Monthly Archives: January 2024

Brrr, fucking, brrr. While I was working another jigsaw puzzle the ITP Estate suffered brief power outage last night. I remembered that for the ill-fated Black Rock campout in 2022, my last hash campout, I bought a portable heater which … Continue reading →

I took the Federal Holiday to finish my latest jigsaw puzzle, as well as meet my buddies at The Whelan for a few beers. I wanted to eat dinner at The Whelan too, but wasn’t hungry while I was there. … Continue reading →

Not much has changed in my life since Friday. I have become a YouTube Premium subscriber, opting for the monthly subscription so that I could cancel it immediately if it didn’t work as desired on my AppleTV. I am glad … Continue reading →

The YouTube Premium conundrum. The other day I decided that I could afford YouTube Premium and it would be worth my while since the constant ad breaks aggravate me. On the web I found that I could sign up for … Continue reading →

I think that I have mentioned that a couple of months ago I started reading the “Hamish Macbeth” series written by MC Beaton; I have been doing so on my iPad. I am currently reading the seventh book in the … Continue reading →

Prior to Christmas I mentioned that I bought bags of dried spaetzle at Aldi for 35¢/bag. Yesterday I made an interesting side dish using one half of a bag, Baked Cheezy German Spätzle Pasta with Caramelized Onion, which turned out … Continue reading →

I don’t know about the rest of you who have lost parents and had to clean out their house(s), but I am learning things about my parents that I have never before known. (Wait, that is the definition of “learn”, … Continue reading →

I think I made it to all but one of Dunedin’s breweries on this last trip, and two of the Clearwater ones as well! In Dunedin I visited Cueni, Caledonia, Soggy Bottom, Dunedin, House of Beer, and Woodwright (finally!); I … Continue reading →

I expect to arrive home today to dead seedlings that received no care since before Christmas. While not a Monumental Decision, or perhaps it is, I think that WLF is going to be highly diminished in 2024. Why? My travel … Continue reading →

No great shakes on the house front. I wish I could have had the tub fixed prior to my brother’s and sister in law’s arrival, but that’s not going to happen. I did (finally) set up the air mattress I … Continue reading →