Month: November 2020

  • ain’t gotta wash no mo

    We have a dish washer again! Well, we always had a dish washer. For the past eight months I’ve been the dish washer, after our dish washing machine broke down at the end of February. I don’t have the slightest idea how to troubleshoot repairs to dish washing machines so I didn’t even try and… Read.

  • closing the loophole

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    Here’s the Terminator movie I’d like to see: The first terminator travels back in time from 2029 to 1984, hunts down all the Sarah Connors in the phone book until he finds the right one, but gets killed because Reese, a soldier from the future, also travels back in time to help Connor defeat the… Read.

  • millenium

    We’ve been watching “Star Trek Discovery,” which was a lot of fun the first season, somewhat less fun the second season, and not so much fun in the most current third season. I liked the first season a lot because the characters were fun and I was interested in seeing their growth from episode to… Read.

  • lockdown

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    Dane County is locked down as of today. Indoor gatherings of any number of people are prohibited unless you live with them; outdoor gatherings are limited to no more than 10 people, and then only if you observe distancing and wear masks. The Wisconsin Department of Administration extended restrictions for government workers until April 12,… Read.

  • budgeting skills

    It’s another lovely day today but there will be no quiet reading on the lawn under clear, sunny skies because our next-door neighbor’s house is getting a new roof today, which means we’ll have to listen to the whap-whap-whap of nail guns while an air compressor thrums constantly in the background. Yesterday was a lovely… Read.

  • networking

    I couldn’t log in this morning because the VPN wouldn’t work. The computer restarted as soon as I turned it on so I thought that was to blame. I tried everything I could think of, even restarting my laptop, twice. Finally, I woke Barb to ask her if something changed with the VPN I wasn’t… Read.

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