Sleepy Mars has a blep

Too late for Kiddo but hell yeah. This seems to line up with things I've suspected. Genetics colliding with the environment's New Normal. neurosciencenews.com/genetics-asd...

Oh hey. Dollar Tree now has a policy where if you're not paying cash with exact change, they will round up to the nearest nickel.

The world's gone to hell in a hand basket since @breyers.bsky.social left Philly. Prove me wrong.

I actually am taking today off. Last weekend used me up, Kiddo is hard to be with even when all is going well (and it was.) One of my projects this chill weekend is writing an essay, "The Discomfort Zone," refusing to seek change because it's easier than changing a barely tolerable situation.

Wickenburg , AZ this weekend!

The best thread on Twitter right now: the woman writing about cannibalistic practices in indigenous people, and her spell check converted Anasazi to Ashkenazi. She apologized but I now want to find all the Cliffs Dwellers of my people and see if they use red or white Chrain on thigh bone marrow.

It was a good market this weekend. Along with copper pressure clasp cuffs custom for clients, I made these three lovely bits of silver work. Unakite ring, size 9ish, K2 (granite/Azurite from K2 in the Himalayas) pendant, Unakite pendant. Next weekend I'll be making more stuff in Wickenburg.

Two new pieces made while at the market: 1. K2 Azurite in Granite 2. Unakite in a simple traditional setting. This one sold not long after putting it out. A nice day at the market today.

This cheered me unreasonably this chilly, rainy morning.

I am wearing wool socks and a heater is pointed at my legs. Low 40's and raining all day. Life's pretty darned good.

One can only appreciate the evergreen decorative gourd mind.

Oh hah hah Xwitter is down Oh shite our state's sales tax portal is down less than two days before monthly TPT payment deadline and I still have four client's tpt filing left to do.

The AZ CCW card is downright pretty.

Good morning, from a retired 12ish year old heeler. The feeling of a pre-sunrise morning when a sleeping dog's head rests on a fuzzy wool-sock-clad foot.

I am thoroughly enjoying the drama on X as the infighting over the Epstein stuff has the giant circle jerk turn into a political shark-like feeding frenzy.

Finally getting around to reading the graphic novel "V for Vendetta." It's on openlibrary dot org, a little awkward as the scan cut off one edge of the pages but still a good read.

First actual non-urgent care doc checkup today. This is gonna be fascinating.

Here's what I mean. A torch normally US made, figure at least a hundred bucks used when you can find one used. Or this sue-aside-al fakery. I'd like to not worry about dangerous gasses doing unpredictable things, thanks.

Things: Yesterday I bought a spare dual tank welding set-up for $150. When I was pricing spare tanks at the gas shop woman said "I'll tell ya right now: buy a used set on Marketplace or something. Way cheaper that way." Both the oxy and acet tanks are almost full, so yeah. next: used Little Torch.

Stillness is much harder to accomplish than movement.

My bottle of Abasolo is almost empty. Took about a year - I drink whisky in very small amounts and only when I have the focus and space to cherish the flavor. Lovely textured square bottles. My last one has an herbal raspberry brandy: Malenas, a family recipe cold cure. What goes in this one next?

I have been so wrapped up with office stuff I forgot how much fun a two day show can be. People get to watch me make pieces from sheet and wire to finished piece, I love explaining the process. My eyelids are sunburned, dry air sun and wind have me growing a cold sore on a lip, and I feel happy.

"too soon" is subjective. A friend has left the material dance floor too soon for the people who have not met him yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_...

I've responded to the latest news from Glock by asking my favorite FFL to see if there's another used G26 out there for me. He replied with "Two is One and One is None" and he's a good friend so I figure another couple weeks.

Workday today. Accounting would be fun if it wasn't for the clients. Still feeling snotty and "off" so instead of BJJ this morning, and since I have first market of Autumn tomorrow, will be going to the Range for practice before work. Last week's shooting showed my missed two weeks of practice.

Sterling silver and Larimar.

IYKYK

Just finished re-reading Christie's "Postern of Fate." Decades ago I found a paperback sitting atop a trash can, grabbed it and read it on the way to school (I was a ninja at reading while I walked to school.) Really fun, rambling spy mystery. My introduction to her books.

Good morning! 5am class was good. Storm system has annoying muscle under right shoulder blade tweaked and howling but rolling/falling/throwing drills still felt awesome. Now finishing coffee, breakfast to take to office is cooked and cooling, 1st client quarterly review I get to be part of today!

Today I learned how to remove a sold/trashed/broken asset from a balance sheet while also adjusting the accumulated depreciation so the balance sheet would stay balanced. Accounting. It's like Tetris with numbers.

Good morning! 5am BJJ class three mornings a week means four mornings a week I feel like I'm deliciously sleeping in. Rain coming in the area next three days. Been having a nice smooth week at the office mostly. This month we run 3rdQtr filings, be interesting if IRS furloughs affect that.

Good morning! A new day, a new chance to throw my friends around. 5am BJJ class on the way!

Hi! It's October 7th! Fuck anyone carrying a rape triangle in their user name. Fuck the people who think it was a hoax. Fuck the people who think what happened was justified. This was no Warsaw Ghetto Uprising style thing. Mom was there for that. I grew up on those stories. Fuck Hamas.

I've been thoroughly enjoying the mineral postings on here. I'm going to spend the weekend building up stock. Definitely wishing that bronze order arrives as I have plans for bolo ties and such.

BBQ at a friend's business location. The Family Coincidence Field was working overtime. One friend who was a repeat customer of my jewelry, I got to hear about the two custom moonstone set silver Magen Davids she'd ordered for distant relative's daughters. The second: even odder...

Finally felt up to hitting the bench. Work changes have meant more work and more responsibility, but I feel like my neurons are starting to catch up. Malachite/Azurite, fine (.999) Silver bezel setting, sterling silver backplate polished to a mirror shine.

Good morning! Yoga class in 45. No-Gi after that. Dreamed about a standard poodle in my office at work for some reason. Excellent shredded meat stew with mushrooms in the crockpot for breakfast after. Will be working at my bench today, it's been literal weeks since I felt it.

Went and shot my new (to me) 5th Gen. Glock 26. It was _crazy._ I am used to Meh level grouping. None of what I shoot (M&P .380, Walther PP .32 with the eagle stamp) otherwise are terrible. I had some trouble with groupings, I don't know what's going on but the sights are ok, I figured it was me.

Watching "Blade Runner (Director's Cut) and now I know what bugs me about cybertrucks. They look like they belong in that movie That's not a compliment on their appearance.

The year Dad died I watched the Munich Olympics Massacre. A year later I watched the Yom Kippur War. The lesson I learned as a kid growing up with badass concentration camp survivors. If you feel like a target don't walk with your head down. It's a metaphor as much as it is a survival trait.

About to be open season on any public speaker with opinions.

Sounds like about to be open season on any public speaker who has an opinion.

From an article on SSRIs being a possible tool in some cancer fights: "According to the CDC, one in eight adults in the United States takes antidepressants, with SSRIs being the most widely prescribed." That's... A lot of people. I was prescribed that a couple decades ago...

Okubo Doko is said to have remarked: Everyone says that no masters of the arts will appear as the world comes to an end. This is something that I can not claim to understand. Plants such as peonies, azaleas and camellias will be able to produce beautiful flowers, end of the world or not.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GAA9... I should make this my ringtone.

It's time to rewatch the movie "Life of Brian." Free on Tubi, in case anyone wants to join me. That opening theme song is brilliant.

Monday I start work with my own office. I'm not sure how I feel about that. My potted coffee plant will be happy, she gets her own window. Still. This is not what I planned when I first started this job. From random clerical scan/shred/data entry/phones to accounting assistant in two years.

Yoga, Visha plays a curious collection of music and spoken word selections. During the quiet end meditation/rest time, a spoken word piece said: "You do not worship the Gate. You enter the Inner Temple."

My ancient but perfectly working Farberware Turbo Convection Oven needs a new plug/cord, the original heats up. Local appliance repair place will do it for $79 plus labor and heavier duty cord. All mechanical. No digital. Dial timer, temp control, broil/convection switch. #right2repair