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I'm also beginning to have the vaguest threat of a migraine & there's an older guy here whose text alert is an extremely synthetic bugle charge call at max volume... And it's going off repeatedly.

My van registration appointment was evidently a half hour before I could have sworn it was, so I'm now sitting in the absolutely gorgeous marble entryway of City Hall. Which is echoey, oh so fucking echoey...

2022 Honda Odyssey packed, holding everything previously brought to Great NorthEastern War in my old F-150.

Passenger side view of my new 2022 Honda Odyssey fully packed after Great NorthEastern War.

Rear view showing the 2022 Honda Odyssey packed full after Great NorthEastern War.

Rear view of the 2022 Honda Odyssey after making it home safe from Great NorthEastern War. It's still not unpacked, but the most important magnets are in place. The "Thrive in Spite of Him" magnet was found in the parking lot of Great NorthEastern War during site clean up, so if you lost it let me know.

I can't thank everyone who helped with my GoFundMe enough. With y'all's help I managed to scrounge up a down payment that keeps my monthly bill to an arm instead of an arm & leg.

Donate to Veteran Needs New Truck for Daily Life, organized by Chris Stansel For those unaware, I am a disabled veteran, and while most of my disabilities are… Chris Stansel needs your support for Veteran Needs New Truck for Daily Life

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I will encourage anyone who needs help to do things like this, why is it so hard for me to encourage myself that it's fine to ask for help...😅 At any rate, my truck won't pass its next inspection &, large as it is, I use every inch of it. I can't afford to replace it by myself.

Gotta love knowing you're working with a famously brittle/difficult wood, getting it to where it needs to currently be, then deciding you're going to try something that you're not great at & have a decent chance of fucking up, then spending the better part of an hour sanding away said fuck up... 🫣😅

Step 0, Prep, remove covers, cushions, feetsies, and make sure the reciprocating saw blade is plenty big enough to get in there & rated to handle the occasional nail, just in case. The picture is a couch lying on its back with a reciprocating saw on it.

First arm removed from the couch, it's having a little lie down. It's been on its feet for decades...

Structurally, both the second arm and back are removed here, but the couch fabric hasn't accepted what's coming yet.

Only 2 tools required, a reciprocating saw & a utility knife, though I did also use pliers to peel back the upholstery as there are nails every inch or so... The picture has both arms, the couch back, and the seat, taking a little nappy nap separately. My cheap-ass reciprocating saw is lying on the couch seat & the utility knife sits on the coffee table.

Easy 3 step method of removing a couch. Step 0 is, of course, prep. 1) Pick an arm, make it have a little lie down. 2) Sleepy time for the other arm. 3) Back rest joins in on the fun. Now you don't have to worry about any doors or corners. Some assembly required if you want to use it again...

Things I learned today, a stiff breeze across the hearing aids is quite unpleasant...

Yesterday the VA gave me hearing aids to help treat my tinnitus using "notch therapy" where they slightly boosts everything *except* the frequencies my brain interprets the tinnitus to be (layman explanation, I'm not an audiologist). But now I feel like I'm talking awkwardly loud...

It's a selfie, but wearing a unicorn headband with a rainbow veil, which is appropriately thin, as veils should be.

Evidently it's going to be the super soft kinda birthday.

I have once again broken my personal record for number of laps around the sun. I think this is the first time the card from Ma arrived on my actual birthday. She makes them herself, so I love seeing what she came up with each time (even if sometimes they can be a bit of a puzzle to open). 😝🤣

IN THIS HOUSE we believe that ALL CATS are BEAUTIFUL, FASCISM is a plague on HUMANITY, the ONLY RESPONSE to illegal orders is FUCK YOU - MAKE ME, and EVERY DAY is SHUT THE FUCK UP FRIDAY

THIS NIGHTMARE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR

Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, Now a Rich Man, Receives a Letter from His HOA Dear Tevye, This letter is to inform you that you are in gross violation of the rules of this Homeowners’ Association (HOA). Please note the follow...

"While a certain amount of biddy biddy bum will be tolerated, it has come to our attention that you biddy biddy bum all day long."

And here's what the Googles say. For some reason WTForecast always seems to read high. I think one of the buoys gets hot flashes.

That's on WTForecast, here's from the truck...

At least it's sunny out?

A friend of mine who's dying of cancer gave a couple of us the last of her fucks. 😝

One of the side effects for each ADHD, PTSD, & Chronic Pain can be memory problems. So I would like to thank past me for the lovely birthday hatchet I bought me off Kickstarter a while back. It arrived today and it's purdy, I'm looking forward to trying it out on a lower pain day.

A conversation on Reddit. The OP says: ”Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes ... Families are torn apart: men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared.” A smoothbrain dipshit replies "Yes. It's a consequence of uncontrolled borders. It's to be expected. Grow a backbone; it's what we voted for." OP replies that they quoted the diary of Anne Frank, and asks "Now what does that say about you and your party that you could not tell the difference?"

Fuck these fascists.

Because it came up in conversation at work today, here's a video of moving day from way back when a family of racoons was living in our trim department... Adorable fuckers...

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At some point this weekend my Punk/Ska/Psychobilly/Rockabilly Covers playlist broke the 72 hour mark. Not that Spotify is great at handling a playlist that long, but theoretically I could have 3 days of covers, of various qualities, with no repeats... open.spotify.com/playlist/3e7...

Wool fabric of roughly historically recreated pants with a set of forceps to the side.

Sometimes, when the draw string of your pants decides it wants to pull a runner, it pays to have been a medic...

Tired looking skull patch with glow in the dark rose eyes on a denim vest under another patch with the combat medic symbol & the words "Motrin" and "Water".

If people don't start paying much attention I think we're already be on the path to renaming it the "not too shabby, I've had worse really, depression."

Danny Trejo holding a sign that says "you're not sad, you just need some tacos"

For you non veteran types, you're about to enter a stage we call #embracethesuck. When things have been so bad for so long, it's suddenly funny. It will be ok. It's a coping mechanism. We will make it through.

How to glimpse a parade of planets in the January night sky Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s called a planetary parade. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye in January and for part of February.

"Uranus can be spotted with binoculars and telescopes." (Ok, technically the quote is Uranus & Neptune, but that's not going to get nearly as many immature giggles... 😝)

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Got up this morning and asked the robot what the weather's going to look like today, was told currently -2°, high of 20°. Got in my truck, looked at the dash, -2°. Thought, "I wonder what kind of sass WTForecast has for this weather?"

Evidently there are hot buoys in my area ..

the reason gen z doesn’t care at all about “china having their data” is because gen z knows that the US government has collected their online activity data since they were born

Selfie bundled up in enough clothing that only the eyes are visible behind slightly tinted glasses.

...I look like this.