Monthly Archives: November 2020

smoke so alarming

Posted on November 15, 2020 by | Leave a comment

I just installed dual smoke alarms just for the hell of it:

— one photoelectric
— one ionization

I bought a First Alert dual sensor model in February that did both of the above and it didn’t last eight months.

I decided to get one of each single mode made by Kidde.

The Kiddes were about $10 each. The dual function First Alert was nearly $30. I hope Kidde works out better.

The two smoke alarms mounted side by side on the ceiling

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good breakfast

Posted on November 15, 2020 by | Leave a comment

I like coming up with breakfast surprises for Brian and me on Sunday mornings.

This morning:

— toaster waffles 🧇
— side of cream cheese stuffed jalapeños with ranch 🌶️

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ride captain ride

Posted on November 12, 2020 by | Leave a comment

It was 8th grade biology class when I started writing the lyrics to Blues Image “Ride Captain Ride” on my desk.

That song has a lot of lines to the lyrics, and I started writing one line per day. Then one day I discovered another student from a different period started writing in lyrics to the same song so we alternated adding a line per day.

A couple of weeks went by and things were progressing nicely. The desk was filling up and the lyrics were perfect. The intrigue was tremendous.

I got so excited that one day I wrote “I love you” under the last line of the in-progress lyrics.

The next day when I came back to class, the other person had written, “I love you, too.”

I never found out who the other person was. Only a few days later, someone erased the entire desk. Maybe the teacher. Who knows.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_Captain_Ride

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nutcasery

Posted on November 12, 2020 by | Leave a comment

Look at that folder called “nut_casery.”

The subfolders under that one are amazing! 😁

I document everything I can get my hands on.

Screenshot from my online drive showing the folders

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a couple of tech things

Posted on November 11, 2020 by | Leave a comment

A couple of tech things that have bothered me this year:

— Protonmail donating money to the same Hong Kong “democracy” organizations that the US government supports.

— Mozilla Foundation in favor of social media companies regulating content.

I canceled my Protonmail account because of the first one, but it would be hard to get by without the Firefox web browser because of the second one.

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google photos

Posted on November 11, 2020 by | Leave a comment

It looks like Google Photos is going to start a phased-in screw over of the customer on pic storage starting this coming June.

I already pay them enough for storage.

I have some alternatives in mind. Hopefully some good choices pop up by next June.

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just gave it all up, the hope

Posted on November 9, 2020 by | 1 comment

“I’m Feeling Much Better Since I Gave Up All Hope”

I used to have this bumper sticker on my truck. I need to get another one now.

The bumper sticker in question

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claxton fruit cake

Posted on November 8, 2020 by | Leave a comment

The venerable Claxton Fruit Cake.

My father used to hate these things and complained about them every year when they came out, therefore, I trained myself to like them.

My mother sometimes made rum-soaked fruit cakes that were very good. We used to joke about how strong they were. 🍸

A package of the Claxton Fruit Cake

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appliance fetish

Posted on November 8, 2020 by | Leave a comment

I opened my door this morning and there was a Hamilton Beach out there.

It’s a countertop convection toaster oven. It was on sale for quite cheap, and I wanted to try one.

The box containing my new toaster oven sitting on the front porch in the sun

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still happy after all these years

Posted on November 7, 2020 by | Leave a comment

To celebrate thirty-one years together, Brian and I went out to eat at Olive Garden.

We had a fun bottle of sweet Italian wine with dinner. Afterwards, I had an espresso, and it was amazingly good, completely yummy, in fact. ☕

Good fun with yummy Brian.

Brian and me behind glasses of wine and dessert at the table at Olive Garden

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