Mackenzie's Site (https://www.tobymackenzie.com/blog/category/toby.md) Personal posts ==================== The life and times of Toby -------------------------------------------- May 13th, 2026 ---------- in toby problem taxes Yesterday I got a letter from the IRS, a form CP5071. It said I had to verify m… -------------------------------------------- Apr 20th, 2026 ---------- in toby art auction estate uncle I won two art pieces from my Uncle Tom's estate auction. They will go on my wal… -------------------------------------------- Apr 16th, 2026 ---------- in toby art auction estate uncle Another of my uncles, Tom, passed away, and they're now having the [first auctio… -------------------------------------------- Apr 14th, 2026 ---------- in toby taxes Done with another tax year. I was hoping to get it done a little earlier, but a… -------------------------------------------- Apr 1st, 2026 ---------- in toby flood rain weather We got quite a bit of rain the last couple days. I went by the Cuyahoga River t… -------------------------------------------- Stranger Things ---------- Mar 12th, 2026 in toby show story tv I finished watching the final episode of Stranger Things tonight. I had watche… -------------------------------------------- Mar 6th, 2026 ---------- in computer toby account amazon I've discontinued my Amazon Prime membership, opting for just the regular accoun… -------------------------------------------- Feb 18th, 2026 ---------- in toby car exhaust impreza problem I finally got my exhaust fixed on my Subaru Impreza (2013). As I [mentioned bef… -------------------------------------------- Feb 13th, 2026 ---------- in toby snow weather winter For a couple weeks there it didn't get above freezing and there was some fairly … -------------------------------------------- Impreza: New battery ---------- Jan 31st, 2026 in toby battery car impreza problem My car (2013 Impreza) wouldn't start the other day. It had been near 0°F over… -------------------------------------------- Jan 25th, 2026 ---------- in toby snow weather Lots of snow today. I went to take Duncan for a walk at the park, but they were… -------------------------------------------- Impreza brake calipers, suspension, money ---------- Jan 7th, 2026 in toby car impreza problem It is perhaps deferred maintenance, but I had to put $2000 into my car (2013 Su… -------------------------------------------- Dec 16th, 2025 ---------- in toby car furnace plumbing problem snow The end of last week proved to be somewhat troublesome for me, with extra work a… -------------------------------------------- Nov 28th, 2025 ---------- in toby event holiday problem snow thanksgiving Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was good, good food and lots of peo… -------------------------------------------- Dunc got skunked ---------- Nov 14th, 2025 in toby animal dog incident skunk My brother's dog, Duncan, got skunked recently while I was walking him. They w… -------------------------------------------- RIP Uncle Tom ---------- Sep 24th, 2025 in toby death family R.I.P Uncle Tom. He passed away today after a couple years in a nursing home. … -------------------------------------------- Sep 11th, 2025 ---------- in toby baseball family guardians sports I went to the baseball (Guardians) game with the family last night. My parents … -------------------------------------------- Jul 30th, 2025 ---------- in toby baseball food guardians sports I went to a Guardians game last night with my brother, sort of. It got rain del… -------------------------------------------- Jul 13th, 2025 ---------- in toby blossom classical music orchestra Yesterday evening I went to Blossom to see the Cleveland Orchestra perform *Carm… -------------------------------------------- May 21st, 2025 ---------- in toby book expanse sciencefiction series story I have read the last novel in the Expanse series, *Leviathan Falls*. It was goo… -------------------------------------------- Candle incident ---------- May 19th, 2025 in toby candle incident problem Yesterday evening, I lit a candle while watching an episode of Columbo. It's o… -------------------------------------------- May 1st, 2025 ---------- in toby flower redbud tree yard This year, my larger redbud tree has only a few blooms on it and seemingly has g… -------------------------------------------- Apr 4th, 2025 ---------- in toby www problem taxes web Doing my federal (US) taxes this year, I was finding myself unable to create an … -------------------------------------------- Low oil ---------- Feb 4th, 2025 in toby car oil problem Last Monday, my car's (Subaru Impreza) low oil light came on while I was drivin… -------------------------------------------- Feb 4th, 2025 ---------- in toby cheesecake dessert food problem In January, I made another of my [cinnamon roll cheesecake's](https://www.tobymackenzie.com/blog/2020… -------------------------------------------- Feb 3rd, 2025 ---------- in toby christmas family holiday I'm late to posting this, but I hope y'all had a merry Christmas and new year. … -------------------------------------------- RIP Indy ---------- Jan 18th, 2025 in toby animal death dog RIP Indy the dog. He was a mostly good dog. He was my former roommate and fri… -------------------------------------------- Nov 29th, 2024 ---------- in toby cheesecake dessert family food holiday thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving. Had a good Thanksgiving with a long visit to cousin Paul's.… -------------------------------------------- Goodbye, Twitter ---------- Nov 15th, 2024 in computer toby account social twitter I have deactivated my Twitter account, as of last night. I hadn't posted since… -------------------------------------------- Nov 14th, 2024 ---------- in toby stocks I sold all my Tesla stock. I've no doubt that it will go up well above what I s… -------------------------------------------- Nov 5th, 2024 ---------- in toby politics vote I voted today and am glad to have gotten that important duty taken care of. I h… -------------------------------------------- Arborvitaes ---------- Oct 2nd, 2024 in toby garden home privacy tree This past weekend, I planted the last of four arborvitaes that I bought back in… -------------------------------------------- Sep 2nd, 2024 ---------- in toby dwight hike visit My friend Dwight and wife Grace came up from Texas to visit last week. We hung … -------------------------------------------- Aug 15th, 2024 ---------- in toby rain weather Last Thursday, I got about 4.5 inches of rain at my house (Akron). A good groun… -------------------------------------------- Aug 8th, 2024 ---------- in toby damage problem storm weather Yesterday, a storm came through. Knocked some trees down and knocked out power … -------------------------------------------- Aug 4th, 2024 ---------- in toby garden rain weather Finally getting some decent rain. This past week we had over two inches. I thi… -------------------------------------------- RIP Uncle Al ---------- Jul 18th, 2024 in toby death family R.I.P., Uncle Al. He passed away last week, after a long, tough battle with he… -------------------------------------------- Jul 3rd, 2024 ---------- in toby driving problem skunk tree Weird commute home tonight. Thunder, no: fireworks. Car flashing brights. Tre… -------------------------------------------- May 21st, 2024 ---------- in toby bird dog duncan Another bird incident happened today. I was walking my brother's dog, Duncan, w… -------------------------------------------- May 21st, 2024 ---------- in toby animal bird death Had a weird bird incident the other day. I was going around a turn on a residen… -------------------------------------------- Redbud first bloom ---------- Apr 21st, 2024 in toby garden plants redbud tree I'm really happy to see that my larger eastern redbud tree has fully bloomed. … -------------------------------------------- New phone: Samsung S24 ---------- Apr 18th, 2024 in computer toby convergence phone samsung Yesterday, I got a new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S24. Jade green, ordered from s… -------------------------------------------- Apr 15th, 2024 ---------- in toby taxes Happy Tax Day, all. Hope you finished in time. I finished mine mostly yesterda… -------------------------------------------- Eclipse day ---------- Apr 8th, 2024 in toby eclipse Eclipse totality has come and gone where I am. Good show, worth the price of a… -------------------------------------------- Apr 8th, 2024 ---------- in toby eclipse Happy Eclipse Day. As I unterstand it, it has recently started over somewhere i… -------------------------------------------- Mar 30th, 2024 ---------- in computer toby health motorola phone Being stuck on my Moto X has somewhat forced me to use my phone less, which has … -------------------------------------------- Mar 27th, 2024 ---------- in computer toby android motorola phone pixel problem My Moto X phone, a stand-in for my non-functioning Pixel 3a, scared me by force … -------------------------------------------- Pixel phone may be dead? ---------- Mar 25th, 2024 in computer toby android motorola phone pixel problem My "current" phone (4.5 year old Pixel 3a) may be dead. I now can't get it pas… -------------------------------------------- Feb 28th, 2024 ---------- in computer toby account book boox ereader google library I've had a single GMail account for over a decade. I've thought of creating a s… -------------------------------------------- Feb 28th, 2024 ---------- in toby bulbs garden spring weather winter It is only the end of February, but an outsized number of recent days have been … --------------------------------------------