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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan (15), Thee Oh Sees (12), David Gunawardana (6), Stornoway (4), Yijia (3)

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Puzzling message

Every day my wife and I exchange messages. The problem is that these messages are growing ever longer. With the introduction of the New York Times' Connections game my daily message this morning consisted of:


DAILY #252
181 from 16 words
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LIGHTNING #252
162 from 17 words
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Wordle 797 5/6

๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

I solved the 8/25/2023 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:43!

Connections
Puzzle #75
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ


I usually send a compiled single message, she sends me each result separately ๐Ÿ™‚

Who says the spirit of competition is dead?!

Disclaimer: These are not the only messages we exchange ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Games

Dirty fries - sauerkraut, cheese, aioli, ketchup - and sticky tempura aubergine, coriander and chilli bao bun. Delicious but it got messy ๐Ÿ˜Š

Messy platter of chips covered in sauce and fried aubergine in a bun with chillis and coriander
๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Photography ๐Ÿท Food

Location check in ๐Ÿ—บ โ€” Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Otley Gorllewin ๐Ÿบ

๐Ÿ”Ž Zoom in

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Location ๐Ÿท Beer
Barbie, 2023 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ

Watched on Tuesday August 22, 2023.

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท FilmTV

Location check in ๐Ÿ—บ โ€” Vue Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil for Barbie ๐ŸŽฅ

๐Ÿ”Ž Zoom in

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Location ๐Ÿท FilmTV
Spider-Man: Far from Home, 2019 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ

Watched on Monday August 21, 2023.

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท FilmTV

May as well continue with a football themed day - Villa v Everton โšฝ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Football

World Cup Final. Spain played some very precise and clever football and deserved to win the match. Theyโ€™ve had a fantastic tournament. England looked a bit rushed and impatient, but again Spain closed them down very quickly and frustrated them. Until the next time.. โšฝ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Football

๐Ÿ† FIFA Womenโ€™s World Cup Final 2023 โšฝ - Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: The Kinks (27), Howlin' Wolf (14), Blur (10), Lyr (9), Lankum (6)

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Music

Watching Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa Rugby World Cup warm-up match. South Africa dominating and playing some powerful, exciting rugby ๐Ÿ‰

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Rugby ๐Ÿท Wales

Finished reading: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (33โ…“ series) by Andy Miller ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽต

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Books ๐Ÿท Music

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ World Cup Final it is then โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Football

Muffins on a cast iron griddle - todayโ€™s baking experiment ๐Ÿฅฏ

Close up of browning muffins on a black cast iron griddle
๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Photography
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