Grande saying the standard EV has 7kw OBC with spiral cable but you can upgrade to 11kw OBC without spiral cable which allows for 22kw. Or something. None of that means anything to me. One with cable and one without? What&#39;s spiral about it? How does the 11 also mean 22 but the 7 is just 7? Would this work on a fast charger at a service station or not?<br/><br/>Anyway. I digress. All advice gratefully received. Even if it&#39;s just driving tips in general. Beige bless! :bb: <br/>#EV #ElectricVehicles #cars #UK 2026-06-19T08:16:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxks0039d5v297u9sqsa9y07dzhn774ztm5kmaz4s5n25cz7s574czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl52mr4w3 Toot filled with brand new information:<br/><br/>🎉 I have a new job! 🎉<br/><br/>In a completely surprising turn of events that no one since Friday could have predicted, I won at interviews and will no longer have to work with so many gammons!<br/><br/>I&#39;ll also be able to eat at a time that suits me and my bowel disease, be able to use the toilet whenever I want, and I&#39;ll be able to go home when I&#39;ve finished my work.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a step down in pay but a huuuuuge step up in quality of life. Woooooo! 2026-06-15T08:08:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswp42tdnuyvk9xp63z53r3jaytcfhcjmrpdnkvqqk3395ztcve72czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl56dut98 The people whose house we&#39;re buying are being arseholes and pressuring us. They say they&#39;ll pull out if the paperwork isn&#39;t completed tomorrow.<br/><br/>Actually, we were the first people in the chain ready to go. It&#39;s our buyers that are at the final step and no amount of us calling makes any difference. We literally have no power to make any change here.<br/><br/>So you&#39;d rather pull out and sell your house all over again rather than wait 2 days? Okay, fine. Bye bye then. 2026-06-04T12:58:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmn8286spa2yerxhvaz7rs5f58tv5knsq2r2r65lnsx3rvkj7tvczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5xjg7vm Took my brother to see The Producers in London today.<br/><br/>God damn, it&#39;s funny.<br/><br/>But the best bit was that my brother had no idea what it was about. I&#39;d just told him we had to go.<br/><br/>So I explained it&#39;s about a Broadway producer who realises he could make more money if his play failed rather than succeeding. So he sets out to put on the worst play. 2026-05-30T16:52:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqnlzgj3dz6u86cyfhzgxluvukxh590hmsarctccvr4fkzcx8saszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl56qn28q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fl3hgtyl77phg2x332qa04wmhygps3r8wehxuks6hcc3ue3yjhqdwl43a'>nevent1q…l43a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I applied for it but I didn&#39;t think anyone would actually like the application.<br/><br/>Imma need something other than jeans. 2026-05-27T10:48:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8fl3hgtyl77phg2x332qa04wmhygps3r8wehxuks6hcc3ue3yjhqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ulj8cm Oh fuck.<br/><br/>If it isn&#39;t the consequences of my own actions...<br/><br/>I have a job interview next week.<br/>:groovin_bear: 2026-05-27T10:44:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsypda2z6sphhtp4dl7a2w4dy2s3cy6j2qxcu53vdm8vq0ysvpp4pczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5xjvar7 Holy forking shirt balls. What the actual. This is excruciating.<br/><br/>OW OW OW<br/><br/>Can you not? <br/><br/>Gaaaaaaaaaaaah 2026-05-24T09:09:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx7cgl3lql96m8grxl8j7qlln50ppm776s6ax6sdqv5xvva0kk25szyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5pu9spc I have lots of things to do today so naturally I&#39;m doing none of them and feel the need to create a rage-inducing poll:<br/><br/>What do you call the bread that&#39;s a bit round and you slice it in half to put things in it? (Example image in following toot) 2026-05-23T11:02:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswmn7lr0rdm9yu868ypcv3nkxlkvr9lytxjtcrl8025ncwcqv0s4qzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5aaqa5c Past!Helen was like hey, you really want this new job so you should setup meetings with people in the department to get to know them, see what it&#39;s about, and then put together an application.<br/><br/>Present!Helen is real fucking anxious because today is that day she setup those damn meetings. And now I have to pretend to be a functioning human who knows what she&#39;s talking about to people who will be on the hiring board.<br/><br/>Future!Helen will be bloody relieved to go to work later and these meetings are over. 2026-05-19T08:57:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswzkcpqt26pfa2nuelx2czypdnj3specf98dt3drda29uywdl0huczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl59d46y7 I should have gone to bed an hour ago so I&#39;m not going to actually vote.<br/><br/>But my choices would be Malta, Moldova, Greece, Italy, and Australia. <br/><br/>We have a varied mix of likes and dislikes here on the Fedi, and it was nice to feel part of an online community again now that I don&#39;t have someone in real life to message about this stuff.<br/><br/>Enjoy the Rybak cameo for me!<br/><br/>#Eurovision 2026-05-16T21:30:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrh8g0a4thsf6dyc4y5w06hz4rtw4pj3u7e3y6r0ty0c2swu7sdfqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5eh0n46 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrttmuwakqjwwxnhg9ae538pf2qwdw5elwtvlkhpkl68gzpq5e4kgtjn0v5'>nevent1q…n0v5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That face at the start was terrifying!<br/>#Eurovision 2026-05-16T19:41:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0kxnpx60sxd30k6sksylcazv2cv5clkkll2dvgcmwe97atvyczszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5k80a2x My humble brag:<br/><br/>I have a hand-written letter from David Attenborough because I wrote to him years ago saying how amazing a particular piece of footage was in one of the Planet Earth episodes.<br/><br/>It was a blue whale eating plankton. I&#39;m still mesmerised just thinking about it.<br/><br/>I wrote to him. He wrote back. What a dude. 2026-05-08T09:14:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdkepjsvug5hpgqqae56y0kuc0e9xvss39ut6fz8x9j307xu55vpszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5dsfle7 🎶 The wheels on the bus go round and round<br/>Round and round<br/>Round and round<br/>The wheels on the bus go round and round... 🎶 2026-04-30T09:52:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstn5kn0yeerrrnpds7cg03r0r00yeues9gcdx2jlf8m5d2fce9e9qzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5nt9sp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspey3s8ld7deh3aa4u5m09ccge40uz69yvexjmvqc94yk077t3drqr56g5y'>nevent1q…6g5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. I&#39;m mad at the lack of public transport and how much I hate driving. 2026-04-30T09:10:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspey3s8ld7deh3aa4u5m09ccge40uz69yvexjmvqc94yk077t3drqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5capdw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyphcn60y0w8jvqh2mcvg3t0q3zepd0nzf7j6eqefdhzr6exyqxdg879ngm'>nevent1q…9ngm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t even say I live at the arse end of nowhere. I&#39;m slap bang in the middle of 2 big cities. There isn&#39;t a field around here for miles; it&#39;s all housing and commercial buildings.<br/><br/>Where the fuck are my buses?<br/><br/>We have a big cruise port and several marinas, so perhaps I should get my speedboat out of storage and use that to get to work. It had to go into storage to make room for my yacht and all of the horses. Chauncey hasn&#39;t been riding much recently since his polo accident in Dubai. But the specialist is going to replace his teeth for him soon so at least he&#39;ll no longer look like some kind of common peasant. He&#39;ll be straight back into the wars though when he goes for his stomach bleaching and has to miss out on the old boys&#39; regatta next month. Poor soul. We live such a hard life......<br/>/sarcasm 2026-04-30T09:08:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyphcn60y0w8jvqh2mcvg3t0q3zepd0nzf7j6eqefdhzr6exyqxdgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl52f6gge My travel to work choices:<br/>Distance - 3.5 miles<br/><br/>Car: 10 mins<br/><br/>Walk: 74 mins (across a motorway)<br/><br/>Public transport: Technically 116 mins for the &#34;journey&#34; however to be there for 06:40 I&#39;d have to leave at 20:00 the night before so in reality that&#39;s 640 mins. And that&#39;s just weekdays. Over a weekend it goes up to 734 mins, aka about 12 and a half hours... One way. 2026-04-30T09:01:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvpwgs6xvyqrwgvsdlezxrqfkt74d85tw8erfxrnftuqzdswagvmczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5cm7jms We still don&#39;t have a date for house move but we can expect it to be in the next few weeks. So we&#39;ve been looking at fridges and my question is<br/><br/>WHY THE FUCK WOULD A FRIDGE NEED A WIFI CONNECTION <br/><br/>Oh, so I can conveniently change the temperature of my fridge on my phone while I&#39;m out and about?<br/><br/>I can&#39;t tell you how many times I&#39;ve been at work and thought oh fuck, I forgot to turn the fridge down! Again! Oh wait. Yes, I can. <br/><br/>Zero times. 2026-04-30T08:48:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4kh6xa2cwghzs0hygr9wx3jgfdd7anqna67g2x9r2ajd2yrq00gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5heq7ce I didn&#39;t get an interview for my dream job because if I had, it would have been today. I thought I was super qualified for it. So I feel trapped in this current job, but don&#39;t feel comfortable talking to anyone about why that is.<br/><br/>And then I only have one run left in Couch to 5k and I already know I&#39;m never going to run again. I went from no exercise to running 3-4 times a week for 9 weeks and it hasn&#39;t had any effect. My weight is the same, and my body is the same shape (this is what I wanted to change). The only observable differences are that my resting heart rate has gone down by 3 bpm and my hips hurt a lot every single day and make me look like C3P0 when I move. My mental health hasn&#39;t improved, my sleep is still terrible, it never feels good. So why bother?<br/><br/>What&#39;s the point of any of this? <br/><br/>Gah. I think I&#39;m mostly just looking to vent but if someone has a spare half mil lying around, that would probably go a long way to helping.<br/>#exercise 2026-04-25T17:33:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07ry078zcgzsfe8eq5t3wzckzq0k44y76t53k9r0q3ueg2k9sxcqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl59nzcy7 2 days ago I ran for 30 minutes and I went 4.5km.<br/><br/>Today I ran for 30 minutes and I went 4.92km.<br/><br/>I&#39;m ridiculously close to my 30min/5km goal and I have just one run left before I&#39;ve finished the Couch to 5k challenge. <br/><br/>That&#39;s pretty cool. 2026-04-18T14:45:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqup0xkksz23yvq84ydkjgazxwpezg7gm4wvr2dtk5u2vzkjxm5gqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5k6wgew This is a ridiculous question. I know this. But it&#39;s a question of desperation because maybe my ridiculous question will produce a ridiculous answer that somehow leads my ridiculous brain to a fabulous answer.<br/><br/>It&#39;s the age-old internet question of, &#34;what the dickens do I get my dad for his 70th birthday?&#34; (Yes, yes. I know. You don&#39;t know him so how the fuck would you know?!)<br/><br/>He likes trains and walking and birds and gadgets. He&#39;s been on the Flying Scotsman and had a bird box camera. I can&#39;t book him an experience because he&#39;s always somewhere random in the country walking up another hill.<br/><br/>I thought about some kind of gorgeous train trip in Europe but he&#39;s not available on any of the dates I tried.<br/><br/>My back up plan is &#34;I painted you this train&#34; but technically I did that for his 60th. And this gift should be from both me and my brother collectively...<br/><br/>At this rate this dude is getting a boat load of Toblerone. Shame he&#39;s not into KitKats because I&#39;ve got 12 tonnes of those from off the back of a lorry. 2026-04-15T18:30:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs038h9j4vdwv7mfmg54xgpl3zxs87yae5j77ldvlpx2crs6vkrtcgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5pk0fhh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc9fp9q5jmxh9pcnhs705mcjrdkccury6rwvcupm6nj85jr97m9spfjcln'>nevent1q…jcln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have follower counts turned off so I&#39;m just going to have to guess that collectively the followers add up to a little under 84 million people.<br/><br/>So we&#39;re all agreed this stays between the 84 million and one of us, right? Right?! 2026-03-29T20:41:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqr03q3utlgtdvsm3s0r2g0ky2sjf5kmrjkjd2ev580gkl469cldqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl56pq0da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfm6u83pyd5gswj5s0g9yh8mf9mlwpgah6r2y02lcmfy3cncenj5c2fy07r'>nevent1q…y07r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh crap, I think Paul might know now as well.<br/><br/>So it&#39;s just between the three of us, okay?!?! 2026-03-29T20:21:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjk784huunj0g667653f6l4p9xvafc8j6srz6j9x60mesuwdsxeqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5gf3uqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspcu6l37rq3ufl6kyx7hgqhr4xxpjey754vyn4unlhy89vdrmy33gvfzr92'>nevent1q…zr92</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve secretly watched two (now nearly 3) episodes of Resident Alien while Spouse is at work because I *need* to know what happens next.<br/><br/>This is our little secret, Benothy. 2026-03-29T20:07:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswx8q2j54dqg99sm5k272uwwwteahyn2uszfzn8h4akyw53pypfjgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl56j3fy4 Resist and persist, my friends. Resist and persist. 2026-03-28T18:15:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0e3udawfh50hmtrkw6wxv47gdlu0dqfxuqfglr8ppds0xm6zjf9szyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5zp37rt Shout out to my colleague who, when asked in the work chat &#34;has anyone left their work iPad here,&#34; responded with &#34;if the passcode to it is [6-numbers] then yes&#34; and caused a cyber security breakdown at 9pm on a Friday 👌 2026-03-28T08:48:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmzghk5j3wqlcsksa56x7pf0pfj8pgwkuzzq2rgdyadzsk3walyqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5mjhg43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx826aq8vasm2pvptwy00lwlj534sd96qqny520nnqeyckfh5tjtswwt7ff'>nevent1q…t7ff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>These have been submitted. We&#39;ll see if anyone notices. 2026-03-27T17:06:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx826aq8vasm2pvptwy00lwlj534sd96qqny520nnqeyckfh5tjtszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl53jnsea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4mgr4t2qw69sptr4cdjdwg523mcte0glt74jy73ey4wk6tad49g343lre'>nevent1q…3lre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay. So. 3 sections. 3 bits of feedback. This is what I have so far.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve changed one of them to include &#34;minimising resource overhang&#34; but other than that, this is what I&#39;ve written.<br/><br/>P.s. the redacted bits aren&#39;t actually sensitive information, they&#39;re just slightly more identifiable if you know what I&#39;m talking about. I just wanted to use emoji.<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/296/952/654/611/975/original/8ad303f56d0956de.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/296/952/447/152/704/original/1e5362939059ef46.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/296/952/557/804/276/original/2246c9c1ccba86a5.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-26T18:49:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4mgr4t2qw69sptr4cdjdwg523mcte0glt74jy73ey4wk6tad49gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl56jnqyw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgt37ruumhzd434008e85pcgtdmlkzf6wsf9wsvwkg28vgwr8uwsjjrf4m'>nevent1q…rf4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve added a random em dash at the end of a paragraph (after the full stop) just cos. 2026-03-26T18:26:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrgt37ruumhzd434008e85pcgtdmlkzf6wsf9wsvwkg28vgwr8uwszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5p5nvjh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vktnmy7s80l5lf65lcsecnq9npkrd79cq2yvgmmd2v4g4h87gfq9vc5kk'>nevent1q…c5kk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do I add random spelling mistakes just for fun? &#34;Frameworks&#34; is about to become &#34;framworks&#34;. 2026-03-26T18:22:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vktnmy7s80l5lf65lcsecnq9npkrd79cq2yvgmmd2v4g4h87gfqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5rl6sk7 Okay, I need your help but in a really fun way.<br/><br/>My end of year meeting is done and now I have to write some feedback to say how I&#39;ve achieved my goals.<br/><br/>These goals have been written by the senior managers, by which I mean they asked an LLM to produce corporate bullshit and then presented them in a document.<br/><br/>Highlights include:<br/><br/>&#34;Focus on driving cultural change which encourages ownership, adaptability, and continuous improvement - further enhancing efficiency, reducing resource dependency, and aligning delivery with evolving needs.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Enhance team culture through transparent growth opportunities. Increase team engagement and motivation through visible career progression. Effectively utilise skills and resources. Improve integration and collaboration across roles and within teams.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s all bullshit and meaningless. BUT. I have to respond and I wish to do so in an equally obtuse and ridiculous way.<br/><br/>My task: say how I&#39;ve achieved the goals.<br/><br/>Your task: come up with ridiculous corporate sounding sentences that mean absolutely nothing. A bit like that LinkedIn translator that can find a fancy way to say, &#34;I don&#39;t give a fuck.&#34;<br/><br/>If you come up with something great within the next few hours, I *will* include it in my official response. 2026-03-26T17:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9ky4vjreg03z5mt069d2q792h5jrn2sc6rr0732k04vwm39yl7czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5yd6st4 We were kept so late at work that security came in and turned the lights off in the room I was sitting in. 2026-03-25T21:25:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrf54624ee7ugkaz5y8nr7mgu2qrkgujjclpnculsacxqcfwt8stgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl549n6er I&#39;ve decided to write a book and it&#39;s going to be called, &#34;Runners Highs and Other Lies&#34;.<br/><br/>Chapters will include:<br/>- I won&#39;t be back late.<br/>- Teaching is such a rewarding career.<br/>- Why bother? Everyone speaks English.<br/>- Socialising is good for you.<br/>- I&#39;m 5 minutes away. 2026-03-24T21:57:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq6u3af2n88ymtxqw84dxn36u6hqrxnx2tz2z23053xkqyauelkrgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5u0tcsq Everyone I work with is so fucking incompetent at what they do, usually when it involves teaching.<br/><br/>None of them are teachers. None of them have been taught how to teach. None of them have been through the training that these trainees have so they don&#39;t understand the trauma and why they find this new job so hard.<br/><br/>So now they&#39;re doing everything they can to crush and destroy these students, to really mentally break them (and I mean that in a serious and lifelong way) and it&#39;s all in the name of, &#34;well, they have to learn.&#34;<br/><br/>No. YOU have to learn, you ignorant cretin. You don&#39;t have to make people miserable to prove you&#39;ve taught them something.<br/><br/>Fuck these guys. I&#39;m so mad. I haven&#39;t even been here an hour. 2026-03-14T07:38:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgn3tw854jvvlyy2khhq7crjpwrs9kqg3wtarawj7r38g9u37y4czyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl55vnmcc #3GoodThings <br/><br/>- The Producers stage musical in London.<br/><br/>- Andy Nyman&#39;s performance in The Producers.<br/><br/>- London is a vibrant, diverse, culturally rich land, with thousands of people I wish I could know. 2026-03-12T23:04:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmu53ayk3mehg4v7e0clzd7rva4z3dpkj4fg4lxtjlq6palkwmeszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5wwke6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ccqyd8akjy9g5zdqtsgl93s3h92j86wj3rllndxrtvct52ayv2gg0c3ns'>nevent1q…c3ns</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good luck! It&#39;s like a rabbit warren of things you didn&#39;t know you needed. 2026-03-07T06:21:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspm46c2c56qks3rfxsrsgaghnvkqdgrnxav7w6t08ppngfxvtrjhgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5fa86dw I can continue to say, &#34;I&#39;m a runner.&#34;<br/><br/>Because I&#39;ve now completed 2 runs in my life (...totalling just 16 minutes of running but it all counts!)<br/>#exercise #running 2026-02-25T17:52:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv36al74448e8h8faw7sx7a6u9jp66cyl2ar8h57jkpgnn9em39sczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5vtfwer The first things I&#39;ve ever made out of clay:<br/>#clay<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/114/512/157/136/589/original/55d67efecae5b979.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-22T13:30:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspjx84fhpqufljs7kvc0lhlvljfepj992zljd554zhvaff8z256lgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5nyskhy Today is the day! It&#39;s finally here! The day I&#39;ve been dreaming of!<br/><br/>After a month including travel, returning immediately to work, my parents showing up to visit, my car breaking, work being insufferable arseholes, all while trying to recover from the holiday and rearrange our house and lives for the house to be viewed by a prospective buyer... <br/><br/>Today... I do nothing.<br/><br/>I have Jenkins. I have a book (or 600...). I have tea. I have a lump of clay.<br/><br/>What I don&#39;t have is any plans.<br/><br/>The menty b can be staved off for another week. :goose_knife: 2026-02-22T09:27:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszp8hsmhk6dylhzrexep93884f6a8hfvgsd6zkzfj6swm26lmtpwszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5tyjsj2 TL;DR: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1c6z5ztjge4tu2d9re0cq73q368q7cm7fcwjcgs8j38qamxtr5tlssuq3gp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bena Lugosi</span> (<span class="italic">npub1c6z…q3gp</span>)</a></span> appeared in a dream and dropped wisdom of the ancients. Then we all drank fruit juice before bed.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>I had a dream that several of us Fedizens were at Ben&#39;s house and we were discussing how we use our phones too much.<br/><br/>Everyone was really friendly and caring. There was a vampire lady in the corner with really big hair who said she was feeling a little overwhelmed.<br/><br/>When someone asked how to get away from phones for a while, our wonderful host Ben (who looked a bit like Brendan Fraser&#39;s George of the Jungle only with a black t-shirt on), made a suggestion.<br/><br/>&#34;Pretend the internet hasn&#39;t been invented yet.&#34;<br/><br/>Want to scroll Instagram? Can&#39;t. Hasn&#39;t been invented yet.<br/><br/>Want to find out the news in Uruguay? Internet isn&#39;t a thing so you&#39;ll have to call your old pal Ana Maria and ask her directly.<br/><br/>Just picking up your phone to do puzzles? Hasn&#39;t been invented. You&#39;ll have to go buy a paper magazine to do those.<br/><br/>Need a recipe for bread? No internet so just experiment and guess and see what happens.<br/><br/>Then there was some kind of pyjama party with cocktails. So much sugar right before bed seemed like a bad idea.<br/><br/>Party on, Wayne. 2026-02-22T08:39:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mvqz29rwh3jnh99hanvdkc5n0rt403k7ysqrvgl9n5d2s3du40gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5fq4845 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3205ganpcct63v94k727vzg20lckra97yj289glqh4rrmg59eesfs7r0n'>nevent1q…7r0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As an example, if I made glucose* in JSmol, where would I find H-bonding and London forces?<br/><br/>* This isn&#39;t the one for my assignment because that feels like cheating and wouldn&#39;t help my understanding. 2026-02-18T18:16:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd3205ganpcct63v94k727vzg20lckra97yj289glqh4rrmg59eeszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl52kemcf Hello chemists and physicists of Mastodon!<br/><br/>In my next assignment I have to create a 3D image of a molecule (which I&#39;ve done) and then I have to label this molecule where we might find H-bonding and London forces. Just one example of each.<br/><br/>I think I understand H-bonding, but when it came to studying London forces I just hoped it wouldn&#39;t come up.<br/><br/>Well. It has.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t understand London forces at all so I have no idea how to even attempt to label a bond as a London force or not. Is it not all of the bonds? At the moment I just have to randomly guess...<br/>#AskFedi #Chemistry #Physics 2026-02-18T18:08:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfhqreks3st2znz7xcn5g0ym50asg6ygjzqzp08hfmlr8yyq4wjgczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ncssq3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpyq2rv0fteh7s5an46vu98eq6z04naujv3xz6tqnvfxqxg7r8rqlf4hm6'>nevent1q…4hm6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The most amazing thing is our hotel in Sydney upgraded us slightly. <br/><br/>By which I mean we booked a double room, and we&#39;ve been given a 2 bed/3 bathroom suite with views of the harbour and opera house that should have cost us £1000 a night. <br/><br/>The toilet seat opens when you walk towards it.<br/>#HoneymoonHashtag 2026-02-10T07:11:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpyq2rv0fteh7s5an46vu98eq6z04naujv3xz6tqnvfxqxg7r8rqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl558mpa7 Our last hotel in Christchurch was really kind and gave us a jar of honey to start our marriage &#34;with sweetness&#34;.<br/><br/>Honey. Honeymoon. I love it. It was really wonderful!<br/><br/>Until we got to the immigration queue in Australia when we had animal products to declare so it took us an extra hour to leave the airport...<br/><br/>Worth it though.<br/>#HoneymoonHashtag 2026-02-10T07:08:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsppw5upccvr5wshlszhs6sdyrup3dwq877jdxwxhesds2hqqtu0uczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5nmsr9a My favourite memory of John Mastodon is when he drank that can of coke by ripping the bottom off with his teeth. What a guy. 2026-01-17T13:33:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmhzlz9pclk26kxqu9gsjs5yqrkfvaunwkasqav2tzfm469uf3xgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5xld6tf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2r9std4sct9uwd20srjl7sw9xqncvqlt4tquw80zycy59tk3hsfc9luax7'>nevent1q…uax7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My super awesome t-shirt in the cold light of day:<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/899/057/340/745/987/original/174b5ee34ee68fa9.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-15T12:15:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstxpvxdy836cp5dt8ny0juj8x3fc59shpp87x2hgkm9kczg5c3khszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5tm5s4z Shout-out to New Zealand folk:<br/><br/>If you can spare a moment, please can you tell me some of your favourite bands and musical artists from your country? Any genre is good!<br/><br/>I want to make a playlist and I&#39;d rather hear about what you love and explore from there than asking Google. ❤️<br/>#NewZealand 2026-01-15T08:17:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2r9std4sct9uwd20srjl7sw9xqncvqlt4tquw80zycy59tk3hsfczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5fhqax2 For the first time ever, I&#39;m going to share a photo of me in my super awesome t-shirt. It glows in the dark!<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/895/814/617/216/413/original/ec683cafeda4502f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-14T22:31:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrj8slx53am8uz8epss80regl06skp7ex0jfz75mvfzxuu40reelczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl527fdxs One of my not-shit colleagues has her last day with us tomorrow, so I said I would bake her her own batch of my famous brownies.<br/>#food #baking<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/810/453/706/883/106/original/41a64ea7e4262974.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-30T20:42:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswg9m0l6z5qgs2k5jkvdxl59f3zfk27hjcals944rxewf6y4xh0rczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl53vf7ee Jenkins has decided it&#39;s time to moult again. It&#39;s so weird because rabbits don&#39;t moult all that often. <br/><br/>Just for the first half of the year and then the following six months.<br/>#RabbitsOfMastodon 2025-12-27T11:08:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstr7adtaql66cq7lht6ve0dha2thzfj6f2x2ym8zxnd3y87tu8seqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5vv65kl I had a dream last night that I saw some really cool moss/lichen in the sun on the side of a tree. I wanted to photograph it for the fedi.<br/><br/>I love this place. 2025-12-26T22:18:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspp3xtq5lw08czdhlxjyylp02z75235nx7v0l9jy8k5x8w63lqnhczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5jzcckq Hi guys, just wanted to take a minute to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, most of all good health! These days people don&#39;t spend much time or thought on some personal words to their friends and family, they just copy and paste some random message and send it on. So I just want to thank you and wish you a happy and fulfilling 2018 - you’re the best gymnastics group anyone could ask for. Ben x 2025-12-25T21:09:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvqhq964tuz9799dvq5mmttgyal4xeaew29agzuqtar96ak4fs8fqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl58qtrjc &#34;Why don&#39;t you just Amazon it?&#34; asks my mum.<br/><br/>Because I walked up to the local shopping centre and I bought Christmas cards and actual gifts from a little gift shop. I get to handwrite the cards and wrap the gifts myself and it feels personal. I touched these soft toys and wrapped them and wrote the little card.<br/><br/>Then I went to the post office and bought the box and packaging I&#39;d need to post them tomorrow. There was an old lady with a frame delivering mince pies to the staff. At the checkout counter I saw some gift label stickers and I&#39;d just run out, so I bought them too.<br/><br/>Then I went via the local cafe for a takeaway tea and laughed at a small boy (2ish) determined to pay for his ice cream by himself, thereby holding up the whole queue in an adorable way.<br/><br/>As I walked home I smiled at the random guy walking past me and he smiled back.<br/><br/>Sure, this way of gift-giving is much longer and takes much more effort. But I&#39;ve given my friend the gift of time and energy and that makes it much more special. <br/><br/>And I got to feel like part of a community for a moment. 2025-12-09T12:08:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhw8dl5jzepyycxqreu543pknjksavzxgfjrkgnpmfzuw3z6mzzczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5cfxay0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jpvmx4vdqr4kfs4xp8uwj25m6qa29yqscjhnylmf9ycekyykpjsn0k6mw'>nevent1q…k6mw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/683/668/594/083/867/original/0b210cbe0d6636a8.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-12-08T11:20:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvh0atkg5d8zpx0ghvt77e8l58hwvp25e9jyvnaed2prfanfvnuqczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl55dzrc7 I did my semi-annual search for &#34;how to exercise for autistic people who hate exercise&#34; and I&#39;ve learnt two things:<br/><br/>- get a dog.<br/>- hate exercise and do it anyway.<br/><br/>#exercise #ActuallyAutistic 2025-11-25T19:53:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9py4egp4j2tqa3xdlu7f6gghrrkgzg0ds7smlvfhr3ak0y6cawgczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5x67em6 Casual reminder to go and press that &#34;export data&#34; button on Mastodon. <br/><br/>You can backup your list of follows, blocks, lists etc, so if you ever have to start all over again on another instance you can pick up right where you left off. 2025-11-24T06:51:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstp4tjqwpdhuzyawymktj6yrq2z5rxgk8kuq9zyjkaz5hnz20sz4gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5rqh9gr This darts, darts, darts final isn&#39;t going to be very long, is it?<br/>#darts 2025-11-23T20:27:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfqq3w5n96fhh0mxvh9wn4hv094nx4dqw4hvvpnuwhgpdmq7wdjqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5y0txrv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm4j3grdc6h7fgj637z5yv8kmeus8dwjqcp6dhph60wcgvxmj7gsx68h4w'>nevent1q…8h4w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m assuming someone very popular boosted my original post because I&#39;ve never had so many replies in one day.<br/><br/>In answer to a lot of questions, my parents fully drank the Kool Aid. They think voice activated stuff is the tits and it&#39;s a wonderful modern gadget. Amazon is their go-to shop for absolutely everything, but they will still have a conversation with you about how awful it is that there are no independent shops on the high street.<br/><br/>We are not the same people. <br/><br/>Before I leave their house tomorrow, I&#39;m trying to think of some keywords to say so that their ads are completely bizarre. 2025-11-23T15:56:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm4j3grdc6h7fgj637z5yv8kmeus8dwjqcp6dhph60wcgvxmj7gszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5q69v7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsds7ll4cf59jkaq3vfnfxzq6ex78yyr9y2xj6r3y084696zgp47dgmpwyhc'>nevent1q…wyhc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does anyone have any literature on why having these listening devices in your house is a bad idea? <br/><br/>My instinct is &#34;it&#39;s obviously bad just cos&#34; but that isn&#39;t exactly helpful. 2025-11-23T11:35:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsds7ll4cf59jkaq3vfnfxzq6ex78yyr9y2xj6r3y084696zgp47dgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl524ktnz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgk20rzqxvgt9n3uettl30zk9g8qdexfa8tlz4lnv7qhna8z4y6es3zvr97'>nevent1q…vr97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was foolishly pressing the &#34;on&#34; button with my finger. Like a *peasant*. 2025-11-23T11:26:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgk20rzqxvgt9n3uettl30zk9g8qdexfa8tlz4lnv7qhna8z4y6eszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl57ewlqe My parents have an alexa kettle that can only be turned on by speaking to alexa or using an app.<br/><br/>So I can have tea as long as they have a wifi connection.<br/><br/>Welcome to the 21st century. 2025-11-23T08:40:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyr70l9cjdsmvqx2mwang7z4atkwljrezclvcv36rygzrqltddldczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5x220qg I was just having a lovely little scroll and keeping watch over you lovely people when I remembered that today, like everyone else around here recently, is my 3rd Fediversary.<br/><br/>It&#39;s such a relief to know that this community of people exists, and you (yes YOU) are a part of that.<br/><br/>So thank you for having me, and keep on trucking.<br/>:annoyingdog: 2025-11-20T20:54:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv62acfm2w2ehmlxx72r39qyz92tjn7qcpfduegx0jn99pu6kcllqzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5n675nn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsweh4sya787va5jcjxuewexwa2f384dds5gtazse5ayuwzgmwdkvcmqmjrj'>nevent1q…mjrj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, why do my parents say they&#39;re so proud of me when I&#39;m getting married? <br/><br/>We&#39;re so proud you finally found a husband. You worked long and hard to earn this husband. We instilled this incredible work ethic in you to help you get a husband and continue the narrative of hetero normative domination. You&#39;ve now won at patriarchy and can give up because you&#39;ve peaked.<br/><br/>It&#39;s just weird. It&#39;s not a finish line or something I&#39;ve worked for.<br/><br/>Of course, I didn&#39;t say any of these things but I thought them very loudly.<br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T15:58:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsweh4sya787va5jcjxuewexwa2f384dds5gtazse5ayuwzgmwdkvczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5r6m0rp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7cpkuma5w759xn2uy6jyvylcnfjckwr3h3haznezk2vem3062jcxe8ne2'>nevent1q…8ne2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We got home and opened all of our cards this afternoon. There were tons. Even the alpacas sent us a card (for real).<br/><br/>This one is one of my favourites from one of my friends. The front of the card had a big cake on it. The cake was not a lie. It was labelled &#34;real cake&#34;. This was the inside:<br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/560/012/894/473/987/original/07e33b5957a6cf85.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-16T15:14:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7cpkuma5w759xn2uy6jyvylcnfjckwr3h3haznezk2vem3062jczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5h7dpan In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs026ruthq4pqh3spchuqxageauv77tsa92zjkam2f6zmg7qe5442s55c3ul'>nevent1q…c3ul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had about 6 cups of tea yesterday, which is a really strong reason for why my sleep was so bad last night. But I was on the dance floor with my fancy mug. Some people didn&#39;t believe it was really tea in there.<br/><br/>Some people don&#39;t know me at all.<br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:59:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs026ruthq4pqh3spchuqxageauv77tsa92zjkam2f6zmg7qe5442szyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5kw2340 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh73xxnvupfhp702nk08py4gjmteggu0h2yvqv9z4qsd7fl9qyesjlg8ww'>nevent1q…g8ww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also didn&#39;t believe anything anyone said. Telling me I looked beautiful or that the speech was great. I&#39;m like well, you have to say that because this is the day when everyone is nice to me.<br/><br/>Also, when people said those things I couldn&#39;t say &#34;... obviously&#34; and I had to say thank you. I spent a lot of money and many hours of my life to live up to all of the conventional beauty standards on this one day. Of course you&#39;ll recognise I look different to normal (jeans, hoodies, trainers...) and use the word &#34;beautiful&#34;. But I won&#39;t believe you when I say it.<br/><br/>I believe myself though. I looked well fit. And really boobalicious.<br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:57:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvh73xxnvupfhp702nk08py4gjmteggu0h2yvqv9z4qsd7fl9qyeszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5dhfxm9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2ha6ser07wtha46322wx8elf8uuxvpnnrskkrdl0v7r6egwrtpsvy7x97'>nevent1q…7x97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was a good day. I don&#39;t understand where it was supposed to be stressful and I didn&#39;t understand why people kept asking if I was nervous or excited.<br/><br/>I was just there to have a party and do what I had to do. I wasn&#39;t worried or buzzing. I just &#34;was&#34;. Eventually I picked up that I was supposed to say I was excited, but still, I found it weird.<br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:52:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2ha6ser07wtha46322wx8elf8uuxvpnnrskkrdl0v7r6egwrtpszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl57pwvhg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsykse82f0jt7wmgeyhq22gzgvrcuslpylr7pyd44v7qx6ft2w7tysm7e093'>nevent1q…e093</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The magician was bloody fantastic. Everyone commented on his amazing skills. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much watching him do his stuff. <br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:48:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsykse82f0jt7wmgeyhq22gzgvrcuslpylr7pyd44v7qx6ft2w7tyszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl550fnrf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttyumzfdvk8c82qj6pgavxyramrpu3m45q4jq49dx5yza684hrwgehnkmz'>nevent1q…nkmz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I tried to leave my hotel in the morning to set off to the venue to get ready, my 18 month old niece came to wave me off. She sat in the driver&#39;s seat of my car.<br/><br/>Worst taxi ever. I don&#39;t think she even had a licence.<br/><br/>Cute as fuck though.<br/><br/>We also had a really good chat this morning as she pointed out all the birds she could see from the window and we practised animal noises.<br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:46:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttyumzfdvk8c82qj6pgavxyramrpu3m45q4jq49dx5yza684hrwgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5gn89yc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jnv2ewkl60q0z3v4xnya3qtpuftrevnnw6f3kwlru24vxsy2ncs4az4yq'>nevent1q…z4yq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The alpacas were a big hit.<br/><br/>I had to walk past them in order to get to the ceremony room. Obviously I had to stop and feed them before I walked down the aisle. Everyone had to wait. Alpacas come first.<br/><br/>After the ceremony we did the traditional confetti tunnel photography thing and when we got to the end, everyone just stood there... so I picked up my dress and started running towards these guys!<br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/559/884/735/248/071/original/63f22a7646d32f8a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-16T14:42:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jnv2ewkl60q0z3v4xnya3qtpuftrevnnw6f3kwlru24vxsy2ncszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5x6aaaf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva8xnfw332eyt9cuaahwp93yyd4gwdxdenj762a50cdh46mysqrs08t3jr'>nevent1q…t3jr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s the afternoon after the night before and I don&#39;t know how I&#39;m still moving after just over 3 hours of sleep and non-stop socialising.<br/><br/>Here are some of the highlights:<br/><br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-16T14:37:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsva8xnfw332eyt9cuaahwp93yyd4gwdxdenj762a50cdh46mysqrszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5r4fpwz 10 minutes until I have to haul myself out of bed and get this party started. Decided I need some background music this morning and I have a playlist setup to just have some good vibes.<br/><br/>I forgot about the image I set and it&#39;s great.<br/>#AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/552/624/235/374/403/original/a75f22c59c8dcb84.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-15T07:56:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2tdrldjzvh942tgwpkdhe2amf59yhysuavsclya7rrczgrk46ffszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5ytn7rs Up to now I haven&#39;t really understood why weddings are notoriously so stressful. <br/><br/>But today I spoke to a colleague who&#39;s getting married next autumn and she has been to her venue recently to measure the length of the aisle so she can work out precisely how many steps she needs to take to end up on the correct foot when she reaches the front so she can turn the right way.<br/><br/>That&#39;s how. That&#39;s how one gets stressed about a wedding.<br/>#MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-09T13:57:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e8nqjnu47h0g3mps3h95pf0ny2aqyel8jt00a98uyc7a97v35cgzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5tzk8x3 I want to wear my Fitbit on my wedding day because, much like Google, I feast on all of that lovely, lovely data. I&#39;m curious to see just how fucked up my heart goes that day.<br/><br/>Anyway, it doesn&#39;t exactly &#34;go with the outfit&#34; and I didn&#39;t want to put it on my ankle like an offender on day release. So instead I&#39;m testing keeping it under my tit in my bra.<br/><br/>It is now known as a TitBit.<br/><br/>Please and thank you.<br/>#MatrimonyMusings 2025-11-06T13:05:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspqwtak00s08f7p8km6x9spjes06f0kpc5eqs7yhmzd6x3m4zrwtszyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5kf4fg2 Perks of being an adult: having two advent calendars and using one in November.<br/>#winning 2025-11-01T10:04:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9nk92jd6vtuyu5qw0uuqu2jzmrt0k035yu00n3emzne3jamrfhnczyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5eh8295 Shout out to people who love ebooks but hate Amazon:<br/><br/>Bookshop.org has started doing eBooks! They have an app! They have classics for free! They have daily 99p deals!<br/><br/>Much excite!<br/><br/>#books #bookstodon 2025-10-18T08:20:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9wh4ddjpy4zgj4qn8g6x3czr273cuaz0dd32eeel9s0s6nkjc0gzyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl550j8jw I&#39;m learning about normal faults and reverse faults and I have 4 photos of faults. I have to determine if each one shows a reverse fault or a normal fault.<br/><br/>My understanding is that a reverse fault pushed the 2 sides together and a normal fault pulls them apart. They slide. The layers move.<br/><br/>Here is one of the photos.<br/><br/>My question is, how do I tell if the left side has fallen or if the right side has been pushed up?<br/><br/>Okay. In typing this out, I think I may have actually just worked it out and how the slope is the clue. But please explain if this is obvious to you.<br/>#geology #rocks<br/> <img src="https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/367/945/968/050/914/original/e2df3f8a5555763c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-13T17:07:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqthas09mj3k07aha9tnwxshrpz9rwcaeqvma8d2qjpz6yy22jn9szyr3vwnyv76arth78j5gdtl74dy4vdmjkxyzd928dd27yfyagqhtl5e02eg8 Wedding venue just called me.<br/><br/>I picked up just as they hung up.<br/><br/>They didn&#39;t leave a message. Up to now everything has been done by via email so wtf did they want. <br/><br/>The most obvious answer is that the venue has burnt down and the wedding is off.<br/><br/>The least likely answer is that they still have some rooms left and they want us to get people to stay there.<br/><br/>...Probably the fire though.<br/>#MatrimonyMusings 2025-10-08T13:51:31Z