One year ago today: April 4, 2025, the finish line.
Five years ago today: April 4, 2021, no rifles.
Nine years ago today: April 4, 2017, who remembers $45,000.
Random years ago today: April 4, 2007, I took this pic.
Well! All may not be lost. I awoke with unaccustomed energy and threw on some raspberry muffins before reaching for the bass. I have Steve’s old song list, which is a year old on my files. He has not gotten back to me, so I chose the easiest tunes, such as “Runaround Sue”. Of course I dislike songs chosen without regard to what the rest of the band plays, but that is a parameter unlikely to change in my lifetime, which was recently nearly foreshortened. How slow is it around here? The top story is a muffin and songs from 1960.
My after-hospital diet includes a lot of soup. Is it therapeutic? I need to get back to solid grub, which is my excuse to start with pizza. The point is, I cannot find my cooking with soup book. There was some real gems in there. Aha, the book title just hit me and I found the website. See, blogging is useful.
Disappointment in my home. Here is one of the muffins and boo-hoo, I cannot taste anything. Such a great aroma I had planned a breakfast muffin-fest. How cruel, me, reduced from national-scale adventure to muffin-crying. I finally finished “Death of a Kingfisher”, the audiobook. In the end, it is quite the adventure and yes, I recommend it. Full of quaint British quirks and superstitions, the culprit is totally a surprise.
The book is also an unmeant exposé on police tactics that I have always been against. It is this business of “interviewing” people who are neither suspects nor witnesses under threat of being charged with obstruction. Then permanently keeping the files even after the case is closed. As usual, the police questioning is not confined to the crime, rather personal information, especially who is sleeping with who. Including the totally innocent people on the tour bus miles away, the police created such files on 68 people.
Amusingly, the book has numerous references to the Internet, to let you know small town constables are no slouches when it comes to technology. Did you know in Scotland, it is the police and not you who decide if you can speak to a lawyer?
Toledo, Spain.
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This is a DIY rheostat I built in 2 hours. It isn’t done, I have to install a solid base and attach a knob. The bird is a ceramic parrot who already asked the question, why build this device if I don’t need it? Easy, there is more to it and most people did not build anything new today just to see how it works.
That’s easier still to tell, it is a safety resistor, just 100 ohms. Follow the logic. The rheostat has some iffy characteristics. One is that the wiper arm can be turned full off. That means if this unit is attached to any assembly which may not have its own resistor, you’ll burn something out. What’s more, I’ve attached an LED to the circuit. I’ve learned to add pilot lights to my home-made gear. If I have the energy later, you’ll find a demo. With just the light, this circuit behaves exactly like a dimmer.
I was busy all day, no nap because although I’ve got the fatigue attacks, they are less intense and the transition is smoother. Take it slow, I’ve had several relapses. Ideally, this means I can take on more exciting projects, any one of which could break this medical spell. I did not know this was a holiday weekend, there are no religious items on my calendar, though I’m okay with most traditions. By request, none of my prescriptions are taken after 6:00PM so my sleep pattern should return. We are going to do this, folks.
Later, let the record show that I stayed home. The neighbors checked on me, I was invited to Karaoke, but I chose to write letters and watch a movie. Without a band to play in, I’m not much good for socializing.
ADDENDUM
In news I will remember from today, top story is what happened after US cut of aid when the African governments refused to reform and allowed 750,000 people to starve. All White males in German between 17 and 45 now require permission to leave the country. Amazon has lowered membership fees for anyone on welfare. Rumor has it the Epstein files are so bad they have to fake another Moon shot.
It is hilarious how the Democrats got themselves maneuvered into defending rapists, terrorists, and serial killers. This will not end well for them. The toilet vent on the Artemis froze over, NASA is tilting the craft toward the Sun to thaw it. They are millennials, why don’t they just vote that the toilet fix itself?
