A couple nights ago we watched Ocean's Eleven (2001) because it was free via Amazon Prime and we wanted to refresh and catch up on the franchise. Without poring over reviews to find out how faithful it was (or wasn't) to the 1960 original, let's just say I enjoyed it, it was a little goofy but mostly sophisticated and immersive. Last night we continued with Ocean's Twelve (2004), also free. There were enjoyable moments, but moreso than its predecessor, there were a lot of places where it "tried too hard... (...more)

Blueberry muffin w/my coffee ♥ Fuel-up: 308.3 mi / 11.211 gal = 27.5 mpg 100mg caf ~11:30, woven wheats w/olive tapenade hummus cleaned out old notes in fon notepad * * * I've been using the CutePDF Writer print-to-PDF driver for years and years now. Generally it does what it does very well, but something it does not do is print "secure" PDFs. In my scenario, you have a PDF that is not password-protected to open/view, but there is a password restriction to print it. CutePDF Writer's ... (...more)

Slept like a rock after our busy, mind-expanding day Saturday. When I woke up I perused Facebook a bit while Miss Cupcake slept, and I saw a GoFundMe memorial drive for the family of one of my old D+D buddies who passed away recently. I put in a modest gift. There was another boy in our D+D circle who rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and my memories of Carl are shadowed by his bullying of this other boy who let's call Alvin. Not that I feel so lily-white by comparison; I intentionally withdrew cont... (...more)

In the morning Miss Cupcake asked if I was up to revisit Blowing Rocks Preserve, and I said if we were going to do an outing I'd rather go someplace we hadn't been before, like the monastary/museum at St. Bernard de Clairvaux in Miami. So we fueled up the Passat and did that and took lots of pics and it was gorgeous and inspiring and I'm so glad we went. Then we had lunch at a restaurant called "Little Havana" on Biscayne Blvd in North Miami. The interior decoration was a little kitschy but it was clean... (...more)

coffee, bagel w/chevre, mail check Brought dress shoes and Timberland boots I haven't worn for probably over 10 years to the Soles4Souls drop-off closest to work Laminated organ donor card (under $2) picked up work food: seltzer, woven wheats, yogurt, salmon cans Backup \\dora SQL databases and update XAMPP install to 7.1.x WealthSimple Socially Responsible ETFs * * * In junior high and high school, when I was a big Pink Floyd fan, a good few of my peers were equally Who fans. Somehow I... (...more)