🫧 on the twenty first of Junius

 🫧 the bubble explanation. Bubbles form b / c the soap reduces the surface tension of the water. The soapy solution [ soap is a surfactant ] then clings and a shape is allowed that reduces the strain or load. This shape is the sphere

' boro. a reasonable day is expected. always a chance of rain in this slightly humid and warmish environment

for sure heat is on the way

Sequitor. I'm rewatching ' Sandman ' the life and times of the god of the endless. The ' dream king '

The storyline is that an amateur magician/ necromancer / bad dude accidentally captures the Sandman ( temporarily unprotected).  By holding the incapacitated Dream King, the magician dooms Humanity to live their dreams or nightmares 

To re - establish his Realm, the Sandman must retrieve his lost talismans. 

One such item requires a trip to Hell. While waiting outside for an invite as per God protocol watching the sinners w/ torches queuing up for their fate. Matthew the companion blurts out ' they make you bring your own fire to Hell ? ' 

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the above is the introduction to ' Blogger ' 

ah. the art of blogging ?  OMG. And here I am venting to the ether

' boro. gloomy. a cool day that represents comfortable as opposed to the coming heat wave. Next week, the H / H factor will be stifling

🧭 on finding your way

 🧭 Jun 19 edition

' boro is gloomy. We were actually, warm to hot  yesterday but cooler today. And rain is possible

the latest app or feature from Google [ recall, we are Google captives in this house ] is ' Notebook w / AI '. I imagine it is much akin to a diary. Imagine, you can blog every day

while doing coffee w/ B ... , a week back, I asked for a report on traffic going home. I figured that I was asking the right person. He uses Maps on Google and requests a set of directions and apparently, you get traffic reports

🛻💝 XVIII of Junius

 🛻💝 " we are offering a complimentary evaluation for your vehicle, by the used car manager "
no thnx.

' boro, looking good out the window.

Oh. hired a neighbour to paint our front door. Approx 20 yrs ago [ or more ],  I painted the steel doors that represent our entrance. Blistered and cracked but of course, this is a surface phenomena. The doors are steel.
    One day, a morning session and afternoon one, ta da done

The part that I ordered arrived at Honda. With Raz $ 1.64. Bet the packaging and delivery cost more. 

The plastic [ of course ] clip holds the hood support rod in place under regular driving 
I'd been using a cable tie to keep the support rod held down

🛻 Jun 17

 

🛻     Booked the 7'30 AM appointment at Honda

M ... Said " why ? " 

The advisor asked for the whole day b / c the Ridgeline needed 3 recalls 

Thus. Recall # 1 factory tonneau cover [ mine was aftermarket ] no dice

Hood latch could snap off or displace [ hood flies up at speed ] 

Wiring harness that support lights and camera may fray on repeated bending

No charge. And done on time. Yea, the two recalls

Still. Done 

🛣 a new way to go

 🛣 there is a toll road that crosses the top of the city approx 100 miles. Recently, 26 miles became free. Conveniently, this is the route to the Q ' . Thus, I drove the # 401 to # 412 and cut up to #407. Easy and efficient.
Coming back due to traffic [ yes, still there ] I travelled a more circuitous route at the western end of the planned trip. Slower, but way less aggro, all considered

Ah. The Q '. that is a little more like my usual stories. I organized fishing equipment. By now, you must have figured that my forte is organizing. Not doing but organizing.

Last year, to my chagrin on every fishing trip to Q ' at some point [ when I needed something the most ] I said ' why isn't Z or X here.
Thus, today, it was basically, put fishing stuff away properly. So, mission accomplished ?
Sort of. I sorted and readied 7 fishing rods. Pulled out and put away and pulled and put away for the afternoon.
Plus I got down to the dock and fished for half an hour

Rate the day ? definitely, a six

Relaxing. No
Necessary, maybe

Fifteenth Jun

 ' boro. Beautiful ! day

Shopping at El Tigre del Norte for the essentials as in milk, eggs, Cheerios, relish 

And returning 3 pants for M. ...

Big deal was smoking a Mahanttan short rib chunk

But. BBQ was filthy. A fall and winter dust and clingy crud removal job

And inside. The replacement briquettes kept falling thru the grid That I cut to size. Added a finer grid to prevent the briquette cascade every hour

Then I used Jack Daniel s whiskey smoker pellets on a aluminum plate. Meat went on the offside from the heat. After 2 hrs, it was into the oven

Result. Bingo. Best smoked meat of the year