TrackinDaKraken

It’s 92F in my house at 9% humidity. I have my ceiling fan, and an iced coffee. I’m good. I moved to the desert because I hate humidity. I still sweat here, but it’s not nearly as bad as California in the summer. I think I might literally die in Florida in the summer, I’ve never been to Florida and I never want to go, for many reasons, including the humidity.

Winter here isn’t too bad, mostly it’s the short days and overcast that gets me. Windy cold days are the worst.

Six months out of the year are great, six months not as great, but still better weather here than anywhere I can afford to live, so I’ll stay here.

I have a couple of 8-port Gigabit Netgear switches that have been working perfectly for about 15 years, now.

I sort-of forget about them. They just work. It’s nice.

So, now you’re waiting till Christmas? Or, will you end up with two of them?

I looked into what it would take for me to grow tomatoes here in NM, and decided against it.

As much as I’d like better produce, I’m not driving another 1.5 hours round trip to get to the store with the better produce. Not everyone has easy options.

I get frozen berries, and they’re always fine.

In the U.S., we bread and deep-fry everything.

I’ll take the dry heat of a desert before the cold. But, I’ll take the cold before humid heat. It’s humidity that drives me nuts.

I like most nuts, but not walnuts.

You only need utensils for mac and cheese when it’s hot, though.

They don’t do all equally well, and none are done above average.

Really, it’s the sounds and odors I dislike the most. Bathroom stalls do nothing to alleviate those, no matter what they’re made of. If they aren’t completely walled-in, individual rooms with a fan, then they might as well be made of glass.

It occurs to me now, that the perfect public restroom is an airplane restroom. They’re compact which reduces shenanigans--no one wants to spend any more time in there than necessary, made of stainless steel, include everything you need and nothing more, the door locks with an “occupied sign”, the light and fan turn on, you do your business, clean up and get out.

Everyone so damn defensive about history texts like they’re fucking gospel.

Norm was a funny guy. It was a joke.

I remember we cooked an omelette, but instead of flipping the egg, the teacher told us to just lift the edge and let the uncooked egg run underneath. I already knew how to cook an omelette, my dad taught me, so I flipped the egg by tossing the pan. The teacher didn’t like that because then other kids tried it, and… I’m sure you can guess what happened.

If you succumb to road rage, then YOU are in the half that shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

I took typing (on a typewriter) in eighth grade for the same reason I took Home Ec--that’s where the girls were. I didn’t know I’d actually be using the skill just a couple of years later.

My kid grew up in front of a computer, before such things were rightfully frowned upon. He taught himself to type, I’ve watched him do it. He uses the first two fingers of each hand and a thumb for the space bar. He types as fast as I do, which is to say, I’ve never been a particularly fast typist, but I get by okay.

What I never learned to do, because I don’t do it much, is type with two thumbs on a phone.

/r/teachers is a horror show.

“Man, I’m sorry, they said some pretty harsh things about what you wrote.”

Every writer:

“I don’t care! Someone actually read it!”

That’s exactly what they mean, too.

If you plug in the wrong one of these, you can kill any drives attached.

EDIT: Ask me how I know. Seriously, the plugs on each end should define the pin-outs. If it fits, it should not be possible for it to destroy anything, fail gracefully at most. That used to be one of the major reasons for different plug types.

You need to do this, or the exit-save is corrupt. That’s just how it works.