Category: play
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dry fit
The dry fit of the overhead storage bins is complete. I had to take the right-hand bin apart four or five times, trimming off bits here and there each time, reassembling it to check the fit, marking places where it needed further trimming, then taking it to pieces again. It has to sit snugly in… Read.
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overhead
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woodwork, sorta
My woodworking “skills” boil down to tinkering. I cut a piece of wood. I cut another piece of wood. I discover one piece of wood is too long so I cut it again. I fit them together. I repeat this process until I have something which resembles the thing I had in mind in the… Read.
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osmosis
The song stuck in my head this morning was Abba’s “Take A Chance On Me,” a song I’m not particularly fond of but nevertheless know all the words to. I know all the words to a lot of Abba songs, which is kind of odd because I never turned the radio up when I heard… Read.
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cabin fever
We briefly enjoyed a day of what passes for warm weather here in Wisconsin. It got as warm as 42 degrees F (5.5 C) yesterday, which felt so warm after weeks of sub-freezing temps that I peeled down to my shirtsleeves while I worked in the garage yesterday afternoon. I was hoping it would remain… Read.
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first degree
The temp outside on this wintry January morning is just one degree (-17 C), which is relevant because it means I probably won’t be spending much time outside today. I went for a little ramble around Cherokee Marsh yesterday morning even though temps were in the teens, where the temps have been stuck for weeks… Read.
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all the single ladies
All the men: (spit up blood, drop dead) All the women: The men are all gone! Let’s fight! —– President’s aide: Madam President, power plants will start to shut down. President: Wait, aren’t there some, y’know, skilled women who can run those? —– Woman: People are gonna have to pick a side. Other Woman: Why?… Read.
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pumpkin spice bitch
My new favorite music video: Read.
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goin gin
At work, we use a Microsoft Access database to keep track of the cases we investigate. It’s a simple database. It’s designed to give us a case number for each investigation, record the type of case, has a place for us to make notes. Very basic stuff. In The Before Times, everybody would keep the… Read.
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