Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was good, good food and lots of people at Cousin Paul’s. I made pecan tassies this time for ease of timing. They turned out a little weird and crumbly, and I did get a request for the cheesecake I made last year. The most interesting thing about this Thanksgiving, though, was the snow.
Continue reading post "#4705"Personal posts
The life and times of Toby
Dunc got skunked
My brother’s dog, Duncan, got skunked recently while I was walking him. They were very close quarters between, in a ditch / drainage pipe, so I don’t think I got any on me. It was dark, and around a bush from me, so I didn’t even see the critter, and didn’t know it was a skunk until after I had pulled him away and noticed the smell. But it was quite some work to get him cleaned up.
Continue reading post "Dunc got skunked"RIP Uncle Tom
R.I.P Uncle Tom.
Continue reading post "RIP Uncle Tom"I went to the baseball (Guardians) game with the family last night. My parents got us all club seats for my brother’s birthday.
Continue reading post "#4639"I went to a Guardians game last night with my brother, sort of. It got rain delayed and we left and ate at a Japanese noodle place instead.
Continue reading post "#4619"Yesterday evening I went to Blossom to see the Cleveland Orchestra perform Carmina Burana (Orff) and En Saga (Sibelius). The former is one of my favorite classical works and I think this was my third time seeing them perform it. As usual, it was done quite well, and powerfully.
Continue reading post "#4611"I have read the last novel in the Expanse series, Leviathan Falls. It was good, and so was the series. Perhaps it’s recency bias, but I’d say it’s my favorite book series.
Continue reading post "#4567"Candle incident
Yesterday evening, I lit a candle while watching an episode of Columbo. It’s one of those fat kinds that develops a wall of wax around the outside. Previously, a hole had formed in the wall and some wax had dripped out. I had fixed the hole, but there were still some hunks of this wax left. So I put one in the candle wall yesterday, leaned up against it, hoping it would slowly melt away.
This morning, I woke up and thought to myself that I didn’t remember putting out the candle.
Continue reading post "Candle incident"This year, my larger redbud tree has only a few blooms on it and seemingly has gone straight to leaf. Last year, it fully bloomed and looked great. This year, it went to leaf right away while almost all the redbuds I’ve seen have bloomed nicely. It does seem to be growing faster this year than last: Must be focusing its energy on growth. So, hopefully next year it’ll be in full bloom again.
My tiny front sapling is still too small for blooms and has also gone straight to leaf. I’m glad it’s still doing fine.
Doing my federal (US) taxes this year, I was finding myself unable to create an account on the Free Fillable Forms site. I kept getting kicked back to the start after filling out and submitting my information. This Reddit thread led me to figure out that it was related to my T-Mobile Home Internet. I turned that off and turned on my phone hotspot and used that to get in. My phone is also T-Mobile, but apparently different enough to not have that issue. Later, I was able to get back in with my Home Internet, so it seems to be just related to something on that initial registration process.