What made me happy today?

[Louanne Learning]

bacon and fried ham

I tend to go for the sausage

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I tend to go for the sausage

Did anyone offer you sausage? Tsk. So demanding.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Well, someone give me an Ernest wiener

 

[Louanne Learning]

@Schism - thank you. Most kind!

 

[TrevorD]

@Schism - thank you. Most kind!

Love your new avatar, Louanne!

 

[Louanne Learning]

Love your new avatar, Louanne!

i really relate to it, for some reason

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Long ago in a universe far away, I got to play Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. My little brother suggested it was type casting. I put jalapeno juice in his coke.

We have a new internet provider for about two-thirds the cost of the old, and with a much better reputation than the old. Hope it lives up to its reputation. It sold to a new owner a while back.

 

[MoonChild]

Today I saw the first daffodil in bloom!

 

[Stuart Dren]

Warm vegetable soup on a cold day. I had to really haul Stuart these last two days at work, but I think the next three days will be easier.

Also, my stud extractor arrived and worked like a charm, so I've got the accessories bracket off (the studs go into one of the heads), which let me get at the last connector for the wiring harness, which gave me room to take off the valve covers then the rocker arms (holy shit a four cylinder would have been nicer to faux work on). Lower intake, then heads, here we come! I've really fooled Ms. Dren into thinking I'm fixing this thing.

 

[Schism]

Saying all scifi and fantasy is overrated because I'm a troll who has never read a fiction book. I have to live a little, right?

Also "litfic" is a dead and meaningless label.

Maybe after another cup of coffee, I'll think of more controversial opinions.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Playing Scrabble tonight, I drew both blanks, all four "S"s, and every big letter. I won comfortably, with 450+ points to 307. I took my foot off the gas when I got 200 ahead. I do, after all, share a bed with my opponent.

 

[Heartlet Happer]

With help of AI was able to find the name of house spirit Khaalga-nii Savdag.

It is a children spirit (from Mongolian folklore), who lives in a felt rolled up door of a yurt. Its responsibility is to guard against evil. I tried to confirm its existence (in lore) for years, but could not search well, so was in constant doubt of my memory, which is pain.

Now I think of a proper way to host it on top of common door frame. Maybe a piece of rolled cloth as it originally was.

 

[Schism]

Read about...don't want to say what I read about since that might give the story away. But I have the story in my head now, and all I have to do is write it. I'm always spilling the beans though.

Gotta write this thing before the merciless beanstorm ruins all the good surprises in life.

 

[GrahamLewis]

While at my local St. Vinnie's a few days back I noticed a nicely-framed charcoal print of two toddlers, for $15. The girl, who faced forward, looked a lot like our daughter those many moons ago; the other, a boy with his back turned, reminded me of her twin brother. The next time I went back it was still there, and I realized it might make a nice Valentine's Day gift for my wife, so I bought it. She loved it. She noticed the signature, and asked about it. I had no idea, but I looked it up. The artist is fairly well-known, and I found an exact copy of the print, framed as this one, selling for $200 on Etsy.

So I am happy on many levels.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

Read about...don't want to say what I read about since that might give the story away. But I have the story in my head now, and all I have to do is write it. I'm always spilling the beans though.

Gotta write this thing before the merciless beanstorm ruins all the good surprises in life.

Oh, yes. A beanstorm would blow your story away! *lends Schism an electric fan to blow the beanstorm the other way*

I got the chance to see one of my childhood rock 'n roll heroes in concert last night. He's been rocking for a long, long time (and he's 79 now), but he still brought down the house. Played for two hours, non-stop -- no music sheets, just guitars, a keyboard and the occasional accordion. People were singing along, clapping, getting up and dancing. 'Twas a good feeling.

I only wish I can still rock that hard when I'm his age.

 

[Amontillado]

I'm both amazed and thankful for how much can be learned from other people's misconceptions.

Today I saw an X post claiming the usual drivel about flat earth theories and mentioning how earth has to speed up and slow down for its slightly elliptical orbit.

My physics expertise fades once we get past the large-fries-with-that stage, so I was delighted to realize the cyclical change in speed does not represent a cyclical change in total energy. Where earth slows down in its orbit and loses kinetic energy, it's farther from the sun which means it gained more gravity potential energy. Where earth speeds up, gaining kinetic energy, it is at a shorter radius with less gravity potential.

A stable orbit is a body in motion with constant total energy. Isn't that cool?

Makes me feel like celebrating. I think I'll go for the large fries.

 

[Heartlet Happer]

A stable orbit is a body in motion with constant total energy. Isn't that cool?

Fine. Cool. A body. One body problem is easy. Sun is bolted motionless to the ether. You are happy for moment, like Galileo once was, the universe is made of Sun, planets and tiny stars. With a side fries of Kepler. (something something constant ellipse area per unit of time).

But then Newton (?) runs into the room to ruin the mood. The center is not the sun, but a point on a line between the sun and earth. Sun is also orbiting, just much smaller orbit. We have 2 bodies. But wait. There more bodies and their fries, and cats and dogs fill the room. With happy excited faces they present you 3 body problem.

 

[GrahamLewis]

While at my local St. Vinnie's a few days back I noticed a nicely-framed charcoal print of two toddlers, for $15. The girl, who faced forward, looked a lot like our daughter those many moons ago; the other, a boy with his back turned, reminded me of her twin brother. The next time I went back it was still there, and I realized it might make a nice Valentine's Day gift for my wife, so I bought it. She loved it. She noticed the signature, and asked about it. I had no idea, but I looked it up. The artist is fairly well-known, and I found an exact copy of the print, framed as this one, selling for $200 on Etsy.

So I am happy on many levels.

This is the print:

 

[Amontillado]

Fine. Cool. A body. One body problem is easy. Sun is bolted motionless to the ether. You are happy for moment, like Galileo once was, the universe is made of Sun, planets and tiny stars. With a side fries of Kepler. (something something constant ellipse area per unit of time).

But then Newton (?) runs into the room to ruin the mood. The center is not the sun, but a point on a line between the sun and earth. Sun is also orbiting, just much smaller orbit. We have 2 bodies. But wait. There more bodies and their fries, and cats and dogs fill the room. With happy excited faces they present you 3 body problem.

Spoil sport!

 

[Heartlet Happer]

Spoil sport!

Ha ha sorry. Thought you liked more fries