No Wally World Run Today…

I was going to go to Wally World this morning. But I realized I needed more than one day without shoes, and I really didn’t need anything at this time. Remember, I still have a blister on my foot. And besides, Target delivers. As does Wally World….

Begin: Weekend….

Yes, it’s been a while:

My USB hub died. Not really, but it would cut out whenever I plugged in the electrical cord. Found a replacement, but there was some reorganization neccasary since I had to go from a 10 port to a 7 port. Ended up retiring a game controller, but the wireless one that I bought when I thought I needed to replace it will work well. And it turns out that I had a cable plugged into it that went no where (it was for a printer that now connects wirelessly)….

One or more of my shoes has given me a blister. So this weekend will be ‘shoes off’ with the exception of my Wally World run tomorrow morning. I’ve already had my Target run delivered (and they shorted me on a 12 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper)….

Calling Accuweather’s bluff….

According to Accuweather, Friday is going to hit 74. They were right with the windstorm, so I’m going to call their bluff, and I’ve set up the AC in my room already. Along with this, I decided to clear the junk off of my easy chair, and around said chair. I’ve:

• found the Seattle Kaken hat that my sister got me for Christmas.
• found my Festivus stocking cap that’s been missing for 5 years.
• Discovered 3 sets of headphones, most of which were impulse bought at  Worst Buy, and they’re going in the trash.
• found whole shitload of usb cables. Into the Drawer with them.
• discovered some cheap Home Depot swag from when I worked there. The fact that I dug them from behind the chair shows how much I used them. Trashed.
• found most of my missing socks. Into the laundry basket.
• Discovered a package of beef jerky from a shopping trip last fall. It was unopened, so I have no doubt as to it’s fitness for consumption. But still, into the trash…

And I just went through the Drawer, too. Cleared out:

• The original 56k modem that my first Gateway came with.
• The RAM from the computer that replaced the Gateway.
• A very old tablet.
• Various and Sundry cases to phones that are no longer used.
• Miscellaneous video cables. I’ve now realized that most monitors will supply the cables that you need…
• A manual to a joystick that I wish I still had…
• The manual to Combat Flight Simulator. The original one. I still have the game.
• At least one cable remote. In 2015, my brother and I went to the X1 system, and this remote was from the previous box. And Xfinity at the time said that they were now free. I now have three X1 compatible remotes in my room (they give you a new one every time you replace your box, and apparently they aren’t to keen on them being returned.

And lastly, I pitched the wireless charger I got a few weeks ago. I got it because it was advertised as charging both my phone and my buds wirelessly at the same time. But I could never get it to work. It would charge for a few minutes, then flash ‘error’. I’m not complaining to Newegg about it, since they went above and beyond with their customer service when UPS decided to fuck up the delivery. The second that they shipped me is still in the shipping box, and will probably be given away at Christmas. As for me, I found another charger at Spamazon, and it works even better.

Now to go throw out the two bags of garbage….

Power went out yesterday. Twice….

So Saturday night, I get a high wind warning from the Accuweather app on my phone. And it was accurate. Power went out twice here. I went to bed at about 1:30 after putting away my grocery order from Wally World (an adventure in and of itself). At about 5:30, I woke up with the power out. Got up, and came out to the sight of my brother finishing off the last of a tray of cinnamon rolls that I had just bought that day. Fifteen minutes later the power came back on and I went back to bed. Evidently the power went back out while I was sleeping as I was woken up by my nightstand fan turning back on when the power came back on. The storm has passed, so I don’t think it’ll go out again. But now is also a good time to make sure my gadgets are fully charged (namely my 30,000 miliamp powerbank)…

Had to replace my mouse. I had noticed in the past weeks that my primary ‘click’ button was inadvertently double-clicking when I wanted to single-click. Probably a dirty contact switch. But with the way the mouse (Logitech G604) is built it is not very feasible to take it apart to clean it. However, it was on sale at the Logitech website, so I ordered another one….

All I’m going to say about the brouhaha between Will Smith and Chris Rock is that they’re both wrong. Chris Rock was wrong to joke about somebody’s medical condition. And Will Smith was wrong to resort to violence over it…