almost 15” on the ground in Rindge. (this is not a storm total; this has sat and settled and compacted). super heavy, like the whole shovel-load sticks in the shovel. 1300’ el at KNHRINDG5 (station currently offline — power is out) #NHwx
mike’s tips for buying a tree a little too late: - find literally any place selling trees - pay them whatever they’re asking - bring it home - be glad you didn’t waste the other half of your day trying to find a slightly better one - hope it stays greenish until christmas
“i really need to update my blog site since astro went 1.0!” (spends half a day trying to fix breaking changes, decides to copy content and start over with 1.0) “oh look 1.2 is out already, update to that …”
once again, happy halloween and shout out to all the dads out there cleaning the garage while we hand out candy. those cardboard boxes aren’t going to flatten themselves!
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i feel it’s necessary to talk about this because i know there is hesitancy even in people who believe in science. the trade off is worth it. it’s just tough to plan and schedule downtime, and see the future rewards.
got my booster at 11am friday. shortly after going to bed that night the side effects hit me, wasn’t a good night of sleep. saturday i was tired, feverish. but i still worked on house projects. by bedtime saturday night, side effects abated. good night sleep, sunday normal.
got my bivalent booster today so i assume tmrw i’m gonna feel blah & sunday i’ll be better. tough decision to make — to choose to feel bad. but when i actually got covid (after 3 doses) i was glad to just be uncomfortable at home for a few days, not in the hospital, not dead.
like i wonder if the brutal physical projects i undertake are conditioning me and making me more resilient to change and injury as i get older… or if i’m just happily hammering nails into my own coffin
i spent the day digging a trench to re-route the drainage i dug in the woods away from the new fence and deeply, seriously reconsidering my life choices
had our tree guy leave this stump to be my new chopping block (previous one finally rotted out, it was a round that was cut from a tree felled in the ice storm of 2008).
drinking a ginger beer and eating black licorice… and wondering if i gravitate to these flavors as i get older because my kids eat anything and everything else in the house
something i’ve observed from driving in Manhattan (not fun) in general, you can remember the flow by remembering EveN: the even numbered streets go East and the even numbered avenues go North
