This past weekend, I bought and installed a tree in my back yard, an eastern redbud, after years of wanting some kind of redbud. I had been thinking of getting the smaller weeping variety, but this year I finally decided I’d be willing to get the native tree variety.
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Finally got some rain after several weeks without. We really needed it. It had been getting to borderline drought conditions.
Continue reading post "#4045"I got stuck in quite a traffic jam on Route 8 north yesterday. Took me over an hour to get to my parents’ when normally it takes 20-some minutes.
Continue reading post "#4039"Today, I learned that raccoons can be predators. I saw one catch a chipmunk or small squirrel.
Continue reading post "#4032"I went to a Guardians game today. My first since they renamed to Guardians.
Continue reading post "#4028"I saw a strange, slow moving string of lights in the sky tonight. Apparently, a Starlink satellite launch.
Continue reading post "#4025"Today, another falling tree incident happened. As I was driving to my parents’ for dinner, coming around a turn, I came upon a fallen tree, all the way across the road.
Continue reading post "#4022"A friend of mine was commenting that Jaws got pushback for inciting fear of sharks / swimming with the low odds of getting bit by one, while The Birds didn’t get pushback in spite of the low odds of getting attacked by a bird. I opined that it was probably Big Beach instigating the pushback. I imagine with the tourism money they have a better lobby than Big Bird.
I have finally, effectively, fully said goodbye to Dreamhost after around 14 years.
Continue reading post "#4018"Mac OS 13 Ventura update
I recently updated to Mac OS version 13 (Ventura). It mostly went smoothly, but there were a few issues of note, including an SSH key problem.
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