An all-LED household

Posted on October 26, 2019 | Comments Off on An all-LED household

Since my brother-in-law told me the new retirement home he and my sister had built in Virginia has all-LED lights and “you probably couldn’t get incandescent in new construction even if you asked for it,” I’m moving to all LED at the mini-rancho.

Then I discovered I need specially-rated bulbs for enclosed fixtures such as globes on ceiling fans. Found I could order them from Amazon, however. So we’re becoming an all-LED household. Hope they last as long as advertised, considering they cost almost nine dollars apiece.

UPDATE: Two years later, finally changed out the fluorescents in the kitchen for LEDs. Very bright light, very white. Pricey but done.

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Another scorpion

Posted on October 25, 2019 | 2 comments

Spotted him, a red one, in the hall, moving slowly if at all. Smashed him with my shoe and deposited the remains over the porch rail into the wet pre-dawn darkness.

Rabbi Google says the cold weather makes them sluggish. Time for a re-treat from Bugmaster or another pest company. More spray, that’s the ticket. The best one available.

UPDATE:  It’s been almost three two weeks since Bugmaster sprayed for scorpions, doing the light fixtures for any coming in from the crawl space. I’m going with ABC Pest Control for a change, if for no other reason, since Bugmaster didn’t rid us of them.

MORE: Nah. Sticking with Bugmaster because they’re re-treating for free and keeping at it.

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APQ joins symphony

Posted on October 24, 2019 | Comments Off on APQ joins symphony

Our old friends the Austin Piazzolla Quintet has a big gig coming up if you live in Wilmington, North Carolina. On Nov 16, they’ll be performing with the Wilmington Symphony orchestra.

For ticket information, if you live in or near there, or can journey there in time, go here. (Lucky you.) We, alas, do not/cannot, so we’ll have to hope there’s a YouTube version or await the CD.

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Rule 5: Nude back

Posted on October 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Rule 5: Nude back

They call this big girl fashion accessory “nude back.”

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I’d rather not see Rather

Posted on October 23, 2019 | Comments Off on I’d rather not see Rather

The liberal Dimocrats of the UT Journalism department still puff their famous (now infamous) graduate Dan “Mr. Suspenders” Rather, bringing him on at awards and fund-raising events. He outlasted Walter Cronkite in the CBS anchor job, after all, even if he was lacking the integrity of Edward R. Murrow.

“CBS News earned what now looks like a permanent stain on its reputation, after Dan Rather was forced out for pushing ‘fake but accurate’ smears against President George W. Bush in 2004. When a news division screws up as badly as they did, and then had their star anchor forced out by a bunch of ‘bloggers in their pajamas,’ you’d think they’d try to fix the situation by doubling down on integrity.”

Nope. They lost that long ago with Mr. Suspenders. Old fake-but-accurate his ownself. Instead, they’ve doubled down on vicious bias with the lastest of his successors, the floundering Norah O’Donnell. Fourth in a field of three.

Via PJMedia

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The fourth anniversary

Posted on October 22, 2019 | Comments Off on The fourth anniversary

Of Mrs Charm’s passing. She’s been with us in spirit ever since. The dream visitations stopped about the time in 2018 that she gave me and Bar her blessing, but she’s still sending me birds. Wren buddies, mostly.

I’ll trek out to the cemetery this morning with a rose yellow roses for remembrance.

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Doral was for free

Posted on October 21, 2019 | Comments Off on Doral was for free

““’Oh, you’ll be getting promotion,’—I get more promotion than any human being that’s ever lived, some good, some bad, the people who like me give me only the good, the people who don’t like me give me only bad—I don’t need promotion,” [Trump] continued.

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