The Breakfast Radio Diaries 119 - Hot chocolates and homicidal orcs

In my last diary entry I wrote about the heavy rains that actually never showed up. But even with some nice weather (okay, it did rain on Friday night for a bit so it wasn't all glorious sunshine) I still really didn't get up to much over the weekend. Yes I could lie and tell you I stopped terrorists, saved princesses and earned myself enough ticker tape parades to last a lifetime in the process but who are we kidding here? I drank a lot of coffee, wrote for a bit, played a lot of games, played with my 3D printer and got into a bit of Netflix - because not every weekend can be jammed packed full of random adventure. 

Today however was a little on the busy side for a Monday. We got into what people have stopped doing since the rains came calling, discovered new show The Love Boat seems to have sprung a leak, I've found a great place for a long walk and took a trip back to 1992 for my YouTube shenanigans..

THE (UNDERCOVER) COPS ARE BACK!

I got into the pole swinging crow shooing adventures of 1992's solid arcade effort Undercover Cops back in September 2020 but if you like your arcade games with a little more movement and less still picture, then you're in luck - today I loaded up Undercover Cops, plugged in a microphone and the Al's Arcade YouTube channel was off to the races. 

Considering the giggles coming out of Jackson's bedroom when he watched it, I think I might be onto something entertaining here but you be the judge!

THE LOVE BOAT IS OUT OF CHAMPAGNE

Whooboy, nothing I've heard about this show sounds appealing to me in the slightest (not unless you let a zombie loose among the passengers or somehow the ship has to fend off bloodthirsty pirates) because in a nutshell: Australia's most eligible singles embark on the romantic voyage of a lifetime in the hope of finding their perfect match and lasting love.

That's a hard pass for me right there,

In fact the most romantic stuff you're going to ever find me watching is Game of Thrones House of The Dragon and those relationships usually end up going horribly horribly off the rails. Anywhoo, back to this not even close to a battle barge - obviously I haven't watched a single second of it...and sadly not too many people decided to buy a ticket for the ride either. Chatting to Molky today, it seems the boat really failed to launch ratings wise.

Maybe we've had too many dating shows already? (COUGH Beauty and the geek and Farmers Wants a Wife? COUGH)

The Block is still killing things though. Maybe next season they could build a better boat? 

WHAT HAS THE WEATHER STOPPED YOU FROM DOING?

We had some glorious sunshine again today but according to Morgan from the Bureau of Meteorology, we're getting set for more rain from Wednesday onwards. Which seems pretty much cut, copy, paste, wash, rinse, repeat from last week. 
And the week before that.
Oh and the week before that...

So we built the list: What has the weather stopped you from doing? And it now includes: 

-Taking the kids to the park (cos it's flooded)

-Yoga in the park (Again, flooded)

-Walking (Anywhere, not necessarily the park but that's flooded in case you haven't heard)

-Moving house

-Exercising

-Anything that isn't Netflix

The incredible weather today that did keep me out in the open air for a bit, especially when my far better half invited me to come down to the Sumsion Gardens in Wodonga where she was working at a coffee van. So I popped over and said hi, bought myself a hot chocolate and marvelled at the gorgeous water and scenery, wondering why it's taken so long to discover the place. 

There's a bike track and exercise equipment, a long walking track, endless gardens to romp around in and a tonne of water to admire. Oh and wifey makes a mean hot chocolate too so I know the kids are going to love this place when we pop down next - everything is so much better with a hot drink in hand! 

TOMORROW

Pet names - do you have one for your partner? If we don't find a 'snookems' out there, we riot!'

Chat then and take care

-Almigo