Beyond The Blog

Old posts from mailing lists, usenet, and my website before I started using scripts and backend software to manage the content and eventually realized I was blogging, plus posts from any time that I’ve transferred here from other services (Instagram, Facebook, etc.).

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Doing something we haven’t tried in around a decade: a full day at a park for the 4th. Got here early enough to find good parking, have claimed a prime fireworks viewing spot, and have food, books, card games, and people watching to last us through the day. Should be a good one! Have a good #fourthofjuly everyone.

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Patches (as we have dubbed this very friendly neighborhood cat) decided that Prairie’s lap was the place to be, caring not one whit that poor Prairie is allergic and would immediately have to go change clothes. “It was worth it,” says Prairie. #cat #kitty #catsofinstagram

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Ronald pounds desperately against the glass, trying to escape before the building collapses around him…. #mcdonalds #ronaldmcdonald #urbandecay #construction

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Cleaning up Prairie’s old G4 #iMac to be given away. These were such adorably cute machines! And it’s fun to be using MacOS 10.4.11 again, with its stylish brushed chrome UI. Kind of sad to be letting this go, really, but we haven’t used it in six years, so it’s better to let it go in the downsizing.