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I was born at 16:17 NZ time on May 23, 1969. So right… now is my exact birthday. 🎂

2020-05-22 · birthday · david

Yesterday’s second attempt at sourdough bread turned out a bit better than the first time, though still a bit too much hydration, I think. 🍞

2020-05-22 · bread · food

As a responsible flag owner, I have lowered my flag to half-staff as directed by the presidential proclamation to honor the victims of the pandemic, though I don’t understand why; not like it’s over. Is this another “Mission Accomplished” situation?

2020-05-22 · flag

On the homestead blog this week, GIFs of birds swooping, chickens fighting, and the duck flapping his wings, plus more pictures. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓

2020-05-22 · birds · chickens · ducks · FlockFriday

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic book (and movie). An amusing quote from it (with a deeper meaning): 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-22 · mbmay · quote

I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.

Today’s moment of cuteness: Paladin in a cardboard nest. 🐈

2020-05-21 · cats

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the big Mt St Helens eruption, so it’s fitting that my next scheduled throwback photos are of a visit there in August 2003. #ThrowbackThursday

2020-05-21 · ThrowbackThursday · travel

An excellent but underrated Heinlein book is Citizen of the Galaxy, literally a rags to riches story. Here’s a favorite quote I live by: 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-21 · mbmay · quote

A wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice.

A couple of people managed to identify it based on the second clue. The What’s It Wednesday mystery object this week was a springform pan. Congrats to those who got it, better luck next week to everyone else! #WhatsItWednesday

2020-05-20 · WhatsItWednesday

Nobody has guessed the What’s It Wednesday picture today, so here’s another clue. I’ll reveal the answer in an hour or so. #WhatsItWednesday

2020-05-20 · WhatsItWednesday

A Porcini reaction GIF. 🐈

2020-05-20 · cats · gif

Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday

2020-05-20 · WhatsItWednesday

Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but his Dirk Gently series is also pretty good. A quote from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-20 · mbmay · quote

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.

A moment of cuteness: Poppy and Porcini snuggling in their house. 🐈

2020-05-19 · cats

A video of a chicken telling me all about the egg she just laid. Sound on!

2020-05-19 · chickens · video

Another favorite book is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. The whole series, really. Here’s a quote: 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-19 · mbmay · quote

... such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it!

On the homestead blog: yesterday we started the potato planters. I added some scoria and dirt to the planter frames, Jenn planted the seed potatoes, and I added new irrigation for them.

2020-05-18 · GardenPlumbing · veggies

Six Colors site 🔗 #MediaMonday

2020-05-18 · MediaMonday

An informative and entertaining Apple-focused news site, written by Macworld alums and podcasters Jason Snell and Dan Moren. A great membership podcast, too.

Here's an amusing meta-quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, which was one of my all-time favorite books as a kid: 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-18 · mbmay · quote

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of — but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading books in recent years — nowadays I just read Twitter, Micro.blog, and blog posts. Not great, perhaps. So I’m going to re-interpret this week’s Micro.blog challenge as more quotes from old favorite books.

2020-05-18

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I was born at 16:17 NZ time on May 23, 1969. So right… now is my exact birthday. 🎂

Yesterday’s second attempt at sourdough bread turned out a bit better than the first time, though still a bit too much hydration, I think. 🍞

As a responsible flag owner, I have lowered my flag to half-staff as directed by the presidential proclamation to honor the victims of the pandemic, though I don’t understand why; not like it’s over. Is this another “Mission Accomplished” situation?

On the homestead blog this week, GIFs of birds swooping, chickens fighting, and the duck flapping his wings, plus more pictures. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic book (and movie). An amusing quote from it (with a deeper meaning): 📚💬 #mbmay

Today’s moment of cuteness: Paladin in a cardboard nest. 🐈

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the big Mt St Helens eruption, so it’s fitting that my next scheduled throwback photos are of a visit there in August 2003. #ThrowbackThursday

An excellent but underrated Heinlein book is Citizen of the Galaxy, literally a rags to riches story. Here’s a favorite quote I live by: 📚💬 #mbmay

A couple of people managed to identify it based on the second clue. The What’s It Wednesday mystery object this week was a springform pan. Congrats to those who got it, better luck next week to everyone else! #WhatsItWednesday

Nobody has guessed the What’s It Wednesday picture today, so here’s another clue. I’ll reveal the answer in an hour or so. #WhatsItWednesday

A Porcini reaction GIF. 🐈

Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday

Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but his Dirk Gently series is also pretty good. A quote from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 📚💬 #mbmay

A moment of cuteness: Poppy and Porcini snuggling in their house. 🐈

A video of a chicken telling me all about the egg she just laid. Sound on!

Another favorite book is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. The whole series, really. Here’s a quote: 📚💬 #mbmay

On the homestead blog: yesterday we started the potato planters. I added some scoria and dirt to the planter frames, Jenn planted the seed potatoes, and I added new irrigation for them.

Six Colors site 🔗 #MediaMonday

Here's an amusing meta-quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, which was one of my all-time favorite books as a kid: 📚💬 #mbmay

I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading books in recent years — nowadays I just read Twitter, Micro.blog, and blog posts. Not great, perhaps. So I’m going to re-interpret this week’s Micro.blog challenge as more quotes from old favorite books.