Author Archives: slackwrdave

rock of ages, still a rollin’

Certain movies, situations, etc, can trigger vivid recollections of violence from over half a century ago.

Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen
Rock de Épocas 🪨⏳👊

very smart is the water

It is very sure that few are smarter than I. This is proof.

(Image is bottle of smart water on my lap)

the perfect travel companion

Of course they mean the app, but it was fun to think it over.

cracker barrel restaurant

I had a delicious breakfast at Cracker Barrel in Kansas City this morning. I had to end my gay boycott of there after the lockdowns let up and it reopened. They’re just aren’t that many options now. A lot places are just posturing anyway. As long as there’s not shit right in my face, I will consider going.

it’s not the watches

This looks like a very good wrist and forearm. No telling what it’s attached to though.

the bleak midwinter

View from my hotel room. This is all there is to life. Grey skies, bleak, traffic clogged highways. Electric cars will fix all that. 😬

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.