Author: rihahn
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Supplies
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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…)
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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
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
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
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!
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…
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…
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…