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A hundred years from now, chroma key colors are going to be considered unlucky to wear in a set of professions like newscasting, and nobody is going to quite realize why.
The new bookshelves were declared open for business on Saturday and so I've been spending all of my available time since then populating them. Not all of our books are going to fit, so I'm prioritizing the ones that spark joy and then we'll see how much space is left afterwards.
(Will also reminded me that he plans to keep his books in his room even though his room is adjacent to the library.)
(Will also reminded me that he plans to keep his books in his room even though his room is adjacent to the library.)
We know about Decaf, where by some process, caffeine is removed from coffee or whatever.
I present: Recaf. Where maybe decaf isn't doing it today so you add in a bit of caffeine powder or something.
(I have a flask of decaf on me today, and then we stopped for breakfast and got Coke, and I said "recaf" and had to make the definition.)
I present: Recaf. Where maybe decaf isn't doing it today so you add in a bit of caffeine powder or something.
(I have a flask of decaf on me today, and then we stopped for breakfast and got Coke, and I said "recaf" and had to make the definition.)
Got steroids to the left wrist on Tuesday, and sulked for the rest of the day because it was tender ( Read more... ).
Friday I put together the Cronch Tower, to replace the Cronch Pile. It's a 5 foot construction of wire shelf panels, with two two-foot high baskets and a final open topped container. This is to manage the chip needs of 3+1 people.
After shopping Friday, Belovedest pulled the Holiday Morass in front of me, for me to sort out into Yuletide, Halloween, andIt's Fall, Y'All Decorative Gourd Season. Plus None of the Above. And Thorn came up for company while working and sociability. Since they had hung the work privacy shade on the window.
Today before I woke up, Belovedest had herded the Cronch Tower further. And unboxed my printer. And while I took advantage of the 80+F weather to lounge, they ran a test print.
The print came out fine! Belovedest now knows where I keep the spare filament (in The Heir and the Spare, naturally). We are discussing next steps!
Friday I put together the Cronch Tower, to replace the Cronch Pile. It's a 5 foot construction of wire shelf panels, with two two-foot high baskets and a final open topped container. This is to manage the chip needs of 3+1 people.
After shopping Friday, Belovedest pulled the Holiday Morass in front of me, for me to sort out into Yuletide, Halloween, and
Today before I woke up, Belovedest had herded the Cronch Tower further. And unboxed my printer. And while I took advantage of the 80+F weather to lounge, they ran a test print.
The print came out fine! Belovedest now knows where I keep the spare filament (in The Heir and the Spare, naturally). We are discussing next steps!
I didn't really need to buy Connor a new iPhone for his graduation, but I made him the offer since that was what I gave Will when he graduated, and he took me up on it. Connor had been using the iPhone SE that I had bought as an extra family phone 4 years ago, and although it's still in good condition, it's definitely dated. He picked out a basic iPhone 16 in teal green, but only after I demonstrated that he could disable the so-called Apple Intelligence features.
I also didn't really need a new Kindle, either, but Amazon was having a sale recently, and I got an additional discount from trading in the kids' Echo Dot devices, which were at least six years old and had barely been used in all that time. In fact, when we moved house last year, I had boxed them back up in their original packaging, so they might have fetched even more on the resale market than what I got for trading them in. At any rate, my new Kindle is more responsive than the old one, has a slightly better screen, about twice as much storage space, and charges via standard USB-C. The only downside I've found so far is that Calibre on my laptop can't sync with it; I have to use Amazon's USB File Manager app. And I still can't sideload EPUBs directly.
I guess I will deregister my old Kindle and offer it to Robby to use. In the past, whenever he has wanted to read an ebook, he's used the Kindle iOS app on one of my old iPads. If he doesn't want the Kindle, maybe I'll load the Discworld books onto it for Connor, since he never did get around to reading them before they disappeared into moving boxes. (Although he has plenty of other books that aren't packed away... he's currently working his way through One Hundred Years of Solitude.)
I also didn't really need a new Kindle, either, but Amazon was having a sale recently, and I got an additional discount from trading in the kids' Echo Dot devices, which were at least six years old and had barely been used in all that time. In fact, when we moved house last year, I had boxed them back up in their original packaging, so they might have fetched even more on the resale market than what I got for trading them in. At any rate, my new Kindle is more responsive than the old one, has a slightly better screen, about twice as much storage space, and charges via standard USB-C. The only downside I've found so far is that Calibre on my laptop can't sync with it; I have to use Amazon's USB File Manager app. And I still can't sideload EPUBs directly.
I guess I will deregister my old Kindle and offer it to Robby to use. In the past, whenever he has wanted to read an ebook, he's used the Kindle iOS app on one of my old iPads. If he doesn't want the Kindle, maybe I'll load the Discworld books onto it for Connor, since he never did get around to reading them before they disappeared into moving boxes. (Although he has plenty of other books that aren't packed away... he's currently working his way through One Hundred Years of Solitude.)
It's so tempting to look at the group photo from Will's party two years ago and lament everyone who was there but wasn't able to come today. Robby's parents had intended to show up, but ended up not feeling well enough. Luckily my mom's brother and cousin made it out, because otherwise she would have been the only other family member here.
On the other hand, our D&D nerd crew came through big time, and most of them are even going to be able to come to commencement tomorrow. I'm so grateful for their support.
I'm also glad that we were able to host everyone at our house. We just spent the afternoon hanging out, eating and chatting. It was very chill.
One more sleep until the big day.
On the other hand, our D&D nerd crew came through big time, and most of them are even going to be able to come to commencement tomorrow. I'm so grateful for their support.
I'm also glad that we were able to host everyone at our house. We just spent the afternoon hanging out, eating and chatting. It was very chill.
One more sleep until the big day.
