I really wish I knew to pay attention to names in certain emails. I'm not used to an email slipping through containing an elected very, very high position person that I responded to with technobabble for the others. Only 7 people on the main email, so why they were specifically included I'm puzzled.

I got a letter from my prescription insurance today, 'reminding' me to take my meds if I'm prescribed them. Specifically over an anti-depressant I was on a trial for a couple months, over 18 months ago. Also said, "We shared this info with your prescriber". This is none of their fuggin' business.

Well...?

I know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion, but I have to get this out.. After driving around the South-Eastern US, I do not get the appeal of Buc-ees. Especially the mascot. That damn pudgy face just staring blankly, and the advertising with the brand. Dunno why, but it just annoys me. -.-

One thing I didn't mention the other day.. While taking my travel companion to Fontana Dam and then doing a drive up the 'Tail of the Dragon' in the rain and fog, we came across an F350 with 3rd Wheel, towing a 20' trailer loaded with golf carts. He was at Mile 9.5, and nearly hit me by 1".

Back home after 2 days of driving from SE TN to Louisville for the night, then driving back home today. For some reason I thought it was longer than that, but between the two days was a very simplistic drive. Everything quite smooth, and home way earlier than I expected today!

Woo! After all those years ago upon creation of him, he's needed an updated sheet from the original artist! Not much changed other than he feels naked without his warmers. :D Thank you sooooo much @zambuka.bsky.social for all you put into it!

Was about to start drying my laundry here at the cabin, when upon pulling the lint trap out to clean it, found this lying on the bottom part inside. Not sure how a 22LR round ended up down there, but had to use a spatula and scissors to get it out.

The River, Temarc.. IN WINTER.

Still coming down, but not as heavy.. But yeah, just a bit of snow.

I just watched from the living room deck windows, a pair of guests from the overlooking big resort were wandering around by the river carrying 80's style plastic sleds. They were planning to take photos and ride down the hill from the 2nd road/path down to the river's edge (a horrible idea), until.

So for the past 30 hours after doing a half-day on Thursday, I hopped in the truck to do a 2/3 drive to NC and finish the next day. After seeing the weather reports for this area and the fact I still needed to pick up food (way more important now being in the mountains!)

Just found a 'bomb' left due to upper management decisions as my long time coworker retired 2 weeks ago. Agency domain she managed was supposed to go back to them, but unsure. I just manage the certs, and noticed that one is going to expire in 2 weeks with her as the contact.

I'm getting really fed up with the 'algorithms' thinking because I watch ONE video of something in comparison to the same content for years, to now fill your recommended feed with it. It then demotes your other stuff far lower. Oh, and what the hell happened to the resolution over time?

Snuggle into that fluffy chest.

People writing songs.. That voices never share!

I knew I tweaked my back shoveling yesterday afternoon for the first cycle, but didn't realize how bad until this morning. Even did a 2nd cycle at 10:30pm and popped ibuprofen. My lower back/side are verily not happy right now. I never take meds for pain unless REALLY needed. This is one of them.

Watching the weather outlook for the previous 24 hours, am (but not) surprised how off it's been. Predicted 1" from last night through today. Got far more than an inch through the morning. Then 2nd wave hit. At least 3" when I went to shovel, but coming down to cover what I just did 15 mins later.

Horray for 0-day patch nights the next 2 nights!

^O.o^ Looking through the courts system on the guy, holy shit I'm glad I never called animal control on them for those dogs even though I badly wanted to. Always had bad vibes from them. Owner has a shitload of DV, Felony Drug, OWI, among other things the past few years.

Well, I'll take that as a birthday present I suppose.. The neighbors with the yappy dogs apparently got foreclosed on and house sold at auction yesterday. As of this morning, all their stuff was dumped in the front and house totally empty. Didn't see that coming..

Thank dog I no longer have that horrible number attributed to my age any more.

Just a little bit of difference between the two.. Will find out tomorrow! Wanted to try running coax from outside to the utility room through previous holes, but have NO clue how it was previously routed. Gotta do some feeling out.. Used the free time to hopefully mouse-proof the basement/garage!

One of these days, I'll remember to smack myself buying the 'cheap' tool for specialty jobs. Needed a 110 Punch-down tool. Figured I'd buy a cheap one since I won't need to use it much.. It broke after punching down the first keystone. -.-

I did the thing. There are certain areas of the US I just haven't been. Some of the NE sounds interesting, but really never had a reason to get out that way in my life surprisingly.

Fun fact of the day. René Auberjonois (Odo from DS9, & Mr. House from Fallout: New Vegas) was the actor who sang 'Les Poissons' as the Chef in "The Little Mermaid". I gotta admit, I did not know this and very did not recognize the voice at ALL.

Had a good NYE I like to think yesterday.. Local friend and dog came over and Korb was happy! Made a Prime Rib that came out perfectly the way I wanted, paired with 18 year Scotch. Also had a good fire going!

The next time I hear the Weird Al song, 'I'm So Handy' and the line "Maybe I'll just rewire up your house for fun", yeah.. This has been anything BUT fun. It's amazing how things never, ever go the way you expect them to.

Also, please ignore my wiring from the previous photos of the PC position.. I threw my PC and screen on a temporary tabletop that I can easily move to do patching, and have to look into now getting a new desk! This is NOT how my typical wiring looks with my stuff. :D

It's been a day. I did manage to get wires routed where I wanted them after much drywall ripping and drilling through exterior wall framework. My computer desk while trying to move it decided to finally give out though after 13 years.

I have a much greater appreciate for those who can expertly run cable in attics now. Wanting to put 2 drops in the main bedroom (1 PC, one to a 2.5GiB switch local to the room). Exterior wall, and crawling through all the insulation up there was shite.

I don't know what happened.. The photos I took on my NZ trip, I never noticed that a bunch of ones I took whilst at the war museum aren't on the laptop, or camera SD card. Fuggin' hell. It either never saved the photos to the SD card and I didn't notice, or somehow they got wiped. Not sure how..

This is the first Christmas I've been guilted for giving presents. X.x You know I'm not gonna go to a family Christmas and not bring gifts! One in jest but, you literally can't win with some people. And a sprinkle of jealousy giving some things to my folks, specifically something my mother wanted.

With all the cooking I've done through the years, you'd think I'd have mastered the art of making hard-boiled eggs easy to peel. I have yet to master this, and believe me, I've tried practically every damn trick in the book. They come out fine cooked, just always impossible to peel. -.-

I don't know what I expected.. But I wanted to try AliExpress for something to see how it came out. I did get the item, but the box it finally came in was beat all to shit. Item was 'intact', but wanted to check quality in places.

Made the mistake of getting heavy duty spackle instead of regular type. I even asked the staff there what is the better to use inside to do drywall repairs, and of course they used AI to ask their phone. This stuff is THICK. Almost more a putty than mud and just will not stick to the wall at all.

Thing about projects that spiral.. You end up buying more tools than you expected, and you WILL end up back at the hardware store at least 3 times more than you planned for. I now can punch down and make my own Cat6 cables, fish them through walls, and even test them now!

Gahh, so many things to do and need more time off! The last gift to ourselves along with the new tires and home network updating, is getting a topper on the truck. Put in an order for a Leer 100XQ today. I *really* wish I could get the 'Sport' version, but only for the Tundra, not Taco. :(

Since we'll be ripping this whole bathroom apart, this is what I was talking about with the found 'void' space where we ran the cables from the attic. There is no reason why I can't put a full shower in here at all I can see, and it's all wasted space.. Just a vent stack for water heater in there.

Oh, and the one thing I *knew* doing this whole network project would spin off 5 other sub-processes now. Two of which started today, a bunch old shit under the stairs, and redoing the hallway closet. Got a bunch of stuff to donate/sell..

Also, it's been years since anyone has been over here other than Korben's favorite local 'uncle' to him! Wasn't quite sure how he'd react. I have to say I'm quite happy how Korben handled it.. Just took a couple treats and acclimation after barkiness, and then he became quite the work supervisor!

Today had my Sister and BiL come over, as he's an expert at cable running and not something I'm strong at. Were able to manage running cables for the PoE Cameras, Doorbell, Speaker, and AP through the house. I now know how to do the bedrooms myself with his wisdom too.

One thing I wish I understood with ZFS and set of SSD Read [RAID0 1.76TB]/Write (ZIL) [RAID1/10GB] cache drives connected to a HDD RAID5 [4x7200/512mb SATA3] pool, how do I know it's working right?

Well holy crap.. It all worked after putting everything in first time. Now I get to learn all about ZFS and QuTS Hero and everything I can do with it all! But, both PCIe cards are working for 10GbE and 2 ZFS drives on the QM2 card.

Slowly getting things mocked up to account for positioning and spacing for everything. I think I got all my measurements down (just have to change a couple little things), but everything I planned will fit exactly where I want it. Will hopefully have wiring going next weekend!

Not even a week ago, I was in +90'F if not more in places I was hiking and walking around.. Tonight.. I don't like this at all.

It really does take a good 3-4 months after services for medical insurance to finish their stuff and bills finally start trickling into your mailbox. One thing that I'm shocked at (and I know I'm lucky with my insurance) was the cost of my MRI. Far less than I was expecting, and then some. X.x

That feeling when you finally update your budget spreadsheets including all the trip charges (totaling over 200+ transactions over 2 countries and 3 weeks), and it matching to the penny with everything accounted for.

So for Christmas for ourselves, we wanted to do two things. First is the home network revamp among other changes in layout in the house. Second, getting actual nice A/T tires for the truck, and cap for the bed. Got a set of BF Goodrich KO3's. The 'stock' tires need replacing anyway.

Since getting back, I drove the truck for the first time back in the US. I knew being on the correct side would be easy enough, but the one thing that surprised me was I now hit the windshield wiper stick vs. turn signal stick. The exact problem I had when I was there until acclimated to it.