Cold again, but less so. Fern moves on. Nothing really for us. If you were affected, please share any lessons learned either positive or negative. Presumably we’ll all get back to normal winter now.
Did mostly computer stuff yesterday, after a very leisurely start to the day. Did some fiction reading in between too. Snow days = slack off days for me this time around. Now I need to get everything back to its normal state, and maybe do more permanent and appropriate fixes instead of kludges…
I have one pickup today. I didn’t even really try to buy much in the last week’s auctions. Time to do a bit more ‘shopping in my closet’ and assimilating some of the existing stacks. Plus, there is a big list that needs attention and driving around to do pickups was eating a lot of time.
Kids are back in school today and their extra stuff kicks back in too. Still chilly though.
Lists. I got ’em. Plans. I got ’em. Stacks. I got ’em. And I always seem to get more…
nick
Tuesday. Busy, busy, but it’s fortunately time for a wee tea, internet and porter-cake break.
Reports are circulating here of criminals attempting to steal firearms from law-abiding shooters in the vicinity of shooting ranges. Carry, concealed or otherwise, is not a lawful option here, so that is a pretty easy low-risk gambit for the goblins. Not good. Not much for good people to do other than increase vigilance and discretion, and be prepared to flee or fight.
The blue is growing on me. It looks a lot better on a monitor than a phone screen, but then I have nice new monitors.
Have a beautiful day!
I drink decaffeinated coffee, and I avoid tea after 3pm, unless it is decaffeinated. I drank regular tea around 8pm on Sunday, and I was still awake at 3am, despite having gone to bed at 10pm. Lesson learned.
Colors on the phone this morning look like last week. Haven’t looked at desktop yet.
We are Five weeks past the winter solstice and the days are noticeably longer. Average coldest month of winter is almost behind us, but we’ll see if Feb extends the deep freeze or preps for an early spring.
Seize the day lest it seize you.
No one in the C-suites of those places is really interested in doing any retailing, and the women in the management positions and private equity investor firms don’t actually wear the clothing.
Ah, one hour of sleep. Now I’m up again.
25F and it’s cool in the house too.
I’ll be going back to bed as soon as possible. W won’t like it, but too bad.
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The difference in colors here is really pretty subtle, mainly toning down the cyan influence, and it’s possibly a touch darker in a couple of places. Or so I think.
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We’ll see what the news says as people start to post about the heavily hit storm areas.
n
With my joints I’m more likely to seize up.
n
ICE created a martyr.
Watching the video, the agents are angry long before the shooting started, most likely Show Ya and poorly considered ex-military quota hires recruited in a hurry.
Couldn’t have anything to do with a well-coordinated and clandestinely funded 24/7 harassment campaign where agents are assaulted with impunity by professional protesters and have no support from local law enforcement or corrupt state government?
The agents on the ground need a quicker rotation in and out of the war zone.
agents are angry
– I initially thought he got pistol whipped with his own gun, but now I think it was a can of pepper spray. One of the agents kneels and repeatedly hits him with something in his hand.
Allowing this to change the overall tactic, or to cause a withdrawal is a really bad precedent that will end up with more dead in the long run.
Punish the lapses, and the command structure if there are some. But stay the course or you’ll be challenged at every turn.
n
Show Ya has no business in a war zone in the first place.
I wonder how many agents in the video collect VA disability checks, whether for legitimate or questionable reasons.
Some outlets report the deceased was a VA nurse, and the licensed care staff in the clinics know how to push buttons with the Vets.
It was a bad situation among people on both sides, but the agents’ anger is “bad optics”.
I’ve noticed a lot of deep fake videos lately with a similar story line: Dangerous wild animal comes to human to help mother/cut stuck in trap/culvert/pit or down the well with freakin’ Timmy.
There’s an element that styles themselves as the fierce protectors of wildlife even though they don’t really know jack about animals of any kind, much less wild ones. Wild animals are wild. The stories about pet ferrets are true. Even bunnies can bite.
I’ve been inches away from a polar bear sleeping in the sun, rolled against the 4-6″ plexiglass that separated him from the crunchy humans. The musculature, the claws, and the teeth are impressive in a controlled environment. The Inuit have known them for centuries for what they are: a terrifying apex predator that views humans as a food source.
Go to a zoo. Stay on your side of the fence. Support wildlife habitat and stay home–do not visit. Buy a stuffed bear, or tiger, or leopard and enjoy it.