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  • Crazy Medical Interactions

    Dealing with medical folks recently kinda makes me want to drink:

  • Nifty Letter Opener

    I got sick of gluing our nice little letter opener back together after it fell off the refrigerator and smashed for the umpteenth time and decide it was time to find something new. This little guy is working out well. It’s got a ceramic blade that doesn’t cut skin but gets through paper very easily.…

  • Chase Private Client…

    I keep getting invited to become a Chase Private Client (by email, in their banking site, and by postal mail.) Join today for a $3,000 sign up bonus. Fine print: deposit $150,000 or more in a new account and maintain a balance of the same for 6 months and that bonus is all yours. Well,…

  • I Didn’t Know I Needed That Until I Saw It

    A frying pan iPhone case? … or maybe the chef’s cleaver iPhone case? I don’t even know how I got signed up for Aliexpress emails.

  • Mr. Fixit

    Woke up in the middle of the night. Hmm, furnace sounds a little weird. An intermittent motor sound that I don’t remember. Meh, rolled over and went back to sleep. Woke a few hours later, hmm, still sounds kinda weird. Getting the day started, hmm, furnace running but it’s blowing cold. Oh, no, that can’t…

  • More Administrivia

    Moved some more random bits off my old Digital Ocean droplet and then powered it off. Gonna let that stew for a few days to make sure I didn’t forget anything or leaving anything pointed to that older droplet. Then, it’ll be time to destroy that trusty 8 year old droplet. Godspeed, my friend!