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Need to get the dogs out on my lunch. The weather is awful and I just... can not.

My uncles horse is racing today and could be "the champion of England AND France". I am finding it difficult to share in his enthusiasm.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 5h

For the first time in ages I slept in until 7:30 😭

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 14h

Lifted Zach out the bath tonight and held him out in front of me with both arms to let the water drip off for a few seconds. He put his knees on my chest so I couldn't put him down or bring him closer to me. Then started slapping me across the face and laughing.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 15h

10:30. Already nodding off. Would be nice to get to sleep early-ish. Yet my hand hovers on the hour long YouTube video "Missing 411: Is There Really a Pattern to National-Park Disappearances?"

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 15h

Because I am old I've only just became aware of the "Rumpelstiltskin tiptoe meme". An AI generated video of a creepy childlike goblin doing a horrid little dance to "TIP TOE WING IN MY JAWWDINZ". Made to look like it's from an 80s fantasy movie.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 19h

I remembered it, but we went to the playground anyway. Even brought him a selection of his favourite snacks.

Toddler sat on a bench holding a small cake.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 21h

I know I've never been the target audience, but I've just heard that there's going to be a series of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. I read the books when I was younger and the movie was quite disappointing.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can't read the article, but I can tell you right now that it's because it costs a fucking fortune and everything about our lives is precarious.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ey, I've done something really clever to get around the bots that are causing me grief with the repository. Managed to restore two endpoints that I had to block yesterday. It works beautifully and I'm so pleased with myself.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Recently been trying to remember the words to Zach's Nell The Detective Dog book. The aim is to one day randomly drops freestyle reading of it to see if it blows his mind.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the springer spaniel that has me so worried. Who knows if she will make it.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It was a lovely morning at the park, even with the weight of the world on my shoulders lol

A church poking out of some trees across a field as the church catches the orange light from the sunrise.

Some migratory geese flying in a vague V formation across a clear blue sky.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wearing my shorts this morning. I have quite dramatically misjudged how cold it is.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just went upstairs and got Zach out of bed because he was awake and crying. Wouldn't come near me so I grabbed him, give him some food, cuddled under his blanket on the chair. Heather walks in and he starts smacking me on the head and tells me to get off his chair.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our Bon seems slightly different. She's not jumping up on furniture etc with her usual flair. She's probably got a small ache. Naturally, I am thinking the worst.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The bots that overload the repository with very resource-intensive requests have managed to thwart my attempts at blocking them.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tick confirmed and removed from her. Eeeeee

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm fairly confident that I've just found a tick on Bon. We haven't been to the Lake District in ages so she's either picked it up at the beach or, even worse, our normal park.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nursery sending me an unsolicited picture of Zach's arsehole lol cool thanks

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Feel like I've been complaining a bit lately about how busy the days are, how little I sleep etc. I am nevertheless quite fortunate that these are the "problems" I have.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A wonderful 4am wake up today 👍

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Discovered that Adventure Time: Side Quests exists and I just don't know if I like the idea.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Going for coffee number four while my 8am glass of water just stares at me untouched and I feel a headache settling in.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Feel like you really forced her hand here.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having had a couple of days to look at her, I have appeared to have missed a few bits on Luna's haircut. Left her with fluffy armpits and a "full bush".

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of my relatives was babysitting me when she decided the movie Child's Play (the first Chucky film) would be suitable for a five year old.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just to emphasise the point. 6:30 am. Pitch dark in the middle of a field. Almost my entire hand reaching in to a springer spaniels mouth to pull out a semi-chewed sandwich just as she was about to swallow it.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bonnie lost her ball in the first five minutes of the walk and spent the entirety of the rest of the walk trying to eat random bits of food she found on the floor. I am furious.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ahhh it is very frustrating when Zach wakes up before 6am. I got up at 5am and this is the one hour of the day where I can do STUFF. Like eat and shower. Then I'm sat with him instead thinking "sure would like to be eating and showering right now"

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Heather delivering the news that jointing compound has leaked inside my plumbing bag with all the bedside manner of Harold Shipman.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some of me and Zach from the beach yesterday. Zach is holding Luna's lead because he likes to walk her.

A man and toddler walking on wet sand on a beach. Their two spaniels are behind them. The man is mud jump as he splashes in water.

A man and toddler walking along a path surrounded by trees. The toddler is holding the lead of their cocker spaniel who is slightly ahead of them.

A man and toddler walking along a sandy beach with their spaniels behind them.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I carried on for another two hours. So an eight hour shift trying to shave a very unwilling cocker spaniel. Got everything sorted except for some little bits on her front "armpits".

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Been at this for about six hours with very small breaks here and there.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have a mostly shaved cocker spaniel aside from the matting on her rear left leg and left "arse cheek".

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So the dogs were out of the house from 6am until 1pm today. Got home and gave Luna her knock out drops so I can attempted to sort her matted fur. I have a half shaved cocker spaniel 👎

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The house is in a total state because we've got a survey on Monday and Heather has decided we need to start packing (🤷‍♂️). Found these sunglasses so we naturally put them on the nearest creature.

A cocker spaniel lying on a coach wearing a pair of pink sunglasses. She is facing side on to the camera.

A cocker spaniel lying on a coach wearing a pair of pink sunglasses. She is looking at the camera.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some photos from this morning.

A toddler stomping through a large puddle on a sandy beach on a sunny autumn morning.

Two spaniels in a large puddle/pool on a sandy beach.

Two spaniels sitting on a path in amongst long grass.

A grassy landscape meeting the sand on a beach under a mostly blue sky.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Has a nightmare here. Offered for Heather to meet us at the end of the walk, but we've finished while she's only on her way. Came back to the car park to get a coffee and the coffee van isn't open yet 😭

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Brought the girls to the beach for a big walk. It's so cold!

Photo taken from the driver's seat of a car through the windscreen. Sunrise on a mostly clear sky over a landscape of small grassy hills backed by trees.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The actual issue is that it's bedtime and he isn't remotely tired.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Made the dreadful mistake of playing Hop Little Bunnies for Zach on my phone. All I'm hearing is "more bunnies"

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He's two hours in, because he went down late. Which means we're also getting closer to bed time. Which will become a bigger fight the more rested he is now.

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got Zach down for a nap and immediately took myself for a nap. Anxiously awaiting his waking up 🙏

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Only been able to find two conkers. Both of them passed the float/sink test

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm off with Zach today. Weather looks a bit rubbish and I don't know what to do with him

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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interesting because I think the standard of driving in Liverpool has plummeted over the last decade. BBC News - Mum urges 'culture change' as road safety emergency declared - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Mum urges 'culture change' as road safety emergency declared

Joanne Colleran, whose son was killed outside school, asks people to pay attention to road safety.

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