Dull Men's Club

Nothing much happened.

So, our baking is done, we put those staples on the list, and we'll get them with our weekly shopping.

It was the first time in 15 years that they beat their worst rivals. Probably the highlight of my year tbh. #YNWA

Now I never have to think about the porch lights again.

We've been sitting around watching movies and drinking beer. Gonna cook a turkey tomorrow.

Just a routine check. They put stickers on your chest and your legs and make you lay down for about a minute

so I turned on some lights.

I said yes please, and got my favourite beer.

Then he said the same thing to the next customer, and he got his favourite beer, which was different to mine.

I hate vehicles.

I bought food. Ate it all.

I’ve never preferred the mouse as an input device.

3x25mm, TX10

Pie is now in the oven. I think I might have added 3 tablespoons of flour instead of two. Could be thick. Won't know until tomorrow afternoon.

Sometimes I'll take them down the night before, if I acknowledge the reminder I have set on my phone. Taking them down the night before is nice because then it's already done the morning of.

I made tea and added a bit of milk to it. The next person will find they do not have enough milk for a cup of tea.

Although there is another pack of milk I feel guilty about leaving only a single sip for the next person.

I was out running last night and I came back after the kid had fallen asleep, so I needed to wait until this morning. It only takes an hour, so I can hang the clothes to dry before going to the office.

My boyfriend's goyishe family won't appreciate how good it is nor what a tzimmes it is to make the dang thing, but it'll pair nicely with some brie.

Softener dispenser isn't draining. Open the lid after a cycle to find it still full of fluid. I'll admit I have no clue whatsoever how it works; I also don't know how they manufactured it because it doesn't come apart. It's the kind that sits on top of the agitator (top-loading washer), I think it works by centrifugal force, that it's supposed to fling it out of the center chamber to an outer chamber during the spin cycle?

I tried cleaning it not long ago, it doesn't come apart, so I don't know if I just washed some Clinton-era crud into a small port I have no hope of cleaning. Oh well, remarkably for a washing machine of this age these parts are still available, so I think I'll just spend ten bucks on it.

I peeled and diced 8 potatoes, 3 onions, a parsnip, 3 cloves of garlic and a thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger. Put all of it in a pot with 3 table spoons of sunflower oil, and let it braise till the veggies browned a bit. Then I deglazed it with 200g of crème fraîche, 4 tea spoons of vegetable broth powder, and boiling water till it was all covered.

Added copious amounts of freshly-ground black pepper, nutmeg, turmeric, and something a Moroccan street trader sold to my sister-in-law as "lazy wives' spice" ("you won't need anything else to make your husband happy").

When the potatoes were boiled soft, I blended the soup to a creamy consistency and served it with a dash of Sriracha sauce.

They liked it.

None out of the pairs of socks was missing

Doing this at least once or twice a year is sure to maximize the life expectancy of your refrigeration appliances.

The first side took 2 hours. The second side took 1 hour.

I don't want a new roof. I don't want a loan. I'd rather be doing something fun.

Already failed my first goal for taking today off, by forgetting to turn off my alarm clock.

So my grand plan for using one of my precious days off is (drum roll, please) ….. taking my kid to a routine appointment that for some reason had to be in the middle of the day

I feel that I may be getting too old for this kind of nonsense.

Wound up making 3 bags (36oz) of croutons. Should be enough for the soup.

It didn't set properly, but it's tasty and that's all that matters.

Fellow brits will understand.

When I wake up I'm really dehydrated, so a cup of electrolytes is surprisingly helpful

They also taste good

I'm going to read my book for a bit.

If I don't do it now, I'll have to do it in the evening.

I made it years ago when homebrewing was really popular. Had 3 taps at one point. Even had a 3-way regulator to set different pressures. Never use it anymore. Haven't brewed in ages.

Darn thing sat in my basement unplugged for over a year until this morning I decided enough was enough. Removed the wooden collar and lugged that thing up the stairs by myself. Had to do it when the missus was away so she couldn't warn me against hurting myself.

Loaded it into my hatchback and took it to the same place I take all the extra cardboard when that piles up (wife loves Amazon). Charge is $20 for recycling. I tipped an extra $5 ‐ those guys work hard.

I catch myself admiring the space where it was and patting myself on the back for a job well done.

Used one of those Affresh pods today. It's the second one I've used. Not entirely convinced it's achieving much but it was a nice day to have several gallons of hot water sloshing around in the house.

Last month I noticed just how crud filled the softener dispenser was, and there's no way to take it apart so I just had to sort of reach into the holes and do what I could, fill it with water and such and just shake it around trying to dislodge everything. Figured I should probably start cleaning the tub as well.

The old one was looking kinda sad. I'll keep it around for extra dirty cleaning jobs though.