Notes | Brutkey

"May thy gods smite the with flatulence most foul."

My brain's in a mood apparently, had to share.

There's a Friday 13th coming up again, so:

Friday: named after the goddesses of love, fertility, and motherhood.

13: associated with the feminine, as a result of there being 13 menstrual cycles/periods per year.

Friday the 13th: A double-up of feminine energy. Traditionally a day for celebrating strong women, but christians don't like strong women so they decided it was a dark day of bad luck.

So celebrate the women around you on Friday 13th, and don't give in to the patriarchy.

And yes someone will probably come up with a "But it's unlucky because people were murdered a lot on that day" or something similar, but that happened several hundred years after christians decided the norse goddess of fertility was a witch who, together with the christian devil (because women can't have power on their own), cursed people on friday the 13th.

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

One of the guys at work has volunteered to help with the move. Won't be able to do it in one trip due to his vehicle, but a quick tape measuring of things shows that it can at least fit everything individually (and I can always just ride the bikes over).

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Nosing about on maps near the new place to see what's nearby.

There's two scratch and dent shops* within a kilometre, and both deliver, considering I don't have a fridge, this is marvellous.

* shops that sell appliances that are factory seconds or transport damaged; much cheaper, still with warranty, but might have some scratches and dents (hence the name).

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Hey fedifriends in #Brisbane, if you have a ute or trailer and would be interested and able in helping me move house next weekend (14 or 15 of feb), let me know?

I don't have much stuff, it should all be able to go in one trip.

Northside.

I can offer petrol and pizza or whatever you consider fair.

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

One of the guys at work has volunteered to help with the move. Won't be able to do it in one trip due to his vehicle, but a quick tape measuring of things shows that it can at least fit everything individually (and I can always just ride the bikes over).

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Tonight in Weird Shit In The Warehouse:

Apparently work sells eggs, in perfectly normal cardboard egg cartons.

The eggs are made of coloured chalk.

We all just collectively "wtf?"d over it for a moment, before continuing on as usual.

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Hey fedifriends in #Brisbane, if you have a ute or trailer and would be interested and able in helping me move house next weekend (14 or 15 of feb), let me know?

I don't have much stuff, it should all be able to go in one trip.

Northside.

I can offer petrol and pizza or whatever you consider fair.

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Having lunch in the park as usual, a woman walking her dog just stopped for a quick chat about nothing in particular.

An unexpected moment to treasure.

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Hey Fedi, ever heard of Cow Lotto?

Just randomly reminded of this. I grew up in a country town in australia, and every year we had a festival in the spring.

There was the usual baking competitions, fruit and veg competitions, and so on.

There was also Cow Lotto:
Take a grassy paddock, use a line marker to split it into a grid of 100 squares, and put a cow in the paddock.

People could 'buy' a square for a dollar or two, and if the cow shits in your square, you win (five or ten dollars I think).

Also everyone gets the fun of hearing loud speaker announcements like "it looks like the first draw in cow lotto is just coming out now." Or the chaos of "It's on the line, we're gonna have to measure it!"

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

“The architect said the wavy glass facade was inspired by the Brisbane river.

The Brisbane river does not have waves.”

Burn burn burn

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/glasshouse-theatre-opens-after-four-year-delay/106295136

Lisa
@TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site

Amusing moment when I was visiting family down south last month:

Cousin: "So when <grown-child> was diagnosed with #autism we started looking into it more, and we think it might actually be quite common in the family."
Table of 30+ related folks: nods in sync