"Murphy was an optimist!"
Protected: Never look beyond yourself April 29, 2024 2:19 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWhat a lovely day! April 24, 2024 8:59 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeIf I had a screened in porch, I’d work on it all day today. There’s a light rain going birds are singing. ?
add a commentWhere’s the food fairy? April 24, 2024 8:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWhat happens when you are the only person in the house who eats breakfast and you don’t leave the house for two weeks? Butter sandwiches for breakfast. Butter sandwiches.
add a commentGovernment has plenty of good April 24, 2024 8:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifePeople on the “goberment is bad” bandwagon. Have you ever really just thought about everything you have because of government? Here’s a nice little resource from the United States government.
https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/savings-goal-calculator
add a commentRewiring the brain April 24, 2024 8:30 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI’ve done it! My mind now interprets Celsius without needing to convert to Fahrenheit. It’s like I can now think in two weather languages without translation.
The process was not dissimilar to switching from the qwerty keyboard layout to the Colemak layout.
I have Waze set to kilometers. Everyone in the United States already partially uses the metric system. They know exactly what 2 liters looks like. Every backpacker knows exactly what 1 liter looks like. We just need to set a frame of reference just like you are doing for speed. I have a meter stick in my hall closet. Roughly 39.5 inches. Wish I’d gotten it when the children were younger. Small metric measurements make since to me but longer distances don’t. I still basically measure long sight lines against football fields. Now there’s a unit of measure!
I think the next step is to begin slipping metric into conversation with those not actively trying to use it. Much like we’ve done with 2-liters. So if someone asks me what the temperature is I’m going to answer “21º Celsius. About 71 degrees.”
You know, if
One person, just one person does it they may think they’re really sick and
They won’t accept them. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
They may think they’re both weird and they won’t accept either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
Spouting off in the metric system and walking out. They may think it’s an
Organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said
Fifty people a day walking in spouting off in the metric system and
Walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.
And that’s what it is, the United States Metric System Acceptance Movement, and
All you got to do to join is use the metric system the next time a measurement comes along.
(Apologies to Arlo Guthrie)
add a commentDo the dumb things you gotta do; touch the puppet head. April 22, 2024 8:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI do what I have to do
Not because I want to
Or that I can
But because I have no other choice
add a commentSleep…who needs it?! April 22, 2024 7:53 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI’ve often said, “Sleep is a waste of time.” This past week I’ve put my money where my mouth is. I wonder if I keep this up if my body and mind will just accept no sleep as the new normal. Is wakefulness simply mind over matter?
add a commentJust keep going April 21, 2024 8:39 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeYour brain will tell you you can’t
But do it anyway
Your body will say quit
But keep going anyway
Others will tell you it is impossible
Prove them wrong
add a commentI grew a plant from food! April 19, 2024 9:47 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI had given up on it but the ginger I bought from Kroger has sprouted! In two places. I have no idea what comes next, how long to let it grow, or when to harvest but I grew a plant from food!
Gotta have a hobby April 18, 2024 5:37 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeMy new hobby is checking credit karma like it was some sort of social network.
add a commentEarly to rise… April 17, 2024 7:09 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI’ve become an early riser again out of necessity. I feel it but I’m loving it. Nothing compares to the calm of pre-dawn and the productivity it brings.
add a commentSuch a beautiful day to be a programmer? April 14, 2024 1:55 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeSo you want to be a programmer? Be prepared to watch the perfect spring time weather pass you by as you pound on the keys of your keyboard and day dream of working on your yard and your house.
add a commentProtected: Full on bitch mode April 14, 2024 11:57 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeThe devil is in the details April 9, 2024 10:26 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI use a paper planner to keep me productive. I know..tech dude says what.
Today my todo list says “Reset PW”
Someone needs to be a little more specific.
add a commentThe stress addict’s prayer April 9, 2024 10:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, PhilosophyGive us this day our daily Xanax
Calm the mind and lead us not into day drinking
Forgive us our craving for the productivity of cocaine
Ritalin this Batman
Speed our inattention away
For twenty, fuck it.
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