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  • Grad ceremony and cameras (and little girls)

    May 29, 2016 By

    Omg, so much to share, don't know where to start. (Maybe, we'll only share one story right now) FYI: If you bring your 4 year old granddaughter to a one-time event, such as someone's college graduation ceremony, don't let them play with the camera before taking the pics. Camera "setting" icon was supposed to be on "green/auto". Ended up set on an icon of a "track/field runner". Which, if you're not a Canon camera owner, means "Sports mode". What does "Sports mode" mean, you ask? It tells the camera, for every click of the shutter, the photographer wants the camera to shoot a "burst" of pictures. For example, you want to take pictures of someone pole vaulting, or a relay runner doing the hand-off, or a quarterback throwing a pass, etc. Just how many is a "burst"? Anywhere from 5 to 10 … [More...]

    Modrl Railroading – structure building summary for 2023

    January 31, 2024 By

    Since late last summer I’ve been beating myself up with regard to my model railroading ‘structure building’ hobby. It all had to do with me finally getting motivated last yr around this time (Feb/2023), getting back to my hobby table building my “kits” (I hadn’t done anything project-wise during all of 2021 nor 2022). So, it was a big deal to getting back and start making things again. Then, something (I believe) occured in my personal life in/around July and I just stopped building; some minor depression occurred. First, weeks went by, then months went by, and I could see I was in a rut, or a tiny bit depressed, or tv (and/or FB) was occupying a significant amount of my time. By the way, the TV watching area is two feet away from my project/hobby table area. They both are in the … [More...]

    Toastmasters Speech #3 – Inspire the audience!

    February 5, 2014 By

    I’ve been a late bloomer in some areas of my life: ok, a late bloomer in most areas of my life. But, a really late bloomer when it comes to my home life. I figure this was partly due to not having a father figure after high school, as well as not becoming a home owner until my mid 30’s. I never thought I had the skills to do homeowner type projects like the usual improvements of painting, woodworking, wallpapering, or even deck building. It wasn’t until I was in my early 40’s that I began to develop these skills that some people have by that age. I’m here to tell you today that it’s never too late to develop these skills. I am living proof that you can learn how to do these types of things late in life – even if you’re in your 40’s, 50’s and, yes, even you, (John)! I want to share … [More...]

    Working with a colleague, trying to determine why “Read-only” checkbox is checked on MS-Windows file.

    July 4, 2024 By

    Just another short blurb tonight (lol). Just another fantastic day at work today; a colleague had issues with a program he had developed, and QA (quality assurance) was testing; he was informed by QA either late last week or this past Monday that ‘something was wrong’, and I’ve been helping him try to determine the root cause. The irony here is he’s a seasoned cobol programmer (and I’m not), and the program was written in cobol. We would work together for at least a couple of hours each day; I guess this problably started late last week since it seemed we worked on it longer than just the past three days this week. Anyway, “Hector” was getting extremely frustrating and was sending me chat msgs about how frustrated he was getting and how aggravating this debugging was, and he was … [More...]

    Working with a colleague, trying to determine why “Read-only” checkbox is checked on MS-Windows file.

    July 4, 2024 By

    Just another short blurb tonight (lol). Just another fantastic day at work today; a colleague had issues with a program he had developed, and QA (quality assurance) was testing; he was informed by QA either late last week or this past Monday that ‘something was wrong’, and I’ve been helping him try to determine the root cause. The irony here is he’s a seasoned cobol programmer (and I’m not), and the program was written in cobol. We would work together for at least a couple of hours each day; I guess this problably started late last week since it seemed we worked on it longer than just the past three days this week. Anyway, “Hector” was getting extremely frustrating and was sending me chat msgs about how frustrated he was getting and how aggravating this debugging was, and he was … [More...]

    Being down – and how I (temporarily) fixed it.

    March 13, 2022 By

    Several weeks now, I’ve been kinda down. Lots of reasons. But, once I knew BFF Rick was going to come over (originally yesterday but we moved it today), I got my stupid, sorry, depressed ass off the couch, out of bed, out of the funk, out of the mope, whatever, and started cleaning and tidying; I’m the type who doesn’t make the bed each day; and I sometimes ‘laugh’ (or, roll my eyes) when I see someone’s response to one of those FB questions about making your bed. I made my bed today - it LOOKS fantastic. I tidied my kitchen counter/island, removing/discarding the papers, gizmos, projects, screws, nuts, nails, bolts, and various junk - it looks FANTASTIC. I had several ‘projects’ going on, on the LR floor (organizing my CDs after the move) for past several weeks, cluttering the LR; … [More...]

    Model railroading kit building and ‘stash’ backlog

    October 13, 2018 By

    Post number two this morning due to insomnia/tinnitus. ==== Here’s a crafter’s dilemma, as a crafter gets older, toward retirement age. I’m going to make this a bit easier to understand by reducing the actual quantities. Let’s say, you have enough crafting “projects” (yarn, quilting material/projects, wood in workshop, or whatever) to last you for the next three to four years (or longer), at the consistent rate you’re making things now - let’s say completing one project a month. But, during these next few years, you are also adding (buying) new materials for new projects, every few months. You’re making consistent progress with your current projects, but you’re still adding onto your project supply. Because, the manufacturers still are coming out with new materials, different … [More...]

    Documentation and procrastination at work

    July 10, 2024 By

    Close to exactly two months ago (May 13th), I asked “Luetta” at work for copies of three specific MS-Word documents that I needed to update for a project I’ve been working on for last few months. One is called a user’s guide - and it’s a couple of hundred pages, a shorter one is called the programmer’s guide - a much smaller doc [Sorry, I didn’t write down the exact page counts]. The third one (“Tech Info Guide”) is much larger than the first one, maybe a few hundred pages. I printed them out here at home when I first received them. Marking them up for the pages that needed changing, using post-it notes, and some chicken-scratch handwriting that even myself can’t read. The hard-copy of all three docs have been on my work desk next to my work monitor for close to two months now. Every … [More...]

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