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Inside the Red Head's Head

Opening Day

Today is opening day for the Boston Red Sox. The first game is a little more than four hours away. They are on the road against the Rangers. Game time is 4:05pm Eastern time.

This is the third opening day since my mother passed away and the first since my father passed away. I am missing them both a little extra today.

Here’s hoping my Red Sox tear Texas a new one to cheer me up. After suffering through garbage hockey for nearly a full season, I am not going to take any crap from baseball. I have spoken.

Unrelated note, here’s today’s photo a day thing (day 208 of 365). I hope you’re not getting tired of the toy camera app black and white stuff because I most definitely am not tired of it. I might use black and white exclusively next month. We’ll see. I’ll probably change my mind before then, but it could happen.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54412488042/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Baseball #BostonRedSox #Family #iphoneography #openingDay #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #RedSox

Flickr208/365By robj_1971
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In the Office Today

I am in the office today. I expect to be in the office tomorrow, at home on Thursday, and then in the office again on Friday. You are clearly beside yourself with fascination, I can see. Clearly.

I took a picture for today’s photo a day entry. Again, you are fascinated.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54394392656/in/datetaken/

We called the contractor’s office who worked on our dishwasher over the last two weeks and demanded a refund. They sent out a tech to see what was wrong instead. He ripped our kitchen apart and found nothing wrong. Insert a frustrated sigh here. I ran the dishwasher twice last night and the error message did not return. The working theory is that something was partially blocking the outflow, possibly in the garbage disposal, and it just backed up into the dishwasher. Yeah, I guess. We’ll run the disposal before running the dishwasher and see how that works. Frankly I am still wanting to take the thing outside and run it over with the car. We’ll see how it goes for a while, but I don’t see myself trusting the little bastard any time soon.

Okay, I gotta run. Someone needs me to move some code out to a customer. I’ll get on that and talk to you folks later.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #appliances #contractor #contractors #dishwasher #homeMaintenance #iphoneography #maintenance #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography

Flickr199/365By robj_1971
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Random Cats

While I stress over the death rattle of my dishwasher (friggin’ thing) and the coup that put a nazi dictator into the white house, I try to compensate and make myself feel better about everything by taking bad photos of cats.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54392750438/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54393454479/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54392708904/in/datetaken/

There, don’t you feel better now?

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Cat #iphoneography #Kitty #lily #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin

Flickr198/365By robj_1971
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Amazon Boycott

There has been an organized amazon boycott underway for the last week. It started on the 7th of March and ends today on the 14th. I have been as successful as I can be in joining the boycott. I haven’t shopped at amazon or knowingly shopped at a site that amazon owns. I haven’t watched anything on amazon prime video. I haven’t knowingly used the news services they own, or even used imdb. The most difficult part was not using audible while driving in and out of Boston and to and from work this week. I am a bit of an audiobook junkie when I am driving and not touching my audible account was a little tough.

The question I have is, did I unknowingly use amazon web services? I think a huge chunk of the internet is hosted by amazon. There’s a good chance that I went somewhere that is paying money to amazon for their web hosting needs. I don’t think I could have avoided that at all. Hell, for all I know this very page is hosted by amazon. I hope not, but who knows?

For the things that I could actually control though, I have managed to play along. I just have to continue not giving amazon any business until midnight tonight. I can do it.

In the meantime, here’s a photo a day picture of a cat. Hopefully Flickr, the site I use to host the images you see on this goofy little page, is not hosted by the amazons. That would be disappointing.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54386306268/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #amazonBoycott #boycott #boycottAmazon #Cat #iphoneography #Kitty #march7ThroughMarch14 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin

Flickr195/365By robj_1971
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Stoplight Theater: Boston Edition

Today’s stoplight theater comes from a random intersection on the short drive from the hotel we’ve been staying at over the last couple of days to the Mass Pike (that’s route 90 for non-local folks). Fascinating, I know.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54383025262/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #iphoneography #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #stoplightTheater

Flickr194/365By robj_1971
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Photo a Day

I forgot to take a picture of something… anything… before I left for work this morning. As a result, here is my iPhone’s charger’s eye view of my office… because I had to do something to stay on pace for this silly project…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54382180039/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #iphoneography #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography

Flickr193/365By robj_1971
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Another Screwy Day

Today is Thursday and much like yesterday and the day before it is turning out to be a screwy day. Fun.

I overslept this morning. I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before the work day started and then I overslept and screwed up all of my plans. I did get the big things in, my day’s worth of goofy exercise, breakfast, routine stuff like that, and I managed to sneak in a little bit of guitar playing. I put rhythm guitars onto one RPM Challenge song. Not much but better than nothing.

We got a little snow last night. Probably less than an inch. The snow turned into rain and now we have a driveway covered in a nightmare of slush. At some point later today the temperature is going to drop and that nightmare of slush is going to turn into a nightmare of ice and I don’t know if I am going to have time to clear any of it before it freezes. I am super happy about that. Really. There’s not an ounce of sarcasm here. I am thrilled to the teeth by this potential outcome*.

It’s not even noon yet and the work day has been just as crazy as yesterday. Not bad, but a weird combination of hectic and frustrating. It’s looking like tomorrow will be similar, but after that things should settle again. Here’s hoping at least.

In closing, here’s a few guitar pictures from this morning because I am insane.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54324874621/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54325281160/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54325099104/in/datetaken/

*Contrary to the above statement, I was in fact being sarcastic. Extremely sarcastic. My words were dripping with venomous sarcasm. Just call me a sarcasm machine.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #dailySchedule #Guitar #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #oversleep #overslept #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #schedule #Sleep #SongWriting #work #z5

Flickr166/365By robj_1971
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In the Office

I’m going to be in the office today… and tomorrow… and the next day. Sigh of sadness and frustration.

No guitar playing today, but here’s a guitar pic for the photo a day thing. Hooray.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54318497541/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #hybridWorkSchedule #Nikon #nikonZ5 #office #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #returnToTheOffice #work #z5

Flickr163/365By robj_1971
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Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Flickr162/365By robj_1971
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Stoplight Theater

On Tuesday I tried to run an errand for my wife and it failed in spectacular fashion. Yesterday she altered the parameters of that errand slightly and this morning before work I tried again. This time: Spectacular Success!

The goal was to get it done before the snow started and the first flakes fell as I was approaching our driveway on the way home. Perfect. Also, I took a stoplight theater to serve as photo a day project number 159/365. Boom.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54310858965/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #iphoneography #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography

Flickr159/365By robj_1971
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Make the Bed

The least you little fuzzy creeps could do is make the bed for us. You little fuzzy creeps. I can say that Lily was pretty ticked off at me when I took my jacket out from under her. Sorry, Lils.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54308773863/in/datetaken/

Photo a day 158/365.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Cat #iphoneography #Kitty #lily #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin

Flickr158/365By robj_1971
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The First Order

I can’t believe we saw the leader of The First Order in person. A brush with fame. Fascist fame, but fame none the less. Kinda like the USA in general these days, right?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54295280726/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54295280631/in/datetaken/

The alternative caption to the first photo would be, I can’t believe we saw that guy who was on that HBO show with Lena Dunham.

Photo a day number 151/365.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #DisneyWorld #florida #HollywoodStudios #kyloREN #Orlando #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #StarWars #stormtroopers #Travel #Vacation

Flickr151/365By robj_1971
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