What Are You Doing?

In my old apartment, spending the holiday with family. I felt the churning of a memory and returned here, just to see.

Not much has changed, but that's to be expected. At least this place is still around. Forums aren't all that popular anymore.

Happy Labor Day.

 

I just got back from the job. I'm about to go to my bedroom and watch Wentworth.

 

Welcome back .

 

Eating a lot of healthy food,for walk more in nature.

 

Deconstructed an old laptop that has screen and hard drive issues for parts. Already sold the processor, which happens to be my first ever eBay sale, so I'm happy. Got the laptop for free too because it doesn't work. So far it's given me sixty bucks and hopefully more to come!

Here's the deconstruction. Kitty not included.

 

The screw under the keyboard pad is a pain in ass.
At least it was for me when I took my old one apart
since it had screen issues.

 

Taking a break from thinning and organizing paper files that range from clips of articles I've written to genealogical research to first responder training materials. If I had a dollar for every page of paper I've carted out of this house in the last ten years, I'd take us all to dinner in Paris... next time we're all in East Texas at the same time. If I had a dollar for all the paper still to be sorted, I'd buy us dessert, too.

 

I usually disassemble electronics Gallagher-style, in fits of rage.

 

I'm sitting on my sofa after coming home from work. I'm about to start watching Wentworth.

 

Forums - social media for people who hate social media.

 

I miss forums. One of my favorite (different hobby that I was on sabbatical from) had evaporated when I went back. The problem is that hobby was picture-intensive and when those bastards at Photobucket made their cash-grab, well....

 

Photobucket pissed me off. All my stuff from back then now has big Photobucket banners plastered across them because I refuse to pay for what they promised would always be free services.

 

And the massive grab they did. If they'd have asked for something like $40 a year I probably still wouldn't have paid it, but I'd have understood. To go from free to $400+ per annum? Go [REDACT] yourself with a [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

I know their terms have since improved. All twelve of their remaining employees should still consider [REDACTED] as a valid option to preserve their [REDACTED].

 

$400 a year?

Sometimes being cynical and suspicious pays off. Photobucket and similar sites aroused nothing but distrust in my heart.

 

That's crazy.

 

Huh. You look different these days

 

I just got home from work. I'm about to eat chicken.

 

Just sorted out all of my photos since 2020. It took me about an hour. If only it was that simple to sort out everything else that needs sorting out... Anyhow!
Got some awesome pics this summer from the river Styx, the Gates of Hades and the Necromancy temple. Was on duty... Had the time of my life. It's been too long since I had such a great time. So adventurous! Perhaps because it was exactly the place I wanted to go and you know what? It was so great actually that I went twice. If you ever decide to visit Greece, especially in the summer time, be sure to visit there. I promise, the place is m a g i c a l. No wonder it has so much mythology knitted on it. I'll post some pics from there at some point, but I digress.

Other things... Hm... Drinking beer, listening to music and wasting time. A thinking-about-thinking mood. I want to start writing a blog entry but I don't know from where to begin or what exactly I want to say. Ever had a moment like this? Mine's been stretched out through time and I'm not sure why. Too scattered. Damn, it's cold. Anywell, hello!

 

@Malisky Hey stranger! It's been a long time. Good to hear from you again.

 

Got some catching up to do. Come 'ere stranger!

 

Glad to see you back! You went real quiet real sudden-like a while ago, was moderately worried. I'd love to see some of those pics.

 

Would someone like to perform introductions for those of us who have not met this well-traveled individual?

 

Hmmm... how to describe Malisky? She's a cool rockin' chick from Greece who used to be an icon around here for her rather volatile opinions and kick-ass photographs of beautiful areas in Greece. You can see a bunch of them if you hit up Tavern's Member Pictures gallery or whatever the thread is called and go back a few pages. She suddenly stopped posting, what, about a year ago or so? Shortly after Malum appeared on the scene. At times I thought he was her alter-ego, as if she had become a dude and changed her name a bit. But they did overlap briefly and even spoke to each other, which was very weird for me, thinking they might be the same person.

And now she's back. Time to celebrate.

 

20 seasons with the Patriots...that's a hell of a long time.