A small, quiet life

My house's main drain got clogged and the landlord's too cheap to pay for a plumber on the weekend, so i decamped to my parents' house.

Nice slow rain this morning, of the sort that soaks in well.

Am feeling better than anticipated after getting both flu and covid vaxes yesterday after work.

"Unreasonably excited" might be the best summary of my response to the teaser of Green/Parsons's new rhythm dance.

It's the time of year when i start to consider holiday gifts.

"AI Existential Risk" Was Invented to Distract Us What does the thing that they believe allow the organization they're a part of to do that it wouldn't be able to do if the people in the organization didn't believe that thing?

Due to drought and heat, my house has settled a fair bit this summer.

High brain fog today.

Multi-headache-type days are always ungood.

We've hit the point where sunrise is only just starting to throw some color into the sky when i scoot to work.

A thing i've struggled with for the last while is building up my strength and stamina.

The list of unparalleled misalignments is giving me so much joy this morning!

Deep brain fog this morning.

Seventy-two hours of flare over four days.

Big-but-distant bang and a total, though brief power, outage this morning startled me really badly.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: How we can hear ‘high risk’ for measles and write it off Risk stratification exists to direct protection toward the people most likely to be harmed.

Hadn't intended to open another new tea this soon, but was craving something more vegetal-tasting than anything i already had open.

Eight Mississippi kites took off from the same large tree just as i was driving past.

Spent nearly all day neck-deep in spreadsheets.

Completed 32 books in August, thanks in part to binge-reading the backlist of a new-to-me author.

Took a chance that the ride home wouldn't be too hot and scooted to work.

Daily fridge poetry!

Being a smidge over-budget for food this month (really unsure how that happened, other than just not paying attention) means that i pulled chicken and ham out of the freezer and then stuck to produce, eggs, and tofu at the grocery store this morning.

Managed to get an incredibly mild burn on my non-dominant hand while making breakfast.