: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 25: Flare Nothing like a little flare to brighten …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 24: Belt Wanted to make sure my new iPhone made it …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 23: “A Day In the Life” Breakfast this …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 22: Road Just a piece of rubbish lying next to the …
: Drove all the way to Nashville to get curry chips at a British pub. 🍟😝
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 21: Fall! There is nothing like the crunch of …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 20: Disruption! It’s always good to stop when …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 19: Edge! Any time I fly, I always feel like …
: Trying out the “Micropost” feature on MarsEdit…
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 18: Fabric! Taken during the first summer of the …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 17: Intense! It was rather intense watching my …
: Really wanted to try out some of the new watchOS features, so I downloaded the beta tonight. It was …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 16: Oof! All I can say is that falling into a …
: On a lark, I fired up the VPN connection on my iPad to dump my internet traffic out to Berlin, just …
: It’s only taken nineteen years but I’m finally watching the series finale of Frasier tonight. 🤣📺
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 15: Red Taken back in 2020, we got in / out of …
: Discovered book 8 in “The Magician’s Brother” series came out this month and as …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 14: Statue While wandering around Montréal back in …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 13: Glowing Nothing like a glowing sunset on one of …
: On a lark yesterday (it was a very long day at work), I decided “oh, what the heck, install …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 12: Panic Per the “Hitchhiker’s Guide …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 11: Retrospect It’s been a little more than ten …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 10: Cycle Winter in Québec has a tendency to cover …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 9: Language Given this photo was taken around ten …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 8: Yonder Another one from photo library, this view …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 7: Panorama A panorama view of Montmorency Falls, …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 6: Well Closest thing I could find in my photo …
: As much as I enjoy the stability and reliability of Apple products (my M2 MacBook Air is the best …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 5: Forest The view from some random trail in the …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 4: Orange Every time my partner and I visit Quebec …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 3: Precious Sadly, our little puppy-rabbit crossed …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 2: buildup The inverse of “buildup” is …
: 📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 1: Abstract Decided it would be fun to use …
: Always fascinated by companies who take the “if you want to change your email, create a new account” …
: With Twitter (aka “X”) talking about collecting even more data (link to Ars Technica), …
: Yet another reason why I won’t invest any time, energy, or money into the Google ecosystem: …
: As predicted, my banking account is “locked” and I need to call customer …
: Just realized the bank holding my mortgage has changed their customer portal (their term, not mine) …
: Sipping on my first and only pumpkin spice latte of the season. ☕️🎃🍁
: Listening to the Keeping Up Appearances: The Luxury Podcast on the drive back to the City today, and …
: Somebody paid for my order at Starbucks, first time that’s ever happened to me. 😀 I returned …
: Ah, nothing like password change / reset day…first you get to change it on your Mac and then …
: Huge shout-out and Happy Birthday to my Dad, he turns 70 today. 🎂 If it wasn’t for him, I …
: Finally yanked out the GPU from my UnRaid server and set up Plex to use Intel Quick Sync; pleased …
: So very tired of New Egg using my number to text me sale spam. Really wish it was possible to sue …
: As a grown-up Nintendo kid, I was worried about the new Super Mario Bros. Movie b/c those games, …
: Not only did we loose all the refrigerated / frozen food in the house but the cat peed in the …
: While on vacation, we lost power for two days; translation: all the food in our house is now bad. …
: I really want to fix the ”networking setup” in the Airbnb; I opened up the cabinet, it was scorching …
: Once again, my Mac Air crashing has corrupted both of my Time Machine drives…but don’t …
: Impressed with this hotel wifi, on a Zoom call and running a local WebLogic Server with no issues. …
: Listening to a ton of podcasts this morning, mostly tech ones…and everyone is so excited about the …
: Hey @Reddit, why are you emailing me interesting posts if I can’t get to any of them? Perhaps …
: I have a love/hate relationship with unit testing but as they just caught a logic bug in some …
: Making some cookies for a friend. 🍪🧈 #baking
: Twelve years ago today, an adorable man smiled at me and simply said ”yes”…and we’ve been together …
: Helped a friend set up his new Nintendo Switch…the OLED model…and now I want to buy …
: I feel like I just moved heaven and earth to get my Apple TV remote working with my Sonos …
: Came all the way out onto the pier for some therapy. 🛋️📺 #TV #BobNewhart #Chicago
: Wait, wait…don’t tell me…? 🤣📻 #npr
: I sometimes feel like I’m the only person still using RSS feeds to stay up to date on news; …
: Goodness, something is clearly going on today with dynamic advertising injection in podcasts b/c I …
: Throwing in the towel for the day, our Jenkins build server is misbehaving. 😱
: Made it just a few weeks before the next one come out but I finally beat Zelda: Breath of the Wild! …
: In the past week, I deployed an update to a back-end service and started the rollout of an update to …
: Online advertising seems to get getting worse, at least for me. I’m not sure what online data …
: I think I’m done with NewEgg.com, who ships a hard drive like this, free to flop around the box?!? 😤 …
: Well it’s only taken 5+ years but I’m finally going to fight the water boss in The Legend of Zelda: …
: As soon as I dropped my internet service with Charter / Spectrum, they started sending me a massive …
: Interesting there are a bunch of online sales of FitBit stuff, especially given the fact FitBit has …
: Just filed my federal taxes… 😮💨 One question: why the *&%$ do they make this so bloody …
: Another iOS Photos widget memory of #Russell 💔🐶 Taken On: 2020-03-07 @ 19:06 #nostalgia #memories
: Finished reading: The House Witch 3 by Delemhach 📚 I read the first two books earlier this year and …
: Another iOS Photos widget memory of #Russell 💔🐶 Taken On: 2021-10-01 @ 22:39 #nostalgia #memories
: I use the iOS Photos widget on my Home Screen and there have been a lot of #Russell photos popping …
: The only reason I get up on the morning. ☕️😴
: I’m sometimes envious of those with a more mechanical skill set but then I get the chance to help …
: Do I wanna make another cup of coffee so late in the day? Yes. Should I? Probably not. Will I? …
: Thank goodness Amazon is texting me to let me know my account is compromised and will be canceled …
: Was not at all impressed with the music in the overhead at the gym tonight, so I made my own …
: I still wake up every day, missing Russell, hoping it was just a bad dream…only for reality …
: Took a day off this week (there was no way on earth I was going to be able to work 💔🐶) and making up …
: I keep looking up, expecting Russell to be on the couch or in his nest of blankets. I keep expecting …
: “How did that annoying little creature worm his way so deep into our hearts?” - me …
: Nobody tells you how much this hurts…or maybe they did and I just didn’t realize? …
: We said goodbye to our boy today. He drifted across the rainbow bridge full of all his favorite …
: Just made an incredibly tough decision, one that me and my partner didn’t want to make but it’s for …
: I think he’s plotting my demise… 😬😼 #cat
: As is tradition, watching Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day. 🍿🎬
: I might be the only one still playing Animal Crossing but one’s island doesn’t rearrange itself. 😃 …
: How is today the last day of January 2023?! Where did the month go…? 🥱
: “Waste not, want not” is a phrase my Partner took from his grandma’s grandma. I …
: I’m still not sure how I was coerced onto the PRIDE Committee @ work but hanging out with a …
: Russell was giving a lot of side eye when I was trying to get him to look at the camera… 🤣🐶
: All day, I’ve been humming a song and just realized it’s from Kirby’s Adventure. 🤣
: It’s funny…in all the time I’ve been a digital packrat, I’ve never had a …
: Looking at a stack of receipts and realized Costco double-charged us for eggs… 😱
: There wasn’t much space in the recliner but he wanted to sit with me and I couldn’t say no… 🥰
: Spent today verifying my creaky old windows application will be fine when IE is forcibly retired …
: It’s 2023…why are websites still having issues with Safari? I shouldn’t have to …
: I’ve been wearing an Apple Ultra Watch for a couple months now and while I love it’s …
: These phishing emails are starting to look authentic…it took me a few minutes to realize I …
: As I suspected, I’m rather sore today but them’s the breaks. 😅
: Went to a gym over my lunch break today for the first time since the pandemic started…and …
: Another day, another Charter/Spectrum outage. I was planning on keeping them around as a backup to …
: Went out to lunch with a friend and I just couldn’t stop myself from abusing my body with …
: Had some green curry for lunch…it was tasty but a bit of a mistake (I can already feel the …
: Russell was begging for scratches and who was I to deny him…he got a lot of scratches.
: Just got an email from a pizza place, talking about ”helping with Resolutions” 😂🍕
: Decided to get out and enjoy the weather on the first day of the New Year. 🌤️ Russell had a great …
: Congratulations @Apple, you might have gotten $45 for an interest payment I feel I don’t owe …
: Happy New Year everyone! 🎉 I woke up to no internet this morning, yay for hotspots! 🤣
: So, power just went out on my block… 😮💨🥶
: Didn’t expect to enjoy Spirited to much but wow, that movie…lots and lots of sad but …
: Home after a quick trip to see the in-laws over the weekend and just realized I have my first …
: Just wrapped up research on a “History of HIV/AIDs” presentation I’m giving at …
: Deploying my first bit of Java work into Production tonight, fingers crossed! ☕️🤞🏻😅
: Hoping for a Miracle this #holiday season…getting through all the movies in my #holiday …
: Another night during this #holiday season, another movie. I hope no one is Home Alone tonight, …
: Finally got around to building my Super Mario 64 Lego cube and had so much fun doing it. 😃 …
: Enjoying the #holiday season, trying to stay awake while building legos. 😴🎥🎄
: Had such a great time last night at the The Fox last night, the The Piano Guys put on one heck of a …
: Surprised the ball-n-chain with tickets to see The Piano Guys at The Fox; I had no idea he was a fan …
: Let the #holiday viewing season start with mass-insanity of the family variety. 🤣🎄🎅🏻
: Navigating through four screens to cancel my Amazon Prime membership is rather funny. 🤣 Even once I …
: So dang happy it’s Friday, even if I am dealing with crazy java dependency issues. …
: After trying and failing to get the Holiday decorations out of the basement, I’ve decided to …
: So sad the owner of the local bakery is finally retiring…where am I going to get my holiday …
: I really need to stop buying physical items from Amazon, based on the last six months of orders, the …
: Screwing around with Java 7, wondering where it all went wrong, while listening to #holiday music. …
: My Partner is finally breaking out his gift from last year, we’ve decided to decorate the top …
: Getting the crock pot ready for tomorrow; Turkey might be the typical tradition for most in the …
: Russell was chasing the sun, poor little muffin. 😹
: Rather amazed at how fast things are falling apart on Twitter…it’s rather sad. My first …
: The cold came in over the weekend and I never saw his head again… 🥱😸
: So dang happy to be done with Empower Retirement! There is nothing empowering about them…the …
: Worst experience ever at the Apple Store…got stuck with someone new…and I knew more about Apple …
: While listening to NPRs @theindicator podcast, I heard them talk about @CARROT_app, which is my …
: Well I might get hate mail over this one…but something is playing throughout the house right …
: Was supposed to attend a party tonight but as the Partner and I spent most of today at Urgent Care, …
: Not overly fond of spending most of the day at Urgent Care but this is so much better than spending …
: Well they finally got me…just signed up for an @atpfm membership, couldn’t resist the …
: Another weekday, another water issue is the charming (insert sarcasm here) city of Saint Louis. …
: So damn sad to hear about the passing of Leslie Jordan today. He might have become famous on …
: Date night, went out to an old favorite of ours. 🍱🥢 😋
: Life is just too short to deal with flakes. I’m all for putting in a little more effort to …
: Flu shot done…now back to bed. 🥱
: Just back from the dentist and the numbing is wearing off… 😓
: You know you’re exhausted and not yet awake when you make coffee and then forget you made coffee… …
: Good News Everybody! A random dude called to let me know that I can get student loan help relief by …
: Sleepy boy…he woke us up and herded us into the living room so he could take a nap… 😅😴🥰
: Russell was eyeing my breakfast this morning… 😋🐶
: Dear Amazon, I don’t know where you delivered my packages but that is not my front porch… 😂😤
: The peril of pissing off a Developer with your city bureaucracy and incompetence: you’ll be getting …
: Well shoot, it’s now 2PM and I haven’t taken lunch yet…I kept delaying it b/c I was making progress …
: The Nerd Group is almost done with Picard, I think I might have to go back to the start and watch …
: As always was and ever will be, Siri is a flaming dumpster fire. 😭
: Of course, as soon as the couch has been cleaned, this messy monster decided it was time to continue …
: Switched on the carpet cleaner…and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the cat move so fast. We don’t …
: Been playing Magic Scroll Tactics on my Switch lately; I wouldn’t say it’s a truly great game but …
: If anyone is in the STL area, check out Sunny’s Cantina, the food is amazing and the prices are …
: If anyone is looking for a cute place to shop for knickknacks in Saugatuck, MI (just got back from …
: Wow @SimpliSafe, not only is is insanely hard to cancel service (seriously, why do I have to call …
: Someone was eyeing my dinner, hoping I’d look away… 🤣
: So, my insurance sent me some Covid-19 Antigen tests…that expired in May of 2022…?! 🤔
: Covid-19 has struck the household again…at least we’re ready for it this time… 🤣
: Russell is annoyed with me, he can’t seem to understand I have to work right now instead of giving …
: With the fall of Roe v. Wade, I’m guessing a certian segment of the political population will …
: My last day with my former employer was today. This is the first time I’ve have a gap between …
: Is it weird the enhancements to fitness and photos are the thing that excites me most about WWDC …
: I love Trader Joe’s…the selection and quality are great, the stores are clean, and the staff are …
: Taxes done…nothing like waiting until the last minute/hour… 😮💨
: Oh doctors…if I’m fifteen minutes late, my appointment is given away; if they’re fifteen minutes …
: The new case showed up today, so excited for a “project” this weekend!
: There is something rather peaceful about getting to the office before 5:30…no traffic on the road, …
: He’s waiting for an important phone call.
: Russel is basking in the sun and silently judging me for not sharing my lunch… 🤣
: Well here we go again…building another multimedia (Plex) box. 📺
: Begging for food and being quite the adorable nuisance… 🥰
: Ah, nothing like sitting down to work and hearing the clatter of a dumpster falling into your yard …
: Nothing like watching a Sunday show (my partner used to watch Keeping Up Appearances on Sunday with …
: This cute little hyacinth is keeping me company while I bang out code this morning…and the scent …
: I just love it when people send me an email with the subject line in capital letters, followed by a …
: Cute ‘lil cardinal was right outside my window most of the early afternoon, snacking from the …
: Lazy boy, snoozing in the sun. 🥱
: As I lie next to it, panting from a workout, I’ve come to the realization it might be a good idea to …
: Silently judging us for making him sit out in the living room to monitor our progress instead of …
: Good grief, it’s cold outside… 🥶
: One of my coworkers has been possibly exposed to Covid…but came into the office this morning because …
: Happy Birthday Betty I was told to open up Google and search for Betty White… She was so close to 100…but as my Grandma …
: King of Pillow Mountain and Santa’s Little Helper…Russell has been a busy little furball this …
: It’s always so funny to get spam messages about my Netflix account or student loans…as I don’t have …
: Life is messy at times and when it gets that way, we just have to clean ourselves up and move …
: The Christmas village has been destroyed…it might be time to take it down, before further casualties …
: Decided to do a tiny bit of baking, so I made some chocolate chip cookies for game night.
: Regal, as always…Russell surveys his domain.
: My current Employer is requiring all employees to provide proof of vaccination, so that an OSHA …
: Just realized, between my partner and I, we know nine people who have Covid right now… Yay omicron …
: This sleepy little guy is twitching in his sleep and clearly ready for bed.
: It seems like it was years ago (and honestly, it was years ago or so it seems) but I received some …
: Last day of holiday break…so many things I haven’t yet done but it’s hard to find …
: No, it is not time for Valentine’s Day…put away the red hearts and bring back Christmas…it isn’t …
: Three-day work weeks are always rough…and when you wake up to literal freezing weather but you’re …
: Snuggle Buddy Russell is keeping me company on this chilly Sunday evening.
: Watching / listening to As Time Goes By while wrapping gifts.