2022
My Vols showed up and showed out! Big win! Bring on 2023!
How things have changed!
A Man of Action ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pretty good, I generally like these type of movies “based on a true story” and this was no exception. 🍿
Death on the Nile ⭐️⭐️⭐️Good, not great. 🍿
Walmart self checkouts were fully staffed. Regular registers (with actual cashiers), not so much.
Normally I do not mind cold weather but todays weather is beyond cold.
Today I learned, Wordle was the number one searched word on Google for 2022
Anyone tried post.news? Seems like a cross between Twitter and Micro.blog without the complexity of Mastodon. Here is my referal link if you’d like to give it a look.
Just saw a post on facebook that asked what comes to mind when you see this picture. I thought back to going to the computer store to purchase 4mb of RAM and the store had to get it out of the safe and of meeting a guy selling new computer parts out of his car. From him I purchased a 33.6 baud modem to upgrade my old 14.4, if felt like making a drug deal.
What I Learned 12-02-22
Yesterday someone on here commented and posted a link to a “what I learned today” list. I thought that was a wonderful idea and thought I’d create a similar list using micro blog posts.
Today I learned, it’s now possible to chat with an AI Bot. I can see the day coming where AI will replace jobs ie: customer service rep.
I love Dolly but this special is not her best work.
Cantankerous Old Me
I am about to turn 64 years old. So, admittedly and proudly I am old by internet standards. That said, I simply do not understand this trend of replying to tweets, message board posts, or whatever with just a picture, meme, or some silly short video from The Office. Again, maybe it’s just me, but I find those type reply’s thoughtless and rather annoying. Am I the only one who feels this way?
The Booksellers, Probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but as a bookseller myself, I found it very interesting.
Jerry & Marge Go Large, definitely a “feel good” movie.
A wooded yard is nice in the summer but damn, these leaves are going to be the death of me. 📷
My 2 cents on Twitter
Like many, I joined Twitter several years ago. Though I seldom posted, I found it a great way to keep up with what was going on in my local community, as 90% of the accounts I first followed were from my ate or were community related in some way. Over time it developed into my preferred method of obtaining local and national news and keeping up with my favorite sports teams. Sure I see the occasional far-fetched political rant, but I have been around long enough to see through the BS and generally keep my feed clear of the wackos. I should add that I use Hootsuite for my Twitter client which seems to help keeping my feed clean.
Now suddenly Twitter gets purchased by a mostly clueless billionaire and many are bailing for other platforms. Mastodon seems to be a common landing spot. I have not yet joined Mastodon but from what I have read it is very much a Twitter clone without the huge conglomerate / clueless billionaire behind it. I will give it time to grow and develop before I consider joining.
I have recently joined micro.blog and find the ability to post in either short form or long form to be to my liking. This is more for my benefit than anything else, I have no grandiose expectations that anyone actually cares what I have to say. It’s more like my private journal that I choose to post publicly.
I said all that to say this: yes I am trying and enjoying micro.blog. But I have no plans to bail on Twitter anytime soon as it still serves my needs, mostly better than it did when I first joined.
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Stairway to nowhere. 📷
Finally received my new iPhone 14 Pro (ordered 2+ weeks ago). Though I haven’t yet dug into many of the new features, so far I am very impressed. 📱
Anyone lucky enough to live near a Buc-ees should definitely try this.
