Monthly Archives: December 2022

airport fast food

I walked right by the Popeyes chicken place in the concourse at Atlanta airport. They’re not good in the wild and much much worse in an airport. I learned my lesson previously. It starts with the dry hockey puck biscuits that choke. 😝

Give somebody two of those and no drink, they might not make it.

cadbury eggs

Not a single Cadbury Creme Egg in the entire store. Brutal! Store terminal showed no stock. 😱

spanish nun waaayyy back

We did this poem by Santa Teresa of Jesús, 14th century, in church today. I can get into the old stuff. The history of Spain, you’re going to run into some Catholics come hell or high water.

It’s strange. English, you go back a few hundred years, and it gets hard to understand. Spanish, it can be old AF and still quite readable. 14th century wouldn’t be a problem.

mastodon, twitter, and instances

I am not on Mastodon because of Twitter. I’m there because I want to be and have liked it for a long time. I am not into the controversy of who is on or off Twitter or who is running it.

My “joined” date is recent because I’ve had to change instances many times mostly due to them just vanishing on short, or no, notice.

At least now I can have a certain (self-managed) instance for as long as I care to pay for it and the host exists.

Vivaldi Social also looks to be a good pick for longevity.

This is not to deny that there are many strong, reliable, well-managed instances out there. My trust is low because, in spite of being careful, I made one bad pick after another. One even took my donation and shut off the next day without notice. These are issues that I am trying to avoid.

wordle boycott

Bold, dangerous, system-changing activism:

— take a couple of days off from Wordle

target cards

A nice gift. Load it with $500, give it to me.

Wall of Target gift cards

catalina dressing

The Kraft Catalina was on sale and I wanted to try it. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it’s OK. The Olive Garden is nearly empty.

the news

When I read the news, I mostly want it to be written by:

— military analysts
— current and former government officials
— nameless Western officials
— Washington think tanks

pocket reader app top 5%

I assume that almost nobody is using the pocket app, so every year I’m in the top 5%.

It formats things so I can see better to read, and when I’m away from mobile data, I load it up with things to read offline.

aoc and railroad trax – omg!

meme of AOC doing their border theatre anguish pose over empty railroad tracks.