A universe of atoms, an atom in a universe
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Last Notes npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Gotta love a council that uses its resources to stick a palm tree up a pole. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Visual representation of being in the right place at the right time npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Look who I get to watch for a couple of hours. At least he has no interest in my keyboard. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Check out this flamboyant chap I met during my lunchtime bike ride. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Do you rinse your mouth with water after brushing with toothpaste? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught This is such a terrific corner of the internet. Elsewhere you'll find vicious people mocking others, dogpiling without remorse, laughing cruelly at suffering and misfortune, etc. But here? People generally support each other, and discuss their lives, passions, hobbies, moss and mushrooms, birbs, scientifIc discoveries, language learning, travel, music, and everything else that keeps this planet from descending into complete disrepair. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught A pictorial representation of 'being in the wrong place at the wrong time' npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Had such a great day at work today that I have a really good feeling that excellent things are going to continue and it's finally going to happen sometime in the night, and I'll wake up to read The Headline. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I hear this is the place for fungus photos. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught One of the myriad things I don’t miss about algorithmic social media are all the misattributed quotes. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught This is what YouTube thinks I want to watch on Saturday night. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught A pair of little corellas demonstrating the ne plus ultra of elegance and poise with a crash landing npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Surely I'm not the only one? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Remember when you were a kid in the 80s and used to pretend to shoot up with a refillable lead pencil? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught That’s a gorgeous pheasant coucal. They have a really unique call, too - npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Bird Lady, action shot npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I thought he was going to punch me in the face, but instead he booped my nose !!! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Well, a year since I was initially poached and about five months since I successfully got the ongoing promotion. That was some fierce competition and a gruelling recruitment process! Being poached was nice and easy 😛 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Oh my, it's nearly one year since my current manager poached me from my previous role. And then in August it will be my two-year anniversary with my organisation. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Saturday morning coming at me like Hitchcock's birds npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught It's 9 pm and I'm still an hour away from home because I wanted a good view of the stars. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I know you people want to see these ghost mushrooms. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Autumn clouds npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Pied currawong practising for the long jump event in whatever Olympics birds have npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Reflections npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught My little green people npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I already am a wicked old lady! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught This is my favourite photo from my skydiving, probably because it's the most ridiculous. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught PND npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Scenes from the waterfowl safari, which is what the Illawara becomes after a good rain npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Gotta love "sugar free" recipes that are filled with honey, agave, dates, maple syrup, etc. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught My buddy who's a performer was abused in Melbourne for dressing femme. Happy trans day of visibility, I guess 😒 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught How long has it been since I last made a confession? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I think the radiotherapy is making me lose my armpit hair. Maybe this afternoon I'll ask if they could do the other one, too. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Pretty sunset for such a cold, crummy day npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I've just given all my friends their walking papers. I'm incredibly sad, but no more sad than I was before. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught When I was little I desperately wanted braces because I loved the way they looked. I didn't need them and my parents never took me to the dentist anyway, so it wasn't an option. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I like how it gave me a white moustache. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught No filter! 🤡 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught They made me a flat white with this seahorse that's ejecting hearts from its bum 😊😊 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I'm ignoring my building's fire alarm partly because I'm busy with work, but mostly because I don't want to put on pants. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Anyone remember that bed bugs game from the 80s? Came with a vibrating bed, coloured bugs, tools to remove the bugs, etc. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Tupperware of DESTINY, not Doom 😂😂 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Apparently we're in need of anti-venom, and this is how Aussies are instructed to catch the deadliest spider in the world: npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught It's just before 6 a.m. and I have loads to do at work today, plus starting the second week of radiotherapy during my lunch. So far they haven't heeded my request to use gamma rays rather than X-rays, so sadly no superpowers yet. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Since we have a surfeit of sunsets down here, I'll share another. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught The universe is more fascinating than mysticism would have you believe. It's a testament to the power of human intelligence that we're able to discover these things - and a testament to the power of human ignorance that people would rather believe in creationism. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught This is my new neighbour. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Everybody, stop what you're doing and look at these penguins choosing colourful hand-painted pebbles for their mates 😭😭😭 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught It’s not a peanut sauce, but I do love peanuts! I garnish with them for this dish. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Heading back home from my stupid walk in the stupid rain. Should I buy stuff to make sushi or Pad Thai? I can't decide. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I'm blown away by how much my colleagues at work have stepped up. I'm relaxed and relatively unconcerned about the next month because I am confident that I can deal with it whilst balancing the other aspects of life, but knowing that there are people who genuinely care makes a big difference. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught He's so cute when he's grumpy, whereas I'm just a pain in the arse. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught That’s the same thing everyone says until you stop being useful to them. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Standard human behaviour npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Apparently I'm only allowed to appear happy (at least outwardly) so other people feel good, even when I'm going through a cancer diagnosis and treatment program. Support is available on the condition that I'm still fun and entertaining and useful (support = people still interacting with me, nothing that requires effort). npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught My unpleasant bike ride in the humidity and persistent, annoying sprinkling was rewarded with a gorgeous bird of prey. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Nothing worse than a mouldy reed! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Just had my AC serviced, and am pleased to report that it's clean as a whistle. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Did she work throughout? Did she have support? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I just hope treatment is nothing more involved than radiotherapy for a couple months. I'm doing this with no support so logistics and balancing work are also important considerations. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Going home same day, but hopefully there are no Sydney train shenanigans. I won't find out more RE: treatment until they do another pathology, so at least another week after that. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Surgery booked in for Tuesday, straight after work npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught For some inscrutable reason, I've had this song in my head for two days straight. And yes, I know the Russian and have been singing it in my head in its entirety. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught "It's a funny thing about looking for things. If you hunt for a needle in a haystack you don't find it. If you don't give a darn whether you ever see the needle or not it runs into you the first time you lean against the stack." npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Biopsies are done. This is the next part. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught The only thing that will stick is the lousy pathology report, but even that will look a little different after a good sleep. And maybe with a stroke of luck I'll beat the odds. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I just had the most horrendous day and want nothing more than to curl up and sleep for a week straight. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I don't eat lasagne, but I love it and found myself craving it earlier. Then I remembered that time I was trying to explain to a toddler what lasagne was, and ended up calling it "spaghetti cake" to get her to understand the basic concept. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught There are many problems. They mansplained my own tyre preference to me, made excuses as to why they used the different tyres (excuses which fell apart under the slightest scrutiny), and then flat out lied when they said it was because they didn't have the same size in stock and didn't want me waiting further. But they replaced them on the spot from tyres they had in stock! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I had my bike serviced last week, and they replaced my tyres with skinny ones. I called this morning and explained that skinny tyres don't fit my purpose and that I would like them replaced with thicker tyres like I had before the servicing. I gave the tyres a chance yesterday and they didn't work out. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Good morning from Jervis Bay, everybody! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I love summer, but seeing fall colours makes me excited for the autumn equinox- a point in time when the day is as long as the night, when light and dark are in balance. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I was so busy today with this report writing- and we're talking a 60+ pager here- that I forgot to share my buddy's sweet face. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Doc called me today to schedule another biopsy ASAP, so that's on for tomorrow morning. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Morning, I guess. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught The hair is an entity unto itself. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Honestly a little jealous of Chris Minns' hair. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Just realised Chris Minns is the same age as me- a few weeks younger, as a matter of fact. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Haitian "Zombie Desert" coffee beans npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Slept another 13 hours so arrived at the beach pretty late this morning. When I turn up during sunrise, I see a cute brown cocker spaniel, all smiles and wags. When I turn up after 10, it's smiling sea monster corpses. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught It's 7:45 p.m. and I'm about to brush my teeth and floss before repairing to my bed chamber, but before I go I'll just leave you with these sulphur-crested twats, a purple swamphen, and a magpie. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Slept a full 13 hours last night and could have kept going. The thought of missing this guy at the beach is the reason I finally got up. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Biopsy: done npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Oh, it is totally luck. Anyone can get cancer, anyone. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I haven't done an overshare in a while, have I? npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I love tinned sardines! The Brunswick ones in springwater, no added salt. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Tonight's low-effort dinner: Tinned sardines with tabasco and a baked potato npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Google Maps reckons I can cycle there in two days 😂😂 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught It's a rainy Sunday, which means going for a stupid walk with my stupid umbrella instead of cycling along the coast in the sunshine. Boo! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I mean, it's basic diagnostics- ultrasound, mammogram, biopsy. It's not fucking Dr House diagnostics here. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Well, they can't be as bad as the last people who lost my USB and locked themselves out of my patient portal 🙄🙄🙄 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught In my anecdotal experiences (recent and longitudinal), when you tell someone you aren't interested in being in a relationship now or in the forseeable future and they assure you they're totally cool with that, they really aren't totally cool with that. At all. In fact, they may even ask if you want to move in together very soon. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I have nowhere else to put this. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I accomplished a ton at work today, I'm in high demand in my branch, and I'm booking seats with my friend from work to see Suzy Izzard's one-person performance of Hamlet in Sydney this winter. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught ..but you have just procured your airfare, right? 😃 npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Everybody, Suzy Izzard is bringing her one-person performance of Hamlet to Sydney this June! npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Feeling kinda sad, so here's something that's not sad. npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught Me: browsing the web for a nice glass-top coffee table npub17w9jlr8w5v59evaszfrgthz00xme3tma9dx5p54c7aqa65v0jwts8qpnkq Alex the Naught I have short hair, not a fucking pixie cut.
