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MONDAY - 5 February Has the storm passed? It sounds a bit wet out there but the rain has stopped and the wind has died down. The weekend weather was pretty wild! It'll be interesting to see what damage it wreaked or if it's all been cleaned up already. I saw a picture of a tree that fell in front of the library. No body was hurt, thank goodness. https://flic.kr/p/2pwBb6o One full week of work. We can get through it. We will get through it. I already know I have a lot of emails to go through when I get to work. I need to write down my tasks during these times so that I don't forget to do the things I must do. It's easy to get caught up in the stuff that must be done but some prioritizing does need to happen sometimes. As is the case here. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - I neglected to talk about the season ender of this FANTASTIC show. It had better come back because I WANT MORE! The show is excellent and okay, it's about kids but all the Greek mythology weaving through it just makes me so happy. I really loved the books (obviously read them as an adult) and the show has done such a fantastic job of bringing the characters and the stories to life. They must give us more. How can they not bring us more? Also, go watch the show. So well done. Argylle - I knew it was a good idea to NOT read any reviews before seeing the movie. I read something about the "twist" and then skimmed through a few comments. The article was not positive and the comments didn't really sound like they were from people who actually watched the movie. I'm telling you, the movie was a fun ride. Was it ridiculous? Of course! Was if funny? So much so. Does it deserve the bad box office return and the negative reviews? Nope, not at all. I'd love to see it again. I really enjoyed it. TUESDAY - 6 February Toby Keith died. I was shocked when I read about it, then a little sad. When I really started listening to country music (mid/late 90s), he was one of the big stars and he had some fun songs in those early days. I enjoyed his music for a long time and then didn't listen much to him in later years. I prefer his fun songs and don't really care for the ones that lean on the patriotic side in an angry fashion. I get that people probably paint him a certain way in this day and age but I still think of him fondly for the songs of his that I do still love. When he sang those drinking songs or songs with stories, he had a way of delivering the words in memorable fashion. If people only want to remember the "bad" stuff about him, that's their prerogative. He was singer and songwriter and I bet he's got a song in his catalog that you'd like if you give it a chance... Thomas Beaudoin won for Best Male Actor at the Central Coast International Film Festival for his role in a short film called Secrets Not Buried. Why do I know such a thing? Oh yes, because I'm claiming Thomas as my latest book boyfriend, which means I'm following his work. And no, I'm not going to pretend that his good looks weren't the first thing to catch my attention. You all know me better than that, right? (Well, you should, my lovelies.) Gosh, I have a type when it comes to my book boyfriends, eh? Anyhoo, I saw that Thomas had won Best Actor and I added the post to my IG story (as one does when trying to show the love and perhaps catch the attention of the book boyfriend) because I was happy for him. I remembered to check on the people who looked at that particular IG story and lo, guess who cast a glance? You knew before I said anything, didn't you? https://flic.kr/p/2pxUBuH Sometimes it happens and yes, I screenshot it... WEDNESDAY - 7 February I finished that audiobook yesterday evening and I'm so relieved! I really did not like the female narrator's voice when doing dialogue and even the male one started to irritate me towards the end. The story itself was all right but I think I should stick to reading romance novels as opposed to listening to them. THURSDAY - 8 February Was it forward of me to DM Chris to ask if he's going to the All Blacks v Fiji match? When I wrote out my message, I was a little nervous but figured I just had to ask because I know he's a big rugby fan. And lo, HE REPLIED!!! I saw that I had a notification on Twitter (yeah, I still call it that and yeah, I still have it) and when I opened the app, I saw that I had a DM. I opened it and there was a message from Chris. I think I let out a little squeak, as one does, and then calmed myself and read his message. He just found out about the match and he had gone to the one in Chicago so he was pretty sure he was going to go with his rugby friends to San Diego. He said that he'll keep me updated. https://flic.kr/p/2pxUEbj This particular screenshot makes me smile... I'm trying to be cool and whatevs about this but nope, can't do it. He read my message, must still find me to be not too crazy, and wrote back to tell me that he was probably going and he'd keep me updated. Fangirl me is super super excited!!! I hope we really do get to meet up. It'll rock! https://flic.kr/p/2pxURib my Sunday look Super Bowl LVIII - Well, that didn't go the way I had hoped. The result is exactly why I don't like going into such a game thinking, "Oh, my team is going to win!" Maybe it's a way of keeping myself from being too heartbroken but it didn't really work. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED by the 49ers loss and I really don't want to hear excuses or blame or anything else. It's done. The Niners and the Chiefs played a good game and maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't care so much. It sucks to lose but what a season they had... https://flic.kr/p/2pxoNi5 Leica Sofort 2 and the first shot Leica Sofort 2 - Got my new camera! It arrived on Friday and the film arrived on Saturday. It's super cute! I'm digging it. I experimented with the printing, starting with photos taken by the camera as well as shots taken by my phone. I can only pair the camera with one device so I paired it with my iPhone. Of course, the photos taken by the iPhone printed very nicely. The photos taken by the camera print nicely enough but the digital versions aren't as nice, of course. Still, it's pretty cool! Shots from the Leica Sofort 2: https://flic.kr/p/2pxN2in the first shot I printed from my Leica Sofort 2 https://flic.kr/p/2pxTw63 the view at the ranch https://flic.kr/p/2pxSBAw the view at dusk https://flic.kr/p/2pxSBDT hopeful before the Super Bowl I'm so glad we had Monday off from work. Now four days of work and another three day weekend ahead. Here we go! Read the full article

Dean, me, Ryan, Joel Happy Birthday to William Gregory Lee! I wish I had Greg's number so I could randomly text him with my bday wishes. If we ever reconnect, I'm asking for his number. We're supposed to be friends, after all. We met over two decades ago! (Seriously, how has it been that long?!) THURSDAY - 25 January I finished listening to John Scalzi's Starter Villain last night. I loved it! I found it utterly delightful and I laughed out loud so many times. I think this might be my first listening to Wil Wheaton narrate a fictional book (I have one of his own books on audio) and he does a fantastic job. I've enjoyed all the Scalzi books I've read/listened to so far and this one was a good one. I'd definitely recommend it. It's fun! As I was finishing Starter Villain, my Libby alerted me that my next book was ready to check out -- Rick Riordan's The Chalice of the Gods. Of course, I went right into reading that after I finished Starter Villain ended. It feels like ages since I read a proper Percy Jackson book and having the show on the air reminded me how much I enjoy that world. I laughed at how startled I was that Percy is still in high school at the beginning of the book. I feel like he should already be in college but time is different when it comes to books. Can't wait to see what the gods have in store for Percy in this one... Top Dogs - Fine, I only "watched" this show because of Thomas Beaudoin. I couldn't understand a word of it (it's French Canadian) but I got the gist of some of the broader things happening. Maybe I'll go back and watch it with more attention instead of just skimming to Thomas' scenes. His character goes through some things through the three seasons. The episodes are short and easy to watch. I had to turn on my VPN and pretend I was in Montreal or Toronto to watch online. So there's that. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - I am very much enjoying this show. This week we got to see the Underworld and this iteration of Hades. I have a soft spot for Hades and the Underworld that stems from the Herc/Xena days so it was interesting to see this show's version of both the place and the character. I liked it!... As for the show, it's been ages since I've read the first Percy Jackson books but this show definitely feels like the books did, hence my enjoyment. I'm a bit of a sucker for weaving mythological stuff with the real world. The whimsy of it is such fun. FRIDAY - 26 January Here we are at the end of the week! It's a bit before 0700 hrs and yes, I'm already online. And I might not write again until later today so here's a shot from yesterday: https://flic.kr/p/2puBbDF me at work SUNDAY - 28 January https://flic.kr/p/2puREJc corn in a "cup" We went to the Farmers Market yesterday! First visit of 2024. The weather was lovely and dry and chilly enough for long sleeves and the vest jacket. Love going out in my vest jacket because of all the pockets, which means me not needing to bring a purse. Yes to pockets! https://flic.kr/p/2puQRZy vest jacket and hat for farmers market We did a little day drinking as well while out Saturday afternoon. I had a cider, a mimosa, and a cider. I also had my requisite corn in a cup and then nachos at our second stop. Love these kinds of Saturdays... The Niners are down at halftime. Not good times at all. WRITING "No For Now" (working title, which I don't really like but it'll do for now) - I think I FINALLY have the character names but they still haven't settled in my head yet. The next block was their occupations and for some reason, I went with a job that I had used for a previous character, which led to me re-reading that particular story. My records show that I wrote the story in 2008 and some of the details show. I mention Blackberries and digital cameras and iPods. It's wild. The story isn't so bad. I was in my CSI stage for that one. This current story started with a scene (as most of my stories do) and now I'm trying to work around the details of that scene. I'd like to write it and be done and not save it for November. We'll see how it goes... https://flic.kr/p/2puEM6v My busy time at work begins later this week. Oh boy, here we go... Read the full article

TUESDAY - 9 January I'm thinking maybe I need a new format for my blog. Maybe not post daily but perhaps write something randomly and do a wrap up at the end of the week. If I write during the week, then I might not have as much to do at the end of the week besides some short musings or the like. Let's try it this week. I did screenshots before bed last night of a Canadian show called STAT because Thomas Beaudoin, my new Muse apparently, made an appearance and of course I just had to have a gander. I was just going to skim to his scenes, do the screenshots, then go along my merry way. When I saw French subtitles, I frowned a little because the words were getting in the way of the screenshots. At this point, I popped on my AirPods and turned up the audio to find that Docteur Davis, his character, was speaking French AND English, which meant the French subtitles were for the folks who don't understand English. Neat! https://flic.kr/p/2prqhE3 I must say, the fact that he can go from English to French so smoothly was just lovely to hear. I was quite happy to watch his scenes even if I had no idea what was going. Actually, I figured out the gist of it from the English bits but the whole thing was still chaos to me because I think the show is a bit on the soap opera side and the episode seemed to start in the middle of the action. Anyhoo, he looked rather nice all scruffy while wearing military BDUs. Way to hit my fangirl buttons, whew! https://flic.kr/p/2prqU3K Adan Canto died yesterday. I remember him best on his turn in the show The Following and I will always remember thinking how much he reminded me of "my" Kevin Smith ("Ares" on Xena and Hercules). I didn't follow his career very closely but I saw his work over the years and figured he'd appear in something I was watching sooner or later. Alas, it will not be. Journey well into the next, Adan... Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Tonight's episode was another good one! It was lovely seeing Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus and I will always have a soft spot for the character of Ares because of the aforementioned Kevin Smith. Adam Copeland's turn as the god of war was a joy to watch. I am very seriously enjoying this show. WEDNESDAY - 10 January https://flic.kr/p/2prG6Vx We had a bit of rain today. Nothing too serious. Since I've upgraded my webhost, I feel like I need to update this website. Maybe I should revive Moonlit Jazz, which has been languishing in its current state for... over 8 years. Eight years?! In its last iteration, it was the place where I dropped my daily photos for Project 365. I now do Project 365 at my secondary Instagram (@vasiakiari). Now it just sits as it has since 2015. Back to this place though, kiari.com. I'm using a different theme but I think it's a work in progress at this point. Maybe I'll keep hunting around for more inspirational themes. We'll see if I settle on anything for more than a day. THURSDAY - 11 January Oh, Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is streaming on Amazon Prime! I already own XWP on iTunes (and DVD!) but I never did pony up the money for HTLJ. Now when I'm feeling nostalgic, I can head to Amazon Prime to watch either of those two shows. Oh, and do screenshots. For some reason, I felt like doing screenshots of Hades, as played by Erik Thomson. I marvel how back in the late 90s, it took FOREVER to do screenshots. Now it's just minutes, depending on how many scenes my subject is in. It's wild! https://flic.kr/p/2prYUcR from the Xena: Warrior Princess episode, "Adventures in the Sin Trade" I should do a re-watch of both HTLJ and XWP. I'll have to compartmentalize myself a bit and forget about how the one playing Hercules didn't turn out so well and just enjoy the episodes. XWP will be easier to re-watch because it was always the stronger show to me, in terms of characters and plots, though Michael Hurst (Iolaus) did make me cry in an episode of HTLJ. Just doing these screenshots brushed aside the veil of time to remind me of how it felt when the shows first aired. https://flic.kr/p/2prZ7tV from the Hercules: The Legendary Journey episode, "The Other Side" Honestly, soon after I started watching the shows, I found that I gravitated towards the guest stars, especially Erik Thomson and the late Kevin Smith, who played Ares. They were the reason I watched. They were the reason I started chatting online with like minded fans. They were the reason I started my website. They are part of the me that is Kiari. I made lifelong friends because of the show, the conventions, the mutual love for the guest stars. And I will ever be grateful... FRIDAY - 12 January It's finally the weekend! Yes, it's Friday evening and I have three whole days without work. Good times! Don't have any real plans. Maybe I'll clean. Maybe I'll do some laundry. Maybe I'll take lots of naps. We shall see! https://flic.kr/p/2ps4UmV wearing my favorite vest jacket Since I was feeling nostalgic after doing those screenshots, I pulled out my Hercules/Xena crew vest jacket. I always LOVE wearing this vest jacket, as I'm sure I've said plenty of times here. I love all the pockets. I love all the details. I love that it crossed space and time to become mine. And I love that Chris Conrad sent it to me. I still marvel at that last point. So very sweet of him. It makes me smile to wear it. SUNDAY - 14 January https://flic.kr/p/2pmyEv2 Luis Gerardo Méndez y Miguel Ángel Silvestre en la primera temporada de Los Enviados Los Enviados/The Envoys - We binge watched the second season today. I liked it! I might have liked it better than the first season. The nun had a bigger part and she was a delight. The ending felt a little as if they'd be back in the little town. The Brotherhood seemed to be unfinished business. I'd love another season of the two priests and the nun... 30 Monedas/30 Coins - We started another Miguel Ángel Silvestre show. Second season again. The first few episodes were a bit heavy on the monster-like imagery. Effectively creepy, especially if you're religious in the Catholic way. It's an adjustment going from Simón Antequera (Los Enviados) to Paco (30 Monedas). Despite being played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre, the two characters are so very different... https://flic.kr/p/2oSKgLE Miguel Ángel Silvestre en la primera temporado de 30 Monedas And that's week number two of 2024 in the books! Time for bed... Read the full article

We got home late on Sunday night and I was too lazy/tired to write on Monday so here we are, already into week 50 but must write a few words about last week. This will probably be short. Friday night was the annual holiday party we've been attending for years. This time we were at The Lounge on Oak Street. We were in the back patio, which was perfect for wearing my shawl poncho. The food was delicious and a variety of snack bites and such... For the white elephant, I actually didn't get a blanket. Instead, I randomly chose the next best thing-- candles! No one stole from me, so whew!... I took most of my photos with the Samsung Z Flip 5 and they turned out well enough. I'll let you be the judge... https://flic.kr/p/2pku84Y https://flic.kr/p/2pktmc5 https://flic.kr/p/2pkvJet Sunday evening we had Second Thanksgiving with the cousins. As always, good times well spent. I love getting together with them. My contribution was lumpia, which I'm always happy to bring, especially if it makes everyone happy. The food was delicious and the company even better. I felt like I talked a lot this time around, telling stories about the interesting cases that come my way. So it goes. https://flic.kr/p/2pkTsnM https://flic.kr/p/2pkNJ9c https://flic.kr/p/2pkNJA4 https://flic.kr/p/2pkVG3n TV https://flic.kr/p/2pkG7Ad Charles Mesure is on General Hospital! And even though I don't watch GH anymore (and haven't in AGES), I couldn't resist watching Charles' scenes. I might do random screenshots now and again but I probably won't get sucked in enough to actually watch the whole show. I will say that it's a pleasant surprise to see some of the actors who were on when I watched still going strong on the show now. But I'm also struck by the realization of how old they are. Of course, it just means I'm old too. Where has the time gone? Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - I'm still digging this show even though it's more a casual thing as opposed to MUST WATCH ONCE THE EPISODE DROPS. Me liking the whole monster thing feels odd and yet here we are. https://flic.kr/p/2pkAiHs Los Enviados/The Envoys - Second season of the hot priests! It feels naughty to say that but come on, between Miguel Ángel Silvestre and Luis Gerardo Méndez, there's something to love. Of course, I lean towards MAS but we all knew that already, right? We've watched the first episode so far and I'm already hooked! Of course. I mean, come on... I realized that I hadn't done all my screenshots for the first season so I need to do those before I can start doing screenshots for season two. Ever the fangirl... Community - I remember watching part of the first season but not even sure if I ever finished it. The hubby is binge watching it and damn, the show is irreverent and hilarious. WRITING https://flic.kr/p/2pkKHKJ the Muse I'm about 6k words into a new story (same Muse for some reason) and my main characters don't have names yet! How is that even possible? It's interesting writing without character names but I'm getting to the point where I should probably figure out what they're called. I might be close with the female character but not so much with the male character. Hopefully I figure it out before I get to 10k words. https://flic.kr/p/2pmbq2X Just two more days of work for me this week! Yes, I'll have more pictures to post next week. Just watch me! ;) Read the full article

Coming back to work after a week off is just no fun at all. The weather has been lovely though. I LOVE the cooler days. I'm able to wear my new coat and they're just right for the "cold" weather we get out this way. (It doesn't really get super cold out this way, which is great.) https://flic.kr/p/2piWNyB I had sole control of the remote for a few days and I didn't really watch anything until Saturday night. I spent my alone time reading (part of a non-fiction book and all of a romance novel that ended in a damn cliffhanger), doing laundry, taking out the garbage. I ordered too much Door Dash and basically lived a sort of hermit life for those few day. It wasn't so bad. The romance novel that ended in a cliffhanger pissed me off and I'm still figuring out if I care enough about the characters to pay for the next novel. (The first novel was free.) TV - MOVIES https://flic.kr/p/2pjjduR Thomas Beaudoin in Love's Last Resort Love's Last Resort (Prime Video) - After the disappointment of a romance novel with a cliffhanger, I decided on watching something that had one of my fellas in it. I thought about watching The Spirit of Christmas since Thomas Beaudoin is in it but happened upon another movie he did, Love's Last Resort. It was a super cutesy romance movie that reminded me of the romance novels I love to read-- silly and sweet, adorable with a bit of drama and a bit of humor. I really enjoyed it and Thomas is perfect book boyfriend material. It was a delight watching this one, especially after enduring his other show. https://flic.kr/p/2pji6eL Charles Mesure on General Hospital General Hospital - It has been AGES since I've watched any soap opera but when I saw that Charles Mesure made an appearance on GH, well, I just had to check it out. Looks like he's a mysterious figure and probably a new villain. I don't know that it'll make me watch the show but it doesn't hurt to check out his scenes and do some screenshots of the silver fox version of Charles. As one does. WRITING Apparently I miss writing everyday so much that I've started another story. I think this happens more of often than not. I need time away from my November novel (but I still look at it everyday) so I started a different story today (Sunday). It's just a scene for now. It might not go anywhere but it's keeping me out of trouble. Maybe. https://flic.kr/p/2piy3SD the tree on my desk I don't normally decorate my workspace for the holidays but now that I have a super sweet workspace, I decided to contribute to the office decorations with a little tree with little ornaments. I went total nerd girl with the Marvel ornaments. Off season, I'll keep the tree out without the ornaments because how easy is that? So easy! https://flic.kr/p/2pikkgL - I love my lunchtime walks, especially when I see the squirrels. I had one eye me this week, like I was going to feed them or something. They stopped and looked at me, even skittered a little closer. It was fascinating. I didn't have anything but I did take a few shots. I don't know why squirrels in general don't freak me out. - I finished our book club book, The Giver of Stars (Jojo Moyes). I was glad to read something outside of my usual fare but this novel was not to my taste. The end seemed rushed but at least it felt like a HEA. - I started reading Omid Scobie's Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival. It's been interesting so far. I'm fascinated by all the royalty stuff and the British monarchy is such fodder. I'd probably be labeled Team Sussex, in case you're wondering. - I'm still listening to Patrick Stewart's Making It So: A Memoir. I'm enjoying it, especially since he's the one reading it! I'm going to have to pause my listening of it for our next book club reading, which will be an audiobook for me this time. https://flic.kr/p/2pj7NPH Weekends never seem to last long enough, do they? And here we are in December. Have a good week, my lovelies! Read the full article

The title of this blog is more wishful thinking than anything. Sure, we didn't have any triple digits days this past week but mostly 90s with a couple of higher 80s days can't really count as "cooling down," eh? https://flic.kr/p/2p2SK9K Nibbler didn't care that I was watching them snack... TV Nova Vita - I finally finished this 10-episode show. It ended on a cliffhanger that was only mildly interesting and I was rather relieved when it ended. It was worth it to watch Thomas Beaudoin and I've certainly watched worse for my fellas. He was the best part of the show and perhaps the most believable. I might have a better appreciation for the fake wife as I do a skimming sort of re-watch, mostly to do screenshots of Thomas. I don't think I'll ever care about the mourning wife. I don't think I can recommend this show to anyone but I wouldn't mind hearing what others might have to say about it, especially if they don't have a reason to watch like I did... https://flic.kr/p/2p2NZfn Thomas Beaudoin as Dave Harper in Nova Vita Ahsoka - Another well done episode this past week. I recognize the actor playing Young Ahsoka as the one who played Young Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War! See, I pay attention. Even though I am enjoying this show very much, I think my understanding of the show has depended too much on watching the re-cap shows after the episodes. I don't have the same emotional investment as the fans of Rebels or Clone Wars and the show hasn't really done enough to bring me in. It's a delicate balance but if I feel like this, what more for the even more casual fans? https://flic.kr/p/2p32etr at the library with my Z Flip5, taken by my iPhone 14 Pro Max Apple announced the iPhone 15 lineup. Of course, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is THE iPhone to get if you want the best camera of the bunch. No, I'm not getting the iPhone 15 Pro Max (though if I were in the market, the 256 GB version would be my choice) but I'll get to touch one in a week since R is upgrading his phone. I'll feel some tech envy and then I'll have to remind myself that I'm cosplaying a tech reviewer type by being a Captain 2 Phones. Spoiled, I know. https://flic.kr/p/2p3gNTV supporting my All Blacks The Rugby World Cup is in its second weekend. The All Blacks lost their first match but they won against Namibia on Friday, 71-3. Bonus points! I'm pretty determined to wear an All Blacks jersey on the days they play. So far it looks like they're playing on Fridays during round play, so good for me as I can get away with wearing sports wear on casual Fridays at work. Plus the superintendent is a rugby fan, so he might not mind so much. GO ALL BLACKS!!! https://flic.kr/p/2p3yqzE I got a new desk printer/scanner combo to replace my former printer and scanner this week. Maybe I'm a nerd (no, no maybe, I am) but I was excited to get the new piece of equipment even though my printer had been with me for eight years or so. It was so dependable but my scanner was less dependable. My new printer/scanner seems like a great printer (and mini copier) but the scanner scans ever so slightly crooked. How can I fix that?! I don't know but it's going to annoy me, especially if I have to edit the scans for some reason. But I can't complain too much. It's a great update that feels like a good turn of happenstance. https://flic.kr/p/2p2UsTj the dependable former printer Whilst scrolling through a friend's FB, I happened upon a post that made me stop. The sentiment expressed utterly disappointed me but it also infuriated me. I was glad to see that no one had liked that particular post nor commented on it. Perhaps we're all too civilized to counter the post's words. Go us? As a daughter of union workers and a union worker myself, I wholeheartedly support of unions. Unions are an important element of the working force, bringing us fair wages and benefits. Anyone who says they're pro-union but says they hate unions in their profession in the next breath doesn't understand what a union is or perhaps thinks they above people who work in unions. It's likely a combination of both but in this case I think it's the latter. I'm not going to say that all unions are good because I worked in one that I suppose did its job but allowed the department to reclassify us, which meant more money for the workers but also more money to the unions and works that the department could shuffle more easily than before. If you can work in a job that doesn't need union protections, good for you. Truly. Please don't act like you're better than someone who does work that depends on union benefits because you can somehow get inconvenienced, likely during negotiations. If it's part of your job to deal with such things, suck it up and get it done. But don't act like you support unions when in reality, you do not. You can't purport to support unions if you're going to say you hate it in your profession. Maybe you're in the wrong line of work if something you'd normally support turns into something you hate because of your profession. As I consider this more, I think I must say that not only did that friend's post infuriate me, it offended me. But you know what, they won't care or they'll try to say something like, "I didn't mean it that way." Well, I took it that way and nothing can really change my opinion about it. I'm tired of making excuses for other people, for giving them the benefit of the doubt. I've done this for too long and maybe it's time for other people to do it... https://flic.kr/p/2p2MHZ8 SOCIAL MEDIA Threads (@kiari) - I think I'm still enjoying this one the most, of the new places. I know it's still in early days and I should be happy we have web access now but I wish that hashtags worked there. I saw a post arguing that hashtags aren't needed but I feel like that random poster doesn't understand hashtags at all... Bluesky (@kiari.com) - I've been getting invites codes every week, which means I can share them with my friends. I also like Bluesky but it needs more people posting random stuff. I want my friends to post more there! Spoutible (@valerie) - This one is probably evolving the best and the conversations there are thoughtful and fun in turns. Some people are still so serious and this is the place that likes to act like they're better than the other places (and yes, in many ways they are) but too many people also seem to judge the other places and the people who post there... I try to post everyday (well, every weekday) to all three places and I do still post my Wordles to the place formerly known as Twitter. I'm not going to deactivate or delete my twitter account because I don't want someone to take my handle and use it for nefarious purposes. After all, it's a longstanding account. If Twitter burns, my handle will go with it. Until then, I'll post those Wordles and not much else... https://flic.kr/p/2p3fQjd The afternoon NFL games are on and I'm ready to publish this post. Go me! A good week to you all! https://flic.kr/p/2p2NTUx Read the full article

Isn't it terrible that I, an A's fan, will probably only go to one baseball game this season and it was to San Francisco for the Giants? Maybe it's not so terrible because Oracle Park is a beautiful ballpark and baseball is baseball. https://flic.kr/p/2p2bHMf view from our seats on Sunday The husband entered a raffle and won a San Francisco Giants bundle that included four tickets to a game. So off to Sunday's game we went! We took BART then walked to a place for lunch before making our way to the ballpark. We had a Guinness before heading to our seats. We had great seats! The weather was lovely and cool. I actually cheered for the home team this time, which probably hasn't happened since I was a teenager. The Giants ended up winning the game but we didn't stay for the end. Still, good times! https://flic.kr/p/2p2eWyu TV Nova Vita - Honestly, this show is only watchable because of Thomas Beaudoin. Too many people on this show annoy me (most especially the mourning wife, the fake wife, the fake best friend, the former best friend) and the plot, which could be more interesting, is so poorly executed and not all that compelling. Thomas plays the "after" guy Dave and the "before" guy Mark is shorter and looks nothing like Thomas. (Which is the point, I know, but really?) The fake wife looks like the result of plastic surgery. The mourning wife is a bit too plain considering she lives in a house of utter luxury. These are superficial musings, I know, but considering most of the characters are supposed to be monied, shouldn't it show a little? Thank goodness Thomas embodies his character so well. I can believe his character's struggle even if he does weird and questionable things. But I can't recommend this show to anyone unless they want to prove me wrong about its quality. Or lack thereof... Ahsoka - Finally, this show has hooked me. But I still have to watch the recap shows to catch the things that I don't know. I'm into it though and can't wait to watch the next episode... https://flic.kr/p/2p1V51k The weather needs to cool down but at least the nights aren't terribly hot now. The mornings are darker and I can tell the sun is in a different place when I walk to the library. Ahh, changing days... Read the full article