Monthly Archives: January 2022

203 ways to drive a man wild in bed – book

Posted on January 23, 2022 by | Leave a comment

A catchy title seen in an antique store today. I don’t know if Olivia’s knowledge would apply in my situation even if I applied heavy tequila.

I suppose some of it might be universal.

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203 Ways to Drive a Man Wild in Bed

— Olivia St. Claire

The book on display

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we are the victims, i guess

Posted on January 23, 2022 by | Leave a comment

It’s everywhere! 😱 I need to watch some more movies about nuclear winter. ☃️

Coming home from work on Friday, on car radio NPR was going on about “multiple foreign actors” being involved in Havana Syndrome without saying who those actors were. Those US officials suffered so much from it.

Today I see NC Policy Watch reporting that the fuel pipeline companies want an entire government agency and additional powers to protect against more Russian hacking of the pipeline controls like happened last summer that caused fuel shortages. The Russian hacking was reported as flat fact.

The Mozila/Firefox newsletter and blog had many articles over the past year about how their software keeps you safe from Russian hackers. Yep, that really ups my trust in that organization’s motivations and security. They can keep me safe from phantoms.

Protonmail gave support to opposition groups in Hong Kong last year. Yep, another trust builder for that company. No, it’s the same position as the US government which makes it suspect.

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hd radio – i just didn’t know

Posted on January 22, 2022 by | Leave a comment

It has been so long since I touched an FM radio that I was unaware of what had happened on that band.

I have a rental car for work for a week, and it has a digital-capable FM radio. Surprise to me, many stations come up as “HD,” and there are multiple channels per frequency. Old news to many, I assume, but my dislike of a chattering car radio wore me down long ago.

Some of the old local stations, like 98.7 Simon (formerly named KISS FM and WRQK), actually have a decent alt channel with deep cuts and low commercials.

I won’t be tuning in much due to now preferring only road noise and myself making noises while I drive, but at least the FM band seems a little better now.

As for subscription radio, like Sirius, I don’t use it unless I get a rental car, and it’s turned on for free. It’s just not my thing. Some Internet subscription music services, like Deezer and Digitally Imported, I do like and I will stream those through the car radio.

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npr

Posted on January 22, 2022 by | 2 comments

I turn on an FM radio in a rental car today, and NPR was all “Russia, Russia, Russia.”

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be sure to send off for yours

Posted on January 18, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The government gave me four free guppies for my aquarium. 🐠

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young ‘un

Posted on January 18, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Me age 16. I had to ride all the way across the country and back in the car with my parents without having a single cigarette. 🤣

pic of young me at grand canyon

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smalldogclub expenses

Posted on January 18, 2022 by | 1 comment

In 6 months, a 30 lb (13.6 kg) bag of Wellness dry dog food has increased by $20 ($39 to $59). Lot of ’em like that. #smalldogclub members chow it down.

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tater tracker

Posted on January 18, 2022 by | Leave a comment

For just a second I saw this as “Tater Cracker” and thought “well, this is going to be fun.”

Back of kettle chips bag says “meet your farmer, Tater tracker” but first letter of tracker is stylized and looks like a c.

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the big twitter accounts

Posted on January 17, 2022 by | Leave a comment

I think something happens to people when they get more than a couple of thousand followers, unless they are a known journalist, author, news org, etc.

The hand waving starts about reaching follower milestones. “C’mon people, just 400 more and I’ll have 10K.”

At that point, I suspect that the “worth it” factor starts to drop a lot, and I lose interest and often unfollow.

OK, delete Twitter, but with caution, it can be one of many useful tools.

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please ready the horses

Posted on January 17, 2022 by | Leave a comment

In Dark Shadows movie (2012), Barnabas Collins (vampire) is back with the Collins family again after being locked in his coffin for 200 years.

They need to go somewhere.

Barnabas asks Elizabeth Collins, “can we ready the horses?”

Elizabeth: “we don’t have horses anymore, we have a Chevy.”

Loved it!

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