Author Archives: fabunobo

Book Club

Sometimes I start a book and think, what the hell? This isn’t the book I thought it would be. But then I keep reading. And I slip into the book world and have a delightful, unexpected experience.

Heat Hog

Because I’m a paranoid whackjob, I bought this small propane space heater for emergencies. If the power goes out I’d have no heat. I hope to never need it, but I’ll keep it with my gear just in case.

Classy

I’m party to yet another class action lawsuit. It’s the only way to make any money in this economy.

Burglar

Mr. K broke into my house and left me some cookies from BigM when I had my long day at the Brown Bakery yesterday. Ain’t he cute?

Marilyn

Are you gonna be able to handle my Marilyn Monroe episode?

Switcheroo

I switched my investment sweeps back to pre-tax versus post-tax Roth accounts. It didn’t feel smart to have $600 a month evaporate from my take-home pay and into the IRS’s coffers when I’m trying to be in saving mode. I’ll pay the taxes later when I’m old and tired. Or move the Aruba. Whichever.

Pycho Killer

I’d kill for a cookie right now. I’m cold, tired, and grumpy.

Sickness

Last night, I went to visit Mother and run some errands. On my way back home I picked up a cheeseburger from Wendy’s for din-din. Mistake! I was up all night sick. I usually love me some Wendy’s but apparently got a bad batch of something icky. I’m on the mend this morning and at work. I’m likely simply dehydrated at this point. I’m turred, y’all!

Workaholic

I worked like a dog today! I got so much done. Plus! I finally swung by the thrift store to unload the mountain of junk in my car. It was three big garbage bags full of clothes, about a hundred puzzles, and some small furniture items. I am spring cleaning. I’m working on a new art project and am loving the feel of this art.

Score

My credit score went up by four points. I’m not sure why. Nothing has changed that I’m aware of? The only way to improve my credit score is to increase the debt utilization ratio (from zero). No thanks!

Super

I was just thinking about angry old white people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and started cackling like a lunatic! Lort! Ha! Can’t stop!

Pepperoni

Me and pepperoni don’t get along. Down below. Elderly. Extreme Empath.

Complaint Department

I was the first to complain – and complained incessantly – about iPhone’s design flaw of saving a screen grab every time you picked it up or adjusted the volume. But the latest update that requires you to tap through fifteen times and make adjustments to save an intentional screen grab is not the fix we needed. What a crock!

Whacked

I had the whacky idea to toss a cinnamon and vanilla herbal tea bag into my percolator with my coffee. And bam! It’s a flavor sensation! Why didn’t think of this sooner?

Slumber

Mr. K is having a slumber party with his kids and their dogs tonight at his place, so I’m on my own today. I’ve been puttering around and working on creative projects. I thought about visiting Mother but it’s too cold and blustery to venture out. She agrees. She also said her driveway is jacked with snow.

One of my big projects today was a very long overdue google contacts cleanup that I’ve had on the back burner. I use google contacts to store not only human contacts but also all my login and password credentials for banks, work systems, government services, health care, etc. I have around 300 contacts at any given time. I like storing them here because I can easily access at any time from my phone. And no, you cannot hack my life by accessing my contacts. I keep the password info in a special code that only I know. It would be meaningless to a hacker. Once per year, I print out the entire list to paper and archive to my fire safe in case google or my phone go belly-up, and I need to access something. That document has become a tome. A lot of cleanup was needed. I went through today and deleted contacts related to many jobs ago or to systems I no longer use. Why the heck did I have a surveymonkey account anyway? Who knows? I deleted about fifty entries today. I’m feeling lighter. I also reorganized “like” entries into single entries with multiple layers. For example, I have something like eight google profiles online for various reasons. Rather than having eight entries for those, I created one entry called Google Profiles and listed them all there in the notes.

Joan D’Arc

My Joan of Arc video is ready at the below link! With this one, I didn’t do any scene animations, as I was more focused on experimenting with the art prompts. I did it more of a slideshow style with fades and zooms. I’m enjoying the Google Clips tool. I hope you like it!

Arc

My Joan of Arc video is coming out great. So much fun. I’m bubbling with creativity.