Category: Hobbies

  • No, I didn’t fall down again…

    No, I didn’t fall down again, yes, I was going to push myself to write every day even though these days it’s about as enjoyable as my regular thirty minutes on the treadmill (which I always look forward to with a sense of dread).  Hadn’t been sleeping at all well last week, usually falling asleep…

  • First Bad Experience on Facebook Marketplace

    I’m a Facebook Marketplace frequent flyer.  It’s where I get a lot of my cameras.  Most of my experiences range from very good to ho-hum. Very good example:  I tell someone I’m interested in what they’re selling.  Within a day or two I hear back from them.  We exchange a number of polite messages back…

  • Back to it?

    Couldn’t sleep last night. Went to bed around 1am. Woke up around 4am. Laid in bed until about 6:30 at which point I realized I might as well get up and be productive, or at least read a book or something. I should honestly do this more often when I have insomnia like this–actually, I…

  • I wonder if this still works

    Answer: No it didn’t. New answer: Now it does. Haven’t written in over six months so the sites have been pretty jacked up. Wonder who’s been checking in on me. On the bright side, I did get SSL to start working on both blogs. Woot. Now I wonder if I’ll just rid of the damn…

  • I’ll meet you again

    I’ve probably mentioned it before, but I don’t have any friends—and to be clear, I mean, I have no one within fifty miles of me who calls me up on a Friday afternoon asking me if I’d like to out for drinks or a movie. I have cats. A lot of cats. And a wife….

  • Tired

    So tired.  For a few weeks I thought it was for the antibiotics.  But I haven’t been taking them this week because they were wiping me out.  So I stopped and still, at least once during the work day, I find myself falling onto the nearby bed and falling asleep.  I’m starting to feel like…

  • Congress…oh congress!

    Congress is inept. I don’t say that because it’s an opinion I’ve recently come to as I adhere to this general feeling the American public has been overwhelmed with about government; it’s been a realization I had back in the early 90’s when I was first able to vote. Let me provide a recent, specific,…

  • Health Follow Up

    I know, I know, it’s been awhile again. And yes, it’s health related. Here’s the quick follow up. A little over a month ago I was diagnosed with strep B. I wasn’t tested because doctors weren’t listening to me; I didn’t have the typical symptoms of strep throat, but instead because I’ve known for a…

  • Last Night’s Fresh Air

    I’m an NPR junkie. While at the gym yesterday I listened to a Fresh Air episode about an evangelical group called Aliance Defending Freedom. It’s worth listening to. I reference a few random thoughts here. 1. Beware of any American conservative group with something like the name “freedom” in the title. It nearly always means,…

  • No Excuses

    I’ve modified my server so now I can write posts from any linux capable machine on my home network so now I really don’t have an excuse not to write every day (for awhile there it was because I didn’t have my blogging laptop nearby and/or wasn’t putting time aside to sit at my small…