30 minutes in to learning the guitar and I know the D and A chords, so if my math is right I should be able to stand-in for Jimmy Page or Slash in about a month right?

I'm not saying I would kill for a good project manager, but let's not rule anything out just yet.

There wasn't a line at the ballot drop-off box this morning, which is a bit different. I hope that means people mailed them in early instead.

I thought my eyes were beginning to betray me (and they are) due to night driving becoming more difficult. Turns out the night driving issues were solved by finally replacing the headlights. The recent onset of nearsightedness and astigmatism were solved with a prescription.

I thought I would get about a week of lunch breaks out of this. No such luck, couldn't set it down Friday night and finished it Saturday morning.

Skidding to a stop in front of a crosswalk is certainly one way to learn the ABS isn't working properly.

Trying to get some pics of the pink salmon spawn on the Snoqualmie river this morning. I have no idea if any are any good yet.

3 years ago the author called it "Washington's Most Spectacular Hike" which I would have disagreed with then and even more-so today. The problems highlighted today pre-date the staff getting DOGE'd. | Seattle Met share.google/Lv2vLNpFV2KW...

Just having fun with silhouettes

Didn't seem to mind the scare-crows nearby at all

Normally I have a good chance of seeing turkey vultures in this spot at least through September, but haven't seen any for a bit over a month. Kind of a bummer for my breaks at work.

Got vaxxed before RFK Jr's brain worm could prevent it. A bit surprised the pharmacy wasn't crowded though. Even prior to covid it seemed like there was always a line each fall.

I miss pre-'22 'Outside' magazine and need to find where those writers have gone.

I've been using these water purification tablets on longer hikes for about four years and despite having read the directions numerous times, the part about waiting four hours is only standing out now. All this time I've been waiting 30 minutes at best.

If my heart explodes tonight can someone tell the medical examiner that it wasn't cool drugs or exotic supps it was setting my rowing pace tonight to a playlist titled "Dark German Techno"? Thanks!

Signs like this one have been in this spot since the mid-90s, but THIS one has got to be new given the lack of uhh, customization.

Minor workplace victory of the day, future orders of cans of electrical contact cleaner will NOT be the same color/size/shape as the cans of graphite spray. This is not an admission of any absent-minded mishaps that were the result of not reading labels while in a rush.

Realtor - I found a great lot, fits almost everything you're looking for! Me looking it up - Not interested Realtor - ? Me - The erosion control wall on the lot uphill is just tires and oil drums about a foot beneath the surface. Realtor - ?!! Me - My dumb ass helped put them there in 2001.

Really appreciating the brief reprieve from summer this morning

Too real... youtube.com/shorts/-AtDF...

No vending machine lunch today No vending machine lunch today No vending machine lunch today Oooh, they restocked the M&Ms!

I had given up on using LoTW years ago because the validation code never seemed to make it to my PO box after multiple tries. Found out today that my address on file with the FCC is just the street address of the post office...but not the box number. I think I see the problem. #hamradio

After 2-1/2 years does a temporary fix still count as temporary?

I like and trust most of the tools I have from Fluke, but they really botched their vibration analysis line-up. Not even a swing-and-a-miss kind of thing, it really seems like they didn't even try and I hate saying that about them. Switching to Acoem for that segment.

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First Perkins engine I've seen that wasn't in any kind of ag equipment. Yes, I'm that bored at work today.

Why can't stuff like this happen at the start of the day?

Managed to briefly get outside a couple times yesterday.

Supposed to be nice weather today so of course the most pressing and time consuming thing to work on today is underground.

Remarkable how much a county line can change not only what can be built, but how much it will cost to do so.

Noticing some good people shutting down their accounts recently.

Completed the International Women's Day event and logged day 8 of 25 for Mud Season Madness.

Still awake after midnight... It's totally normal to row at this time of night right? 24 more days to go.

The moment I get comfortable in a chair with a book...the power goes out. Which leaves me to debate going to sleep, reading with a battery lamp or babysitting a generator until whenever the power is restored?

Stay outside

Couldn't sleep, started watching 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 on Netflix. I think all of my childhood memories of Rosie from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 are now forever altered.

About as close to a desk job as I'll ever tolerate.

Powered paraglider wasn't anywhere on my list of likely sightings while visiting my "industrial birding perch" today. Looks like a lot of fun!

The Spiderbeam mast mounts from M4Designs are outstanding. I need to weld on some extensions so as to open the tailgate and use the 2nd mount. The current arrangement just...no. #hamradio

I make this mistake far more frequently than I care to admit. Start a repair, a hoist this time, see that a service kit is present, fail to open said kit until I've got the equipment torn down and see a less than handy list of all the missing items that likely also haven't yet been ordered.

A pair for #WoodDuckWednesday #birds Carnation, WA

Tuned, calibrated, far more 18650s charged up than I could possibly need...ready for Winter Field Day '25 this weekend. I'll still bring the IC-705, but I really want to see what I can get out of this. #hamradio

The 'new' radiation survey meter at work is 5 years beyond it's re-cert due date. Nice surprise.

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