Supposed to be clear. Probably warm too. Nice in other words, if possibly too humid. Because that’s starting up again. It’s almost spring, I can feel it. Certainly we might be in false spring… I’ll take it for now.
Did some stuff yesterday but not as much as I’d hoped. Moved some stuff. Sorted some stuff. Watched my blood sugar move around. But I also kinda took it easy. By the time I realized I needed to take some meds last night, it was too late. I could have taken them but then wouldn’t have been in good shape to get the kids out the door. And after shirking that for 2 days, I was ready. So I was pretty sore yesterday. Crawling around in an attic, banging my head, shoulders, knees, and toes left me feeling stiff and sore. Plus my hands are covered in cuts and scrapes, like I was digging around in a barrel of broken glass. Cold air and banging stuff did me in.
So I didn’t get to my shop or the recycle yard, but I did get loaded up. Kinda ready for today.
My main task today though is getting my passport application in. I’ve got an appointment this afternoon, and need to get my photos, just in case their machine isn’t working, and copies of ID and birth certificate… which I can’t do at home because I trashed my scanner and printer. Fractal.
Anyway, I’ll be doing stuff today. Maybe some pickups while I’m out, maybe some drop offs at the shop, or a trash run, but certainly a scrap run. And I’ll be a supplicant to the state for the right to move freely… I hate that.
Stack stuff. Learn stuff. And keep your eyes open.
nick
Thursday. I slept late. How nice.
Odd about sleeping late; I woke up with a craving for some Rice Crispies. I think I will have to go and get some…
Nick, for your fractals: I bought a not-expensive Brother all-in-one printer/scanner/copier (it’s even a fax! Anybody remember those?) for the BOL, and am very happy with it. I simply attached it to the network with a cable and everything in the house can print on it. The Linux boxen could use it as-is. I think the Windoze machines wanted drivers I downloaded from Brother. Dunno what W1 did with her Macs, but she can print too. I believe it is also WiFi capable. I can look up the exact model, if you’re interested.
Thanks, Norman! I am afraid I might have found a new money sink – historical knives.
Is this your “Thames” knife?
I’ve used and recommended Brother multi-function machines for years.
The U.S.A. Has health data laws that mandate fax for data security. Handy to have.
Weather forecaster this morning says west Texad may get their earliest 100F+ day on record. Stay hydrated.
@denis, yup, that’s the one, comes with a really nice leather scabbard to.
Law for Hillbilly, not for Number One Daughter.
Once she’s a citizen, the whole family will show up.
Granted, the Tribune is more of a weed smoking club than a “news” organization, but Crockett leading Talarico by double digits is good news for Texas Republicans hoping to keep the Senate seat.
The Bush cabal pulled out the attack ads on Paxton last night on the local Sinclair station. Even the P. Diddly handlers are starting to worry about Talarico ever since the Dems started floating the idea of running him for President in 2028.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/25/texas-senate-poll-crockett-talarico-university-of-texas-paxton-cornyn-hunt-2026/
Once again, for those of you unfamiliar with Texas, the Tribune is not Austin’s “paper of record”. That duty falls on the Gannett-owned Austin-American Statesman. The Texas Tribune is a media “think tank” funded by a tech billionare.
Aaaah. Rice Crispies. Snap, Crackle and Pop!
Nothing wrong with breakfast foods at 1.30 pm. Nothing at all.
Weird craving, though. What if I’m pregnant?
I wonder if it’s because of allergy season. Have I been pollinated? There are visible clouds of tree spooge drifting around. Yuck. My nose is stuffy and my eyes itchy.
I had a look at the grass. It is growing fast. I switched on the robot mower, so it might have a fighting chance of managing the first cut without my having to get out the petrol mower and sneeze my way through the job.
Getting lighter every morning…
I’m up, with a small cup of coffee. More later but I’m trying to slow down and space out – – my caffeine intake.
Kids got their initial round of poking. D2 might be tired today. She was up talking with friends when I went to bed after 1am. She went to bed shortly after that, but that’s still late on a school night.
Looking at my chart for last night, the first bowl of potato chips is clearly there, and then the second bowl makes an even bigger peak, but maybe because I was asleep the curve is softer, not pointed at the top, and goes a bit higher. It did keep me from dropping too low and triggering an alarm. Or maybe I just didn’t sleep on that arm all night. Lot less jitter in last night’s line than normal for this sensor. Two more days until a new sensor on the other arm, and we get to see if there is a difference. Fun with science.
Time for the second round of poking.
n
Serendipity.
We had no rice crispies, so I went to get some. Surpringly, our local Lidl had none (is the craving a pandemic?), but they did have nice sets of synthetic sharpening stones on special offer. A 400/800 and a 1000/6000 grit, each with a nice bamboo and rubber tray/holder, for 5 bucks each.
Hard to beat that. I hope they are real abrasive, not just coloured concrete, but we’ll see.
How handy is that, when I just bought two knives that will need sharpening? Sometimes the universe just aligns itself nicely.
Not that I didn’t already have sharpening stones, but stones are in the same category as all other tools: he who dies with the most, wins!
69F and moderately heavy overcast. Wind is still blowing too, so not a super pleasant day so far.
n