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So, it’s time for another installment of my “exciting” life. It’s not, if you want the short answer. I’m old enough that I don’t want that particular moniker any more. Only in daydreams. I remember being a freshman in college, sitting on the front porch of the dorm, writing down stuff-kinda wish I still had those notes. I was thinking about a double major over at Western with computers and lighting/lasers, etc.-could’ve broken some interesting ground. Didn’t happen. Just went into the IT business. For 40 years. Oh well. Anyways, I’m still trying to ignore politics, or at least not dwell on it too much. Been seeing a lot of WNBA stuff around Caitlin Clark. And other stuff too-just the algorithms doing their thing-you click on it, you get more of it.
Welp, it’s been a minute (4/21-5/5). Same ‘ol, spring is here, messed my neck up, but my back and legs are better-actually did a half-hour on the treadmill yesterday, 3 mins run/2 mins walk. My hips hurt more on the walk than the run. Salem went to outdoor school last week-battery died, found mouse poop and fluff inside the engine compartment and on the battery terminals, got the battery on our car replaced today. Erika got her face peeled last week-starting to heal now. Cut the grass, worked out, work, the usual. Looking for a new mattress. Trying and failing to ignore the chaos.
(5/14) I still have a dead website because of certificates, so need to log things somewhere. Long weekend, didn’t do much else other than the usual-working out, shopping, etc. Walking more because the work walk thing. Grilled last night, replaced the latch on the front gate, pulled blackberries. Can’t remember last weekend-probably nothing but the usual.
My SSL certs are still messed up…I built one on a Linux server at work, but Chrome still complains. I’m going to try let’s encrypt by hand-and it wants to verify the server. Edge complains, but lets me through.
I think I have a solution to the cert issue-manually calling let’s encrypt and pasting-self-signing-didn’t work. Still walking, though a little less. Not getting as much tai chi in as I’d like.
Sunday afternoon (6/1), at the gym. Bought a mattress yesterday. Getting better runs-4 mins run/1 walk. I might start 8/2…
Monday afternoon (6/2)-I’m really tired. It’s walking for work month.
Wednesday lunch (6/4). Late workout yesterday-had to pick up Claire from the OC train station-cut the elliptical short, fast tai chi-I’m back to cardio switch up Tuesdays, and 30-10-30 for the negatives-this actually is doable rather than the canonical Darden negative routine, which requires a helper. Back in the 90’s I was at 24 hour, and I rented a staffer every week for that. Cut the grass Monday, gonna be hot this weekend-I might put up some new outdoor lighting. ReallySimpleSSL plugin will do Let’s Encrypt, but there’s a bug in the plugin-it hides the form, then hangs when I get to the cpanel page.
Thursday morning. Finally got the plugin to generate and deploy a certificate, so I’m back, baby! Not much-gamelan-learning more bonang parts, pick up Claire, walk.
Monday morning (6/9). I’m super tired-hardly slept until 5. Very hot yesterday, had to drive Erika to West Linn, Salem to Damascus (or as Erika called it, butt-fuck Egypt), workout without lunch, which means huge glucose drop, pickup Salem, shop. Put up a screen on the front door, brought in a dresser. Saturday-got out the a/c units from the shed because hot. Set up, Matt’s, Salem’s, and ours. Skipped workout Friday because strained glute from walking.
Tuesday noon, didn’t get a lot of steps in yesterday—spent a half-hour walking in circles up and down the driveway at 11… It’s still hot, and I worked in the bedroom because A/C.
Wednesday afternoon, spent the entire day looking at issues. I’m beat. Thursday morning-the same thing again. At least I figured out the two from yesterday. Evening-going to do a prod deploy-didn’t get much accomplished. Prod deploy went fine, other issue is still undetermined.
Monday (6/16) noon. Listening to an AI meeting. Pretty quiet weekend-fine workouts, we got our mattress Saturday, though they promised it in the morning and it got here late afternoon. The guys knocked over the bed and damaged the overhead light fixture. Father’s Day Sunday-we went out to brunch at the usual, then H Mart and Goodwill and shopping, then workout. Hard because no lunch and shopping. Was able to get a full run in outside on Friday! Too hot yesterday.
Tuesday noon, 4pm. I’m getting nothing done except answering questions-did get a couple deploys done and a meeting.
All right, another week and some change has flown by. I think I’m going to call this. Spent Weds. & Thurs. at office in meetings. They had an after work thing at Pioneer Place Weds.-bowled a few frames, I’m terrible, though I got one strike and messed up my right glute-I’m in good shape so it wasn’t sore for long. Couldn’t stay for long because gamelan… A delicious lunch at Duck House on Thurs. Quiet weekend-workouts, etc. It rained some-didn’t get much done. Went to Schwab for the leaky tire on Sat morning-it was a screw-they patched it for free! Nice to have them right around the corner. The rest as usual-driving people, shopping, workouts, etc. Took Erika and Salem to a kids’ birthday party Sunday. Didn’t go in-it was the usual insanity. I’m tired of people sitting on machines when I need them. Erika got her phone stolen Monday, got the replacement yesterday! Had to pay $250 for the privilege.
Page 23, sentence 5: “Thus were sown the seeds of accountancy, writing, and bureaucracy.”, A History of the World in 6 Glasses.