I am with John Stewart on the whole Passover vs Easter as a father of mixed faith (sorta neither faith however following stories of both). This is a video from a few years ago however its still as funny today as it was then. So true. Passover is such a harder sell than Easter. Just look at the photo of our Easter spread that is the setup for our egg hunt with the girls tomorrow. On the Passover front they may get some soup and chocolate covered matzoh.
Month: March 2018
An Old Favorite
The girls had me read this again today. I haven’t read it in at least a year. Such a fun book. One of my favorites if not my fav from when they were little.
Compulsory tickling when the hippos went berserk was also successful!
Is 2 Data Breaches In a Week a Record?
2nd data breach in a week or so where my data is exposed. “Under Armour discloses breach of 150 million MyFitnessPal user accounts” it is the 3rd or maybe 4th in a year. On one hand really glad I use one off emails and random passwords for MyFitnessPal. On the other hand compared to the Equifax breach this is nothing:(
Laundry Time
I am living the life of leasure. The girls insisted on helping fold laundry and now wont let me carry it upstairs or put it away. I could get used to this.
W Sisters Short on M being Away
Pondering what sort of mischief I will get in with the girls while M is in the US? According to them it will involve paper, beads, and glue tonight.
Pi Net Expands
My new Pi 3 B+ arrived today. All my other Raspberry Pi’s are 2’s so this one should be significantly more powerful. I didn’t really “need” it however I wanted to play around with it. I haven’t written longer posts in a while however I now am using a Pi for RetroPi game console, an OSMC (Kodi Open Source Media Center) and two other ones I am trying to setup a docker swarm with. I hope to write more about my projects later. Now off to install Rasbian.
Goodbye Old Friend
It may be just a flashlight however it something I’ve had for 25 years. The batteries are corroded and I cannot get the hex screw out to try soaking it in lemon juice. It’s now off to the recycle center and I need to shop for a new one.
I remember carrying that around almost everywhere when I was volunteering as an EMT in college.
I Am Writing Out Scones are Not Crumpets 100 Times
I may have broken British law several times this morning calling a crumpet Scones to my kids. I knew I messed up right away when my older one got excited and looked at me funny as if to say we don’t have scones.
IRS Scam
Hi IRS robo-call that sounded like you were from the movie War Games. Here is the thing. You called on a number I do not think I gave the IRS. You sounded very threatening. Good job scaring people however I don’t think the government will do that. Also how is 2 phone calls all you give to warn people? The real IRS has reached out to me in the past. it is several letters, not just two calls. Nice try.
The best part about this is when I called the number you called me at you answered the phone right away. Like one ring. Do you really think i am going to believe that a government agency like the IRS is going to pick up in one ring with no IVR saying hello IRS? I was tired so I didn’t decide to play with the guy who I got on the other end of the phone but I thought about it before I hung up.
All of that and a simple internet search of the number you used for your caller id: 347-966-5628 comes back with reports of spam. https://www.callercenter.com/347-966-5628.html#complaints
I should be annoyed however I was slightly amused.