Hot and humid, extra special humid, with a side of thunderstorm if the predictions are right.<\/p>\n
It was hot and humid all day yesterday, with a real gully washer of a rain\u00a0 in the middle of the day.\u00a0 THAT didn’t help the humidity.\u00a0 So I hid inside.<\/p>\n
On Fathers’ Day I exercised my privilege and mostly sat around working on a puzzle and piddling around the house.\u00a0\u00a0 I had big plans, but mostly they involved stuff outdoors.\u00a0 I’m still not feeling great and I took the day off.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, mostly off.<\/p>\n
My wife discovered that I can get stuff cheap at auctions.\u00a0 Who knew?\u00a0 So she has me on a mission finding stuff for Daughter 1’s bedroom redo and other stuff too.\u00a0\u00a0 It actually takes quite a while to go through ~8 thousand + online auction lots, even if you’ve got practice.\u00a0 I usually don’t do that in one sitting, but it was raining like he77 outside, and I didn’t feel like doing plumbing repairs or computer work.\u00a0 And the puzzle was kicking my butt.<\/p>\n
Other activities ate the rest of the day.\u00a0 Kids did a scavenger hunt for me for my Dads’ Day gifts.\u00a0 It was cute and a lot of fun.\u00a0 Before bed we watched a movie, and before that we made brownies.\u00a0 So I did actually do a bunch of stuff, just nothing to write a blog post about.\u00a0 (*ahem*)<\/p>\n
Special breakfast was waffles with bacon crumbles in them, and bacon on the side.<\/p>\n
Dinner was baked turkey thighs.\u00a0\u00a0 They were on sale at HEB last week.\u00a0 Sides were brusselsprouts and roasted potatoes.\u00a0 All fresh.\u00a0 My wife cooked it all with help from the girls.\u00a0\u00a0 Later Oldest and I made brownies from mix.\u00a0 The mix was best by 2015.\u00a0\u00a0 It was delicious.\u00a0 Half the pan is already gone.<\/p>\n
Late last night I made a comment that I’m seeing way more trash on the street, more illegal dumping, more bums, and more encampments.\u00a0 That is not a good sign.\u00a0 That is social norms breaking down, economic impacts, and possibly a shift in attention from TPTB.\u00a0\u00a0 Areas that were near bad areas but doing ok, and areas that were marginal have definitely moved toward ‘bad’ in the last few months.\u00a0 I’ve got a feeling it’s just the beginning.<\/p>\n
So keep working on skills and knowledge, and keep stacking.<\/p>\n
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Hot and humid, extra special humid, with a side of thunderstorm if the predictions are right.<\/p>\n
It was hot and humid all day yesterday, with a real gully washer of a rain\u00a0 in the middle of the day.\u00a0 THAT didn’t help the humidity.\u00a0 So I hid inside.<\/p>\n
On Fathers’ Day I exercised my privilege and mostly sat around working on a puzzle and piddling around the house.\u00a0\u00a0 I had big plans,<\/p>\n