Monthly Archives: July 2015

Being of Compendium of the Miscellany and Mundane

Posted on July 31, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Here’s a few updates that aren’t worthy of posts but I consider worth compiling. Your mileage will no doubt vary. Exercise: I’ve begun a program of walking every morning after feeding the cats but before my breakfast. I decided that … Continue reading →

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It Gets Just a Might Windy Up Here

Posted on July 29, 2015 by jeroljohnson

This is the causeway on US Hwy 83 that slices Lake Sakakawea and Lake Audubon, about halfway between Minot and Bismarck. We have driven across this countless times. The water on either side is usually about eight to ten feet … Continue reading →

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On the Day of My Beloved’s Birth

Posted on July 28, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Today is my wife’s birthday. She’s the one holding the cake in the photo above. Her sister is to the far right, plotting which presents she will appropriate. Big sis is coming in a couple weeks to spend a week … Continue reading →

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Turnabout is Fair Play

Posted on July 22, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Just because I’ve picked on Apple several times in this blog does not mean its counterpart is every going to get away unscathed. I own a laptop that has Windows 8 and there is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or … Continue reading →

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Minus One of Nine

Posted on July 21, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Yesterday I left the garage door open for an hour or two. As I was backing the Family Truckster out of its stall I noticed a couple of paw prints on the windshield. That’s nothing new in this cat-infested house … Continue reading →

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Hey, You, Get Off of My Cloud

Posted on July 20, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Oh Steve, why art thy minions such a collection of fools? I just disabled the new and highly-hyped iCloud Music Library on my iPhone and iPad. It seems that this bundle of cumulonimbus chicanery completely hoses up the existing library on … Continue reading →

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Caturday – Luna Lovegood Claims Her Pillow

Posted on July 18, 2015 by jeroljohnson

This is my pillow. There has never been such a pillow. My pillow, let me show you it.

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To 1010101 or To Not 1010101

Posted on July 16, 2015 by jeroljohnson

There was a recent thread on Metafilter about owning physical books vs just having digital copies on a device. It appears that the new “I Don’t Own a TV” is “my entire library is digital”. As a dedicated bibliophile I … Continue reading →

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Not So Big – Not So Tiny – Kinda Just Alright House

Posted on July 13, 2015 by jeroljohnson

Have you heard about the Tiny House craze? It’s a real thing and in some ways, it makes sense as a move away from the suburban McMansions. Then again, maybe not (https://medium.com/@Hipstercrite/dear-people-who-live-in-fancy-tiny-houses-21fdc639ce55). Being I was brought up as a Lutheran, … Continue reading →

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And So We Move On

Posted on July 10, 2015 by jeroljohnson

My mother-in-law passed away on the morning of the eighth. Yesterday we drove to Bismarck and emptied out her space in the nursing home. She had a lot of clothes crammed into there, a TV, a Gary Miller print, and … Continue reading →

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