Saturday, December 31, 2022

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, 2022 Edition (Early)

Sorry if this appears to be early, but I have to work tonight, and calling out on holidays is strongly discouraged at work (especially after I had to call out on December 23/24 last week due to the ice storm. BTW freezing rain sucks…). So, in no particular order (other than what pops into my head), here’s what happened this year:

  • I watched a Test cricket match in it’s entirety. (BTW, Australia defeated Pakistan).
  • I upgraded the processor on my computer (2700X to 3800x, both Ryzen 7).
  • Wrecked the 3800X in a CPU cooler gone terribly wrong.
  • Started using my old HP Tower again (my HP Pavilion 500-314).
  • Realized I had a bad power cable, and was able to get my tower working again with the 2700X.
  • Bought another 3800X.
  • Got used to Windows 11. But I prefer Windows 10 more. When Windows 10 is no longer supported, I’m ready for 11.

(The last few items all happened in the last two months).

  • Didn’t buy any shoes this year.
  • Went from my Motorola RAZR 2019 back to my Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
  • Went from my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 to a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.
  • Started using my Blu-Ray player again.
  • I’ve gone a whole year without setting foot in a mall. The only reason I would now would be for a Target run, but I have that delivered (now more because of Pierce Transit’s f*cked up scheduling than anything else. It is now next to impossible to make a connection at from Pacific Avenue to 122th St (or likewise) in less than an hour).
  • My AC tried to die on me. After leaving it unplugged for two weeks, it reset. And I needed it, this summer was hot. I wouldn’t say really hot, but is was consistently hot. It wasn’t until October that I was able to take it down for good.
  • The Mariners made it to the post-season. Then choked it.

The there are various and sundry passings like Benedict XVI, Barbara Walters, Angela Lansbury, Gilbert Gottfried to name a few.

2022 was a trip. Now on to 2023. See you next year.

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