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It’s a blizzard where we are, and possibly where you are, too. I hope you’re all staying safe. We are remaining at home, Jenn has the day off, and I’m working from home today. Then the lovely holiday days follow. I have pretty much everything in order for once. I got my cousin what I… Continue reading December 22, 2022

We live in the ice kingdom now. It’s going to be days before we get back above freezing. I plan to hole up in the house after today and stay put through this storm.

Listening to the audiobook for “Flowers in the Attic” seems appropriate in the middle of the night. At least, it’s a good way to pass the time when I wake up early, which happens every so often. Right now, I’d pretty much just like to spend all my time under our warmest blanket. I’m layered… Continue reading December 20, 2022

Well, I don’t know if it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but this cold weather sure is beginning to wear me out. I wish we could compress all the coldest days into one week one time a year – like let’s say the second week of January, then have 40s-50s the rest of… Continue reading December 19, 2022

Today I’m participating in a work holiday party by dressing up as Clark Griswold from Christmas Vacation. It’s….for the group. I’m not bothered, mind you, but if I were choosing, I’d have gone with A Christmas Story. Or Die Hard.

I frequently find that the best time to do things is when I first think of them. A task deferred becomes procrastination. That’s a nation I’ve spent far too much time occupying. It’s time for a strategic withdrawal into productivity land.

Yesterday, I saw my second solar farm in Iowa, this time in Cedar Rapids. Early this year, I visited Stuart with my co-workers to see a completed, fully operational solar farm, but the one I saw today is still under construction. Solar panels are really cool, they look like what you think they look like,… Continue reading December 13, 2022

I’m working on a photo book project for a family member and in the process of doing so broke out my 2012 Lenovo PC tower, which still works great, thank you very much. I have been moving things to a backup hard drive for transferring to my laptop, but then I’ll set up the PC… Continue reading December 12, 2022

This has been a busy week at work, but I felt like I kept up nevertheless. It’s a blessing and a curse to have so many interesting things to get into there. The balance sheet of interesting to annoying still comes out right, though, so this isn’t a complaint. Yesterday and these next couple days… Continue reading December 9, 2022

Completed my radio rating log yesterday and am sending it in today along with my wife’s. I listened to a fair amount of radio, as well as podcasts and other audio, and Jenn listened to almost none. She doesn’t even have a radio in her car. Weirdo. But we’ll each get $10 to blow on… Continue reading December 8, 2022