As a palate cleanser from the frustration of my elephant - I'm new at this, I know, still need to work through it - I'm carving a mushroom now. Which feels like cheating because every organic shape is plausible, but hopefully it's something I can finish.

Looking for reference images, one of the results is a grid of mushrooms with edible/poisonous labels. Gee, I think to myself, this formatting is a little inconsistent. Is that a real name? No, that one's definitely wr-oh goddamn it's slop. The sheer irresponsibility.

"3x more effective*"

"* when compared to diluted alternatives in colder water"

The temperature bit is new. Is this detergent brand's straw competitor getting better?

Been sharpening one of my woodcarving knives (after I screwed it up trying to maintain it), just noticed a little red spot on my index finger and realized I've been slowly abrading my fingertip. Should probably change how I do that?

(knife is better now! and I have some notes for future me for next time because it's slightly uneven in a way that's fine for *this* knife but not for others.)

Laundry machine's getting old and might need to be replaced*. The biggest challenge, it seems, is finding something that's small and low-power enough that I can run the laundry machine and dryer at the same time. Anywhere that has full-service delivery seems to start at 8 kg/2000 W, while my current one is only 5/800! I can't be the only single person who does laundry.

* or fixed, ideally, but since I can't take the dryer down on my own I can't open the laundry machine up to check so never mind that