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All purpose geek and photographer of random objects.
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I have *NEVER* felt so conflicted about a #cookie banner.

I wouldn't want to reject the wrong kind of cookie. I mean chocolate chip, and snickerdoodles, and ..... they're all pretty darned essential in my book.

#baking #treats #yum #CookieMonster
The image is a screenshot of the Crumbl Cookies website (crumbcookies.com) viewed in a web browser on a desktop computer. At the top, the page header has a pink background with the Crumbl logo centered and a black “Order Now” button on the right. A hamburger-style “Menu” icon appears on the left. Below the header, the main page features images of cookies. On the left, there’s a tray of freshly baked cookies with baking tools and ingredients (such as chocolate chips and brown sugar) surrounding it. On the right, there’s a yellow panel that reads “Chocolate Chip Cookie Thins” with a circular blue “Martha Stewart” logo underneath. At the bottom of the screen is a cookie consent banner. It reads: “This site uses cookies to improve your experience” and explains that the site uses cookies for functionality, analytics, advertising, and performance. It provides options to: Cookie Settings (button on the left) Reject Non-Essential Cookies (center button) Accept All Cookies (black button on the right) The banner also includes a small cookie icon and links to the site’s Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So-called "Standard Time" runs from November 2, 2025 to March 8, 2026. That's only four months and six days. Which means, Daylight Saving Time is longer. I therefore submit that Daylight Saving Time is the *TRUE* standard.
Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory", a surrealistic landscape showing a variety of melted timepieces.
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We had one trick-or-treater come dressed as an Amazon delivery person. He went all out on it too. He not only gave us a package, he even had an Amazon truck! Talk about dedication to the bit!!

(Hey, we live on a cul de sac and don’t get many kids; why shouldn’t the Amazon guy get candy too?)
Photo of an Amazon delivery truck.
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Shockingly, none of my Trekkie friends have picked up on the implications of this recent hardware announcement.
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I took the dog to a local park on Saturday. #Fall has arrived in #Maryland, and it is #gorgeous

#Photo #Leaves #color #autumn
A wide view of trees showing their fall colors of orange, yellow, purple, and red with a little green still showing. A wide view of trees showing their fall colors of orange, yellow, and red with a little green still showing. A paved road leads off into the trees. A wide view of trees showing their fall colors of orange, yellow, purple, and red with a little green still showing.
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Move over Boaty McBoatface, there's a new contender for silliest name. The British public has voted to name a new leaf-removal train: Ctrl-Alt-Deleaf.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train
Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A highlight to the day: hearing an oompah band play the chicken dance followed by the Brady Bunch theme.

#Oktoberfest
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’m more of a #dog person, but this article about a #cat may be one of the most heartwarming #Wikipedia articles ever written.

#francine #lowes #pet

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Francine (cat) - Wikipedia
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October 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@carlfranklin.bsky.social I think you interviewed @b0rk.jvns.ca on #dotnetrocks a few years back, but might I suggest the Wizardzines.com comics archive for the #betterKnowAFramework segment in some future episode?
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Gotta say, I find the weekly Saturday comic from @b0rk.jvns.ca are a terrific source of “bite-sized” (byte-sized?) chunks of learning.

For example, this week’s was about the #git reflog command. That was my “learn something new" for today.

wizardzines.com/comics/the-r...
the reflog
wizardzines.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Using #copilot for projects, the responses are so obsequious at times, I find myself wanting to address it as "wormtail."

This casts me in the role of Voldemort, and I do not care for that.
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#2010 #reading #pun
Imagine if Arthur C. Clarke had willed his writing to the public domain. All these words are yours... Read them together. Read them in peace.
October 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Photo showing a black and white Oxford Police SUV parked on a street. Below the photo, there is a caption that reads: "Comma rules strictly enforced."
September 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today I learned ... well, several things. Along with the history of writing messages on "bullets", I also learned the Latin word for "catch" is "dexai", which I don't believe ever came up in two years of High School Latin.
September 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A rare sighting of a North American Pay Phone (phonicus payus). These noble beasts once roamed throughout North America frequenting shopping malls, restaurants, bars, and even city streets.

Today, their numbers dwindle due to competition from the invasive mobile phone (phonicus mobilieus).
A public payphone with a black handset, coin slot, and posted calling instructions.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A follow-up post confirms that trebuchets are also unsuitable.
cpsc.gov U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Sep 15
It's Baby Safety Month.
A baby sitting in a catapult in a suburban backyard. The baby seems surprised to be there. The text reads: Is this a safe sleep environment for your baby? No! This is a catapult! Put your baby to sleep flat on their back in a crib, bassinet, play yard, bedside sleeper or other product designed for safe sleep. If your baby falls asleep in a car seat or other product not designed for sleep, move them to a safe sleep space.
September 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I had a chance meeting this morning with Donna Wiegle that led to a longer than expected conversation.

Long story short, she’s one awesome, bad-ass, woman. She’s also nine years into kicking ovarian cancer’s ass.

You can read more about this amazing woman on her website at tealonwheels.org
www.tealonwheels.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tell me a dog regularly rides in your car without telling me a dog regularly rides in your car.
Photo showing a collapsible water bowl and a leash tucked into the corner of a car’s cargo area.
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The short story I've long known as "The Magic Goes Away" seems to be more correctly be "Not Long before the End" which is just the first story in the book "The Magic Goes Away."

I recognize "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" but otherwise, this is (to me) a new book!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mag...
The Magic Goes Away - Wikipedia
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September 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
At some point, I'm gonna need to replace my car. And whenever that happens, I just know I'm going to mishear something and end up with a car that's a lovely shade of mondegreen.
September 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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This year more than ever, it's important to remember what Labor Day is about. Today, society in general acknowledges that "workers have some rights." Those words were painted in the blood of Union organizers and protesters. (1/4)

Studs Terkel, being magnificent: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoED...
Studs Terkel: "Labor Day's coming up!"
YouTube video by Media Burn Archive
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September 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In sharing this, I feel a bit like Max Quordlepleen (IYKYK); but it's too weird a combination of things to NOT share.
Space Weather - Random
I hope everyone's having a terrific holiday weekend, cookouts, hanging out by the pool, and so forth.
random.chaosandpenguins.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’m picturing a bunch of knights, sitting around a campfire….
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Spotted Lanternfly has arrived in my part of Maryland.

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Spotted Lanternfly-palooza - Random
If you’ve ever wondered what an infestation of spotted lanternflies looks like, wonder no more.
random.chaosandpenguins.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Just saw a turtle startle a goose and I’m wondering if that means the goose got “turtled”?
Photo of several turtles swimming near a goose.
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM