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 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟨🟨🟨

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 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.

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.

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

I am apparently hoarding fucks, because the number I have to give this week is precisely zero. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

So far, the Airspod Pro are a treat with their noise canceling tricks. Really impressed with them so far. A nice Halloween surprise

The best use for smart home lighting. When your neighbor’s house party moves outside at 3:50 AM “Siri, turn on all the lights except the bedroom lights” is an instant, gentle reminder to them. I actually heard someone say “oh shit, dawg. We gotta go inside. We’re waking up the neighbors.” Blissful quiet ever since, without leaving my bed.