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not that this matters because, of course, some day Owain Glyn Dwr shall return, thus allowing the Welsh to foul the place up on their own, without outside assistance.

The reigning monarch's power over the Commonwealth and showing up on their currency is represented by all the swords they've been handed by ladies in glistening samite. This is why no English monarch has fought since George II, the sword belt gets too unwieldy to lug around.

The Lady of the Lake handed Excalibur, the blade of kings forged in long forgotten myth, to Charles III, that's historically how you become king of England, right? Presumably Elizabeth II's long life was due to having the scabbard.

Presumably Commonwealth countries have similar ladies and magic swords, like Slipashrimponthebarbie, which is highly venomous because Australia.

hey who has two thumbs and also apparently insomnia and acid reflux?

Yep it's time again for the theme tune to "Shaft in Geosynchronous Orbit."

The MOB wanted the SPACE ELEVATOR. They got SHAFT! Right up to HERE!

Deodato ~ Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) 1973 Jazz Funk Purrfection Version https://youtu.be/pwx9OPaJiyM via @YouTube

ground control to Major Tom,
your circuit's dead, there's something wrong,
can you hear me, Major Tom?
can you hear me, Major Tom?
can you hear me, Major Tom?
can you hear...

https://stabmag.com/elsewhere/sea-otter-steals-surfers-board-and-bites-it-furiously-cementing-local-status-at-steamer-lane/

duuuuude. DUDE! dude, there's an OTTER on that dude's stick, it's like NATURE and shit, that's so totally non-non-heinous

But wait there’s MORE! FALCHIONS AND FLAGONS™️A SWORD AGE AN AXE AGE™️ lets you bring the action into an even earlier acetylene lit age only now everyone’s Scandinavian! New scenarios like “You Can’t Pict Your Friends” and “Dödens Fikarast” drop you right in the action! So don your byrnie, ready your breidox and your Billy™️ white pine bookshelves, and raid the tumultuous 900s!

Long ago Europe was a place where people dressed in burlap, an age lit by acetylene torches! This was the age of the FALCHIONS AND FLAGONS™️ role playing game! Choose from exciting ancestries like human, human or human! Random rolls determine if YOUR character will prove an able administrator in the Welsh Marches, or has no chance of owning armour better than cuir bouilli! Equip NPCs with Body Odour or Interesting Carbuncles! Hit location and infection tables reduce chances of surviving combat!

However if I know I don’t think as clearly while hypervigilant, and my IQ tested as 149/142 in childhood while I was probably hypervigilant, it’s a safe bet that I’m somewhere smarter than that.

So then my boss did something, I assume unintentionally, that really triggered me. He doesn’t know this and doesn’t need to know this. In the middle of trying to complete a multilayered task i also fielded a more involved phone call, while having my brain scream about how an angry adult or peer was now about to open up on me about how shitty I am. I felt like my ability to respond was really going away with panic about making the adult/peer happy.

I am still on edge.

A phone conversation so enjoyable i said both „lech mir im Arsch“ and «отвали!» immediately afterwards. I need an ibuprofen and an iced oat milk latte and to NEVER DEAL WITH THIS DUDE AGAIN.

Fishing vessel docked nearby has a li’l Jolly Roger flag at their stem. Historically the flag indicates no quarter asked, so I assume it’s a very literal FISH FEAR ME.

Again my strategy of “I feel isolated and un/undervalued at this job, hang out on Twitter to feel I’m in touch with similar people,” has predictably backfired. I wish it were easier to feel connected to a world I actually like while here, or while with my parents.

realized that stuff my coworker does (interrupting me on calls to tell me what to do, reaching over my shoulder to check the DB entry for a customer I’m talking with, asking about phone conversations with customers after they’re done) IS setting off hypervigilance, irritability. Unsure currently how I can help myself with knowing this.

*continues looking at stuff about NL* it's pretty much always "I want to ride railways through western Europe" o'clock somewhere isn't it?

okay, just randomly looking at stuff about NL. Groningen looks neat. Huh, noteworthy locals included a stage magician who bought it in the camps.
*klick*
aha, notable Dutch Jews
*klick*
Wait a moment, there was a classical composer, from Groningen, Joseph Ascher. ASCHER?

... I mean there's very little chance the guy was a relative, there are tons of Aschers from outside Ukraine, but it's not impossible.

*singing along to "Mona Lisa Overdrive"

Dude! DUDE! Dude!
Dude dude dude!
Dude! DUDE! Dude!
Dude dude dude! ( Whoa... Whooooooaaaaa!)
Dude! DUDE! Dude!
Dude dude dude! ( Whoa... Whooooooaaaaa! Whoooaaa whoooaaaa!)

Microwave, microwave burritos!
Microwave, microwave burritos!

Just one #drawing today, two fire giants and an ice troll! I felt like breaking out the Col-Erase blue. Also like listening to RAtM.