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  • Then Why Do You Even HAVE All My Data?

    In the small stack of mail this afternoon I found a missive from Medical Insurance Provider. They wanted to let me know that people who suffer from my condition should look into taking medication for another, causally related condition.

    Which is great information, except I’ve been on the medication in question for five solid years now. You’d think that before they sent me a physical letter (that could’ve been an email) they might have checked their database, since they know literally everything about my medical situation.

    Oh well. At least this isn’t like the previous “hey did you know” letter in which they gave me points to consider when approaching menopause. Which… seems medically unlikely to be a problem for me, all things considered.

  • Random Bits: Mid-May 2025

    I haven’t had enough to say about any specific thing to flesh out an entire post… though I suppose I could go back to my pre-Twitter use of this site to simply post very short status updates and minor thoughts… maybe. We’ll see. In the meantime, here are a few tidbits from my recent life:

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  • Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich?

    Let me muddle this age-old question somewhat by presenting today’s lunch result:

    On a small green-and-gold plate sits a whole-wheat bagel sandwich, the fillings of which consists of a hotdog sliced lengthwise and a slice of provolone cheese. For some reason the Pixel 8 phone's camera decided that depth of field is for numptys, so this shot turned out far more artsy than originally intended.

    This is what happens when it’s lunchtime, you’re down to the last of the Zenners franks, the last slice of provolone, and you have no hot dog buns. Grab a bagel! Slice the frank lengthwise and make a sandwich out of it! Ahaha, I am clever. I know this because Vyx said so when I showed her the picture.

  • Random Amphibian Encounter

    I certainly wasn’t expecting to cross paths with a frog on the way home this afternoon.

    A frog with a mottled green-and-brown-and-gray color pattern perched on a damp sidewalk after a springtime rain shower, possibly contemplating the dandelions.

    Little critter was just minding its business, hanging out on the sidewalk along the very, very busy 185th Street. I almost didn’t notice it in time to stop and take some pictures. As it is, I had to use the digital zoom on my phone to get anything decent. The moment I crept a bit closer to try for a shot with better detail, sproing! Off they went, back under the bramble and toward the creek.

    Absolutely the highlight of my day, I tell you what.

  • General Updates: Early March 2025

    I’ve been slacking off again. Whoops.

    Screencap from the .hack//SIGN anime. A character says, "The option to log out still exists."

    Let’s see, what news is there what’s fit to print? Not much, really… I removed a few games from my rotation for various reasons, I set the hummingbird feeder up outside but I don’t expect to get many customers (and still have no good way to see them even if I do, since the “patio” is outside the sliding glass doors the curtains to which we keep always closed because the neighboring house is right there), I had to disable a plugin on this website for a while (and it may not come back), I’m making decent progress at the story slog in Warframe, I have a mini-staycation coming up in a few days, the months-long work project (the NinjaOne migration) is (essentially) over, and… yeah, that’s about it other than some family stuff that isn’t really “public consumption” information anyway.

    I haven’t even touched Satisfactory in weeks. Let’s be real, though, the occasional break from that game is just plain healthy. I’ll be back to it soon enough. Possibly even during my staycation. We’ll see…

  • A Domain In Search Of A Project

    This morning I shut down and deleted the virtual server which was running the Matrix server I set up for family chats. (Think “Discord, but not run by a corporate entity.”) Nobody was using it, and if I hadn’t directly pinged the last two family members besides myself who had even looked at it I bet they wouldn’t have noticed for a while.

    I had the perfect domain name for it and everything. Now I just need to come up with another project to attach that name to… much the same as with several other domains that I’m absolutely not relinquishing which I want to do things with in the future.

    I’m better at building things than I am at building things people actually like, apparently.

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