bye brain

After some discussion of Puritan wine growing and history in New England, @labcoatguy.bsky.social and I have named our wine blog: Vintners in the Hands of an Angry Thaw.

Day 4 of my upper spine being an absolute menace. Send help, and new bones and nerves and muscles.

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After a morning of annoyance, my brain has failed. What do you mean I’m still stuck here at work.

My entire spine hurts and today has already been a long day

I feel like I’ve spent the whole morning on the phone dealing with people. Can I go back to bed now.

Night two of kitten loose in house: still very minimal bothering, but I get the impression there was a lot of playing between all three cats.

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Have you ever gotten a sponge stuck in a water bottle while cleaning it, and resorted to chopsticks and a fork to remove it? No? Just me? Okay then.

At present, my space heater is the reason I’m not an ice cube at work

Based on how long I’ve been at work, I’ve already gotten a worrying amount of wtf questions

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Sometimes cats decide on their own socialization timeline. Kitten has breached containment and is busy exploring the house and getting to know her brothers. I slept amazingly well last night.

This is great! But how about a shout out to folks in hundreds of small towns in red, rural America who risked their livelihoods and maybe even their lives to come out? Everyday heroes and heroines. We're talking to you, Tellico Plains Tennessee! And dozens more.

A wine tour is quite bougie, but very fun. Mulled wine is a great brunch, right?

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Good morning to everyone except the huge spike of neck pain because I slept on it funny

Sometimes, you just have to get a third cat. Meet Shadowmoon, floofy 8 month old kitten, already right at home.

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My everything hurts today

My entire spine is rioting and disassembling itself and I need a nap

Today’s fun: my neck informs me that its tantrum o’clock

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Despite how obnoxious my day yesterday was, it was improved by end of day tacos. Today is already looking better because new Sabaton album.

Will it take me over or under an hour to eat this burrito, based on rate on interruptions

Sometimes you have a productivity burst and get lots of stuff done, and after, can I go back to bed now?

Good morning, the usual bullshit

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In retrospect, giving the cats a very strong catnip toy before bed might make sleep hard

Can’t tell if the background noise of this call is a velociraptor or a screaming small child

At present, I am brought to you by Red Bull and protein bars. Wheeeee.

And my work morning started with a wrong-number call from someone needing info about workers’ comp

Me: How do you forget which side your gas cap is on? Me: regularly drives two cars with gas caps on different sides Me: Welp it was bound to happen someday, wrong side of the gas pump.

I have just been informed that 2016 was 9 years ago. I have aged since then. I also would like to know how that was 9 years ago, I thought it was maybe 3.

Spent 40 min stuck in rolling roadblock construction traffic. Except they've been ripping up and rebuilding this stretch of highway on a loop for like a month. Just no.

We need to make politics boring again.

Excuse me, who allowed my mini vacuum cleaner to run about on the road

I take one bite of a badly needed snack and instantly, phone rings

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Today is most certainly Monday the 13th.

It’s a day of chaos, shenanigans, and herding cats. Except I can herd my cats with a can of food and some catnip.

Oh hey, got work done today. Can I go back to bed now.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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A cat just jumped on the couch and YELLED in my ear

We did it. Worth all the work and cursing and frustration. A real live show car.

A truly wonderful culmination to show season: participating in Concours d’Elegance. Presenting my car as a preservation car, rare survivor, with a good story, def made for a fun experience.

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The more I learn about detailing, the more I’m oddly enjoying my new workout Degreaser and clay bar in an engine bay is something like doing yoga with a car