Macanultaigh
@macanultaigh.bsky.social
I wear a lot of wool. Not set fire to the kitchen for years now. Cats and hens can dispose of evidence: they are thorough but slow. Denizen of #Wulferhampton. In real world North West England. Mostly happy.
As the viva looms on Tuesday, Mrs Mac is becoming more a rabbit of negative euphoria.
I have Tuesday off in order to keep the cat away from the room where the viva is, and dispense tea.
I have Tuesday off in order to keep the cat away from the room where the viva is, and dispense tea.
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As the viva looms on Tuesday, Mrs Mac is becoming more a rabbit of negative euphoria.
I have Tuesday off in order to keep the cat away from the room where the viva is, and dispense tea.
I have Tuesday off in order to keep the cat away from the room where the viva is, and dispense tea.
Mooched around Lytham: bought dvd* of Full Metal Jacket in a charity shop.
A film I wanted to show to daughter, so that'll be a fun pre-Christmas family movie night.
We don't decorate until 23rd. Now we've good reason: would you watch that amidst jolly Santas & stuff?
*don't understand streaming.
A film I wanted to show to daughter, so that'll be a fun pre-Christmas family movie night.
We don't decorate until 23rd. Now we've good reason: would you watch that amidst jolly Santas & stuff?
*don't understand streaming.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Mooched around Lytham: bought dvd* of Full Metal Jacket in a charity shop.
A film I wanted to show to daughter, so that'll be a fun pre-Christmas family movie night.
We don't decorate until 23rd. Now we've good reason: would you watch that amidst jolly Santas & stuff?
*don't understand streaming.
A film I wanted to show to daughter, so that'll be a fun pre-Christmas family movie night.
We don't decorate until 23rd. Now we've good reason: would you watch that amidst jolly Santas & stuff?
*don't understand streaming.
Mrs Mac has her MRes viva on Tuesday.
I am helping her prepare.
I have asked Copilot to pull together a set of questions and am asking them.
Frankly. I am only understanding one word in 10, but hoping that looking interested can br mistaken for being intelligent.
I am helping her prepare.
I have asked Copilot to pull together a set of questions and am asking them.
Frankly. I am only understanding one word in 10, but hoping that looking interested can br mistaken for being intelligent.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mrs Mac has her MRes viva on Tuesday.
I am helping her prepare.
I have asked Copilot to pull together a set of questions and am asking them.
Frankly. I am only understanding one word in 10, but hoping that looking interested can br mistaken for being intelligent.
I am helping her prepare.
I have asked Copilot to pull together a set of questions and am asking them.
Frankly. I am only understanding one word in 10, but hoping that looking interested can br mistaken for being intelligent.
Outbid!
I now no longer have to worry, buti was rather looking forward to having a fox mask.
There'll be others.
I now no longer have to worry, buti was rather looking forward to having a fox mask.
There'll be others.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Outbid!
I now no longer have to worry, buti was rather looking forward to having a fox mask.
There'll be others.
I now no longer have to worry, buti was rather looking forward to having a fox mask.
There'll be others.
Mrs Mac has her viva for her MRes on Tuesday. She is now both panicking and going in for displacement activities.
I got in and I had piles of folded clothes.
She is now looking, in detail, at the post grad regulations to guess what the viva may end up as.
Now in the Malpractice Regulations.
I got in and I had piles of folded clothes.
She is now looking, in detail, at the post grad regulations to guess what the viva may end up as.
Now in the Malpractice Regulations.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mrs Mac has her viva for her MRes on Tuesday. She is now both panicking and going in for displacement activities.
I got in and I had piles of folded clothes.
She is now looking, in detail, at the post grad regulations to guess what the viva may end up as.
Now in the Malpractice Regulations.
I got in and I had piles of folded clothes.
She is now looking, in detail, at the post grad regulations to guess what the viva may end up as.
Now in the Malpractice Regulations.
Shh. No-one say anything, but there is a train on time.
Pretend you haven't noticed: we don't want to scare it.
Pretend you haven't noticed: we don't want to scare it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shh. No-one say anything, but there is a train on time.
Pretend you haven't noticed: we don't want to scare it.
Pretend you haven't noticed: we don't want to scare it.
Still don't have the auction update on the fox mask, but it has already been invaluable.
Met daughter, she was a little upset about a mark she got.
Told her about the fox mask, and that she can't tell her mother.
Ye gods, it cheered her up!
Met daughter, she was a little upset about a mark she got.
Told her about the fox mask, and that she can't tell her mother.
Ye gods, it cheered her up!
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Still don't have the auction update on the fox mask, but it has already been invaluable.
Met daughter, she was a little upset about a mark she got.
Told her about the fox mask, and that she can't tell her mother.
Ye gods, it cheered her up!
Met daughter, she was a little upset about a mark she got.
Told her about the fox mask, and that she can't tell her mother.
Ye gods, it cheered her up!
I have accidentally (deliberately) put a bid in for a 1916 mounted fox mask. It is winning so far.
How do I:
a. Explain this to Mrs Mac
b. Convince her that I was sober when I did so (I was)
c. Work out where to put the chuffing thing.
How do I:
a. Explain this to Mrs Mac
b. Convince her that I was sober when I did so (I was)
c. Work out where to put the chuffing thing.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I have accidentally (deliberately) put a bid in for a 1916 mounted fox mask. It is winning so far.
How do I:
a. Explain this to Mrs Mac
b. Convince her that I was sober when I did so (I was)
c. Work out where to put the chuffing thing.
How do I:
a. Explain this to Mrs Mac
b. Convince her that I was sober when I did so (I was)
c. Work out where to put the chuffing thing.
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I do keep looking at taxidermy.
I'll be honest, im tempted.
bid.gerrardsauctionrooms.com/auctions/946...
I'll be honest, im tempted.
bid.gerrardsauctionrooms.com/auctions/946...
Taxidermy Interest - Red Fox Mask (Vulpes vulpes), mounted on a wooden shield. Label to verso
bid.gerrardsauctionrooms.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I do keep looking at taxidermy.
I'll be honest, im tempted.
bid.gerrardsauctionrooms.com/auctions/946...
I'll be honest, im tempted.
bid.gerrardsauctionrooms.com/auctions/946...
Mrs Mac has a sister.
Mrs Mac's sister is a little large.
Mrs Mac has suddenly started thinking about her sister's bra size.
I feel like I am with a feminine Withnail, uttering the female equivalent of, "Imagine the size of his balls."
Mrs Mac's sister is a little large.
Mrs Mac has suddenly started thinking about her sister's bra size.
I feel like I am with a feminine Withnail, uttering the female equivalent of, "Imagine the size of his balls."
a man wearing glasses is reading a newspaper titled " what the people "
ALT: a man wearing glasses is reading a newspaper titled " what the people "
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mrs Mac has a sister.
Mrs Mac's sister is a little large.
Mrs Mac has suddenly started thinking about her sister's bra size.
I feel like I am with a feminine Withnail, uttering the female equivalent of, "Imagine the size of his balls."
Mrs Mac's sister is a little large.
Mrs Mac has suddenly started thinking about her sister's bra size.
I feel like I am with a feminine Withnail, uttering the female equivalent of, "Imagine the size of his balls."
Right, it's gone five.
Not had a drink yet, but i think the prospect of alcohol later will strengthen my resolve.
I'm going to read that Guardian interview with Danny Kruger.
Wish me luck.
Not had a drink yet, but i think the prospect of alcohol later will strengthen my resolve.
I'm going to read that Guardian interview with Danny Kruger.
Wish me luck.
two men are talking and one of them says there 's a bucket outside i ve got to be sick into
ALT: two men are talking and one of them says there 's a bucket outside i ve got to be sick into
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Right, it's gone five.
Not had a drink yet, but i think the prospect of alcohol later will strengthen my resolve.
I'm going to read that Guardian interview with Danny Kruger.
Wish me luck.
Not had a drink yet, but i think the prospect of alcohol later will strengthen my resolve.
I'm going to read that Guardian interview with Danny Kruger.
Wish me luck.
Wid boar sausage stew tonight.
Everything except the spuds in the slow cooker.
Mrs Mac has been hankering after wild boar recently: i found a source for the sausages.
I hope they don't have a permanent effect.
Everything except the spuds in the slow cooker.
Mrs Mac has been hankering after wild boar recently: i found a source for the sausages.
I hope they don't have a permanent effect.
a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a bowl of grapes on it
ALT: a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a bowl of grapes on it
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wid boar sausage stew tonight.
Everything except the spuds in the slow cooker.
Mrs Mac has been hankering after wild boar recently: i found a source for the sausages.
I hope they don't have a permanent effect.
Everything except the spuds in the slow cooker.
Mrs Mac has been hankering after wild boar recently: i found a source for the sausages.
I hope they don't have a permanent effect.
Goodnight, Wülferhampton.
In bed with a good book and a large armagnac.
Sleep well.
I shall wake intermittently and check the cricket score.
In bed with a good book and a large armagnac.
Sleep well.
I shall wake intermittently and check the cricket score.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Goodnight, Wülferhampton.
In bed with a good book and a large armagnac.
Sleep well.
I shall wake intermittently and check the cricket score.
In bed with a good book and a large armagnac.
Sleep well.
I shall wake intermittently and check the cricket score.
Saw what I thought was a splinter of firewood.
It turned out to be a bit of Bombay mix i must have dropped an hour or so ago.
I ate it.
Applause please: I've found a new low.
It turned out to be a bit of Bombay mix i must have dropped an hour or so ago.
I ate it.
Applause please: I've found a new low.
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Saw what I thought was a splinter of firewood.
It turned out to be a bit of Bombay mix i must have dropped an hour or so ago.
I ate it.
Applause please: I've found a new low.
It turned out to be a bit of Bombay mix i must have dropped an hour or so ago.
I ate it.
Applause please: I've found a new low.
I want to carry on reading Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley, but Mrs Mac is watching TotP.
I don't feel that 80s pop would add anything to the folk horror atmosphere, so I'll wait.
InXS are on. I was right.
I don't feel that 80s pop would add anything to the folk horror atmosphere, so I'll wait.
InXS are on. I was right.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I want to carry on reading Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley, but Mrs Mac is watching TotP.
I don't feel that 80s pop would add anything to the folk horror atmosphere, so I'll wait.
InXS are on. I was right.
I don't feel that 80s pop would add anything to the folk horror atmosphere, so I'll wait.
InXS are on. I was right.
Mrs Mac is on Facebook writing fora.
I didn't need her to tell me: the exclamation of "Oh! For fuck's sake!" was the only clue i needed.
I didn't need her to tell me: the exclamation of "Oh! For fuck's sake!" was the only clue i needed.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mrs Mac is on Facebook writing fora.
I didn't need her to tell me: the exclamation of "Oh! For fuck's sake!" was the only clue i needed.
I didn't need her to tell me: the exclamation of "Oh! For fuck's sake!" was the only clue i needed.
Today I used Copilot to transcribe hand written post-it notes. A few errors but really saved time.
I then let it loose on my meeting notes.
Not a chance; I may as well have asked for a recipe for Marmite aardvark in Serbian.
It may end up that the only thing preventing AI domination is my writing.
I then let it loose on my meeting notes.
Not a chance; I may as well have asked for a recipe for Marmite aardvark in Serbian.
It may end up that the only thing preventing AI domination is my writing.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today I used Copilot to transcribe hand written post-it notes. A few errors but really saved time.
I then let it loose on my meeting notes.
Not a chance; I may as well have asked for a recipe for Marmite aardvark in Serbian.
It may end up that the only thing preventing AI domination is my writing.
I then let it loose on my meeting notes.
Not a chance; I may as well have asked for a recipe for Marmite aardvark in Serbian.
It may end up that the only thing preventing AI domination is my writing.
I have been shopping and buying supplies.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have been shopping and buying supplies.
Does anyone else ever hear or read something from the Book of Revelation and think, "Bloody hell! He must've been stoned off his tits!"?
It's quite a distracting thought to have during mass.
It's quite a distracting thought to have during mass.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Does anyone else ever hear or read something from the Book of Revelation and think, "Bloody hell! He must've been stoned off his tits!"?
It's quite a distracting thought to have during mass.
It's quite a distracting thought to have during mass.
And now, as I have been up since half past chuffing 5, I am off to bed.
Don't piss or shit yourselves.
Don't piss or shit yourselves.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
And now, as I have been up since half past chuffing 5, I am off to bed.
Don't piss or shit yourselves.
Don't piss or shit yourselves.
Team away day thing in London. Had time for a browse in Waterstones. Caught short & couldn't find a loo. Nipped into UCL.
I can report that the gents lavvie in the South Cloister is still in the same place it was 35 years ago, when I last used it.
And some people think my education was wasted.
I can report that the gents lavvie in the South Cloister is still in the same place it was 35 years ago, when I last used it.
And some people think my education was wasted.
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Team away day thing in London. Had time for a browse in Waterstones. Caught short & couldn't find a loo. Nipped into UCL.
I can report that the gents lavvie in the South Cloister is still in the same place it was 35 years ago, when I last used it.
And some people think my education was wasted.
I can report that the gents lavvie in the South Cloister is still in the same place it was 35 years ago, when I last used it.
And some people think my education was wasted.
Clovis.
Looking like dignity is something that happens to other cats.
Looking like dignity is something that happens to other cats.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Clovis.
Looking like dignity is something that happens to other cats.
Looking like dignity is something that happens to other cats.
Watching Naked Gun.
Enjoying it.
Like Austin Powers, but without the unnecessary sophistication.
Enjoying it.
Like Austin Powers, but without the unnecessary sophistication.
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Watching Naked Gun.
Enjoying it.
Like Austin Powers, but without the unnecessary sophistication.
Enjoying it.
Like Austin Powers, but without the unnecessary sophistication.