And then I spent the rest of the day in deep recovery and have spent a fair amount of time in Hogwarts Legacy starting back from the beginning, in Story Mode. Right now “the story” is more compelling and the tasks and challenges feel like they are leading somewhere. It has been fun!

Today was a day. The people came out a second time. The basement is drained and drying. It’s all over but the crying end cleaning. That was a grand I was hoping I was saving but I paid people who did a bunch of crappy work on our behalf. I’m grateful that issue is resolved for now.

The guy is here trying to drain my basement. I don’t spend time in mine, generally. It’s partially finished and mostly storage. Tonight I made the discovery of the water. Not fully flooded, but standing water in part, water had been higher at some point. Floor drain isn’t draining, etc.

The thing where I was expecting a delivery today, but actually the order I placed is scheduled to deliver in just 6 short days.

Once again, I have learned to never ever trust a tutorial for doing anything in Linux. The chances that you will be able to do what you intend to do right out of the gate are low, and inevitably you’ll need to refer to second, third and fourth sources. And maybe it works, maybe you start over.

I re-watched Madonna: Truth or Dare this week. It came out at what I feel was most likely the zenith of her career, with her Immaculate Collection and her book Sex all in popular media at once.

It was fun to see. I had forgotten there might have been any controversy around any of her performances since she has been eclipsed on a few fronts.

I was a huge fan of hers for a long time and my collection of music reflects that.

But it was a time and a place and others have filled that same place in my heart since those days.

I rewatched Rattle and Hum a few weeks ago and think about the lyrics, still. It was interesting to see even then how America and her culture were both influential, yet not living to her ideals.

I’m looking for a copy of the Depeche Mode 101 DVD.

Not sure if I have an AppleTV issue or a playlist-too-big issue. When I pick a few of my larger dynamic lists, the AppleTV becomes unresponsive for several minutes. Not an issue on my iPhone 15 streaming the same lists, but my AppleTV model is circa 2017. Only seems to be an issue since tvOS 18.

Coffee. Coffee and Tylenol. Coffee, Tylenol and Nintendo.

I need more coffee.

I opened my web browser on my work computer, and once more I have no idea what I was going to do next.

First time I’ve seen an Instax photo. About the size of a credit card. From a company event this morning.

Apologies to Tim who has no idea he is on my timeline.