H Dawg

@hmilnej

Writer, book raptor, cat lover, sports fan 🇳🇿🇺🇸 ⚾️🏉🏏 she/her Aotearoa NZ now, Baltimore MD before Profile pic courtesy of @monicacomics.bsky.social

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H Dawg@hmilnej· 25d

The pics I'm seeing from the fires in North America reminded me of this one I took in Whanganui when smoke from Australian wildfires almost obscured the sun. I thought what a terrible way for the new year to begin, it had to get better from here. Reader, I took this photo on January 1st, 2020.

Orange sun nearly obscured by a heavy pall of brown smoke.

H Dawg@hmilnej· 29d

Companies need to stop with this absolute nonsense. I don't need lemon, lavender, or especially coffee scented trash bags. I need trash bags that don't split down the side the first time I try to use them. Yes, I still bought them because they were on sale and 1/2 the price of the other ones.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jul 12

Let this be his legacy.

Lindsey Graham tweet from May 2016: If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed......and we will deserve it.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jul 12

Clue in today's Washington Post Sunday crossword puzzle.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jun 19

It's a dreary, windy day so Deanie and I are enjoying our morning on the couch. #caturday

Adorable fuzzy white and grey tabby cat curled up on a green blanket.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jun 17

A Kiwi I follow reposted a Baltimore friend I follow (and know IRL) and the NZ 2 degrees phenomenon is worldwide. And they’re both fucking right.

H Dawg@hmilnej· May 21

If Deanie could give a review about this heated throw blanket she’d give it five stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Adorable white and gray tabby cat snuggled on a moss green blanket.

H Dawg@hmilnej· May 8

Distracted boyfriend meme with girl in red dress labelled "Hantavirus", boyfriend labelled "The Public" and girlfriend labelled "Covid-19"

H Dawg@hmilnej· Apr 25

Deanie won’t eat her dry food while I’m in the kitchen on the off chance I might murder her but will lounge on my lap like this.

Adorable cat on her back with her belly open to rubs.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Apr 23

An ad I saw today. I mean, they’re right, those styles are discontinued. The whole company has been discontinued. This whole Allbirds to AI pivot has been bizarre.

Allbirds ad showing shoes for up to 60% off. Discontinued styles - on now

H Dawg@hmilnej· Apr 7

Evidence

H Dawg@hmilnej· Apr 1

It makes me sad that I live in the same world as people who do this. A couple did eventually show up from who knows where to reclaim their trolley and keep shopping but damn, what is wrong with people?

A shopping trolley, left alone in the middle of an aisle, deserted and forlorn. It looks for its shoppers in vain, they are nowhere to be seen. "What have I done to deserve this fate?" the abandoned trolley asks. "Nothing, my friend," I whisper as I walk by. "Nothing. Some humans are just trash."

H Dawg@hmilnej· Mar 25

I’m taking tomorrow off work so I can watch Orioles Opening Day so wearing my jersey today so I can represent. Slowly indoctrinating my coworkers into baseball.

Mid aged woman wearing glasses and a black Orioles jersey

H Dawg@hmilnej· Mar 24

Oh????? You don't say, Washington Post. Rabid overarmed, untrained thugs haven't helped long TSA lines? I'm shocked. Shocked, I say!

Long lines persist at some U.S. airports despite arrival of ICE officers

H Dawg@hmilnej· Mar 11

My kiwi cousin made this “Melt Ice” hat for me!! The design was inspired by hats Norwegians wore in the 1940s as a way of protesting the Nazi occupation.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Mar 10

Lindsey Graham tweet from 2016 - "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed..... and we will deserve it."

H Dawg@hmilnej· Feb 18

It’s here! It’s here!

H Dawg@hmilnej· Feb 8

This cat, who at a minimum acts like I am trying to murder her at least twice a day, also goes nearly comatose with belly rubs. Needless to say, I love her so much.

Adorable little cat getting her belly rubbed by a dastardly human

H Dawg@hmilnej· Feb 7

I always mean to print and frame some photos from my trips but never get around to it. But that changes now! Just ordered a print of this otherworldly landscape shot I took at Orakei Korako Geothermal Park.

Thermal landscape with swirls of black, green, yellow, and white sediment and a few puffs of steam

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 22

OH MY GOD, Baltimore Bluesky! For the love of all things sport(s), go to this game!

Flyer reading "Coming to America: Springboks v All Blacks. M&T Bank Stadium is excited announce Rugby's Greatest Rivalry (NB not sure about that) is headed to Baltimore on SATURDAY, SEPT 12!"

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 20

I googled because I couldn't quite remember the year and this was the top result. FUCK OFF, AI TRASH I WAS THERE.

AI Overview google result with the resoundingly, though not unexpectedly, incorrect statement that "Melvin Mora did not hit a home run off Randy Johnson during his career."

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 19

Representing my O’s at the cricket on a “summer” day. 17 with cold winds making it feel like 11 (about 52 F). #Blaze

Photo of a devastatingly average middle aged Pākeha woman in glasses wearing a Wellington Blaze hoodie under a jean jacket and a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 16

I'm beyond tired with this headline again and again. Try "Man hit by driver of car" for fucking once. The car is not sentient. THE PERSON DRIVING THE CAR HIT THE MAN.

Headline reading "Man injured after being hit by car in Wellington."

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 4

See a bridge, post a bridge.

New River Gorge bridge in West Virgina, USA.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Jan 2

Washington Post headline. Didn't read the article since I've cancelled my subscription but I'm guessing it doesn't say "Move out of the USA." I get more sick leave (yes, I know, paid sick leave, gasp) now than my entire PTO at my last job in America.

Newspaper headline: How to the most days off with your vacation time in 2026

H Dawg@hmilnej· Dec 26

Top 10 words: 1- Game 2- Deanie 3- Morning 4- Bowls 5- Book 6- Wellington 7- Show 8- Started 9- Baseball 10- Books Honestly surprised no curse words in the top 10.

Word cloud of my most used words on Bluesky.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Dec 24

Deanie and I had delicious Xmas breakfasts today. Mine was buttered sourdough toast topped with an egg fried in olive oil and sprinkled with shredded cheddar and homegrown chives with a side of bacon. Deanie had Temptations. She followed up w/ the traditional attacking of the catnip Xmas avocado.

Adorable but slightly disgruntled looking little white/gray tabby cat lying on a colorful carpet batting at a cat toy in the form of an avocado wearing a Christmas hat.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Dec 17

I am blown away, Santa!! You are absolutely right, I did need that special edition of 1984 😄 The mug is gorgeous and will be going with me to work tomorrow to become my special office mug. Love the teas, chocolate, bookmark, and adorable stickers. Thank you, thank you, thank you! #SecretSantaAoNZ

A colourful box labelled "Tea & Books". A bookmark and a bar of dark chocolate rest on top. A Christmas card with the message "Moonbeams & Mistletoe" lies near the top.

A special edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, a colourful mug, an adorable tea infuser with a cat at the end of its chain, a packet of stickers and several types of tea lie inside a box.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Dec 11

Friday pūtangitangi roll call! All nine "ducklings" accounted for along with mum (dad just out of the shot). Looks like I pulled the trigger too early declaring them all males as a few are starting to show white around their bills. What can I say, I know almost nothing about ducks.

Nine teenaged pūtangitangi ducklings along with mum. At least a few of the ducklings appear to be female as they have a spattering of white near their bills.

H Dawg@hmilnej· Dec 6

Look what I got today! It’s gorgeous, can’t wait until opening day. #SecretSantaAoNZ