Author: rihahn
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Supplies
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Some of those supplies I mentioned a few entries back came in today… The first was the two one-week boxes of rations. As long as I have water, I have…
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The sounds of silence…
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I’ve had tinnitus most of my life. It all started with a trip to a HamFest with my parents. A HamFest is essentially an organized garage sale for radio nerds,…
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It’s a mad mad mad mad world…
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Given the sliding scale of crazy out there as the year winds to a close, this week I ordered another 60 rounds of 45-70 and two 7-day ration kits that…
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Changing of the seasons…
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It’s the end of September, which means the first real snow here in Colorado should be less than 30 days away. While it’s already snowed here for a couple of…
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The more things change…
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I’ve been working at the same place for over sixteen years now; you can even read about the day I got hired, and it’s been quite an adventure since then.…
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Data Loss
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Sadly, even given the precautions I take, it appears I’ve lost all of my photos between August 28th 2004 and August 9th, 2012. It’s more than likely a combination of…
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Smokey
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With large sections of the west coast being on fire and the jet stream moving west to east, and Colorado having a few of the yearly blazes as well, it’s…
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PowerMac 8,1 (The things I do to recover old email…)
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For my mono-no aware project I’ve been sifting though terabytes of archived data, searching for times and dates to try and build a timeline of the past. Part of this…
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Went to a show…
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Saw “Tenet”. It was very SciFi Channel, but after not seeing a movie since “Rise of Skywalker” nine months ago, I won’t complain. And the popcorn was really good. Scott…
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Waaaay back…
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I was just looking through some old emails and found the email trail I sent back and forth to someone here on LJ in order to get a code to…
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Less Vespa
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Today I sold the Vespa that I purchased back in March. It was a fun little experiment; I more or less purchased the thing to see if being on two…
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Winter approaches…
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One of the more unique qualities of Colorado is how quickly it changes from “summer” to “winter”. Fall or Autumn here lasts about a week if we’re lucky. It’s really…
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Marshal the Wonder Cat is gone…
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I picked up Marshal on March 10th, 2007 from the PetsMart in north Aurora. They said he was 3 years old then. Today Erin, who has looked after him since…
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Day 122 of the 14 day COVID-19 lockdown
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I’m noting some depression starting to darken the edges of things. I’ve not really left the house for anything other than to go to work since March. Sure, I’ve been…
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Rifle, part 3
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In a surprise to exactly no one, my background check came back okay and I was able to finally pick up my new rifle today. And there it is in…
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Rifle, part 2
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Anyone who tells you it’s too easy to buy a gun, especially right now, has never bought a gun… It’s a simple eight step process that can take a week…
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Wild Wild West
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I’ve not directly owned a firearm for a really long time, in fact the last time was my Navy days back in the late 80’s. I carried a 1911 while…
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Behold! A cellphone that just makes phone calls!
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As I mentioned a while back, I’m giving up on my iPhone XS Max in favor of something with less demands on my time and attention. Enter the Light Phone…
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Eating local…
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With the threat of zombies and whatnot, a lot of the local grocers are generally out of good meat these days. Sure, you can still get generic 70/30 ground and…
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The morning walk…
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A few shots from today’s route: It was weird to be the only customer in V.I. who wasn’t staring at a phone… Luckily I had my Kindle to fill the…