theaardvark

Autistic. ADHD. Easily distracted, deeply interested.
This is where I put things when my brain won't shut up about them.

3 December 2025 Food

Photo: A hand holding a small glass bottle of gin towards the camera, dominating the foreground. The bottle has a dark grey screw cap and a white label reading "DRINKS by the DRAM" with "Gordon's Sicilian Lemon" and "Gin" printed below. The pale golden liquid is visible inside. Behind the bottle, slightly out of focus, sits a woman with red hair wearing a black top and red apron on a grey sofa, smiling at the camera. A man in a white and blue sleeved shirt sits next to her, his hand extended holding the bottle. A red and black tartan blanket covers their laps. The familiar living room setting shows pale pink curtains, cream walls with framed photographs, and purple curtains visible to the right. A decorative sequined cushion sits on the sofa to the left.

1 December 2025 Food

Photo: Two people sitting on a sofa in a living room. On the left, a woman with bright red hair wearing a black top, smiling at the camera. On the right, a bald man with a purple beard wearing a black t-shirt with "GAP" printed on it, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. Behind them are pale pink curtains and a wall with framed photographs. In the foreground on the left is part of a decorative cushion with an animal print pattern.

30 November 2025 Food

Photo: An upside-down squeezy bottle of Heinz Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo on a wooden worktop. The bottle has a purple label with the distinctive Monster Munch mascot and cartoon bats. Behind it sits a blue "Drinks by the Dram" gift box, because apparently my kitchen has become a shrine to questionable flavour combinations. The mayo is pale yellow, which is either reassuring or deeply concerning depending on your relationship with pickled onions—and mine is clearly complicated.

28 November 2025 Food

3 November 2025 Other Stuff

Text over abstract quantum physics background with glowing orbital patterns. The text describes the progressive teaching of atomic models from childhood through education: starting with solids, liquids and gases; progressing to ball-and-stick molecules; then solar system-style atoms; then quantum probability clouds and quarks. Each stage is punctuated with dry British humour noting how each previous model was wrong but useful. The post concludes: 'Anyway. This is a post about the complex biology of gender.' Attribution to @theaardvark and theaardvark.co.uk shown.

2 November 2025 Food

26 October 2025 Food

24 October 2025 Food

Two sealed jars of Funky Food Co. pickled onions on a wooden surface against a white backdrop with partial text visible. Left jar has a black label for "Guinness Pickled Onions in Malt Vinegar" with illustrations of onions and Guinness bottles. Right jar has a white label for "Marmite Pickled Onions in Malt Vinegar With Marmite" with similar illustrations including a Marmite jar.