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I still have the one amendment on my Amended docket that I had a week ago.

Finishing up by doing unpaid overtime on Saturday, I have now posted an Office Action on a Regular New application after 11 PM, so my production for the biweek that ends in half an hour will look pretty good. Now I get to make and eat dinner, and then prepare for tomorrow, and yes, I know about the start of Daylight Saving Time.

Mothers, don’t let your babies grow up to be patent examiners.

ysabetwordsmith

We went out shopping today.

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Current Mood: busy

disneydream06

March 6th...

6:30 Is The Best Time

On A Clock...

Hands Down.
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March 7th/8th...

I Ate A Clock

Yesterday...

It Was Very Time

Consuming.

lovelyangel

Tsundoku Stack, March 7. 2026

With last year’s remodeling project, a bunch of unread books got shelved into the new bookwall, and there was a Tsundoku Reset last October. Books keep coming, though.

I’ve been underwater since last November, and book reading has been largely on hold, with a few minor exceptions. February was especially busy, and now that those events are over, I feel like I’m finally starting a new year.

With that is a return of the tsundoku stack. Besides books that have been collected over the last four months, I recalled a couple of books from the bookwall – as I really do need to read those. At any rate, the stack is big again.

Here is a list of what I’ve read since last October – mainly manga with one graphic novel and one novel:

I track upcoming releases separately. Upcoming book releases:

Upcoming manga releases:

Pending Anime/Manga Tracker, March 2026

ABOUT TSUNDOKU
My tsundoku tag collects my blog posts about my tsundoku collection. The first post was in May 2014. However the tag really kicked off starting in October 2020. I recommend these tsundoku articles: Tsundoku: The Joy of Unread Books by John M. Jennings and Understanding ‘Tsundoku’: The Joy of Buying Books Without Reading Them at Alterpret.

elf

I'm writing a Brindlewood Bay adventure based on MDZS/The Untamed.

Or rather, based on one small detail of MDZS/The Untamed, using a modern-AU setting: Investigating the death of Lan Furen. (Adventure title: Lost in the Clouds. Complexity 7. Would be 6, but the death is 30-ish years old, so they're working with some difficulty.)

Brindlewood Bay has a different approach: Instead of "GM decides on the details of the murder and sets a bunch of clues that the players have to find and figure out," the GM sets the location, a list of suspects, a list of clues - and the players then come up with their own idea of who did what. Then they roll. If they roll high enough, they were correct and have solved the murder. (If they roll almost high enough, they were correct but now there is a complication - the murderer is getting away, or attacks them, or someone is in danger because of what they've revealed, etc.)

I don't have to decide what happened to Lan Furen to have it as the base of a murder mystery here. I just have to figure out who might've been involved, invent some clues, and throw them at the players.

( It's been more difficult than I thought. )

arlie

This morning both computers displayed the quality standards of their developers.

The Mac did its usual thing. Safari had crashed, taking my windows with it. Not notable enough to record, since it happens multiple times a week, ever since "upgrading" to Sequoia, aka MacOS 15.5 (24F74).

The Kubuntu system had two windows/processes/apps that could not be given focus, and/or weren't responsive to being selected, and farthermore had ceased to receive input from the net. One was ProtonMail and the other was Discord. The system had been up for 7 days. It had also had multiple issues with the rsibreak app in the period it had been up; I'd been killing and restarting it when they occurred.

After rebooting the Kubuntu system, ProtonMail was once again functional, but Discord was demanding that I update it yet again - this being a manual process that also involves using a web browser. Sadly, thanks to the non-functional session management software, all my browser windows will appear on the same virtual desktop, creating a PITA nuisance to sort out, even though I was able to look through each virtual desktop before rebooting, and kill off any unwanted windows that were among the lucky few that were visible (and thus easily selectable) in the horizontal, thumbnail-including set of firefox windows available to select.

It looks like Canonical is consistent - they force updates approximately weekly, thanks to firefox both being a snap and changing that frequently. And their idea of "stable enough to ship" is that things might work for about a week before needing to be restarted.

This is not the sort of thing I want to encounter early in the morning before the kettle boils.

On the good side, my new backup disk on the linux system (not yet in use for backups) mounted correctly at boot.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and cooler, but still comfortable. It stormed again last night.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/7/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. A skein of geese flew overhead, honking quite loudly.

The almost-black miniature irises are blooming. :D The first of the bluebell shoots has appeared.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Was the agricultural revolution and the explosion of civilizations that came from it an overall good thing for humans or a negative? In other words, would it have been better or worse for people to stay in small tribes?

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Current Mood: busy

ranunculus

My first chore today was to send off the information my tax guy needs for the part of the Ranch that is held as a corporation. Corporate taxes are due March 15, not April 15. Sigh.
This afternoon I took the tractor down to the arena and spent a lot of time going in tight circles as fast as I could. According to someone I talked to that is the secret for leveling out an arena. My arena had big lumps in it where truck loads of sand were dumped. Over time the lumps have gotten better, but it has been easy to see that it was far from flat. The circles seems to have worked, the arena looks a lot better, but then it always looks better after it has been all stirred up and the footing is soft. Leslie Miller was there, she came to camp for the weekend. So were Glen and Alice. They all helped first clear the arena so I could work it up, and then set for this weekend's Obstacle Practice. It was fun up until I had to race back to the house to meet Denise who came and trimmed Firefly's feet.
Off early tomorrow to finish setup and get ready to greet riders. Only 5 coming Sat and 7 on Sun.

ysabetwordsmith

I took some pictures around the yard today. These are from the savanna. (See the house yard.)

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

conuly

I'm worried I lost my kindle when I misplaced my red bag in which everything is. Well, not everything, but perhaps my kindle. Or maybe not. My kindle might be under my bed. If it's not under my bed, I'll have to replace it sooner or later. I'm a bit wary of looking and finding out one way or another.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today was unseasonably warm and sunny, so I took pictures around the yard. The first few are from indoors, then the rest are the house yard. (See the savanna.)

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

disneydream06

March 6th in Minnesota...

And we have a thunderstorm rolling through this evening. :o

disneydream06

Hollywood's Golden Boy Stumbles.....

Met Opera beefs with Timothée Chalamet after his controversial comment about the performing arts

Chalamet drew criticism for suggesting that ballet and opera are disciplines that "no one cares about."

By Wesley Stenzel

https://ew.com/met-opera-calls-out-timothee-chalamet-controversial-comment-about-performing-arts-11921216?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=22368843-20260306&utm_campaign=ewk_relationship-builder&utm_source=ewk&utm_medium=email&utm_content=030626&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&utm_term=news-alert

ysabetwordsmith

Water bears on Mars: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy?

Tardigrades – also known as water bears – are tiny animals about 1 mm or less in size. They’re known for being able to survive in extreme environments.
Tardigrades can survive in simulated Martian regolith, researchers found … if you rinse it with water first.
Future astronauts could use tardigrades to help grow plants and survive in habitats on Mars.

Tardigrades are interesting little extremophiles. They can survive a wide array of harsh conditions, such as radiation and starvation. Some live in desolate conditions; others live in warm, green places hence their nickname "moss bears." This implies that they excel at colonizing harsh terrain, but they can also take advantage of better conditions. They're about as close to indestructible as life on Earth has gotten. So it makes sense to take them along for space exploration.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny, unseasonably warm, and windy. It drizzled on and off yesterday and last night. Today the wind is drying things out some.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen any yet.

I put out water for the birds.

Lots of flowers are blooming -- the crocuses are open and I spotted a winter aconite.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I took some pictures around the yard.

I saw a turkey vulture wheeling overhead. I've also seen a small flock of house finches and some sparrows at the hopper feeder.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I transplanted volunteer snowdrops from the parking lot to the apricot tree.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I tried using a pruning saw on one of the remaining saplings in the parking lot. I managed to make a small cut, but clearly this method is too inefficient to bring down a sapling. *sigh*

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I transplanted more snowdrops from the parking lot to the apricot tree.

The first Ginger Gold apple seedling has appeared in the milk jug, and indoors, one of the apple seeds has also sprouted. :D 3q3q3q!!! All my willow cuttings are leafed out. Last night the lower stems had tiny white dots; today they have distinct little root buds. Their speed is impressive.

The first peony shoots are appearing in the tulip bed and under the apricot tree.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 3/6/26 -- I started trimming brush along the north edge of the house.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

gingeriana

Который год зарекаюсь свалить куда-нибудь в марте, когда этот тягучий, бесконечный просто, переход от зимы к весне уже совсем невмоготу -- каждый год календарь самопланируется иначе и март пролетает, снова не в этот раз. А тут ещё и необъявленная третья мировая, доп.фактором на мозжечок.
Крышу срывает, развлекаюсь откровенной ерундой.

Ерунда №1.
Взяла и перестирала всё шо стиралось. Оказалось (в очередной раз, но кто же учится на ошибках? Праильна, только умные), что коврики из ванной стираются херово, а сушатся в машинке и того хуже.
Впылесосила остатки трупа коврика - решила глянуть в интернетах, шо там у нас по дюрабилити ковриков, кто нынче в лидерах.
Чаты джипити спрашивать - это для слабаков. У АИ нет ножек и ванной тоже нет, откуда им знать. Спросила сразу у Реддита.
Резиденты Реддита поведали мне, что текстиль, синтетика и даже силикон -- это всё прошлый век и практически античка. А нонеча все гребут и хвалят коврики из диатомовой земли!
Диатомит (он же кизельгур, он же диатомовая земля) = ископаемые остатки панцирей диатомовых водорослей, блаблабла...
Коврик в ванную из палеоген-неогеновых отложений?? Дайте два!
Купила. Офигенный коврик, подтверждаю. Красивый, практичный, приятный пяткам, супер быстрая впитываемость.
И шо характерно, не постираешь уже, там только наждачкой полировать.

Ерунда №2.
Возраст таки сказывается, факт. До bird-watching-а и пилатеса я ещё не дозрела, но каким-то непостежимым образом повелась на рекламу раскрасок по номерам. Прям как настоящая desperate housewife.
Раньше меня что сдерживало? Осознание того, что я известный рукожоп и что с мелкой моторикой проблемы, несмотря на десять лет фортепиано.
Почему я решила, что сейчас всё будет по-другому? Науке не известно.
Шесть постеров тёплой ламповой красоты. Шото типа арт-деко, наверное, или новодел около того.
Вчера начала первый, и дела ни очинь. In my defense, отэто первый раз в жизни малюю акриловыми красками. Где эта красота была всё моё детство, а (риторическое).
Ща я быстренько испорчу все шесть и успокоюсь.
А там и апрель! Веранды, прогулки, пальтишки. Оно попустит.

lovelyangel

Last night I was puzzled as to why Backblaze wasn’t backing up Homura II. But it was late, and I decided to follow up in the morning.

This morning, no backup was occurring, and I forced a Backup Now. After a few minutes of wheels turning, everything stopped again. Backblaze reported 0 files to be backed up.

Backblaze Backup Status • March 6, 2026

But I could see that 7.6TB was selected for backup. Could it be that backup was done?

I began the process to request a data restore so I could see what was in the cloud. Amazingly, all 5+ TB of Homura II was there.

Backblaze Restore Files screen • March 6, 2026

I drilled down into the tree structure and confirmed that both folders from TWICE concerts in January 2026 were there.

It appears that Backblaze was smart enough to connect stored data from Homura (I) with the new Homura II drive. All my Lightroom data is backed up to the cloud – and I even know how to do a restore from that backup!

(They say you should always test your backup with a restore. Consider my backup tested.)

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Well, That’s Not Good...
Home System 2026

james_davis_nicoll

A friendly session of D&D for a worthy cause reminds former friends why they parted.

Rerolled (The Last Session, volume 2) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws

disneydream06

So some of you probably remember the trouble I had with the neighbors over the last couple of years.
Running to the city to complain about my yard, being less then helpful neighborly when I was without a vehicle, etc...

Well, occasionally the mailman will accidentally deliver the wrong mail to my box.
And I will be honest and say, I have been petty enough not to just take it to the correct house.
I have been taking it back to the post office and putting it in the drop box.

So the question is, how petty is Jon being?

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Petty, But Whatever
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Jon, You Are So Weird.
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The Red Queen’s Race

Today's Adventures

Isn't It Punny.....

Tsundoku Again

MDZS, the Brindlewood Version

Modern Software Quality

Birdfeeding

Philosophical Questions: Civilization

Arena

Photos: Savanna

As one of life's petty problems goes

Photos: House Yard

A Day In The Life.....

In The News.....

Wildlife

Birdfeeding

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Well, That’s Excellent!

Rerolled (The Last Session, volume 2) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws

Things That Make You Go Hmm.....

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