I don& #39;t know what to say about today& #39;s figures, except to reinforce how important it is to stay the course, to properly lockdown into a life that nobody wants but all of us will have to agree to if this is going to work. Look out for each other and please stay home. #COVID19Vic

On that -- here all the ways I am trying to find diversions for me and those I live with:
-- One bike ride a day, well away from others through Melbourne& #39;s beautiful parks.
-- Hilarious and cheap three-ingredient recipes: see @abcmelbourne and thanks @RyanSheales
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-- Watching every @StudioGhibli movie ever made with my eight year old: Ponyo is my new icon and inspiration.
-- Bingeing Halt and Catch Fire after the kid is in bed: the unveiling of the Apple McIntosh moved me to tears that I still don& #39;t understand
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-- Defending the emerging silverbeet in the veggie garden from marauding snails;
-- Re-reading my favourite books because I just can& #39;t concentrate on the new ones;
-- Starting a Pokemon jigsaw with the kids, who promptly abandons me, leaving me to it piece together on my own.

I& #39;ll take any other suggestions you have. The weekends are long, and when this all seems so lonely. Send a wave and blow a kiss to each other, wherever you are. This is a helluva fight -- we have to be equal to it. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps">

Oh, and Lydia Wilson as Eve in ‘Flack’ is a key reason that life has a purpose right now. If ever we needed a take-no-prisoners, sexy as hell, scene-stealer right now ...