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As a rule, robots freak me out.
Not the Forbidden Planet kind, Robbie I can handle.
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But lately the tech companies are making these things bizarrely human-like and they tend to give me the creeps. Even the robotic dogs make me shudder.
So you can imagine how hard I cringed when I saw these….
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Oh, hell no.
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https://youtu.be/909UTYDtuGY?si=JbgWLJcN8pPeC5tJ
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That is truly nightmare inducing content.
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When it’s a nice day and my husband goes missing? I get worried.
When I hear banging and power tools? I have to investigate.
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I found him on the porch of the man cave/Barn Mahal where he was building….
Something.
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He called it a dead man.
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I called it dangerous.
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In order to replace some rotted wood on the deck he needed to raise a post.
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One rusted car jack and some scrap wood later…
I was glad OSHA wasn’t in the neighborhood.
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Yes.
That’s what was supporting the roof as he worked.
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Brave… or reckless?
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It’s always a tough call with my husband.
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🥴
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One of these squirrels is doing it wrong.
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But he was steadfast.
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And made it work.
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They’re determined little fellows.
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They’re baaaaack!
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And the minute I spotted my first Baltimore Oriole of the season I ran outside with oranges and all natural grape jelly.
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In no time flat …
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The feeder was busy.
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They’re such beautiful bright creatures.
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Only here for a short time to take nourishment for their annual migration to Canada….
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They’re always a welcome sight.
❤️
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And maybe one you can.
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Zombie cells?
Does this mean we’re going to get a sudden craving for brains…
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I admit I couldn’t think of any practical reasons for a living room butter dish. And after reading what they’re referencing?
(Hiding the remote control)
I still can’t.
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And you thought archeology wasn’t a glamorous profession .
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Seems a little extreme to me.
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Dirt.
I bet it still tastes better than McDonalds.
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It’s August 5.
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https://youtu.be/PxZg4SfIURg?si=jJwq-O0M63oFKlbD
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And I love Ted Lasso so this was news I could use.
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I talked him out of buying old wooden hangers.
I talked him out of buying old advertising yard sticks.
I talked him out of buying old light bulbs.
And yes, I even talked him out of buying this …
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But only because we already have two 12 foot vintage tree trimmers.
Sigh.
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Bad taxidermy aside, this antique store did have a sense of humor.
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And you know my husband didn’t come home empty handed.
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We’re now the proud (or not, depending on who you talk to) owners of a vintage table top pinball game.
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I can feel your jealousy from here.
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Did we need this?
No.
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But when did that ever stop my spouse?
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He paid $25 and was a happy camper.
Me?
I added a few classics to my vinyl collection.
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The Byrds, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Jackson Browne, Neil Young and James Taylor.
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I think I’ve mentioned my dislike of dolls a time or two (hundred) in previous blogs.
I find them disturbing , unsettling and more than a little creepy.
So imagine my horror when my husband dragged me to an antique store where I saw this….
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Yikes!
As if the naked zombie baby with the dead eyed stare isn’t bad enough, it was flanked by two jars of disembodied heads and body parts.
And further on?
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A bald, one eyed, broken necked abomination. With teeth!
Needless to say I was not enjoying this little shop of horrors and just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse? My husband went upstairs…
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And found what had to be Rosemary Woodhouse’s black bassinet.
Yes, black.
That has the devil written all over it.
Stumbling backward out of the room, I came face to face with this monstrosity…
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Tell me that face isn’t waiting for you to fall asleep so it can steal your soul.
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Holy crap!
This one is so happy she stole your soul she’s about to start chewing on your liver as an after dinner snack.
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Oh sweet Jesus…
What fresh hell is this?
No eyes, no brains.
I’ll be seeing these freakish zombie horrors in my dreams for weeks.
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Today I want you to date yourself.
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The first cell phone pictured is a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X brick released in 1983. It weighed 2.5 lbs, had about 30 minutes of talk time, and took 10 hours to fully charge. Cost? $3,995.
The last cell phone pictured is the first generation iPhone released in 2007. Revolutionary then… with its 2megapixel camera, internet communicator and accelerometer… but considered a relic today.
My first cell phone was #7. A Nokia something or other that I think I bought in 1998 or 1999. It didn’t do much of anything except (gasp!) act as a phone… back in the day when we used to have actual auditory conversations… but I thought it was pretty damn slick all the same.
Ironically I just stumbled across my second ever cell phone the other day.
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It was buried in a drawer under some sweaters and for the life of me I have no idea why I kept it.
Flip phones!
Geesh… texting was an absolute nightmare with those things.
Now you.
What was your first piece of mobile technology?
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How bad are these maps?
Well it’s like this…
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They show Maine’s favorite fast food as Long John Silvers. Now, the husband and I travel our state pretty regularly and I don’t remember ever seeing that chain. Turns out there’s a reason…
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Bad map.
Baaaaad.
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Who knew Kansas was so popular in Germany?
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I was born in New Jersey.
I say waw- (as in saw) -der.
Wawder.
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This one they got right.
We have the world’s largest globe and her name is Eartha.
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Eartha is the world’s largest rotating globe, located in the former DeLorme headquarters (now Garmin) in Yarmouth, Maine, and is a free, public attraction open on weekdays. This massive, 41-foot-diameter globe rotates weighs 5,600 pounds and revolves on a 23.5-degree tilt, mimicking Earth’s movements, It offers detailed views of the planet from multiple levels in a three-story glass atrium.
We’ve visited, and it is pretty cool. In a geography nerd sort of way.
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Father jamas for me.
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I’d add a few more to the extremely tricky list. Nebraska and Kansas for sure.
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It should be illegal to tease skunks everywhere.
That’s just wrong.
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Since I recently posted about the good shows I’ve been watching, I thought I’d be fair and blog about the shows I tried watching but didn’t like well enough to continue.
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I liked Breaking Bad years ago so I figured this series would be right up my alley. Prequel/sequel, whatever… I was here for it. Maybe there was too much time between viewings but I just couldn’t catch the vibe of this show. To be honest I found it more than a little annoying.
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I loved Yellowstone, 1883, 1923 and The Madison – so clearly I’m team Taylor Sheridan. And when I heard he was spinning off a show for Kayce Dutton? I was totally on board … until I saw the first two episodes and realized Marshals had none of the gravitas of its predecessors. Too much bang bang machismo action, not enough character development. I lamented the fact Taylor had let me down, until I read he didn’t write this show after problems with the new management of the Paramount/CBS merger. All I can say is… it shows. Hard pass.
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A friend recommended this comedy to me a while back and after the three stupid episodes I forced myself to watch? I might have to reexamine our friendship. It was that bad.
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I know a lot of people love Ozark but I’m afraid I’m not one of them. We sat through five episodes hoping it would click but all I can say is… meh. It just didn’t hold my interest.
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This is a show I was dying to watch when it debuted. So much hype. So much great press. But we had slow internet then and couldn’t stream. Now that I can? My disappointment was palpable. Yes, the retro vibe was fun but I found it rather boring and honestly… post Me Too movement? The treatment of women was hard to swallow. I stuck it out for 7 episodes but just couldn’t.
Watch Jon Hamm in AppleTV’s Your Friends and Neighbors. That’s so much better.
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