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Kind of weird yet not unexpected to watch the news and know that my old neighborhood near the Getty Museum has probably burned as have some really great trails above the Palisades Highlands drive area.. Dry Chaparral = natures Napalm add a spark and wind and off it goes.
On the home front, my car lost it's coolant just as I got home. Had it towed to the shop which is right next to my work, rode with the tow driver and took a work vehicle home cause I start at 4 this morning and no other way to get there. good to be the boss .
espresso and off I go
On the home front, my car lost it's coolant just as I got home. Had it towed to the shop which is right next to my work, rode with the tow driver and took a work vehicle home cause I start at 4 this morning and no other way to get there. good to be the boss .
espresso and off I go
So if the lib lizards made the Carolina flood, what lizards make the California fire?
Making an overly strong cup of coffee. It shall be fantastic
You talking Pasadena? Any word on that?
So if the lib lizards made the Carolina flood, what lizards make the California fire?
Making an overly strong cup of coffee. It shall be fantastic
That fire is the Eaton fire, not to be confused with the Palisades fire. Neither are going well. Lots of evacuations, if they get winds like yesterday again it could be really bad.
What if instead of being different we just all become one big country, Canada USA and Mexico. Just call it CUM. Lil Jon could be out national symbol.
pretty sure a dumbass and a match.
So if the lib lizards made the Carolina flood, what lizards make the California fire?
Canada, Greenland, Gulf of America, Panama Canal...this is all so mind bogglingly STUPID...so stupid that it's actually difficult to fully wrap my head around.
ANYWAY, Jesus Christ with the wind lately. 30-40 mph winds going on three days now with three days to go, piled on top of typically cold temps (not complaining too much in light of the California fires tho). No way I'm running outside in that shit, so I'll keep making use of the treadmill. 7.35 miles done this morning. I've been hitting some good workouts on the KICKR lately too.
This is the first of three straight days in the office for me, which I haven't done since pre-covid at my last job. State auditors are here so I need to be available in person if they have questions, which seems highly unlikely given my minimal involvement in said audit.
ANYWAY, Jesus Christ with the wind lately. 30-40 mph winds going on three days now with three days to go, piled on top of typically cold temps (not complaining too much in light of the California fires tho). No way I'm running outside in that shit, so I'll keep making use of the treadmill. 7.35 miles done this morning. I've been hitting some good workouts on the KICKR lately too.
This is the first of three straight days in the office for me, which I haven't done since pre-covid at my last job. State auditors are here so I need to be available in person if they have questions, which seems highly unlikely given my minimal involvement in said audit.
in office today. job prospect coming together in an ideal way, albeit it will be quite a new challenge for me.
My doctor in Santa Monica (near Palisades) called late last night to ask if I’d like to reschedule an appointment I had for this morning. They said they’d be open if I wanted to keep it, but I decided to avoid the area, particularly since friends in the area had voluntarily evacuated. I hadn’t even thought about that until the phone rang. No point in driving into the chaos.
My friends closer to the Pasadena fire are okay, though one lost power and had some damage to a door from the wind. She’s also a WFH coworker of mine so I might not be getting any work emails from her today.
I haven’t looked around Hollywood but I assume the people living in tents are struggling more than usual.
In other news, expensive audio gear acquired and progress is being made on my latest mini project.
I've been STRONGLY encouraging my friends in Eagle Rock to GTFO for a day or three and go see his sister. He mentioned the wind, said it's been really bad until just a bit ago. He was kind of pissed the boys school is closed today. I told him he was an asshole.
I would assume toe separators are so his nails can dry after a day at the spa. Question though is did he get a fancy paint job or just a little clear coat ?
Morning Monkeys.
In office day because I broke my mini PC. It has 4 Intel i210 network cards, but more than 2 nodes configured fails to boot. Yay.
Try it now.
<edit> the breakpoint is caused by an internal call to exit a region which the thread does not own.
So now you know.
In office day because I broke my mini PC. It has 4 Intel i210 network cards, but more than 2 nodes configured fails to boot. Yay.
Try it now.
<edit> the breakpoint is caused by an internal call to exit a region which the thread does not own.
So now you know.
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why stop there though?! ALL countries should be under the rule of King Trump! Fukkin' loon.
it all reeks of some shitty strategy from some 2-bit "art of negotiation" book: "destabilize them before it even starts, make them feel week, come to the negotiation in a position of power". FFS. it also is advantageous to have accurate intel, and not look like a fool.
aaaaanyways. cold up here. -20°F with the windchill on the ride in. which was uphill, into the wind, in the snow! I finally hit the trifecta! (still waiting for the "both ways" part though).
oh, and toe spreaders are awesome. had foot pain develop this summer along the outside of the foot - between by little toe and the heel (abductis minimii I think). went to a physio. she recommended toe spreaders 10-15 minutes/day. I was very skeptical, but it's not like they're expensive, so I gave it a shot. lo and behold, foot pain goes away within about a week of using them. anytime it starts to come back, I use them again, and it takes care of it pretty quick. who knew! getting shoes with wider toe boxes has also helped a lot.
Also the help files for Visual Studio 2019 and 2022 now fail to install. So there is that. But yeah, we are totally ready to release this to customers.
My coworker sitting next to me is constantly sneezing/coughing and reading all the dumb corporate spam emails out loud to me like they are both interesting and that somehow I didn't receive the same pointless corporate spam.
Feeling blessed.
Feeling blessed.
Just looked out the window. Holy smokes it looks bad out there. The sun is a big red orb through the haze. The clouds/smoke are thick.
just remind yourself these are the ramblings of a narcissistic sundowning old man with a high probably of something like dementia.
next he's going to want to annex atlantis.