Hey howdy there from Texas. I'm certainly wired, generally positive, and with a thousand interests in need of clones to pursue them... but we'd probably just start a book club instead of take over the world. As long as there is coffee, my pets, books, music, and Nintendos around... life is better than "meh." Go Texans! Go Rockets! Sports have been fantastic lately and I can't believe I've missed so much!
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Last Notes npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally This is straight out of the Gestapo playbook right here. Can we finally call ICE what it has become already?! npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Ah yeah, the distraction mess. And then people complain that stores look untidy and messy... employees aren't the ones ripping packaging open, folks, and if that happens enough, prices go up even more because they can't sell ripped up items unless they go to clearance (and they'll sit there for ages because nobody wants to rifle through opened and re-taped packs of underwear... it's the hygiene ick factor.) npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally https://youtube.com/shorts/IdRK6Arw3sg?si=PJMaURgEnZ-_wZEn npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally The fun part is when your water is so bad and your budget is so low that you fill the reservoir in 10 seconds, only to watch the water drip through the filter and end up with an inch in one hour. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I've been on the "build your own" page playing with the specs for the last hour. For some reason, I'm partial to the Lemonade Stand exterior and Electric Blue panels inside (then again, my home furniture collection looks like a crayon box threw up because I like a crazy color palate, so it's par for the course). npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Want, want, want. If it has actual knobs and buttons more than stupid touchscreens, and if I could paint it yellow or green, I'll be saving like hell for it. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Yesterday became weird after the phone screen. I got a lengthy list of things to complete and send back by morning for that contract position. It's 20 hrs/wk to assist developmentally disabled young people in the workforce. Like tutoring again, but with more movement & less worksheets. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally That was an episode that made your face go from incredulous and irritated to sobering at the end. Constant hate and then the last two go back to the planet and as they're chasing each other, you get transparent footage of burning buildings superimposed on them. Logical conclusion: total destruction. That one hit you over the head petty badly. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally He and Scotty got into it often regarding alcohol, plenty of Vodka vs. Whiskey debates. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I was just about to write a very pissed-off reaction to getting ghosted on job offer calls, and got half a sentence in when the phone rang. Short phone screening and I've got the application and background check coming in my inbox tomorrow. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I'm guessing they were the cause of at least one of those prehistoric global warming events npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Same. my front yard is at 3.5 inches, but it gets more attention and isn't as wild. My back yard I make short movements with the mower deck all the way up. Because of those gouged-out areas, once I'd made some progress, I probably looked like I was riding a bucking bronco going back over those areas to smooth them out a bit. Not at a low setting. I'm just clearing the brush; I'll finesse it later. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I have dogs and parakeets, and my dearly departed cat was 90% outdoor (never declawed for her own protection) because one of my dogs would've chased her down and hurt her in the house. But when my dogs went out on the tether lines to pee and hang out and get pet by neighbors, I'd let her in while I was journaling or taking care of online stuff. She loved laying next to me and jumping on my high bookshelves to observe everything. And she eventually learned not to try to eat my parakeets or fish, so that was nice. Sweetest thing ever and a great workout buddy. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I miss my cat, but I've been watching the neighbor's cats (who really like me when I come over) practice their hunting skills in my backyard. It's been overgrown to hell for a year and I've been whittling away at it and need to cut around the house for my own safety (and help get rid of the rodents who've gotten FAR too comfortable coming to the house). Put some dental catnip treats on the porch that they can nab if they want. I'm totally cool with them hunting out there... heaven knows I'd rather they do it than I find some terrible surprise when I have to walk around with the weed-whacker later. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Or worse, when friends/family hear your story and say "They're not like that, you're just being sensitive." and tell the person about what you said behind your back. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Lovely plants and cute pup. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally CEOs who approve of and push for dynamic pricing and have those price tags on the shelves that change abruptly each day or even multiple times a day, or digital menus that do the same, need to be sent to the Special Hell. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Oh yeah, that would ruin a whole day or week easily: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally And when it's revealed, the cameraman's thumb was in the corner of every shot, or someone was mid-sneeze. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally May your shoes always be misplaced in the morning and you not realize it until you absolutely HAVE to leave the house right then. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Okay, I forgot about this til it showed up in my likes list, and I had to listen a few times because it's so damned funny. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I've never played Pokemon anything and barely know anything about it... npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally When we did our relaunch, my location had qr codes on stickers in the bowling area & concessions lobby. They worked fine for the kitchen, but the bar had no clue where the drinks were going or who ordered them, and if they wanted popcorn or cokes from the concessions, that never printed out anywhere. So we would have to get them to open up their order so we could see what they'd pay for, write it down, and go get it. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Oh man, a library would be my dream job because I love books. I'd definitely have to take some walking breaks, though (at least to grab another book--hee hee) npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Yeah, probably why I gravitate toward food service and customer service jobs. Retail can be hit or miss because it's often too frustrating, but I like keeping busy and learned if I walk around enough and keep busy, I am just crazy happy. My feet might hurt at the end, but they're a sign that it's been a heckuva day. I just can't sit still on the job anymore; I gotta move around all the time. I sit when I'm in the car going home (hee hee). npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Anh, too bad I hate computers. I'd hang onto my current job if I liked them more, but my mistakes create too much anxiety. I've figured out that even though at home I prefer being alone, on the job I become quite sociable. Guess that's my social outlet and my most irritating superpower is being the perky person who makes folks laugh and helps them out. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Called out sick because I felt sick to my stomach just thinking about work today. I think that's a pretty big indicator that if I can't get my anxiety under control, I need to quit that new remote work job. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally QUESTION FOR ANYONE HERE WITH ADULT ADHD: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Freaking awesome! Can be used for a ton of purposes, too, but it's cool to see a bunch of guys working together on hobbies and stuff outside of sporting events (that's about the only time I see teamwork emphasized when it comes to guys anymore). I love this. Need more of these vibes out there. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Addendum: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Beware the Peanut Butter Fish. Those two meet and mingle & they're gonna take over the world. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Life has hit hard the past 3 months; many ups & downs have kept me away. The big "up" was I got a full time WFH job. It would let me pay back taxes & fix my house, have savings again. 3 weeks of training & 3 days of sales calls. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Prepping for the Texas storm. Always heard about making water pipes drip a little overnight to prevent them from freezing. Figured I may as well make those drips useful. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I couldn't get my generator serviced in time, but I'm prepped in case the power goes out. I'm gonna fill the bathtub with backup water (I have a well, & I'll put buckets of saved rainwater in the shower stall for flushing), cut the breakers to not-essential appliances/rooms, put blankets on the back of the bird cages and wheel them into the living room to share the fireplace with me and the dogs. It'll be lively if anything. I have 15 gallons of drinking water for me and the pets standing by, too. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally QUESTION: Should the Cat Distribution System bless me with a quirky rambunctious kitty, would it be wrong to name it Satan for fun? I admit I imagine walking with it outside & it goes too far or tries to mess with something not-good & I'd have the excuse to say "Get thee behind me, Satan!" npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally GOOOOOO TEXANS!!! npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally GO TEXANS!!! Sack Mahomes at least 5 times: once for each game we've lost against 'em since 2019. Minimize the penalties because you know he'll be howling for fouls, so sack him a bunch or run him out of bounds ASAP. Stop their run game and control the ball (kinda hard for Mahomes to do his schtick if he doesn't get the ball much, after all!). npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I am not gonna bother putting a tree up this year (no room and too much going on), but perhaps next year I'll find a tiny santa hat to put on my plushy Cthulhu doll and use THAT as the tree-topper. Or I'll attach my "Texans Santa" funko-pop doll somehow. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I love this team, even if they get called the "Cardiac Texans" by folks who carefully watch (or join the watch parties for info) every week. I love that the team is evolving and improving a bit each week. It didn't feel like it the first few weeks as it was 1 step forward, 1 step back (mostly for the offense), but now it's getting better. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally If I was in a "Beauty and the Beast" story, this would be my reaction... and probably the Beast's, too (brought to you by Punkey Doodles & audio from ZacSpeaksGiant: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I haven't seen either of those (though have always wanted to see "The Conversation"), but yeah... just remembered it's December 1st. Time to dig out my "Ella Fitzgerald Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas" album while I do some chores tonight. It'll go perfect with this crummy cold outside (at least the wind died down... combine rain and wind down here and EVERYBODY starts getting sick) npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally The sky was blue-ish npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I can't figure out how folks play WITHOUT a controller, honestly. Must take lots of practice to not make crucial missteps with the keyboard so you hit the right sequence every time. A typo could blow half your team away in an online game, I'm sure. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Only had 1 cup of coffee so far, so I initially read that as "don't shine lasers at PLANETS", (figured maybe I'd missed some new articles on NASA measuring or communication tech). npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally PunkeyDoodles hits it out of the park with this illustrative short. The music, the moment... yeah, it deserves this treatment. The Christmas season is truly upon us. RIP tree if you have a cat like this: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Got the major division rivalry game today: Texans vs. Colts (hope we whoop 'em good, but also hope it's a great game and PLEASE no injuries... they've messed us up before the playoffs in past seasons too much!) npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Matt Young wrote a great article about the Texans QB situation, one I referenced in my own blog post this morning. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Getting sick of the “Texans QB Controversy” question. My answer is NO! If anything, the Texans have created opportunities instead… npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Interesting how you call it a "gift". It occurred to me I have trouble accepting gifts, too. I'll give some out, but usually I just kinda do it slyly, like I leave it on someone's desk or something and walk off. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally QUESTION FOR THE TECH SAVVY: What resources or advice would you recommend a total newbie to REMOTE WORK should try out (or get familiar with) before pursuing a remote work job? npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally On the track again, in all ways, in all the games of life… npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I guess it's just my nature not to understand their mindset. I've always been the helper, the caregiver type, so I could never understand how those in a privileged position could go "nah, I'm not supporting making lives of others with my gender/skin tone/culture better because I'm different than the rest of them." npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally It was mainly the wealthy and affluent women who were against women's suffrage up to the vote. Guess they saw it as a threat to THEIR established order if they had the power to look beyond their pretty wallpaper and parties and husband's wealth. They saw tension coming into the household they ruled behind the scenes, and probably new expectations of them. What exactly, I don't recall because it's been ages since I studied women's history (and I'm poorer working class all the way)... but yeah, anything upsetting the established order is gonna be offensive to those who benefit the most from it. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I can't stand drugs and the smell, so I don't have to worry about that one. But whole bean dark roast coffee is my pricey vice, so I get the struggle in my own way. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I've had that problem, too. My fave recipe is a black bean soup recipe that I'd modify over the years and if I tried to make it with dried beans, I always had WAY too many (forgot the beans swell double size after a soak), then had to try and compensate for it. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I'm only on level 8 on Duolingo. And I haven't done a deep dive in my "Spanish for Dummies" yet... it's gonna take a while. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally You know this gif was necessary now, right: npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Oh shit, when you mentioned music, now I'm thinking of Christmas and somebody putting that awful rendition of "Feliz Navidad" on repeat until the racists explode. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally At this rate, The Dump is gonna have more random merch with his name on it than the Star Wars franchise. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally (Texan here, uncomfortably eyeing the "Russian for Dummies" book on my shelf now, wondering if I should start reading it...hmm...) npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally Not entirely sure yet, but I know a lot of veggie or bean soup dishes will be a priority (I love soup when the weather gets cold). Tomorrow will be ham & split pea soup (never made it before, but I always see recipes & I have the stuff. Navy beans, ham, & cornbread were a staple growing up. Otherwise I'm playing with my frozen veggies & spice rack. npub1y5e4s0gqtj4tj9j476gx63jdyjx9am8t7f2g6t4zz0fnkg2nxpss3suugn Texan Tally I gotta admit, I did a bit of hording last night with my grocery shopping. Most folks were getting last minute Thanksgiving meal prep items (and I got a couple things I couldn't find last time myself). But because of my "no spend" year coming up, I figured I'd stock like mad on nonperishables.
