Previously on “The art of the perfect featured image”
https://www.glibertarians.com/2022/08/the-art-of-the-perfect-featured-image/
But I don’t want to crop my original image
Then you don’t have to but it means the result may render smaller than you want. The WordPress featured image size of 400 pixels wide and 250 pixels tall isn’t a lot of space to work with. It also means There Will Be Math.
The original for this article’s featured image is this:
It’s 400 pixels tall and 400 pixels wide. If set as a featured image WordPress will render it like this:
The solution is to add white borders on the left and right sides to pad out the image to the WordPress featured image aspect ratio of 1.6.
You may want to avert your gaze
The original image’s height of 400 pixels will remain the same so you have to calculate a new width:
original height (400) * featured image aspect ratio (1.6) = 640 new width
The total added padding is:
new width (640) – original width (400) = 240 total added padding
But the padding goes on both the left and right sides so each side gets:
total added padding (240) / 2 = 120 padding per side
Invoke the “Add borders” function of your favorite image editor and add 120 pixels of white space on the left and right sides. I put a black border around my result here so you can see the new borders:
Then resize the image to 400 pixels tall and 250 pixels wide. This is this article’s featured image. Again I added a black border for this example:
The original has been shrunk to fit inside the 400 by 250 box.
As above so below
If your original image is wider than the WordPress featured image then the calculation is a little different. Here is an image with the 2.35 “CinemaScope” aspect ratio common in movies:
It’s 255 pixels tall and 600 pixels wide.
If set as a featured image WordPress would render it like this:
This time the solution is to add white borders on the top and bottom.
It’s just a little math. It’ll go away soon.
The original image’s width of 600 pixels will remain the same so you have to calculate a new height:
Original width (600) / featured image aspect ratio (1.6) = 375 new height
The total added padding is:
new height (375) – original height (255) = 120 total added padding
But the padding goes on both top and bottom so each side gets:
total added padding (120) / 2 = 60 padding per side
Invoke the “Add borders” function of your favorite image editor and add 60 pixels of white space on the top and bottom. I put a black border around my result here so you can see the new borders:
Then resize the image to 400 pixels tall and 250 pixels wide. Again I added a black border for this example:
The original has been shrunk to fit inside the 400 by 250 box.
Mea culpa
In the previous article’s postscript I said that it wasn’t necessary to resize an image after it had been cropped to the Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. This is flawed and imperfect and I should be corrected by sterilization.[1] The resulting image should be resized to 444 pixels wide and 250 pixels tall. WordPress will then chop off 22 pixels from each side to render the middle 400 pixels.
Footnotes
[1] I can’t believe that no-one picked this up from the previous article. Your nerd cards have all been revoked.
“I can’t believe that no-one picked this up from the previous article. Your nerd cards have all been revoked.”
People don’t read articles, you silly goose.
There are articles?
That’s why I included so many pictures.
Last time’s picture was more attention grabbing.
Imagine my relief that this article’s featured image rendered the way I said it would. With WordPress you can never be certain.
Linking within WordPress: you must edit your hyperlink, click on the gear icon on the hyperlink, and manually set it to open another window. All other links automatically open a new tab.
It’s just a little math. It’ll go away soon.
Just the tip.
I’ve forgotten way more math than appears in this article.
The more you study the more you learn. The more you learn the more you know. The more you know the more you forget. So why study?
Right? Imagine all the useful stuff I could have studied and put into practice instead of all the hours I wasted on calculus in HS.
JK, sort of. I was destined for math/science in college but I chose a completely different direction instead. Sometimes I regret that.
The Sophomoric Philosophy actually continues Rat’s opening stanza:
The less you study the less you know.
The less you know the less you forget.
The less you forget the more you know.
So why study?
“I promise I won’t go all algebraic on you!”
Gosh darn it all to heck. That was supposed to be a reply. Damn you WordPress!
OT, but thank you everyone for the condolences for the ancient CaT. She would have fit in here.
Organizing libertarians is like herding cats?
Cats are easier.
They’ll sleep with anybody?
What’s this No Gimp Suit shit?
Haters, all of them are HATERS
They won’t let me into that bar for some reason.
Hey Scruff,
Were you the one who had been discussing the delayed vaccination schedule for children? Did you have have some links to studies about the delay versus all-at-once, and any discussion of the knowledge of individual vaccine safety versus the effects of combining them in one big batch?
Yes. That’s a huge topic with a lot of info.
I’ll have to compile some of my resources in order to answer it properly. Ping me again tomorrow as a reminder.
Generally speaking though, if the disease isn’t a killer, don’t vaccinate for it, ie get your tetanus shot.
Thanks, I’ll bring it up again tomorrow.
Did I miss something, db?
If so, congratulations on your excellent swimmers!
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/a-fat-country-weighs-its-nutrition-disclosures/
“Front labels will save you porkers. ”
Reminds me of black people and voter id. Condescending bullshit.
OFFS. Just turn the bottles or boxes around on the shelf.
Given that we’ve had two generations of progressive education, how many people are capable of interpreting the existing nutritional labeling?
I was told there would be no math.
Here we go again. First they came for my cigarettes so I quit smoking. Then they told us pregnant women should not drink alcohol. I was afraid that my wife might get second hand alcohol syndrome so I quit drinking. I always wore my seat belts and the tickets were for the scofflaws. I religiously read the backs of the food boxes for the nutritional info and kept gaining weight so I quit doing that. My friends, Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima disappeared.
After studying hard in school I’m told there will be no math. If I add to many apostrophes TedS’ is on my ass
WTF is going on?
I heard that Ben and Jemima eloped, bought an island in the Bahamas, and retired to a life of luxury. Who can blame them?
I heard they were killed by the Land O’Lakes Indian.
Today in “I can’t believe I didn’t know this”… for shits and giggles, I duckduckgoed “how to reheat pizza”, followed the directions (loosely), and to my surprise the results were better than when the whole thing came out of the oven a few days ago.
I just cook basic-bitch pizza with pop’n’fresh dough, a nice olive-oil based sauce, pepperoni, mozz (plus some romano this time)… my God, it was amazing.
I feel like tossing my microwave out the kitchen window now.
Do it, “I don’t even own a microwave” is the new “I don’t even own a TV”. Even smugger (More smug?, smuglier?) IMHO.
Nah. It still has other uses.
But I have been thinking for a couple years of replacing it with one of those air fryer combo thingies. I don’t have a lot of space and if I get one, something has to go.
We have a toaster oven, and that thing is awesome for two people.
But it don’t reheat coffee.
I have a POS toaster over sitting on top of the microwave. It does not heat evenly. That thing can go out the window along with the microwave.
Other than for popcorn I don’t miss it at all, stove top popcorn is just as good but it’d be nice not to have to wash a pan and lid and serving bowl every time I want popcorn.
Now I want popcorn.
I travel a lot for my job, and often stay in Residence Inn style hotels, where you get a little kitchen and all the rooms are mini suites, so it feels a little more homelike than the standard hotel room. One of the nice little extras such places always had was a complimentary envelope of microwave popcorn, which I would frequently end up popping up later in the evening when relaxing after a long work day. Sadly, that perk disappeared with the pandemic and hasn’t returned. Guess microwave popcorn is a vector for the covid, who knew?
Initial disappearance may have been COVID related, but it’s all cost cutting now.
I too, have warmed to extended stay brands even for a night or two. Most of my travel is by car so I’ve had a hot pot and utensils for a while even for a regular room. Came in handy when things were closed down. Extended stays work even better with real plates, mugs, glasses, and a dishwasher when done. And a full size fridge.
I insist on using my microwave at low power over longer times for reheating because I don’t like how it changes the textures of some foods.
#metoo
It helps a little to not turn everything into mush.
I use the microwave all the time.
Put fresh veggies in a ziplock freezer bag. Pokes some holes with a fork. Dibble in a bit of water. Nuke for 5 minutes. Perfectly steamed veggies.
Yeah, I steam veg in it, “parboil” potatoes, and reheat coffee.
Toaster oven for baking everything else: chicken, fish, bread. I try not to fry too much.
Here’s my contribution to the microwave cookbook:
Crack two eggs into a cereal bowl, add a little milk and stir until thoroughly mixed.
Add a tablespoon of salsa and again stir thoroughly.
Cover with a paper towel and microwave for one minute. Open the microwave, take off the paper towel, and stir, scraping the sides well.
Replace the paper towel, microwave for one more minute. Let it sit for a few moments, then discard the paper towel and stir the entire thing from the bottom up.
Season to taste.
Really great, fluffy salsa scrambled eggs, with no mess and no pans, etc to clean, all you have to clean afterwards are your fork and bowl.
Bachelor living ftw!
*takes notes*
No paper towel.
Heavy whipping cream, not milk.
Shredded cheddar gets added in the middle.
Salsa goes on after the microwave.
I can do you one better:
I have never owned a microwave.
Neanderthal!
You can’t stop the signal! You can’t *own* spectrum, man!
Microwave and bread do not get along. We have a pizza stone, and when we could still get pizza delivered, we always preheated the oven and stone and put the delivery pizza on it to reheat and get the crust back to a crispyish state after the inevitable soggification that happens in the delivery box.
No fresh basil? Piker.
I don’t use enough fresh spices to avoid tossing half of them when they go bad.
Get a plant. Cut as needed. Fresh basil is yummy.
How dare you! Torturing vegitation for your own amusement like that!
Europe is trying to make it worse. The idiots are in charge and they’re going to plunge the entire fucking continent into darkness.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-04/eu-to-debate-radical-energy-intervention-tools-as-crisis-worsens
Global climate change didn’t work. COVID didn’t work. Maybe people freezing to death will work!
They won’t let me into that bar for some reason.
Anti- paratrooper bigotry.
Naw. That bar just doesn’t like how I skin my favorite open source image editor.
European ministers will discuss special measures to rein in soaring energy costs, from natural gas price caps to a suspension of power derivatives trading, as the bloc races to respond to the deepening crisis.
Price controls and rationing.
It’ll work this time!
If by working, you mean freezing the credit markets and causing instantaneous deleveraging and economic collapse, then yes, it will work.
“Price controls and rationing”
Ol’ Fourscore remembers. Though I was a wee lad we minimized the few lights we had, to save money, needed coupons for a lot of stuff. The older kids knew of a mystery item called bubble gum that was rediscovered after the war was over. Everyone had a personal black marketeer, it seemed.
I used to work a cash machine in a rust-belt supermarket and it was dozens of coupons per customer.
Where I live now, I have not seen anyone use a coupon in decades. Do they even exist any more?
cash
machineregisterI still see some in grocery stores and the Wednesday ad supplement in the mail.
OK. For part III of this series I’m taking Chafed’ed advice and getting Q to provide illustrative pictures.
NO CROPPING!
Riding crops are no longer OK?
Sadly an industry put out of business by the hateful automobile. A proper Government would have subsidized it forever.
LOL! That would be challenge for Q: “Shark pics for Richard”
Full crop tops being cropped.
No crop tops?
Holy cow! Someone listened to me!
https://www.chewboom.com/2022/09/06/dunkin-and-harpoon-brewery-introduce-3-new-coffee-inspired-beers-alongside-pumpkin-spiced-latte-ale/
Will MS be brave enough to review? Inquiring minds want to know!
Why am I still here?
I need to go save the Commonwealth. See y’all in the am.
Huh. I read that as “no JUMP Suits”.
Gimps are just not on my radar, if you can believe that.
Everybody should have Gimp Radar
As Nimble as a Forest Creature
smash cut to a drunken grizzly staggering on two feet?
Damn, McShane is such a good actor.
Sadly my latest review was of a movie so obscure (or bad) I could not get an image to test crop. I reused one. I shall use your advice next week. I need to freshen my featured images.
Part III of this series will introduce “autopfi” a program to automatically produce a Perfect Featured Image from an original. Math will be replaced with command line invocation. Which is worse?
What if you don’t have an original?
The AI component that searches the entire WWW for the Perfect Original based on your article’s content is slated for the autopfi Super Gold Pro Plus edition. Be patient.
My movie post.
Seriously I suppose I could have said “forget it! This is so bad, Breitbart used it as an example of egregious leftist propaganda!” Something in me said “I chose this film. I must ride it out.” My inner voices are a mess.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
most over-rated
#14 MichSt
#25 Houston
#17 Pitt
#23 Wake Forest
#21 BYU
#18 NC State
#15 Miami
under-rated: #19 Wisconsin
Do you think you could do weekly updates again this year? I don’t follow college football the way I once did, but those were fun.
I don’t mind at all, but I think it was a total waste of time for half the guys
also the poll looks fairly reasonable this year: look how far down the list I had to go to find my top seven?
for a pretty fair and humorous view, try this guy: https://www.youtube.com/c/FunnyMaine
looks like I will again this year be paying heavily for marrying an UGA sorority girl: dropping $2k to go to Athens to get my ass hammered
looks like I will again this year be paying heavily for marrying an UGA sorority girl: dropping $2k to go to Athens to get my ass hammered
Prince William (allegedly) has the same issue.
once again I proudly have nothing in common with British aristocracy….if I guess what you mean
Also, batting .500 on article interest isn’t bad at all. Even the most enthralling article still wanders off topic, particularly if it’s the evening one.
The heart (and the anus) wants what it wants. Enjoy the pegging!
Honorable Mention over-rated: Iowa, at 30th in the coaches poll, who won 7-3 against an FCS school (albeit one of the best three FCS schools) without scoring a TD. That’s right, they had a FG and two safeties. They got zero votes in the AP poll.
I see my Northwestern Wildcats got zero votes despite taking down Nebraska on national TV while playing in Dublin, Ireland in their opener. I was ready to give up on them for good after last year’s miserable season, which was far too reminiscent of their pathetic teams of the 1980s, all after 25 years of fielding competitive teams and winning several Big Ten and Division titles, and even finishing in the national top ten in 2020 after shellacking Auburn in the Citrus Bowl. But I figured maybe another stretch of mediocrity was coming, as maybe they just couldn’t compete in the new era of paid players and instant transfers.
So of course they’ve suckered me in again after the great performance against the Huskers, damn them. Yet the AP voters didn’t seem to notice. Oh well, they always seem to do best when they’re unranked and underestimated anyway, so perhaps it is for the best. We’ll see how they do in their next game, hopefully they won’t repeat their typical annual collapse against Duke again.
Squeaking past a team that was 3-9 last year won’t exactly vault you up the polls. This ain’t mid-90s Nebraska anymore.
Since Ireland tends to get a mediocre brand of NCAA football to watch once per year, why don’t they put in a twist. Have Syracuse play North Texas, and put the game in Belfast instead of Dublin.
So none of these teams end up in the top 20?
that’s not the worst way to look at it
I am taking this stand: of the top 25 teams, I have listed seven that I believe will end the year ranked lower than they are now. The smart people who voted them to their positions will be even smarter later, so I’m trusting the voting to tacitly indicate their mistakes by revision.
In the past I scored myself every week; this list is simpler: I would be glad to scored at season’s end by the sum of the changes in rank. I would expect each of my teams selected to move down at least three positions, but let’s say one moves up three: that would be a wash on two teams and five teams times three positions = net 15 places predicted.
I also invite anyone to post their predictions and I’ll be glad to total up their winnings after the last poll.
“No Gimp suits”
Don’t tell me what to do.
Every article of clothing I have is a Gimp’s suit or an accessory .
I am just not complete until I zip the mouth shut on my gimp suit and climb into the box.
My notebook computer’s battery is again running out. I look forward to NO CARRIER
Richard becomes EuroRick.
Stage one of Zwak’s Big(little) Shop Rearrangement And Upgrade is complete. I am getting rid of most of my mechanics tools (don’t wrench on cars in the basement) and upgrading my machinist tools with a new (to me, its 75 years old) lathe and an even older shaper. I needed room for them, and am condensing, downsizing, and selling off. Next on the chopper is my Delta scroll saw, but first I need to do the trip to the scrap yard of all my old metal junk, followed by a trip to the Restore to donate some other junk. Then I can build he cabinet for the shaper and get the pieces down into the basemen one by one. And, after that, I can disassemble the lathe and get it refreshed for another 75 years.
What did I bite off?
Sigh. Lathe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSn1lELQfI8&t=8s
Shaper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6lFRu8JG3Y
You are Mr. Pete?!?!?!
😉
Shapers are so neat. And that’s a very cool lathe. And again, I just can’t believe how cheap you got it. I’m jealous. There just aren’t finds like that around me due to low population and a general lack of industries that would have purchased such machines. Not none, but very few.
785 episodes and he still doesn’t have have his audio figured out. Old dog, new tricks, I guess.
He still films hand written stuff. I love it, it reminds me of my father writing “email” on a piece of paper and handing it to the dept. secretary.
Yup. I like him a lot. He’s the shop teacher I wish I could have had.
I had Mr. Wines. He might have smelled like brandy, but boy could he lay an arc bead.
(he had been a welder on Diablo Canyon Nuke before teaching)
Mesmerizing.
How about some pics of the shop, Zwak?
Right now it is in chaos mode, so that will have to wait for a bit. But, bare in mind it is only 11’x13′.
after decades of workstation design, I find I delight in lighting and flooring selections…..don’t forget my fetishes in your updates!
Dude, this is easily a series of articles. Easily.
For sure. I’d especially be interested in this one:
It will be a while. But I might have some from my Craftsman 6″. Let me see, and if I do I will put something together.
I’m trying to figure out how to fabricate the plastic gear in the Asong (Chinese) knee drive (Z) on my mill at work. No one seems to make a replacement. It is an odd diameter and an odd number of teeth. My boss said “No” to an modern replacement drive (especially after the Digital Read Out fiasco…).
No friends with a laser scanner and a high-quality 3d printer?
I hear you. A couple of my Euro air guns have threads that are way past proprietary. .9m is not a die you find in the states.
109 degrees for my bike ride today. The good news is that the wind is blowing, so the windmills are turning. The bad news is that the sun is so low in the sky that the solar panels aren’t generating. At least my neighborhood is exempt from rolling blackouts.
I missed the Hotter-N-Hell 100 again this year
wonder if I ever do it again
The Army Of The First is forming. Right now, it is voluntary, but someday very soon, with the advent of The First That Will Change Everything on the horizon, people will be forced to decide which side they will be on. Will you be part of the hive of seconding and villainy, or you will embrace the light of The Great Firster?
Some of you think that you will be able to stay on the sidelines in the coming war, but make no mistake – there will be no observers in this struggle. There is no conscientious objecting. This is the ultimate life and death struggle with everything and everywhere at stake.
When The Firster extends out his hand to lend you aid, will you not take it?
Depends. Did you wash it after touching yourself?
You could only be so lucky as to have my bodily fluids on or inside of you, Mikes.
Do you seriously think I’d ever be so careless as to let you get some of my Firsting juices?
You would deny me your essence?!
Ewwww.
Only one with the potential of a General in The Army Of The First could handle being imbued with the raw power of my essence.
You treat this site like The Fappening so it’s probably happened already, General Toobin.
Side note – what’s going on in Chile is madness. The foundations of your government should not be able to be changed by a narrow electoral victory regardless of the outcome. The instability of any system that can be modified by a simple majority at any time is obviously insane and further ratchets up the stakes of democratic elections. Modern democracies have already divested far too much power into their governments in my view, but creating a situation where the entire structure of it could be changed with the typical swings of power we see is just begging for disaster.
The Western intelligentsia are sitting here cheering it on it, though.
How is it different than the California initiative process? Real question.
California is a state within a broader federal system. It’s stupidity is constrained somewhat.
The problem, in my view, is the acceptance of government with its finger in everything and nothing is beyond the purview of government. It doesn’t matter in the end whether it’s initiatives or legislatures, the result will be the same.
The reality of government is that the powers of government will always be the purview of the government…or at least the electorate can give them any powers they want. There is no actual limiting power on government. Government is simply collective force that people rationalize through expediency. But at the very least constitutional changes to a government should require a super majority to implement.
That perspective makes perfect sense if you are starting with a limited government. California is perpetually out of control. But, sometimes we rein the government back in. In 1996, we passed Prop 209 by a bare majority. I’m pretty sure you would agree with it:
The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.
No actual impediment on government power, but there was some restraint, whether from culture or just inertia. Responding to Chafed’s raising of the initiative process, something that been in place for well over 100 years yet it’s really only recently that the electorate “discovered” they could vote themselves bread and circuses.
Digression: until 1965, the California legislature only dealt with the budget in even numbered years with odd numbered years’ sessions for general legislation (I think there were special sessions for non-routine business in the even years).
Constitution’s exist for a reason. A flawed constitution that allows sweeping changes by plebiscite is, well, deeply flawed.
People should agree on basic rights that are inalienable, and set them in stone. The only way to change those (and there does need to be a mechanism to implement some change to the foundations of a government, less it be torn apart over time) should be with a super majority. It should not be an easy process. That is my entire point.
Easily changed constitutions lead to civil wars and firing squads and are not a good thing at all. Thank God that doesn’t apply to ours even given the degree to which it’s ignored.
Agreed. Politics is downstream of culture. A truism that’s actually true.
All too believable.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-tried-pony-up-debt-lawyer-horse
Believable, yet you can’t believe shit they write about Trump – especially when it’s a story from the 90’s from an unnamed lawyer who almost certainly is embarrassed to have ever had a connection to Trump and would like nothing more than to shovel shit on his name.
Like a movie. Though I would not put it past someone like Trump to offer up alternative methods to square a deal.
NERD.
Now I want to go watch more 1980s Granada Sherlock Holmes episodes.
That image of the two chaps looks right outta Victorian London.
Nice to see both media darlings lost last night.
That last match went way past my bedtime. *looks* Nice.
Morning, Glibs.
*waves*
A pacified epic behemoth makes for a fun companion. Just saying.
But expensive to feed.
*throws a handful of caps in the air*
Ain’t no worries.
Is today a shorts or a pants day?
I don’t own any shorts. They’re not comfortable.
*stares*
Apparently, it is possible to be weird on the internet.
Care to elaborate?
Exposed skin below the neck is uncomfortable. What’s there to elaborate?
gloves?
No Pants day.
Oh wait, that’s every day!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/confused-john-fetterman-struggles-speak-pennsylvania-steelworkers-union-hall-video/
Sad.
And yet he’ll still beat Dr. Oz because Dr. Oz sucks.
But it won’t be Dr Oz’s fault! He was stabbed in the back!
At least Gopher knew his limitations and ran merely for Congress.
Thanks Pennsylvania
Kiwifarms deleted from the Wayback Machine internet archive:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Archiveteam/comments/x7xmxy/wayback_machine_deletes_kiwifarms_archive/
Archiving…deleting…what’s the difference?
what is a kiwifarms?
I know that sounds a lot like some of my snark, but I honestly don’t know what that site is or rather was.
My knowledge is limited to be honest, I think this kind of stuff is poisonous, but the latest kerfluffle is due to the site members doxing and harassing some Twitter transgender that advocates for and provides information to underage persons on mixing transition hormones at home (or maybe it was providing a network to provide underaged with their extra or expired pills, I can’t recall the horrendous specifics). They were also framed (most likely) for the SWATting of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
It’s a garbage site, almost as bad as the Wayback Machine.
KF is Encyclopedia Dramatica with more dedicated/autistic archivists. The reason they’re currently having hosting difficulty is that person who swatted MTG multiple times claimed to be acting on behalf of the site. This is almost certainly a false flag — KF’s lolcow stable contains far too many tranadoos for them to be swatting someone for trans rights.
https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF/status/1567238790942523399
Lol. Sure.
If the destination of the stone age, yes, Commifornia has taken the lead.
Fiddling while Rome burns. The power won’t go out in her neighborhood though.
https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/09/newark-airport-passenger-had-loaded-handgun-in-suitcase-lining-feds-say.html
Jerod Kushner’s hoping for immortality:
https://news.yahoo.com/jared-kushner-says-hes-trying-044402478.html
Does living forever apply to good old Joe Six Pack? I doubt it. Also, I’m pretty sure the guy is a synth, there’s a creepy uncanny valley aspect to him.
Mornin’
The rain has stopped in southern NH.
Six days until the state primary. Tonight and tomorrow night I’m doing a little work for two campaigns. At the risk of doxxing myself, one is for a state representative that hit the big time. Her district got flooded with an attack ad mailer from what I think is a GOP Establishment outlet. It is attacking her for taking part in the attempt to impeach Sununu. I said, “That’s a good reason to vote for her.” Hopefully more folks have that reaction.
Off to the gym.
Good morning, DEG, Stinky, Sean, U, RoaT, rhy, and Ted’S!
I’m so far along in finishing up my month-end stuff, I managed to get the go-ahead to take tomorrow and Friday off! 😃 Nothing like a two-day work “week”! This afternoon, we’re getting new “patio” furniture for the basement delivered, so some of that time off will be spent on the “assembly required.”
Congrats.
Thanks. Is this your last day of work before your vacation?
It is. But the start of my to-do list in preparation for the trip.
To do:
Mow grass so city doesn’t ticket me while I’m away (needs to not be wet)
Pick up cheese from Oscar’s smokehouse for Mac and Cheese.
Get info on Ohio Cheese store from Mr Ilium so I can get more cheese.
Clean out car.
Pack suitcases.
Visit credit union to get quarters and deposit enough to cover payment on roof
Move trash to outside bin to avoid stinking up house.
Verify if Grand Rapids is ‘safe’ to visit on Saturday the 24th
Decide if I’m bringing my work phone with me
Back up fiction thumb drive.
Buy audiobooks for driving.
Some things I’m sure I’m forgetting.
“Some things I’m sure I’m forgetting.”
AKA the “oh, shit” list. Have a great vacation!
Almost every road trip I end up forced to go to some walmart or another because of something I forgot to be sure to have along. It’s inevitable. The purpose of pre-planning is to make sure the visit is as minor as possible.
Forced? Visiting stores on vacation is fun. There usually some differences or interesting things to note.
Also, reduced stress from knowing if something minor is forgotten, it can be easily purchased. It’s not a Joseph Conrad expedition.
The problem is it always ends up being a walmart. Either there’s no other local store that carries whatever item it is, or they’re closed, or I can’t find them. I dislike being in walmarts, and there’s so much similarity between them that it really doesn’t show regional variation.
“Decide if I’m bringing my work phone with me”
May I suggest, “no”.
Woot!
What’s Irish and hangs out on the yard?
Patio Furniture.
Oi, leave Mr. O’Furniture alone!
Sonnovabench.
Good morning GT! Not up this early, usually. But have to be home early tonight to meet the flooring estimator and todo list at work isn’t getting any shorter.
“You’ll be floored by our prices!”
Not helping. I’m pretty sure it will be. The scales have fallen from my eyes on both pricing value and quality of work by flooring shops vs local home improvement store. My wife is giddy by “personalized” attention and not my say.
Sorry.
Good (early!!) morning, GL! I desperately want new carpet, but I shudder at the thought of the hassle and disruption that would be required to get it installed. I also fear certain critters on the premises might take “PetProtect” as a personal challenge. 🙁😼
Mornin’. It’s looking very pleasant weather-wise. I didn’t even need to AC to sleep last night.
Wonderful! Enjoy your five minutes of Fall! 😁🍁🍂
suh fam
whats goody
Good morning, homey! Is it foggy outside?
Mornin’, reprobates!
Good morning, ‘patzie! Atmospheric conditions conducive to a nice outdoor coffee and/or pipe today?
Mornin’, GT. Not raining ATTM, so all good. Driving my cousin to Newark Airport later this morning, she is flying down to FL to be with her dad. Two ways to get there, and they both suck, but at least I’ll have good company.
Try not to lose her this time! 😉
You misplace one person… 😛
Moon over Parma tonight!
RIP, Mark Little. Who, you say? Pretty good pitcher, but also the inventor of the Nutty Buddy, the finest protective gear ever devised.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/former-mlb-pitcher-mark-littell-dead-at-69/
“Littell, who wrote three books, also invented the NuttyBuddy protective athletic cup, even giving demonstrations.”
And what a demonstration.