Duncan da Husky @duncandahusky@redwombat.social

It appears an #introduction is a common thing on Mastodon (pardon the hashtags):
- I'm a 50 year old pharmaceutical #engineer who helps organize #furry #conventions in his spare time.
- I identify as gray-#asexual/#demisexual.
- I am a widower; my husband of 18 years passed away in 2017.
- I am a voracious reader of #mmromance (especially with #werewolves), and try to post a #bookreview of ones I enjoyed (and some I didn't) when I can on my #blog at http://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/

So...hello!

All of my cow-orkers are working from home today and I have a couple of reports to revise and that's about it. Welcome to Friday afternoon. (Maybe I'll do a little travel research...)

I'll be at Fur Squared on Saturday, helping out with Security there. Say hi if you see me! If you ask nicely you can say hi to Charlie and Nora, who will be there as well (though not in con space - that's against the Code of Conduct).

I'm looking at stuff to do in and around Sydney (yes, I do plan my travel 6 months out shut up). I toyed with the idea of a flight over to NZ, but between the cost and losing most of a day of precious time, I'll stick with exploring NSW. Now to deal with driving on the left...

I'm intrigued by a mention in this article on making perfect oatmeal: savory oatmeal. Adding an egg to cook in the heat of the finished oatmeal, or adding sauteed mushrooms, greens, or grated cheese. If it works for grits, I guess it'll work for oatmeal. https://www.seriouseats.com/2019/02/the-best-oatmeal-is-all-about-technique.html

It’s time to sing along with Charlie and Nora! (Well, mostly Charlie barking, but you can hear Nora whining in the background) 🐺

Oh damn. Slyce apparently runs a Tuesday special - salad plus pizza for $22. Considering their salad is big enough for a meal and a pizza is two meals…SCORE!

Celebrating with a beer at Side Lot, which is certainly…consistent. Unfortunately.

For the record: title corrected and plates renewed (with the assistance of a couple of friendly clerks). Total time at the DMV: just under 30 minutes. I’m impressed!

@sutter This seems like something that you would enjoy, if only for the awesome questions for the provided answers. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/18/18229785/twitter-bot-endless-jeopardy-launch

Finding those lesser-known things? That's the adventure! That's why I enjoy travel so much. (Note that caveat "usually" - some things are unique enough not to miss, of course.)

While perusing travel information last night, I realized I have a specific approach when traveling: If everyone says "You MUST do this if visiting!" or "You MUST eat here!" I usually won't. They're great, I'm sure, but there's probably dozens of things as good or better to find.

That moment when you remember, "Oh right, I installed that browser plugin!" and still can't stop giggling madly.

Scientific interpretive dance. It's a thing! The Dance Your Ph.D contest is geeky and amazing. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59xyan/watch-scientists-express-their-research-dance-your-phd-aaas "Superconductivity: The Musical" is brilliant! :-)

Wow. The snow removal contractors came through my neighborhood (~230 townhouses) again overnight and cleared all the driveways and sidewalks again, after doing the same thing earlier in the day. I'm really impressed.

Today has been a great day of doing very little. I needed this. Also, apparently the 2-4 inches of snow we were supposed to get today looks a whole lot more like 5-6 inches, and it’s still coming down.

Well, this is gonna suck. I went to renew my car registration and noticed Dan's name is still on the title. Apparently I was supposed to correct that within 120 days. Oh well. Fixing this will require multiple forms and a trip to the DMV. Heavens help me.

Welp, here’s the new normal. Three-zone progressives (in former times they’d be trifocals, I guess). Man, these are going to take getting used to.

A long but worthwhile read from @ProPublica@twitter.com: A detailed examination of the root causes of two collisions by US Naval ships in 2017 that killed 17 sailors. Absolutely riveting reporting, brilliantly presented. Part 1: https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgerald-destroyer-crash-crystal/ Part 2: https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/us-navy-crashes-japan-cause-mccain/

Because Jewel's organic milk labeling is so shitty I accidentally bought the wrong kind of milk, for a second time. I usually buy whole milk - last time this happened I accidentally got skim, this time it's lactose-free.

Surprisingly, though, the lactose-free isn't awful. A little sweeter than expected, but not bad.