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Two more items.
For decades I’ve had two items on my “wish list”. I finally pulled the trigger and bought them. I bought the Silva Ranger 2.0 compass from Amazon for $57.77 and a Leatherman Wave+ from REI for $1...
Warming up!
December and January temperatures were 5 to 10 degrees on average lower than normal. And now we’re finally returning to normal temps. It is supposed to be up in the mid-seventies through the upco...
ChatGPT, Conversation #2
I think I’m going to need to be stoned to continue along this path. Really fucking high. Check this out: *Are you familiar with the three laws of robotics? * Yes, I am familiar with the three law...
ChatGPT, conversation #1
f(x)=x+2 f(x) is a function that takes an input, x, and returns the value of x+2. For example, if you input 3 into the function, it would return 5 because 3+2 = 5. Is there anything else you woul...
Another trip around the sun.
The new year started with an inch and a quarter of rain. A very pleasant all day and evening steady rain. Definitely won’t remedy the megadrought, but can’t hurt. It rained another quarter inch t...
Vitamin D!
It finally happened today. Noon to three. Three hours at the pool. Then a shave and hot shower. We should have three more days in the mid-seventies until the clouds and cooler days move back in. ...
Winter may be over?
Yeah, the last couple of weeks have been harsh. High’s in the fifties and lows in the thirties. Yesterday warmed up to 68 degrees. It may be 70 or more tomorrow. The water heater I’d taken out o...
Two more weeks gone.
Yeah, two weeks since an update. After I’d gotten my last grocery order for 2022 I figured the year end total. It was a grand total of $29.25 per week. Compared to $27.60 per week in 2021. Not to...
Crazy weather!
It started raining Saturday just before noon. It rained steadily until Sunday morning. It left an inch-and-a-half in the rain gauge. And then Monday I woke up to fog so thick I could barely see a...
Deliveries.
Yesterday was my usual Instacart delivery. And then Amazon delivered my photo album and my fountain pen. The fountain pen turned out to be a Hong Dian 525. I filled it with Waterman Intense Black...
Spending money, again.
I had nothing to read yesterday so I made the mistake, the mistake I usually make when I’m bored, of perusing Thriftbooks and Amazon. I ordered four paperbacks from Thriftbooks and a photo album ...
A 7 year read?
I finally finished “Masterpieces of World Philosophy in Summary Form” by Harper Collins, 1964. 1163 pages. I bought the tome at the library here for fifty cents either the first trip out here in ...
Only a half dozen.
I finished reading “Fall, or, Dodge in Hell” by Neal Stephenson. That is six books read this year. Two of those were re-reads. Now I’m back to the philosophy tome I’ve been reading since 2015. Th...
52 years ago . . .
it was written and it’s still relevant. Enjoy!
Starlink secured!
I had been given four screws from the same neighbor I’d been borrowing the ladder from. The feet of the Starlink don’t line up with the ridges of the metal roof of the carport. I had found a piec...
Stupid people!
The republican candidate for governor of this state believes the last election was stolen from the dumbass Trump. When asked about it she said, “We have the evidence.” When asked “What evidence?”...
Two years.
The Starlink is doing great. No dropouts. Connection has remained at 100%. Speed seems to be getting faster with time. And the first monthly bill was exactly $110. No taxes or fees. Yeah, $1320 a...
That was easy!
The check cleared on the 10th. Starlink said look for delivery within two weeks. FedEx dropped the Starlink on my porch yesterday. I borrowed a ladder from my neighbor, set the unit on the roof o...
An experiment.
I received the email from Starlink. I had placed my order and deposit of $99 on 7/4/20. Service is now available at Latitude 33.385. The price for the unit is $549, up from the initial offering o...
Routine.
I did my once a month, last day of the month, one load of laundry. I turned the page on the wall calendar. And this morning, the first day of the month, I ordered groceries. $78.94. I’m going to ...
Done deal.
The first trip up into the attic after the initial look over, I found the tank full. I got the hose out and drained it. I disconnected the water lines. I called it quits because of the heat up th...
The end of that.
Apparently the park’s landline phone system finally went tits up. How long ago I know not. I was informed in person that all that was on the line was a busy signal. This was of course planned by ...
Well . . . where was I?
The visit back east was great. I stayed with my brother and his wife at their new house. Daughter brought the grandson, Rowan Darren, out to visit quite a few times over the nine days I was there...
Finally.
I finally finished “The Unincorporated Man” series of four books. It only took me four months. And that brings me to five books read for the year. I used to read 50+ books a year. I guess I’m doi...
No words.
I watched the hearing in Texas about Uvalde. A new fact I didn’t know was that THREE MINUTES after the shooter entered the school he was met with THREE officers with BODY ARMOUR and RIFLES and HA...
