A new printer... kinda
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susandennisSo. I sent a PDF down to the front desk and asked for 2 copies and told them no hurry. About 30 minutes later, I got a note that it was ready so I went down to pick it up.
Then I decided to fiddle with my printer and see if I could match it. It took a lot of fiddling and help from Gemini but I'll be darned if I didn't come exceedingly close. And now I know the tricks. If close works, I've got it. If not, the front desk works. I don't need a laser printer.
So... yeah me. Then I had to go back down to pick up lunch. So steps. But, now I'm done.
Then I decided to fiddle with my printer and see if I could match it. It took a lot of fiddling and help from Gemini but I'll be darned if I didn't come exceedingly close. And now I know the tricks. If close works, I've got it. If not, the front desk works. I don't need a laser printer.
So... yeah me. Then I had to go back down to pick up lunch. So steps. But, now I'm done.
Monday
Apr. 13th, 2026 08:57 amsusandennisYesterday was lovely - good TV and good knitting. And, really, today will almost be a mirror. There is a very rare Monday afternoon Mariners game. I'm kind of out of scripted TV shows to watch but am making up for it with a house flip series that I found - Zombie something or other. It is out of Seattle and is very Seattle and enjoyable. And I'm catching up on some old Project Runway series that I skipped when they were current.
No swimming today. My skin needs a day off. I've got weird little patches of itchy dry flaky - one at my eye, one behind my ear, one on my hand, one around one corner of my mouth and my whole back. I need no water on any of it for at least a day. Probably a week would be way better but a day will be fine.
And I need to get out in the elbow and work on the puzzle and catch up on neighbor news.
I spent a long time this morning researching color laser printers. There is nothing really wrong with my current desk jet except the colors are too muted, it is often quite fiddly to connect up and actually print. But, it does scan and fits nicely in my space. And I can't find a laser printer that has high enough reviews to satisfy me and is small enough for my space. The front desk has a giant printer that does excellent work and they turn around stuff pretty fast. So when I want pretty colors... maybe I'll use theirs. At least, the buy decision is not punted for today.
It's now nearly mid morning and I haven't even made the bed yet.
No swimming today. My skin needs a day off. I've got weird little patches of itchy dry flaky - one at my eye, one behind my ear, one on my hand, one around one corner of my mouth and my whole back. I need no water on any of it for at least a day. Probably a week would be way better but a day will be fine.
And I need to get out in the elbow and work on the puzzle and catch up on neighbor news.
I spent a long time this morning researching color laser printers. There is nothing really wrong with my current desk jet except the colors are too muted, it is often quite fiddly to connect up and actually print. But, it does scan and fits nicely in my space. And I can't find a laser printer that has high enough reviews to satisfy me and is small enough for my space. The front desk has a giant printer that does excellent work and they turn around stuff pretty fast. So when I want pretty colors... maybe I'll use theirs. At least, the buy decision is not punted for today.
It's now nearly mid morning and I haven't even made the bed yet.
Monday At The Movies.....
Apr. 13th, 2026 02:31 amdisneydream06This Week's Movie Quote... "
H.: An occasional libation enables me to stiffen my resolve.
M. H.: Your resolve should be pickled by now!
Last Week's Movie Quote...
Aunt Louise: I think it's trying to tell us something!
Captain Blythe: It's a car, woman, not Lassie!
It comes from the 1980 Disney movie, "Herbie Goes Bananas".
It was the last of the original run of Herbie movies.
IMHO, it was a case of one too many sequels.
Those Who Knew or Guessed Correctly...
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gwendraith
meathiel
sidhe_uaine42
mrdreamjeans
man_of_snows
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H.: An occasional libation enables me to stiffen my resolve.
M. H.: Your resolve should be pickled by now!
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Which Movie Does This Quote Come From?
Last Week's Movie Quote...
Aunt Louise: I think it's trying to tell us something!
Captain Blythe: It's a car, woman, not Lassie!
It comes from the 1980 Disney movie, "Herbie Goes Bananas".
It was the last of the original run of Herbie movies.
IMHO, it was a case of one too many sequels.
Those Who Knew or Guessed Correctly...
garotegwendraith meathiel sidhe_uaine42 mrdreamjeans man_of_snows adminbear davesmusictankIsn't It Punny.....
Apr. 13th, 2026 02:08 amdisneydream06April 13th.....
A Recent Study Has Found
Women Who Carry A Little
Extra Weight Live Longer
Than Men Who Mention It.
A Recent Study Has Found
Women Who Carry A Little
Extra Weight Live Longer
Than Men Who Mention It.
this is for Meowmensteen
Apr. 12th, 2026 02:49 pmsusandennismeowmensteen may be the only person other than me who appreciates this...So then Mariners are doing this new thing with the copy-write notice - they are having different people recording it for playback during the game. Of course, Jay Buhner gets carried away reading it when he does it. Drama queen. They do not identify the voice - they just play it.
Yesterday Dave Valle was doing the play by play and they play Bruhner's version, at the end of it, with no spare beats, Valle says - almost under his breath - 'I feel like I need to buy a truck.'
Spit take for sure.
About the Elections in Hungary/Magyarország Today?
Apr. 12th, 2026 03:46 pmdewlineMay Orbán go away quietly and never haunt Hungary/Magyarország in particular or Europe in general ever again and may no one in those places or myself be compelled to regret my saying as much.
Random stuff
Apr. 12th, 2026 09:47 amsusandennisMy mp3's are all mixed together and I just dump a random group onto my player for swimming. It could be country, it could be Beatles, it could be The Big Bopper, it could be gospel or even a Sousa March. There is no order, whatever one is next, is next. It's a playlist with a neurological disorder.
In our family, we sang a lot. We took a lot of road trips and singing was required. Plus just around the house. Sometimes real songs and sometimes made up songs. A family favorite was What a Friend We Have in Mother. Well, maybe not the whole family but Mom loved it and burst it out often. Another one that I have no idea why or when we sang often and in jest was Love Lifted Me.
This morning, in the middle of my swim, just after a Bob Dylan song, I got Love Lifted Me.
It is very hard to swim and LOL at the same time.
The Mariners and Houston played horribly last night. Houston cannot pitch and the Mariners have no offense so it's pretty hilarious. BUT finally Houston ran out of time and the Mariners won in the bottom of the 9th. a walk off by my favorite player so I wasn't too made about having to stay up late.
Jim and Gayle - that's Jim Down the Hall and his girlfriend who lives on the other side of the Timber Ridge complex - got back last night from their very long road trip. Jim was born and raised within true spitting distance of where my brother lives now and that was a spot on their trip so they had lunch with my brother while they were there. I haven't seen either of them yet, I hope the whole trip was fun.
On down the hall a couple of more doors is Jan and Dick. They moved into Myna's apartment. They walk a mile every day. Last Thursday, on their walk, Jan tripped over a curb and seriously fractured her right arm. It's now stabilized until it can be surgically repaired. The soonest they can get in to see a surgeon is Thursday. Massive Ugh. And she's right handed. And they have a huge important trip to see family graduate on the east coast planned for the end of this month and she has been so looking forward to it.
At the end of the hall is Bonny who is getting a new hip on May 4. She has everything planned - help coming in and stuff - and I sure hope it goes easily.
All of the above was in case anyone wants to know what's new in my 'hood.
Today I will be glued to my knitting needles in front of the TV. First is Tia Watson's (YouTube) update on her house renovation, then CBS Sunday morning, then the Mariner game. BUSY day.
I tried the safety eyes on my mini monsters and Love them! But, then they didn't seem so monstery so I went with a smile instead of monster teeth. There will be more like this.
In our family, we sang a lot. We took a lot of road trips and singing was required. Plus just around the house. Sometimes real songs and sometimes made up songs. A family favorite was What a Friend We Have in Mother. Well, maybe not the whole family but Mom loved it and burst it out often. Another one that I have no idea why or when we sang often and in jest was Love Lifted Me.
This morning, in the middle of my swim, just after a Bob Dylan song, I got Love Lifted Me.
It is very hard to swim and LOL at the same time.
The Mariners and Houston played horribly last night. Houston cannot pitch and the Mariners have no offense so it's pretty hilarious. BUT finally Houston ran out of time and the Mariners won in the bottom of the 9th. a walk off by my favorite player so I wasn't too made about having to stay up late.
Jim and Gayle - that's Jim Down the Hall and his girlfriend who lives on the other side of the Timber Ridge complex - got back last night from their very long road trip. Jim was born and raised within true spitting distance of where my brother lives now and that was a spot on their trip so they had lunch with my brother while they were there. I haven't seen either of them yet, I hope the whole trip was fun.
On down the hall a couple of more doors is Jan and Dick. They moved into Myna's apartment. They walk a mile every day. Last Thursday, on their walk, Jan tripped over a curb and seriously fractured her right arm. It's now stabilized until it can be surgically repaired. The soonest they can get in to see a surgeon is Thursday. Massive Ugh. And she's right handed. And they have a huge important trip to see family graduate on the east coast planned for the end of this month and she has been so looking forward to it.
At the end of the hall is Bonny who is getting a new hip on May 4. She has everything planned - help coming in and stuff - and I sure hope it goes easily.
All of the above was in case anyone wants to know what's new in my 'hood.
Today I will be glued to my knitting needles in front of the TV. First is Tia Watson's (YouTube) update on her house renovation, then CBS Sunday morning, then the Mariner game. BUSY day.
I tried the safety eyes on my mini monsters and Love them! But, then they didn't seem so monstery so I went with a smile instead of monster teeth. There will be more like this.
Book Bingo: N5 | Banned Book | Eleanor & Park
Apr. 12th, 2026 09:08 amseleneheartEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Blurb:
I checked out this book from the library based on the author's name alone!
The book is a great examination of first love between two teenagers. When holding hands feels monumental and daring. How sharing music leads to falling in love.
TW warning though: the book is searing indictment of the poor choices facing divorced women with children when the father doesn't fulfill his responsibilities. Abusive men. Predatory men, although he doesn't succeed - Eleanor gets away from him.
It was most likely banned because of its exploration of the burgeoning sexual awakening between two teenagers and its unfavorable opinion of abusive men.
DNF Note: I started In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash), which is the series of essays that A Christmas Storywas based on. I had no patience for the misogyny and casual ageism in the first few pages.
Blurb:
Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we’re 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be.
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love—and just how hard it pulled you under.
I checked out this book from the library based on the author's name alone!
The book is a great examination of first love between two teenagers. When holding hands feels monumental and daring. How sharing music leads to falling in love.
TW warning though: the book is searing indictment of the poor choices facing divorced women with children when the father doesn't fulfill his responsibilities. Abusive men. Predatory men, although he doesn't succeed - Eleanor gets away from him.
It was most likely banned because of its exploration of the burgeoning sexual awakening between two teenagers and its unfavorable opinion of abusive men.
DNF Note: I started In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash), which is the series of essays that A Christmas Storywas based on. I had no patience for the misogyny and casual ageism in the first few pages.
The case of the missing notifications
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dw_maintenanceI keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.
Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)
We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.
Saturday
Apr. 11th, 2026 09:16 amsusandennisYesterday I was not at all hungry. I ate fewer calories than most days by quite a bit. Today the scale says I gained a pound. You know how when you are on a strict diet and you go off of it for a few days and suffer no consequences? I think this is the opposite. I have had a long think about whether, if my current trajectory - same or gain - continues, whether or not I'd keep taking the drug. 1. It's not going to continue. I will lose. and 2. I think I'd leave it up to my doctor to decide. So, I'm not going to worry about it.
The baseball game last night was fraught with all kinds o' shit. First of all we are playing the Astros - the cheating Astros - who, this season are the LOSING Astros. Of course the Mariners are also losing but that, we can live with. We are enjoying the heck out of the Astros' slide down. Their pitcher last night walked in a run in the first inning and did not make it to the 2nd. We won but only because the Astros are so bad.
BUT the really good news is that the only broadcaster I like - Dave Valle - does not do a lot of games but did last night's and it was so good. Plus, because they generally use the same color guy for the series and we are playing the Astros for 4 games, we have him for the next 3! He makes the bozo regular guy better, too. So very nice.
Google, can we just agree that any email I get written in Hindi is FUCKING SPAM?????
Volleyball this morning was exceptionally excellent. It was just a very fun game for everyone there. Massive laughs and some good play, too.
One of the players is 96 year old retired OB/GYN doctor, Tina. In the locker room after, she told me she had gotten one of my rabbits (Martha's distribution). And she loved it so much. She gave it to a dear friend who loved it even more. But, now she didn't have one. Any chance she could get another?
I decided last night that the chickens were no longer doing it for me and I wanted to go back to mini monsters. But, now, I will need to stop and do a bunny. I'm sure glad I took pictures because I can barely remember how I made them!
Time for elbow coffee.
The baseball game last night was fraught with all kinds o' shit. First of all we are playing the Astros - the cheating Astros - who, this season are the LOSING Astros. Of course the Mariners are also losing but that, we can live with. We are enjoying the heck out of the Astros' slide down. Their pitcher last night walked in a run in the first inning and did not make it to the 2nd. We won but only because the Astros are so bad.
BUT the really good news is that the only broadcaster I like - Dave Valle - does not do a lot of games but did last night's and it was so good. Plus, because they generally use the same color guy for the series and we are playing the Astros for 4 games, we have him for the next 3! He makes the bozo regular guy better, too. So very nice.
Google, can we just agree that any email I get written in Hindi is FUCKING SPAM?????
Volleyball this morning was exceptionally excellent. It was just a very fun game for everyone there. Massive laughs and some good play, too.
One of the players is 96 year old retired OB/GYN doctor, Tina. In the locker room after, she told me she had gotten one of my rabbits (Martha's distribution). And she loved it so much. She gave it to a dear friend who loved it even more. But, now she didn't have one. Any chance she could get another?
I decided last night that the chickens were no longer doing it for me and I wanted to go back to mini monsters. But, now, I will need to stop and do a bunny. I'm sure glad I took pictures because I can barely remember how I made them!
Time for elbow coffee.
Follow Up.....
Apr. 10th, 2026 08:23 pmdisneydream06Again.....
So i had my appointment with Occupational Medicine this morning.
Very nice doctor.
When I told him I had just been to Orthopedics and was told that I couldn't see them and had to see Occupational Medicine first, he laughed and said that's not true.
Who do you believe any more...
Anyway, he examined me and had some different thoughts about possible problems.
One outside chance possibility is a fracture of the patella or tibia.
He ordered therapy and suggested an MRI.
So if anybody is really bored Monday morning, I will gladly allow you to take my place.
I have both a CT Scan of the chest and now an MRI Scan of my left knee. :o :o :o
Any takers.....
So i had my appointment with Occupational Medicine this morning.
Very nice doctor.
When I told him I had just been to Orthopedics and was told that I couldn't see them and had to see Occupational Medicine first, he laughed and said that's not true.
Who do you believe any more...
Anyway, he examined me and had some different thoughts about possible problems.
One outside chance possibility is a fracture of the patella or tibia.
He ordered therapy and suggested an MRI.
So if anybody is really bored Monday morning, I will gladly allow you to take my place.
I have both a CT Scan of the chest and now an MRI Scan of my left knee. :o :o :o
Any takers.....
Friday
Apr. 10th, 2026 08:52 amsusandennisI ended up making a Costco trip yesterday. They now have this little graphic on my digital card that says, rather loudly, 34 years! And when you beep in, the little lady says "34 years?! Wow and thank you!" They are, clearly, counting the Price Club years which is kind of funny. Google confirms that the Costco/Price Club deal was in 1993. Anyway, I needed coffee and chicken wings and I also got some eggwiches. 3 things. I always consider it a win when I can carry out my Costco purchases in a normal grocery bag. They moved the self service area to the complete other side of the checkout so that you cannot even see it and assume they killed it. I was in line and griped about their removing it when a chipper Costocoian piped up, oh it's just over there! Bite me, lady, I'm already to the front of this line.
It is really ridiculous for me to pay for a Costco membership and I think this may be the last time. 34 years is enough.
I got up this morning and had coffee and an eggwich and was internetting and thinking about not going swimming when I just stopped and put on my suit and went before the not going thought could fully form. It was a very good swim. I've increased my time a little so that I am now swimming at least 1/2 mile without stopping.
My Peacock subscription is running out at the end of this month. I paid $60 for a year which I'd gladly do again except now they want $170. And, honestly, there isn't enough shit there to justify. I like Law and Order and Jeopardy. Are they worth $14 a month? Nope. If their baseball coverage didn't suck so much, I might even consider it but nope. So at least for now, it's buhbuh Peacock. I did resub to Netflix. I haven't had it for nearly a year so I have a lot of lovely catch-up to do.
My cell plan ran out of data yesterday which means once I leave the lovely confines of wifi, I've got a dead phone... until tomorrow when it rejuices. I think I can make it. No plans to go anywhere today.
It is really ridiculous for me to pay for a Costco membership and I think this may be the last time. 34 years is enough.
I got up this morning and had coffee and an eggwich and was internetting and thinking about not going swimming when I just stopped and put on my suit and went before the not going thought could fully form. It was a very good swim. I've increased my time a little so that I am now swimming at least 1/2 mile without stopping.
My Peacock subscription is running out at the end of this month. I paid $60 for a year which I'd gladly do again except now they want $170. And, honestly, there isn't enough shit there to justify. I like Law and Order and Jeopardy. Are they worth $14 a month? Nope. If their baseball coverage didn't suck so much, I might even consider it but nope. So at least for now, it's buhbuh Peacock. I did resub to Netflix. I haven't had it for nearly a year so I have a lot of lovely catch-up to do.
My cell plan ran out of data yesterday which means once I leave the lovely confines of wifi, I've got a dead phone... until tomorrow when it rejuices. I think I can make it. No plans to go anywhere today.
podcast friday
Apr. 10th, 2026 07:22 amsabotabby Gotta be It Could Happen Here's "The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination." Molly Crabapple's been doing the podcast tour for her new book on the Bund, and in this one, Dana El Kurd interviews her about it. That's it, if you know me you know I have an endless appetite for such things. I also have the book but I haven't read it yet due to trying to make it through the Nebula shortlist first.