Cooking The Common Con While I have tested negative twice, I am quite sure that I have been Covid positive over the last week and a half, but other than being annoying during work meetings as I have a dry cough, it hasn't slowed me down much at all. I have to keep muting myself and spluttering silently into the camera, as I can't to turn the camera off in time too. It is funny though, as the recommendations have been changing over the last few weeks and now, even if getting…
Shut It Down I am guessing I am not the only one looking at some of these bright green upward slopes with a sense of relief - even though they might be short lived. While lows are the best time to buy, if already holding a fair bit, the lows can feel pretty low, even when they really aren't that low at all, compared to a year ago. It doesn't take long to get used to the highs when they are more than just a spike. I did buy something the other day though, more SPS. I needed…
A Drop or Heading to the Ocean? Watcha doing BTC? Just a little blip on the way to 100K or are you looking for another trip to 30? No one knows. I am not a huge Bitcoin holder, but I have enough to "keep it interesting", but more importantly, I have enough "other stuff" to care, because like it or not , there is a strong correlation between Bitcoin and everything else. In time it will change perhaps, but that is where we are now. What might change it? Well, even now in the…
Chasing Aurora This isn't something you see every day, so I figure it is worth a quick post - considering it has taken me a few hours to get to this point - and typing might help my fingers thaw. Unfortunately, my settings weren't great for these, but as it was quite cold, I was gloveless to operate the camera, I had filled my shoes with snow and it was after midnight, the subject matter will have to make up. This is not the first time I have chased the Northern Lights, but…
Snowman Parent My daughter and I made a Snowman. After eighteen winters in Finland, this was my first. It was fun and was super excited to be doing it with me and afterward, she even said, "thank you daddy for building the snowman with me" in a very formal way, to make sure that I knew she really appreciated it. Normally, it is more of a "Thanks Daddy!" kind of thing, more out of knowing she should, rather than being deeply thankful. Kids. No respect these days. Actually in…
Society's Monsters Last night I made a push to get into Champion League 2 for the first time and got within 95 points of making it there, until I pushed too hard. Now today, I am struggling to get a win at all and have dropped all the way back 378 points away again... That is pretty frustrating. But, that's the game! I know several people who don't like to play anymore because it is "too stressful", but for me this is a good way to work on something at the same time as…
Truck Stops and Turning Tables Over the last week there have been some interesting events taking place that are probably worth mentioning again. Firstly, the Ottawa protests in Canada showing that a few voices don't make a difference, but thousands of voices do - especially when they are voices of truckdrivers with big rigs they have chosen not to move. But, the other thing this has highlighted and given attention to, is how useless the voices of the people are valued by…
Onto the Cold Ice After watching nearly all of the Summer Games, I have barely seen any of the Winter Olympics, as I have been too busy to tune in and the coverage is limited for free-to-air. However, today while working, I have the figure skating on the laptop screen while I work on two monitors. These girls fall incredibly hard at times and then skate away into a pirouette with a smile on their face like it ain't no thang. If I fell that hard, I would slide into the…
A lot with a little Every time I see my daughter painting, it reminds me of being a kid and watching my dad with a brush in hand and a stretched canvas leant against the wall. I don't know why, but he never really seemed to use any of his easels, nor did he use a proper palette, and instead would use old ice cream container lids. He was a "cheap" painter, despite being incredibly talented. It is interesting when it comes to equipment in this regard, as for example, I know…
Spring Dragons It is treatment day, so I am at the hospital with a drip in my hand, which is making it difficult to type, as the tubing is taped into a bad position for the keyboard. Just in this sentence I have probably used the delete key 15 times... this post is going to take a while, but as you can see, "Spring is here" - well, according to the wallpaper. With all that is on my work plate at the moment, I should probably be knocking out some tasks for that, but I don't…
Flying cruelty-free While reading Mary Poppins to my daughter, she asked, "Why is she so serious?" What do you mean? "She never laughs and she is always a bit mean" There are different kinds of people, some are happy, some angry, some sad, some mean, some friendly. And of course, we can all be some of these things sometimes. "Like when I whine for no reason." Yes. But also when you laugh and play tricks. Or get angry because you are tired or hungry. We can feel all kinds of…
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