What are you doing today?

Writing, coding, took a fun bike ride and knocked out an easy 6 miles, improved the squirrel-proof-ness of the house, now a final bit of work while we run some horror movies in the background (see my recent post about The VVitch ...) then some delicious bean bowls (with chicken, 'cado, lots of goodies prepped).

Might pull the Tesla out if it's not raining and run a Halloween light show when it gets dark :D
 
Alli said:
I’m also leaning towards vintage. I still own the first 45s I bought back in the 7th grade. No turntable, but we have something better for 45s.
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Probably get her this for Xmas:


A "real" brand with Audio-Technica, decent entry level cart, fully automatic, integrated pre-amp (so can just be plugged directly into powered speakers), and also supports BlueTooth for listening directly on BT headphones / speakers :)


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One our Halloween favorites is a movie, Trick 'r Treat, it was originally made in 2007, had a little preview tour, and wound up just being released DTV. It's really gotten a good cult following, really fun, stars Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, and the always amazing Brian Cox, it's an anthology with a really well done wrap around story as well as each segment being tightly incorporated into the others, some neat perspective and time shifts.

Well, it finally got a theatrical release this week and we got tickets for Halloween night. Hitting up a super nice Cinemark theater, selected seats, a great place to eat is right in the same plaza (big brewhouse and they have some killer seasonal draft right now), so that's our Halloween plans.

That's right, we will not be doing anything at the house for Halloween after about 20 years of doing it up. We did change our various LED lights/projectors to Halloween-esque colors, and put up a few things on the interior, but that's it. Not bringing down any of the dozen boxes of outdoor decorations, props, lights, etc.

We're still having a blast with horror films, our trips down to HHN '22 were incredibly fun, but just not feeling spending all the time to setup, and to hand out candy in this area (if you get my drift ... :D)
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So that was super fun!

Seven Bridges was solid, and in the same parking lot / shopping area as the theater, so we parked, walked over, and then just walked right back to the theater. Lots of good food, then excess food (how can you not get theater popcorn when it's coming out fresh :D). Movie was a blast, hahaha, several folks (including us) were wearing HHN gear :D

And we apparently made a really good choice this year, there was zero activity on our street / at our house :oops: I thought we might get a few kids at least coming up to the front door (since the lights were on), but the cameras had no recordings/triggers at all while we were gone (we left at 4:30p got home at 10p so if there was anything happening, it would've been over, by design).

There were a couple of houses that did a big "block" thing so that was nice if there was any kids out, but it was weird compared to previous years, but we had been seeing a steady decline. Our neighbors across the street usually do it up too, but they were both sick, so they didn't do anything, and were totally dark. I think when we didn't deploy on Saturday, they were like, "Heck with this ..." and did the same (er, which was nothing).

All in all, an awesome October/Halloween '22 even going decorationless :cool:
 
Today, I voted early. Have you?

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Which of the following places is the noisiest:

1) Midtown Manhattan
2) Rural St Augustine

If you chose 2, you'd be correct. 😬

Anyway ...

We're voting on the 8th, it's just right down the street, super convenient.

Hahaha, oh geez, looks like we'll be in Tampa April '23 :D

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And woo! Space Dust BOGO at Pubs :D

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... or at we like to do, BTGT :LOL:
 
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Yes, voted early a few days ago as soon as in-person Early Voting (no need to fill out info required for an Absentee Ballot or use a Drop Box) was available at several locations around the county. One of those locations happens to be very convenient, the local branch of the county public library system, which is even closer to where I live than the official voting precinct location for voting on Election Day itself. Since they've started doing this -- if I recall correctly, the first time was for the Presidential Election -- I think that the county and the state have noticed a greater turnout for all elections, and that's really good.
 
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Guarding the bins; strong winds meant that I only put them out this morning and the windy weather obliged me to keep a close eye on them.

Attended an online meeting, enjoyed an Ethiopian coffee.....
 
Got the tile and carpet cleaned! Wow, that was quite a chore, guy did a great job, looks amazing!

Now I'm on about 16 hours of a work a day for the next week o_O But the results will be spectacular :cool:
 
Been to Mambo Play Centre in Cardiff for half the day and my ears are still ringing. Popped into Homesense on the way back and my wife managed to spend £120 on Christmas decorations because a lift full isn’t enough. Kids now off to Art Club so I have an hour and a half to play on my PS5 [emoji1305]
 
Thought I’d share this from my day. The chap in the foreground of this picture had a laptop and a table full of paperwork and was actually working on a spreadsheet as the place filled up around him. I could barely hear my wife and our friend let alone work! I bet he was dreading a Teams call as he ‘worked from home’ [emoji23].

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I did a short (30 minute) swim today. Then I went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Twice. All I needed was a refill bottle for my Soda Stream. Guess I should have paid more attention to the empty I returned, cause I replaced it with a blue bottle, when I needed a pink one with a quick connect. Oh well. Got a spare, so at least next time I can just change the bottle out and go to the store at my leisure.
 
Alli said:
I did a short (30 minute) swim today. Then I went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Twice. All I needed was a refill bottle for my Soda Stream. Guess I should have paid more attention to the empty I returned, cause I replaced it with a blue bottle, when I needed a pink one with a quick connect. Oh well. Got a spare, so at least next time I can just change the bottle out and go to the store at my leisure.
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Sure you didn’t forget anything? Third time’s the charm, I’ve heard. 😝

Which reminds me, I should really try to unbox and assemble my new SodaStream Crystal this weekend.
 
Pumbaa said:
Sure you didn’t forget anything? Third time’s the charm, I’ve heard. 😝

Which reminds me, I should really try to unbox and assemble my new SodaStream Crystal this weekend.
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It’s a fantastically clever little machine.
 
Reminding myself to set the three remaining dumb clocks in my house back an hour tonight when I head upstairs for the supposedly precious opportunity to gain an hour's sleep overnight. No special thanks to The New Yorker for providing the impetus. 😞 I loathe that first Sunday night's plunge into early darkness with the return to standard time.

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