Weeknotes

Been a bit slow on getting it together to do non-weeknote Actual Posts on here for a while so I've returned my tumblr as a smaller thing where I can post little bits and bobs.
The "no phone, watch-only" experiment is going really well; the only thing I really miss is having a camera on hand—I have a DSLR but it's a bit bulky to be carrying round with me all the time, so I've ordered a second-hand point-and-shoot off eBay.
I have agreed to take responsibility for an AI working group for the union since I have a bit more time and energy. Off to London on Tuesday for an AI conference which should be interesting.
Our final MISSION session was this week :( I'm going to stick around at the coworking space for a while and I'm sure I'll see plenty of the folk but I will miss the regular sessions.
We were going to go to York to see my Nan this weekend, but unfortunately she has COVID :( so we're just having a relaxing one at home.

Cooking

We're doing surprisingly well in the "trying new recipes" stakes recently. Most of them are hits, too!

We made this spicy peanut butter ramen the other day, a bit messy (both to eat and in terms of the washing-up it generates) but really tasty. Just about spicy enough for me (a spice baby).
We made some homemade vegan kebabs (this recipe + a bit of soy sauce in the marinade) and they're absolutely cracking. I would go so far as to say that I don't see why I would bother ordering kebabs when making them at home is this easy.

I finished (or finished with—I'll be honest, I gave up on the poetry) the selected works of GK Chesterton. I liked his fiction alright, but the nonfiction (aside from showing me where a few people who I've read for a while with a very particular writing style get some of their gimmick from) did not do a lot for me.
I've started on Ivan Jablonka's A History Of Masculinity. We're quite heavy on the "history" bit so far, but it looks like it is actually progressing toward being the kind of thing I'm hoping for 🙏
It is wild to me how little dril earns on patreon.
Tom linked me this Zadie Smith piece about British comedy and class and her father and it's really good, really well-observed.
I don't watch Succession but I love me nothing better than Real Murdoch Family Drama.
People moving to Peoria because of TikTok; I wonder where the places like this in the UK are.

I'll be honest, we went to see the London Philharmonic the other week and I came out humming one of the tunes from the Frog Detective soundtrack. It's just very catchy.

I've still not fully given up on Mando, but it really is getting a bit much. How did Skinny Pete and the lads on the boat not notice the big Imperial base?

Played some of that Tokyo: Ghostwire which popped up on Gamepass the other day, fulfilling my desire for a pretty-looking but mediocre action game.