I found the originalal pig in a thrift store. It’s a cookie jar and the pig lifts up from the bath tub made. The smaller pigs are salt and pepper shakers.

There do not appear to be anymore of these bathing pigs in the set. But they’re so ridiculous. I love them.

I don’t know where this portal leads but I’d love to find out.

Sometimes you take a photo because you see it in your mind without color.

We found Elvis.

As I’ve gotten older and settled into adulthood, I’ve come to realize that it’s perfectly fine to say, “I don’t know” when faced with a problem. For the longest time, I’ve felt this pressure, self-imposed perhaps, to figure everything out on my own. But the truth is, no one has all the answers, and that’s okay.

Take today, for example. I went to Jiffy Lube to get an oil change and have my back windshield wiper replaced. It was lightly raining so when I used it, I noticed it was not touching the back window.

When I stopped, I looked at it and tried to adjust it. But it just wasn’t touching the window to wipe it. The old me would have stubbornly tried to solve it myself, convinced that I should be able to fix it.

Surely if I just keep trying. Or look up a video or some advice online I could solve it.

Instead, I went back and told them what was going on. One of the guys took a look and said the one they installed appeared to be slightly too long. So he popped it off and put another one on. It worked perfectly.

I need to remember it’s ok to ask for help. I don’t need to fix everything on my own. Especially when the fix is as simple as replace the part that has an issue.

You’re welcome to hang out there little buddy. But you might be real unhappy about it soon.

I’m not sure exactly what’s going on it in here. Why is the snowman holding the arms and head of another? Where is the body?

Setup. Email. Rules.

If you’re not filtering email you’re hurting yourself and your team. Why are there thousands of unread emails in your inbox?

Filter them. Sort them.

You do not need to see every message. You’re not really seeing nor action on them. Put them into cold storage then delete later.

Have you looked at the moon. I missed the full moon by one day. But it’s so bright and beautiful tonight.

My wife requested I find a copy of the Taylor Swift Reputation Tour and Eras Tour if possible.

I went looking with money in hand. I found both on the Internet Archive and they now live in my Plex server so she can watch on demand without fear of it vanishing one day.

Wife: you don’t have to take a picture of every one you see. Me: yes I do! It’s my scavenger hunt for fiscal irresponsibility.

Our Billy Bookcaseses (three tall ones with extension) to the right and a Vihals sideboard.

Replacing old metal racks for art supplies and thrifting side gig.

For my next trick, placing rectangular Billy bookcases into a house that is anythingg but rectangular.

A majestic double rainbow from earlier today.

The difference in cheers when Leon Marchand swam the breast stroke is hilarious and so fun!

Every time he surfaces a huge roar goes up. #olympics

Olympics Opening Ceremony Time!

Watching it live on the US East Coast. Will be rebroadcast at 7:30pm tonight as well.

#Olympics

Rugby is an aggressive game of keep away. 🏉 #Olympics

Olympics!!!

Time to watch everything!

I’ve been having fun watching the athletes on TikTok roaming Paris and sharing their lives with us.

More athletes need to put their country / event n their bios so I can find them and cheer them on.

Watching Rugby now. Fiji is FAST! 🏃💨

Sorting through 25,000+ photos. Trying to determine their actual creation dates using ChatGPT to help me write bash scripts to sort them and tag them properly.

Down to about 700 photos left.

Feels good getting these into one place. Next step is to remove duplicates using Digikam for Linux.

I took a little nap this afternoon and when I woke up me up, my wife looks over at me and says “in the maybe 30 minutes you were asleep, Biden has stepped down.”

So that’s happened. Now do we get to see Kamala savage Trump in a debate?

#VoteBlue

Sitting on my couch with my wife watching Noah Kahan play Fenway Park. 🎸🎹🎻

Days like this I don’t miss working in IT at the user support level. But there’s also a shared camaraderie that comes from replacing the same file over, and over and over and over again and getting people back to work that’s satisfying as it is mind-numbing. #Crowdstrike

Had a marvelous time in Amsterdam. Taylor Swift puts on an incredible night of theater. The Van Gogh museum was excellent!

Then I came home to a cold and tweaked my back which kicked up my sciatica. Everything in balance I suppose.

I told my wife I felt like a tottering old man. She said I think it’s doddering. Like daughter with a d. So I looked it up and she’s right.

Doddering is for old me. Tottering is for structures like a teeter totter.

Want to make a scene look futuristic? Add dirigibles. Want to make a scene look European? Add light rail.

#Amsterdam