Shayne Lynch

Morpheus (god of dreams), my 15 YO half maine coon, has just returned from an arthritis booster shot. He is not amused, so the saffron crocus has to suffer.

Some cold days (23 celcius), then back to the 40 celcius days. I am hoping the latest heatwave breaks this weekend. On the plus side, no huge fires like we had in 2020.

Hot Hot Hot. Local temperature in the Lanyon Valley was 40 Celcius (104 fahrenheit) yesterday. 38 'ereyesterday. Forecast for today is 40. Tomorrow will be cooler at 36 celcius.

Sitting in my living room, watching the internet and the sun traveling around the world. Europe has joined us in 2026. I am hoping that the USA will join us in the 21st century.

Black highlighter seems to be the favorite colour for the USA government.

Unfortunately, he was shot twice in the act of disarming one of the two shooters. Blood donations are urgently needed for the people of Sydney. Please consider donating.

Hey America! Are you turning a corner, or going around the bend?

I was a child in the 1970's when transplants were invented, reattaching severed fingers, and so on. Measles vaccinations were invented (a bit too late for me).

A friend recently had a large aneurysm repaired using a 3D printed blood vessel.

I'm feeling a bit of Future Shock.

In 1812, the USA had to make war on Britain (in the form of Canadian Territories) to get the White House damaged.

Now Trump is doing it himself!

The Memorial to the victims of the Gatton murders, 1898. Gatton cemetery, Queensland.

Apparently, I make the bed too slowly.

It is weird that I don't like needles, but feel sad that my doctor has stopped me donating blood for the next three months.

My regular blood donation place (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) have warned me that my ferritin levels are getting low, so off to the doctor. A full set of blood tests later show my PSA score is slightly up, and my eGFR is low. But she has been monitoring it, so no worries.

"AI" originally was short for "Artificial Insemination".

I occasionally get the creepy shivers when I read about computer based AI.

False Spring is starting in Canberra. Daily temps are now around 16 celcius. Startled neighbourhood emerges to peer at the midday sun, before running inside before the evening chill.

Canberra's winter is a real hardship this year, with overnight temperatures around minus 5 Celsius. Morpheus and Apollo are glas we have heated throw-blankets.

Morpheus Cat is helping me make the bed.

Large tabby cat asleep in bed, partially under the blankets.

That is it. The catlapometer has broken down and is taking refuge in the bed. Morpheus (God of dreams) is tired of minus five degree nights.

Mountain Rosella wondering if I'm going to share that food....

Max Temperature today in southern Canberra was 5.4 degrees Celsius. But the apparent temperature only broke 3 degrees as the sun was setting...

It's feeling like a cruel winter.

The Cold is settling into Australia's mountain regions.The Cats are not happy. The Arthritis is not happy.

Australia returns the Labor Party to government, after the opposition expresses some level of admiration for Trump.

"Prince William and Donald Trump to be among guests at Pope's funeral on Saturday"

Well, That is going to cut into the Donald's golfing time.

Hmm. American Border Control is refusing entry to any foreign national that has expressed a negative opinion of the Trump Team.

Be nice, or tell the truth?

Not sure I'll be visiting my D-USA friends soon....

Well, that didn't last very long.

>poke< >poke<

The cloud pattern at the north pole of Saturn is a hexagon. A giant hexagon many times bigger than the earth.

This universe has a texture rendering problem.

Autumnal Equinox in a few hours. A welcome time of the year when the Cat sleeps through the night and feels no need to wake me up at 3am.

Donald Trump promised to "Make America Great Again". I guess he thinks that means he has to smash it into pieces first, before he can make it great.

Personally, I think he is making America Grate.

I'm getting really good at taping my knee to stop the patella from rolling around the side.

Bothers me that the tape looks like a Euro symbol, though.

I think Trump has discovered that Jackson and Buchanan are higher on the list of worst Presidents of the USA, and is determined not to be beaten by anybody.