I have deactivated my Twitter account, as of last night. I hadn’t posted since 2019 and had only done one response to someone else since then. I hadn’t really tweeted with any regularity since 2016. Even at my most tweety I never really was much of a part of the community. I only was still logging in because Twitter stopped allowing me to view anything but direct tweet links without doing so.
Continue reading post "Goodbye, Twitter"Personal posts
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I sold all my Tesla stock. I’ve no doubt that it will go up well above what I sold for, but I don’t think I want it anymore.
Continue reading post "#4471"I voted today and am glad to have gotten that important duty taken care of.
Continue reading post "#4465"Arborvitaes
This past weekend, I planted the last of four arborvitaes that I bought back in spring. I wanted something for a bit of privacy in my backyard, and read that arborvitaes are native-ish, easy to care for, and great for privacy. I saw them 50% off at Petiti’s one day while looking for other stuff, so I went ahead and picked up four that were maybe 4 some feet tall for $200.
Continue reading post "Arborvitaes"My friend Dwight and wife Grace came up from Texas to visit last week.
Continue reading post "#4435"Last Thursday, I got about 4.5 inches of rain at my house (Akron). A good ground soaking. I got a bit of wet carpet in my basement, but no damage. I hear there was bad flooding in the valley.
Hasn’t rained since, so I’ve still had to water my garden, but not as much.
Yesterday, a storm came through. Knocked some trees down and knocked out power at my parents’ house for 27 hours. Luckily they got a whole-house generator a couple years back, and it worked like a champ.
Continue reading post "#4418"Finally getting some decent rain.
Continue reading post "#4416"R.I.P., Uncle Al.
Continue reading post "#4379"Weird commute home tonight. Thunder, no: fireworks. Car flashing brights. Tree down across the road, had to clear a path. Skunk by the driveway.
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