Year In Review 2019
Source: russellclarke’s Year On iNaturalist NZ 2019 · iNaturalist NZ
Category: Life
The dangers of festive over-indulgence – UnHerd
In the US, he says, “most of our annual weight gain occurs during the six-week holiday feasting period between Thanksgiving and the new year, and … this extra weight tends to stick with us after the holidays are over.” We don’t have to worry about Thanksgiving over here, but there are three other days — Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve — that are, Guyenet says, “the definition of overeating”. And that’s true in the UK, just as much as in the States.
Lord Viking
I am currently in the UK. I am however fortunate enough to receive small food parcels of sanity from home. Here is Lord Viking being adorable in the freshly mown grass of 15-degrees-warmer-than-here, just North of Auckland.
Candy Crush To The Left Of Us, Candy Crush To The Right Of Us, Candy Crush Ahead Of Us
Hope you’re not reading this on your mobile phone.
Not A Leaf
Adorable.
Vogelkop
Truly bizarre. Utterly wondrous.
Roger Harris
One of the greatest men that I have ever had the pleasure to know died yesterday.
I lived in Chedworth (a small village near Cirencester) for 3 years. A relatively short period, but it was the only place in the UK that ever felt like home to me. Once I left the UK, I made sure I visited every time I went back.
Here’s a picture of me and my best mate, Rob, and crazy dog Lola, with Roger last September. I am so glad we got to see Roger then.
Go well, mate.
Facebook Derangement Syndrome
I am a recent refugee from Facebook.
Since 2015 I’ve been liking it less and less. Something about the discourse has changed since then – it’s got uglier, more polarised and absolutely zero-nuanced – so basically like how I imagine Twitter (of which I have never partaken) to be.
So I have left it behind.
Time to pretend it’s back to the early 2000s, when blogs were all the rage, and that people care enough about my opinions to do more than scroll through their news feed. Anyway, let’s see.
I will post here what I used to post on Facebook, namely:
- Pictures of our two delightful cats, Lord Viking & Princess Wanda.
- Links to articles I’ve enjoyed reading.
- Silly pictures.
If you can stomach that sort of thing, then please feel free to follow this site using the links at the bottom of the page.
Thanks for reading.
Lord Viking & Princess Wanda 