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I was happier than usual when I clocked out yesterday afternoon.I suppose it's time to let you off the hook after last week's little cliffhanger.The Kindle survived. Well... it survived by not being bought.Instead of giving my love a...
Got up about 9.30. Again wind still cold. The gang came for tea. Gave Jane a swing but too cold to stay out very long. Went for a drink at night.
Picked up a load of wood from the Amish farm today. Ol’ Green struggled a bit under load on the hills between here and Buddha Bypass Road but we made it. The farm was, as I suspected, open despite the holiday. What to the Amish is your...
Opinion | Birthright citizenship overreach by the Supreme Court ends term - The Washington Post: A more modest ruling, relying on those statutes, would have left the constitutional issue for a future court to consider if and when...
I’ll be honest, I was a bit surprised that I knew anyone who would buy a pair of Meta AI glasses. Sure, they are readily available, and presumably heavily advertised, but most of the people with whom I spend time - online or offline -...
Earlier this year we had a rather unfortunate incident involving our 25-year-old stand-up freezer, in which the condenser failed while the thing was full of frozen things, which quickly became rather disgustingly unfrozen. The clean-up...
Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay, Leeds (1872) by John Atkinson Grimshaw. • “In many cases, the rules of physics that apply in a real scene appear to be optional in a painting; they can be obeyed or ignored at the discretion of...
For my wife's birthday last weekend I ran her and her friends a D&D one shot. My brief was thus: level eleven a more classic dungeon crawl dragon There were six of them. I had no clue how to balance six level eleven characters where four...
Monday “Do you do this every week?” There’s trash in the open grass and trash by the bench. But there’s also a man on the bench admiring the view. As I didn’t want to disturb him, I was heading for the trash in the open first. I say sort...
Didn't bring my big camera to the track because I was so annoyed about yesterday.37 words · 1 image
Today is independence day.Tomorrow will also beindependence day.I wave the flag of the present moment.I listen to the robinand watch the swallowstreak across the twilit sky. The deer, the stray dog, the heart-wounded veterandon't need to...
Source Drought has pushed the Rio Grande river past the breaking point – in Albuquerque, it has completely dried up. For the third consecutive year, a combination of record-low winter snowpacks, warming spring temperatures, and...
I did a terrible job taking pictures today.38 words · 1 image
Fireworks are for those with the training, the appropriate equipment, and the appropriate location (and conditions). If you don't have all three — just don't, and leave it to those who do. Big-screen TVs make that a lot easier than when...
We arrived at Silverstone and I made pizza. It was pretty good - the dough turned out great.18 words · 1 image