Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Getting Used To...

 the new laptop.  Let's put it this way: I'm not in Kansas anymore. (Nor is my name Dorothy, but I already knew that.) BUT -- the Brick says I know more than I think I do, computerwise. We'll see.

I haven't had access to my appraisal reports area -- or photos -- for nearly three weeks. Now I'm way behind, but at least there's an opportunity to catch up.


The San Luis Valley, on a very cold morning in December.
Photo by Erik Schneider
(who says he got up early, barefoot and in pajamas, to take it.)


Meanwhile:

   Cheapskate moms in action:


'Luxury' items and services that really aren't worth it -- mentioned by the employees who sell them.

ONE HUNDRED abducted schoolgirls from Nigeria are supposed to be released...but if you read the article carefully, you suddenly realize there are nearly 200 more students and their teachers still captive. Christians are really being targeted in Nigeria right now.

A Pearl Harbor attack survivor remembers. Another article said there are 10 survivors left, each past 100 years old...but none could attend the ceremony this year in Honolulu. Did you realize it's been 84 years??

The New York Times finally acknowledges that there was (and is) a border crisis. Big of them.

REBUILDING  -- a new movie about losses and beginning again, filmed in the San Luis Valley!



The very strange (but totally normal) reason why some of Chernobyl's dogs are blue Sometimes scientists are a bit TOO serious...

The Faberge Winter Egg -- 

The Winter Egg is one such example. A 1913 Easter gift from Nicholas II to his mother, Maria Feodorovna, it’s a chilly, serene scene formed of rock crystal, platinum, and rose-cut diamonds. For the third time in the past 30 years, the Winter Egg was auctioned...

It just sold for 30.2 million. Dollars. 


Why a decade can change everything.  From my buddies at Millenial Revolution. 

Houston's International Quilt Market has been cancelled. So has Spring Market, I found out later -- but the festivals will keep on. 


Have a great week. Stay warm.  (It's freezing out here.)




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Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Getting Used To...

 the new laptop.  Let's put it this way: I'm not in Kansas anymore. (Nor is my name Dorothy, but I already knew that.) BUT -- the Br...