Brad Enslen

Bliss! I’m back to drinking my favorite tea, Yorkshire Red teabags, again. I’d bought a box of cheap store brand tea (100 bags) and quickly regretted it as a slogged through it. I finally used it up and it’s back to Yorkshire tea which is so much better.

I think XTwitter only has two advertisers left: 1. Oreo cookies, 2. some liver guy (I’ve no idea what that’s about and don’t want to know.) Those are the two adverts I’m seeing repeatedly for weeks. Pretty sad.

I came across this map directory listing the locations of memorial benches. We spend a lot of time fretting about moving people around on roads, trains, trails and transit, but sometimes a place to rest, to be still is important too. A place with meaning to observe and think.

I’m kinda bummed that I have no pie for pi day.

There is no such thing as having to many books. You didn’t need to actually be move around in those rooms anyway.

Factoid: There are no boulders native to NW Indiana. Any boulders here have either been imported or have migrated here.

#rocks #bigrocks

I strongly suspect that 50% of inflation is due to greed. Companies are cashing in for even larger profits on the backs of customers.

Because they can.

Coffee. Hot. Black. This is the only remedy for the hated time change.

A few years ago Aldi had a frozen pizza very similar in size and weight to a regular Tombstone pizza only at a much better price than Tombstone. Then Aldi shrunk the pizza and it had nowhere near the same net weight it once had. It became more of a snack than a meal and I quit buying them. Shame.

Good morning. It’s foggy outside and the fog smells of sulfur from the steel mill.

We need more ways to consume mashed potatoes. Like mashed potato pizzas.

Got a text from Comcast that I can expect Internet interruptions today as they upgrade some do-hickey in my area. This is supposed to give me faster Internets in the future or Real Soon Now. I’m hoping they get all do-hickeys upgraded today so I only have a one day outage.

I was just looking at the paid plans at Wordpress .com. WP.com is not for the individual blogger anymore, it’s for eCommerce, pros and corporations now. Granny’s knitting blog days are numbered. You can’t install plugins until you pay at least $25 per mo.! Which means you can’t get rid of the block editor until you pay $25 per mo either. One of the best parts of WP is their plugin system but not at that kinda price.

Also they have the option to split “WordAd” revenue, so it sounds like WP has built their own advertising network.

At least, there is no mistaking Automattic’s intentions now, they don’t care about the little guy/gal, it’s all about money and managed hosting schemes. No wonder that smaller blog hosting companies like Micro.blog, Write.as and others are springing up all over. They are filling the vacuum WP.com is creating at the affordable end of the cost range.

My prediction is that things like WP Reader will be allowed to atrophy since SEO’s, enterprise and corporate suits have no interest in community or reading some schmuck’s cat or travel blog.

I think I have all the stuff needed to make stir-fry.

I’ve reached my limit on subscriptions. I don’t care what you are selling, if it involves a subscription it’s DOA.

For lunch I ate a Cosmic Crisp apple and it sure was good. Cosmic Crisp, Honey Crisp and Granny Smith are my favorite apples.

None of these were around when I was a kid so back then Jonathan apples were my favorite. But the fire blight got to them so I hardly ever see Jonathan’s in the stores anymore.

I’m pretty sure there is a US Department of Pine Cones.

Electric vehicles would look better with tail fins.

I just tried out Bluesky. Interesting. UI is very Twitter-like, so it seems familiar, only more controls. Could be a nice compliment to Mastodon.

Washington DC Republicans are invertebrates!

#supportukraine #stronglanguagewarning

From the archives: People, the Analog and Shaping our Society.

We’re in election year craziness and somehow this seems appropriate to bump.

My favorite part of watching (old) TV shows is when the hero just drives up and finds a parking spot right in front of their destination. Just pull up and park. Not like me circling around and finding one 4 blocks away.

Supper tonight will include a side salad. That’s the only thing I know for sure. I’m not even sure what salad dressing (I only have 3) I’ll put on it. Now I have to figure out the rest of the meal. This stuff never happens in the movies.