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Back to the real world, having now visited all 50 states. I guess it’s time for a new bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.
Best interaction of my Alaska cruise on a very French cruise line: A Flight Attendant coming through the aisles of our charter flight back to Seattle is offering champagne before we take off.
An elderly French grandpa traveling with his grandson reaches out his hand and says “oui oui.” Then stops midway, switching to English: “Wait, is this from champagne in France?”
FA: “Well, it’s sparkling bubbles.”
Frenchman: “Ugh, no.” Withdraws hand.
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Saw The Decemberists in Philly on Wednesday and in DC tonight. Almost entirely different set lists, and both were amazing shows. Decemberists audiences are so friendly, and multi-generational as well.
I decided to start 2024 off by declaring Podcast bankruptcy. I deleted the Overcast backlog (80+ GB worth) of unlistened episodes going back to 2016.
Connections Puzzle #171 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟨🟨🟨
Connections Puzzle #170 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
Connections Puzzle #169 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
It’s literally not. Not even figuratively literally, but literally literally.
I was happy to receive my absentee ballot on Saturday, and to drop it off at the Bernalillo County clerk’s office today. I’m all civic dutied-out.
Day 3 after mail-in ballots were sent to voters in NM. Still no ballot in my mailbox. :(
Day 2 after mail-in ballots were sent in New Mexico, and mine still has not arrived. I’ve seen several posts on social media of neighbors and freisnds receiving theirs.
Another update tomorrow.
New Mexico county clerks sent vote-by-mail ballots to those that requested them yesterday.
No ballot arrived in my mailbox today.
Another update tomorrow.
Good news if you’re looking to travel soon. Enterprise car rentals just emailed me to let me know they’re now, a mere 6 months into a global pandemic, requiring masks in all locations.
That was a truly whelming WWDC Keynote.
Economics are weird. My weed eater ran out of cutting string. A replacement cartridge from the brand that made my weed eater is $17 for 16 feet. Plus shipping.
So instead I bought an 855 foot roll of the same plastic string. For $31.
It appears I picked the right VPN app.
Shine Armor probably could have pulled their CNN commercial that starts with the phrase “It’s a war zone out there” tonight. Assholes.
It’s hard for me to imagine hating NASA, but they’re about to launch humans into space from American soil for the first time in years, and they’re showing photos of dogs dressed as astronauts from people on Twitter on their live stream. #LaunchAmerica
Check out this great deal in the Valentine’s meats cooler (that’s apparently a thing at my Kroger’s):
Bob Knight & Gene Keady are hanging out at the IU/Purdue game today. My proudest moment as a PSU 🏀 fan was yelling insults at Keady as he went into the tunnel for halftime, getting under his skin so much he flipped me off. Anyway, all that to say Knight and Keady both suck.
“Give us your tired, your rich, your huddled masses of cash, yearning to breathe compound interest.” – John Roberts and his bigoted, piece of shit friends, apparently.
I’ve watched about an hour of the ESPN coverage/hagiography of Kobe Bryant. It seems there’s something they’re foregetting to mention while recounting a career of 🏀 excellence. #ibelieveher
Uh oh. Looks like Coursera figured out my entire career.
Vint Cerf is wrong. But some of his friends get a billion bucks, so I guess that makes it ok. Christ, what an asshole.
I am apparently hoarding fucks, because the number I have to give this week is precisely zero. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻