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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 20 (2025)

dandy_warhol said:
What should we call our forced break from Cyburbia?

-Cyburbi-no
-That Which We Shall Not Mention
-More Time for Work
-The Not So Great Depression
-March
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I'm trying to think of some planning-related term for it . . can't think of anything right now, but it will come to me.

Meanwhile, I am sure at some point we'll get a quick summary of what happened. Glad to be back though!
 
With the last game of the campaign in the books, and the Canucks spending the playoffs on their couches, I am now in that "no football and no hockey" phase that will last until September.

Jim
 
Tomorrow is the third anniversary of me in my current position, which means review day. So if you don't hear from me after today, it's been a pleasure.* :)

Jim

* Joke. I don't have anything to worry about AFAIK.
 
dandy_warhol said:
What should we call our forced break from Cyburbia?
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dandy_warhol said:
Probably should start to think about what we are doing for Easter dinner.
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I haven't been told our plans yet. Sooner the better, since if I need to buy anything, it would need to be tomorrow morning before 9 a.m. I'm busy the rest of the day, and finding an open, uncrowded store on Sunday would be a challenge.

If I don't know, I'll just default to a small ham, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. I can whip that up for us in a couple of hours.

Jim
 
Smooth commute into work today . . . Good Friday is always a light traffic day.

Even the turnoff toward South Reno didn't look bad.

(Since we're planners: The major job market in Reno-Sparks is not in either of those cities' downtowns, but rather on the southern fringes of Reno (called "South Meadows") and Carson City, 30 miles south. Also, a secondary hub is the "tri-center" about 10 miles east of Sparks, where all the industry is.

With that said, I work in downtown Reno, and Wifey works in downtown Sparks. We both love our reverse commutes. :))

Jim
 
24 for dinner, I think - ham and lamb with a potato-garlic-cream side dish, a salad and maybe asparagus or brussels sprouts and also a pizza rustica pie - I think I will make sheet cake for dessert - house drink is a Violent Femme (gin, grapefruit, elderflower and prosecco with sage garnish) and not sure what the mocktail will be (maybe a berry shrub)
 
No plans for Easter Saturday, but taking dad out for lunch on Easter Sunday.

Otherwise, nothing exciting is going on.
 
Celebrating Easter on Saturday at my son's house in Plano; will be first major holiday for new grandson (not that he'll remember; he's only three weeks old).
 
The American Trails International Trails Summit in Madison, WI was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Monona Terrace Convention Center.

The conference had 850 people attending
A keynote speaker - Professor & Author - James Edward Mills
Concurrent Sessions - I will self report CM credits
Reception / Cocktail Hours with a Raffle
( I donated the USPS Appalachian Trail postcard set w/ a sheet of the stamps -
https://store.usps.com/store/product/the-appalachian-trail-oversized-postcards-S_486166 (The Appalachian Trail Oversized Postcards | USPS.com))
Field trips including going to Trek Bicycle plant
World Trails Film Festival - https://trails.film/festivals/its25...RgU_FQwzE5ZsfA5Ms8_aem_L7aZHLzUQ6hNq1Q_PUGz_g
 
The Terminator said:
While the forums were down:

I accepted a job in Western New York and am excited to take my career to the next level for a municipality in Niagara County. It feels like an Easter miracle and I am very excited for this new stage.
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Congratulations!! My mother was born near there . . . Niagara Falls, Ontario--but grew up in Water Town NY (which I guess is somewhere near Buffalo) before moving to SoCal in high school, where she met my father. I've never been to NY though.

Jim
 
jumbach said:
Wouldn't really call that "near Buffalo." :)
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That's what I was driving at, yeah.

MD Planner said:
Yeahhhh, unless my job is literally on the line I'm not attending a 4:30 meeting on a Friday.
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I have a few coworkers that, if I see them calling or IMing at 4:30, I flat out ignore, because what they are bugging me about is never something that can't wait for the next day. (Others, if they contact me that late, it's usually pretty urgent and I'll talk to them.)
 
We had ham for dinner on Easter. In other news, Mercury is in retrograde
 
Bubba said:
We're finally close to the end of The Pollening.
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We have a carob tree in our front yard that, every other year in the fall, drops what we call "tree turds." Hundreds of them, by the day. I scoop them up and take them to compost.

(Why every other year and not every year? I don't know.)


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The girls and I are on our annual Great American Road Trip this week. We’re currently in Charleston, WV.

Days 1-2: NJ to Morgantown, WV. Spent the night there, puttered around town, visited WVU. Drove to Charleston.
 
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