A Brick of Coffee
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A Brick of Coffee

Let's do a "boring post". I bought a coffee brick. It's not fancy, it came from Aldi. Hell, it's possible this is the "least fancy" way to make coffee. Most of the time these days I buy beans and hand grind them, but I like to keep alternatives in case I am feeling lazy. So I decided to try the "brick coffee". I was not sure what to expect here at all. Would I need to cut slices off and grind them up? Would I need some sort of other thing I didn't have, how do I store it between…
Weekly Wrap Up (11.17.2024 to 11.24.2024)
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Weekly Wrap Up (11.17.2024 to 11.24.2024)

I started posting these, a while back but they kind of fell by the wayside. I guess some of it just got covered in regular posting, and some of it ends up on the other blog, if I bother. Probably, I decided I didn't really care. But maybe I should care. So here we are. I have actually done a few of my "wishlist todo" projects this week. I have recently been hardcore digging through my too many bookmarks problem in Firefox. This has been an ongoing effort for a few months now, but I started on a phase two…
Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week
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Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week

I kind of let this one really fall off after a strong start. I've already kind of touched on the various whys of it all. Mostly just a combination of being busy and the usual lack of motivation. I can't say I learned anything new that varies from last year's wrap up. I wish I could be more positive. I'm still pining for the days of old I guess. Which also may be part of why I'm so jaded. I've been blogging for a long time. Like, a really long time. Since before Live Journal was a thing really, though…
On the Doing of the Things
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On the Doing of the Things

Long time no post, or, sort of, I have been posting on Lameazoid as part of Blaugust, but even that has sort of fallen apart completely. I wasn't planning to do the full 31 days, then it just started happening, but then it just... wasn't. I think mostly I have just still been in a weird funk lately and I was sort of shaking it for posting but not really. I have also been busy off and on with life stuff. My wife and daughter have rented a shop space. My daughter is opening a vintage shop in the front…
This Year’s Garden
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This Year’s Garden

I meant to post when I planted but did not because, "reasons." More specifically, a lack of motivation to do so. It's not exactly anything impressive anyway, but that isn't really supposed to matter anyway. My 2024 gardening is underway, and if it's anything like the past several years, it will not be very fruitful. At our old house, we had a pretty decent garden. I built a nice tiered raised bed pyramid thing, we grew plenty of peppers and tomatoes and the plants were super large and full. We had so many tomatoes we made a ton of salsa…