Simon Wheatley

@simonwheatley.co.uk

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Coming to you from Manchester, UK. Product person. Walker, cook, nerd.

David Beckham and others wildly celebrating a goal, Victoria Beckham sits quietly next to them staring in to space.
My son collapsed backwards onto the trampoline of our Catapult Comet catamaran on the sands by Dovestone Reservoir.
EBay “picked for you” including “Castration pliers surgical tool elastrator tail” with 100 rubber bands.
A lovely AI rhyming clock reading as follows: Shadows stretch as day turns gray, / It’s eight forty-two, dusk’s ballet.
An eBay notification that, based on my recently viewed items, they’ve found some pliers for me.
The film Arrival, the aliens are squirting heir incomprehensible glyphs on the barrier. The lead character holds a whiteboard with “you’re muted” written on it.
A gloriously sunny yellow custard tart slice on a white plate.
The Solstice Watch app, showing “2 min, 48 secs more daylight today compared to yesterday”, relieving the crushing feeling of eternal darkness at this time of the year.
You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is the job?
Album cover from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings showing Sharon offering a gift and the kings sitting around her looking festive in red suits.
An array of people's profiles on LinkedIn that the LinkedIn algorithm is suggesting I connect with as they have "similar roles" to me… all the people are currently unemployed (as am I).
hailey @hailey.at okay go.bsky.app redirects should be a lot faster now (idk why yet but they should be) Kuba Suder @mackuba.eu WHAT Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com wtaf theyre noticeably faster hailey @hailey.at we don't know what technology allowed for this, but we're taking this win paul Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com I just checked the slack and hailey isnt lying nobody has a concrete theory on why. I hate it.
The dialog with options when viewing books on the Kindle iOS app. The most prominent menu item is “DOWNLOAD” in all caps.
Grilled chicken in a whole grain mustard, chilli, and coriander marinade on a salad of squished cucumber and peach slices.
A spam message on telegram enquiring “how’s the leather working?”
Barstools set along a counter with floor to ceiling glass windows giving a lovely view over the waterways of Hamburg.
A chart showing the alarming rise in temperature change from 1850 to 2024.
Pistachio, feta, and herb crusted trout fillet with tzatziki and rocket, photographed after one delicious bite has been taken out of the dish.
The sun glances dreamily across some creamy floral and beautifully scented elderflower blossoms in a brown jute bag.
Wide rolling hills in the Peak District, carved through with valleys. In the centre of the image a small reservoir nestles, and to its left a path winds towards a distant Clough. The sun is shining.
A martini with a lemon twist alongside a notebook of handwritten “martini notes”.
An email from LinkedIn inviting me to "Showcase your expertise by adding relevant skills Because your work as Non Executive Director Product Management Oncology Clinical Research Clinical Research Experience"
Charred aubergine in a metal dish split ready for saucing.
An Ooni portable pizza oven aflame with a pizza being removed from it
Eccles Cake and Lancashire Cheese Apple Crumble and Vanilla Custard Quince and Hazelnut Eton Mess Buttermilk Pudding and Rhubarb Twice Baked Chocolate Cake Walnut and Brandy Parfait Apple Sorbet and Polish Vodka
Pears in a preserving jar, with “Spiced Pears in Syrup” written on the side in white marker pen.
An image of podcast listening stats, showing Oh God What Now was my most listened to podcast this year.
A graphic from Women in Film and TV showing the amazing Frith Tiplady as winner of The Mercury Studios Business Award
Vax vacuum cleaner bags from Amazon, with a label saying they arrive before Fathers’ Day.