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A small compilation of Things Wot Have Made Me Happy over the past couple of weeks.
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I am pleased to have produced offspring who can appreciate the great pleasure of slurping up really long noodles.
Early morning commuting selfie at Birmingham New Street Station, complete with Eye of Sauron. I was having a quick blast around the station to hit up the Pokéstops before diving down to the platform to catch my London train.
Here I am at an outreach event at my university, themed "Water, water, everywhere". Our stand was mostly about Cassini at Enceladus. I may have had a bit of wine before this photo was taken.
The bloke & Keiki are putting together Keiki's bed after the carpet was installed in the children's new room. Keiki's jacket came from his London cousin. He struts about in it when he wears it at nursery. We're trying to teach him to say, "Heyyyy", but at the moment his Baby Fonz impression is not quite so suave.
Humuhumu has discovered wearing her hair in bunches. She has also discovered the gigantic stash of hand-me-down princess dresses from her Leeds cousin. She has decisively graduated to the "little" Lego. Here, she's building the spaceship to fly around the planet.
Last weekend, she and Keiki attended two children's birthday parties. This was taken at her friend Isabelle's party. She's pleased about her Smartie ice cream. Keiki is determined to prevent anyone from taking his away.
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I got very wet cycling up to the station in the rain one day and was early enough to have a stop in the new cafe. This was my caramel hot chocolate and lemon & raspberry slice, served with pretty cutlery on a breadboard.
Two glass skull tumblers, part of my belated birthday present from brother-out-law. I'm looking forward to drinking them. Possibly the Crystal Skull vodka that formed the other part of the gift. Possibly the blood of my enemies.
Finally, a pair of Comet 67P chocolates. They were sent to all the Rosetta teams at the end of the mission. These were carefully wrapped up for me by my work colleague![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
flexagain, because I wasn't in the office for a couple of days after they arrived. I have excellent work colleagues. :)
People
I am pleased to have produced offspring who can appreciate the great pleasure of slurping up really long noodles.
Early morning commuting selfie at Birmingham New Street Station, complete with Eye of Sauron. I was having a quick blast around the station to hit up the Pokéstops before diving down to the platform to catch my London train.
Here I am at an outreach event at my university, themed "Water, water, everywhere". Our stand was mostly about Cassini at Enceladus. I may have had a bit of wine before this photo was taken.
The bloke & Keiki are putting together Keiki's bed after the carpet was installed in the children's new room. Keiki's jacket came from his London cousin. He struts about in it when he wears it at nursery. We're trying to teach him to say, "Heyyyy", but at the moment his Baby Fonz impression is not quite so suave.
Humuhumu has discovered wearing her hair in bunches. She has also discovered the gigantic stash of hand-me-down princess dresses from her Leeds cousin. She has decisively graduated to the "little" Lego. Here, she's building the spaceship to fly around the planet.
Last weekend, she and Keiki attended two children's birthday parties. This was taken at her friend Isabelle's party. She's pleased about her Smartie ice cream. Keiki is determined to prevent anyone from taking his away.
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I got very wet cycling up to the station in the rain one day and was early enough to have a stop in the new cafe. This was my caramel hot chocolate and lemon & raspberry slice, served with pretty cutlery on a breadboard.
Two glass skull tumblers, part of my belated birthday present from brother-out-law. I'm looking forward to drinking them. Possibly the Crystal Skull vodka that formed the other part of the gift. Possibly the blood of my enemies.
Finally, a pair of Comet 67P chocolates. They were sent to all the Rosetta teams at the end of the mission. These were carefully wrapped up for me by my work colleague
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And also awesome children, and everything else, but...omg.
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The slurp pic is an absolute classic! :o)
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She's worn her hair in bunches every day this week. :)
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The blood of enemies would look great in the skull glasses... *evil laughter*
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(actually many of the photos are lovely, but I am utterly delighted that someone had the idea to make comet chocolates)
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Humuhumu in glasses, wearing her cute dog-wearing-glasses shirt, followed by her mom wearing glasses! Glasses power! :D
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I bought some pyjamas for Keiki at the supermarket the other day and didn't notice until I put it on him that one set featured a London bus wearing glasses. He and Humuhumu are delighted by this.
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Humuhumu enjoying pasta is adorable.
Also love Keiki's big eyes in the picture with Bloke. Bloke seems like he's a funny guy if I go by that facial expression and some of the things you've shared about him.
Those tumblers are perfect for imbibing the blood of one's enemies.
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A lot of ugly and/or frozen red fruits, mostly berries. I recommend blackberries.
Sugar to taste.
Vodka or other clear neutral spirit to cover.
Soak in refrigerator for Quite Some Time, gently stirring every now and then.
Remove fruit and strain. (Reserve fruits for Very Adult Ice Cream Topping.) Contemplate whether this is enough. If it is not enough, add more fruit/sugar/vodka and continue the cycle.
Set in glass bottle in relative shade to let the remains of the fruit continue thinking about their sins.
Strain again, and enjoy out of the skulls of one's enemies.
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And OMG! Comet chocolates!
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I can now report that the comet chocolates were also delicious. :)
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And chocolate comet-ducks! =:o]
But most amazing of all: Photographic evidence of someone who has worked out a way of actually *enjoying* being at Birmingham Hell Street!!! =8oO
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"You are in a maze of twisty fast-food outlets and tacky shops. None of them appears to be a McDonalds. Do you:
1. Go forward;
2. Take a step backward;
3. Dodge sideways to avoid collision with the fast-moving tall guy who clearly knows where he's going and doesn't believe obstacles exist."
The only survivable option, on every turn, was 3. Though occasionally the prompt would change to "You appear to have passed through a barrier into some new yet strangely similar circle of Hell. There is no direct means of return."
=:o\
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