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Snow Day
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Had a bit of a blizzard last night, and the snow outside is deeper than the ground clearance on my car – so it looks like I’m working from home…
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Christmas Breakfast
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Brought to you by Waffle House. Listening to “Neon Sun” by At 1980
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Designed in California
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Colorado has seasons, which means it occasionally gets colder and cloudier than “72 and sunny” – which also means that things designed for California fail here. Which is unfortunate as…
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TV
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I don’t really own a “TV”; I do all of my media consumption online and I don’t see any real reason to sit across the room from a panel the…
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2022, a year in review
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2022 has been routinely weird… Which is worrisome that the weird is becoming routine. Once again I didn’t really go anywhere; thanks to the one-two punch of covid and crap…
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Walk
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While I was out on my daily stroll around the neighborhood I noted that the mountains were really pretty – so here, have a picture. I also noted that there…
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Thanksgiving
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Made it to another Thanksgiving – yay me! Dinner tonight was a Prime Rib done sous vide, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, fresh dinner rolls, and a chocolate silk…
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Government efficiency
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Back on July 4th I sent off a request to the SSA for an itemized list of where I’ve worked and when – mostly just to keep the dates and…
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Feeling better – mostly
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So, here I am a bit over a week from when I came down with the 2022 model year of the flu – and I’m pretty much over it I…
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Ill
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It’s been a while, February 2021 in fact, since my last tussle with a yearly flu bug. But yesterday I finally got my ticket punched by this year’s variant. Yesterday…
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Fall has fell
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The view from my guest room this morning… It’ll look like this for a couple of weeks, and then it’ll snow for five months. 🙂 Listening to “Endless Summer” by…
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Road Trip
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I’m pondering taking some time off from work and driving back to New London Connecticut to do some site-seeing and reminiscing. It’s a mere 2000 miles, each way; easy if…
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There and Back
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So after some discussion yesterday morning, I sent my roommate and his relatives off to Rampart Range Road in his jeep while I enjoyed a quiet day at the house…
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Out and About
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Today my roommate’s sister and her husband arrive from out of state for a short visit. I’ve been volunteered to take the lot for a tour up in the mountains…
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Cheap
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Given the insanity in the world right now with spiking energy costs, ill-conceived federal spending, and generally piss-poor state government timing, I’m once again cutting a lot of my usual…
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Mayo
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I despise mayonnaise, and that goes double for the “Better Living Through Modern Chemistry” liquid fat analog that passes for mayo at a fast food place. So, you can imagine…
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Xanth
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I guess it was about 1980 or so, on one of my routine trips to the local book store on Main Street in Longmont, that I spotted my first Xanth…
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300
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For about a year now, the local Chrysler dealership has been pestering me to come buy this 300 sedan they’ve had on the lot since fall of last year; it’s…
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Second Life
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A quick video walkthrough of my latest sim build; Selentia. This is my personal hidey-hole in Second Life. My roommate owns the sim next door, and I themed that one…
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Eco
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My neighborhood has both a regular trash service and a recycling service, each with a different can. I generate so little trash that I don’t really participate… I mean, by…