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I'm going to do page of links to interesting Coursera courses that folks might find useful. They are university level, and run by good unis and are free to do online. (Some of them are the same material that you would get if you physically attended the classes themselves.) They are useful if you need help with preparing for your university course, or want to fill in gaps in knowledge that you've missed, or just for

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bright-eyes 3 years ago

personal interest.

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3 years ago

My newest character in LOTRO should reach level 15 today. Excellent. Means that I should be able to open some of the lootboxes with free black keys that you get for the anniversary event. That means that I /may/ be able to get one of the figments of splendour items I've been wanting for ages.

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3 years ago

I've been wanting to read the Temeraire books. I've read most of them before, but it was only last year when I got the last two in the series because I couldn't find them easily. There seemed to be a problem publishing the 2nd to the last one in the UK. (Happens quite a bit with fantasy and sci-fi books, sadly, especially sci-fi.) Now, I've found them all, so I'll do a re-read after I've finished the Dresden Files.

bright-eyes 3 years ago

Needed to do that as it's been a long time since I read them so I could fully enjoy the last two. Peter Jackson was supposed to have made the first into a film, but the project was cancelled, sadly. Would have loved to have seen it.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

What I'll never get is why, just because you have a warm day, people think that it's time to make a lot of racket! It's either kids screaming, morons playing loud music/getting into arguments/(almost!) crashing cars/motor bikes by driving too fast, or electrical gardening equipment. You can't have a day where you can sit out and read a book, or listen to birdsong, or something that doesn't annoy people.

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holeinmyheart 3 years ago

Leaf blowers were invented by the CIA as a mind control device

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holeinmyheart 3 years ago

TPTB dreams of a future where money grows from trees and leaf blowers grow from the concrete, wailing away to keep the general population indoors and headphoned 24/7

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koshka 3 years ago

I think it's because it attracts all of the loathsome extrovert types, who have hypo-sensory issues and need to have a constant excess of stimuli in order to feel good. As an autistic person, I wish I could shove all of these people into a cramped pod and fire them into the Sun, where they can have all of the excitement they could ever dream of.

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bright-eyes

3 years ago

It's getting to that time of year when it's too hot for me. Over did it on Saturday and have been feeling tired ever since, though yesterday was worse than today.

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3 years ago

The irony of it is when secondary schools in Britain forced girls to bake bread in school is that they would've had a lot of stick from their teachers if they produced crap bread. Now, it seems acceptable.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

Decent bread seems to be a difficult thing to come by these days. It's either full of holes, disintegrates or unfilling. The worst is brown bread that has seeds in it - they put the seeds in to make buyers think it's decent bread but when you get it it's like eating grit, as well as the other problems. White bread is usually dry or full of holes and breaks apart. A good bread is dense and has a weight to it.

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bright-eyes 3 years ago

Cakes are the same, though with the sugar in them, folks usually tolerate crap cakes more than crap bread.

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3 years ago

I think it goes without saying that 90% of the time I hate people. That's because 90% of the time they irritate me. Today, some prat decided to harass my dog in our garden. Fuck off...

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koshka 3 years ago

This is why we have the Second Amendment.

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3 years ago

Today, I took Max on a long walk that used to take Laddie on. (Never had the chance with Misty and Colin, and Jaffa only went on the road side once - he had arthritis and so couldn't go on long walks.) Given my knee, the dodgy muscle of my right leg and my high blood pressure, I never thought that I'd take a dog on it again.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

I also like the fact that it cuts down on the dreaded plastic. I hate having lots of plastic to throw out when you buy supermarket fruit and veg.

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3 years ago

I think Samwise would approve greatly of the fresh fruit and veg haul we got today. (Though the dwarves would probably be very sniffy at the kale - never had it before, so I don't know if I'll like it but I needed some greenery.)

bright-eyes 3 years ago

The fridge is filled up, now, too. No more room in it.

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3 years ago

Recently, I found a local shop that will deliver. Got fed up of Tesco and Morrisons messing me about because of the pandemic. Iceland delivers OK, but their range isn't enough for a diabetic. WH Smith can go hang themselves, too.

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3 years ago

Today, I'm just playing seeing what I can get to decorate it a little. There isn't that much I can use, sadly, as the level of my character is low and I've not accumulated a lot of things yet.

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3 years ago

So, I compromised yesterday on the Anor server and bought one of the standard houses instead of a deluxe house. (Was two golds short.) The deluxe house next door is unoccupied at the moment, so I'll make that my goal.

bright-eyes updated Dead Winter's Night (Formally Bright Eyes)

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bright-eyes updated Dead Winter's Night (Formally Bright Eyes)

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3 years ago

Since the beginning of the month, I've had to deal with a lot of fatigue. It causes me to become behind with a lot of things I intended to do. I think part of it is due to the 2nd covid jab, but it is still annoying.

bright-eyes updated Dead Winter's Night (Formally Bright Eyes)

3 years ago

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