You know those days when you change one thing, and then an error arises, so you change one thing, and another error arises, thus you change one thing, and still another error arises..? (repeat ad nauseam) Yeah, about that...

How to end Thanksgiving on a high note: Drop a tub of warm baked beans down the front of a cabinet, where it spatters all over the floor, into board gaps, under furniture, and onto the adjacent wall. As an aside, I'm pretty sure this is how TV/movie special effects people simulate projectile vomit.

Last night for the trio of Thanksgiving-themed movies: 🦃🎥 Friday was "Home for the Holidays" (1995) www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1066169-ho... 🧵/1

Yep, I'm old now. Neighbors' adult son is doing yard work with music playing loud. (So be it, I do that too sometimes.) But the stuff is an ear-bleeding combo of death metal, skater thrash, angsty teen alt pop, and screechy yelling. I can appreciate most music, but that's just noise! 🙉 #GetOffMyLawn

Mowing the lawn for the first time in over two months. Though, I suppose, it's more about mulching leaves than cutting grass. ~~ 13.4C, 68% RH, 1022mb, mainly sunny, stiff breeze. #NSwx near #Kentville

Temperature bottomed out at -0.7C (8:05am), switched the heat pump from AC to heat last evening, and just a few days removed from 30C records. Autumn in Nova Scotia, huh?! ~~ Obligatory Billy Idol meme today. #NSwx near #Kentville

Ripping CDs to MP3 like it's 2001.

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We've discovered a new nemesis in the neighbourhood during our walk before the rain arrives this morning. #ChihuahuasFirstHalloween 🐶📣💀

The Oatmeal's take on AI art: Frankly, replace art with writing or code; heck, even spreadsheets (thanks Microsoft). ...Jamming AI into <whatever> as if it's a great awakening of untapped potential. No. "It's a child at a Casio keyboard. Pretending."

Question for the remote/independent workers among my followers: Can you recommend an online space to hang out during business hours for a bit of human interaction? Virtual co-working for lack of a better description? I'm permanent WFH with a "traditional" employer; feeling a little isolated lately.

Got a Roku? Like Irish comedy? "Moone Boy" is on right now. (BBC Comedy channel, 278) ~~ Watched it so often that I really should just pop for the complete series on DVD.

They might be chihuahuas, but even my dogs didn't order 28C in early-October. ~~ Last week, my neighbors were running their wood stove. Today, I've turned the AC back on. #NSwx near #Kentville

Bought new CDs for the first time in quite a while: (1) What's this cardboard sleeve business? Where's the jewel case and liner notes? (2) CD cases are supposed to be rectangular, not square. So much for stacking neatly on the shelf?!

Ever wonder what might be lurking in the ground of a 1980/90s era subdivision? Soda cans! So much buried litter. The workers seem to have preferred 7-Up, Labatt Blue, and regular Hostess potato chips.

Remember the old days when you'd buy a video game system, turn it on, and it'd just plain work...tomorrow, next month, a decade onward?! Ditto for games--pop in a cartridge/disc and play...anytime anywhere. ~~ But today...? System update; can't play without. Game update; can't play without. Augh! 🎮⏳

Someone doesn't understand the concept of personal space.

Sour Patch Kids Chips Ahoy! (2020-2020): Crunchy, buttery cookies, stuffed with colorful, fruit-flavored chips, and little chewy chunks of the classic sweet/sour Sour Patch Kids gummy candies

Algorithm shift? My Facebook feed is suddenly overrun with GRWM influencers, "My [whatever] taught me this" crap, medical advice AI slop, and Samoyeds. I like sammys (a floofy white northern breed of dog), so that last one can stay, but the rest...?! And made all the worse by g-d autoplay video. 🙈

What you think your brain is supposed to do

A certain tiny senior (and her anxious parents) could use some pawsitive thoughts while she's at the vet for a dental today. 🐾🦷

Wildfire Season Extended Provincewide news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/0...

FYI if anyone is displaced by the Lake George (Kings Co) fire -- evacuation order was expanded again this morning. Victory Doggy Daycare & Boarding (in Coldbrook) is offering free spots for those in need. My own pups used to attend there in years past. Can recommend. 🐕🔥👍

Make your own squirrel lamp! Added bonus, get rich breeding hamsters. c/o Reddit /r/OldSchoolRidiculous www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolR...

I don't know about the neighborhood kids... White chalk outlines on the street (ala murder scene) with happy faces drawn in bright pink. 👦🖍️💀🤷

September rainfalls: CoCoRaHS citizen science summaries confirm another very dry month. Most locations well below the 90-120mm normals... blue stations less than 50 percent of normal. Again the Annapolis Valley was remarkably dry.

If the state of my basket of pears from the "good" farm market is any indication, it's been a rough year for valley fruit trees. Not that it should come as a surprise with how little rain we've had since the spring. (🍐 Smaller size, less ripe, and more superficial skin blemishes than prior years.)

17:26: Due to dry and windy conditions, the wildfire at Lake George has returned to an out-of-control status. The current estimated size is 80 hectares.

17:37: The wildfire near Lake George in Kings County is spreading rapidly due to strong winds. Evacuations have been carried out for several nearby camps and homes. Air support working to protect any structures in the immediate area.

With dry, windy conditions, the wildfire at Lake George has reverted back to out of control. Current size estimate is 80 hectares. @NSEmergency is supporting evacuation of nearby camps and homes.

RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRE: Wind-driven wildfire near Lake George in Kings County is currently out of control and spreading. Emergency vehicles are withdrawing from the staging area, and there are ongoing discussions about closing Aylesford Road. 1/2

15:30: Air support has redeployed to the Lake George wildfire in Kings County. Conditions have intensified since the last update — fire is out of control — and no longer held. Fire is holding lots of heat; and winds continue to gust strongly. September 29

Kings Co is yellow?! In what twisted way does that make sense? Red yesterday after another fire broke out near Lake George. Today: strong gusty winds, warm, sunny, 32% RH, much less recent rain than elsewhere. Only a fool would light a fire--and there are indeed fools afoot! 🔥🤡 #NSwx near #Kentville

End of an era. My firewood guy of 15+ years is retiring. 🪵🔥

Been playing the same lottery numbers forever--seemingly random numbers which naturally stuck in my head long, long ago. After some 25+ years, the source of those numbers finally dawned on me out of the blue yesterday. Without realizing it, my lottery numbers are my old Halifax Transit routes. 🚍🎰🤯

Would anyone like a 9 month old chihuahua pup? A certain hairy someone is going through a hormone surge and is, therefore, acting like a royal pain in the ass. And he has been... All. F*'ing. Day! 🐾🌪️😩

Is it possible to make a living as a small dog wrangler? Because I'm having one of those days where, well...

My wife has been #ListeningTo music from The #Muppets recently. She doesn't have Tex Richman in the playlist. 😿 But today, I've discovered that there's an extended cut! 😸 ...well except for the bit about gold-plating his cat. 😾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Dg...

Fall is here. World still sucks. Thus, it's peanut butter cookie time! This is our holiday recipe that'd normally be rolled in sugar with a Hershey's kiss pressed into the top. For "everyday" purposes, I've skipped the fancies and mixed in a bag of mini chocolate chips instead. #BakingLikeIts2020

Hours of daylight throughout the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

My neighbour has lit their woodstove. Clean air season is officially over.

mid-September is as good a time as any to reset some health habits, right? Starting the "Appalachian Trail" expedition on my Garmin watch: 0 steps down; approx 4.9 million steps to go. 🚶At my current (inadequate) activity level, it will take me nearly 4 years to complete. 👴

8am: 0.9C, 70% RH, 1019mb, clear sky, calm wind, scent of the neighborhood skunk in the air. #NSwx near #Kentville

Heads-up: LinkedIn will start using your profile data to train AI for content creation in November (or so was the date in the banner that popped up on my account this morning). You can opt out via Settings > Data Privacy. Of course, the setting has been toggled on by default.

Tis the afternoon for doing all the things that I should have remembered to do a few weeks ago. Where did the summer go? ~~ Said Homer: /Just like the time I could have met Mr. T at the mall... "I'll go a little later. I'll go a little later." And then when I got there, they told me he'd just left./

Eerie quiet in the house: Silent on the street--between the elementary and high school bus pickups. Heat pump is off. Dehumidifier is full. And the fridge is between cycles. ...Or did the fridge kick the bucket overnight? Damnit compressor, hurry up and run already! 😰 #PessimisticHomeownerProblems

I believe that I have reached the age when my body no longer appreciates being crammed full at a Chinese buffet. Holy "ate too much trying to maximize value for money" hangover! 🥡🥡🥡🥡🥡🫢

Inherited a Dyson DC46 vacuum. Who'd've thought that the suction of a $500 machine would put my $150 Bissell Pet Hair Eraser upright to shame?! Guess the "cyclonic action" schtick isn't a gimmick after all. ~~ Chihuahuas are deceptively heavy shedders, btw. 🐾

We've entered the modern age! After passing through my rural neighbourhood in July, the Google Street View car footage has gone live. How exciting?! 🎥🚗 ~~ Immediate concern: Does the lawn look shaggy and unkempt? (It doesn't. *phew*)