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Three good things for today: 10/5/2026

1. Slow, smoke-cooked cooked a beef brisket to gnaw on for the next week. 😋
2. The slow-cooker Cowboy Pinto Beans turned out OK. The dried beans (properly soaked in water) took twice as long as it should have to get softened up.
3. Did some necessary first-of-the-month adulting in the 1st week instead of in the 3rd week. 😜

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Three good things for today: 10/1/2026

1. Survived the dentist. First appointment in getting a crown replaced. 🦷 🛠️ 💰
2. Continuing nice weather.
3. Watching the sporadic lava flows from the Kīlauea 🌋 volcano.

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Three good things for today: 9/26/2026

1. After 3 days, the Moderna COVID vax side-effect headache is finally fading out.
2. First time since Wednesday I was able to sit out on the patio and enjoy the afternoon sun. (See No. 1 above)
3. Got the branches that came down in yesterday's windstorm picked up, cut up, into the yard waste bin.

Bonus: 4. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 5. Did I mention the vax side-effect headache is fading?

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Three good things for today: 9/24/2026

1. Did my semi-annual, at the equinox, furnace/air conditioning filter replacement.
2. Watching the live stream of the Kilauea volcano's north vent spitting out the occasional small lava flow.
3. Hot coffee on a cool morning.

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Three good things for today: 9/27/2026

1. Made Peking Duck Breasts for diner. 😋
2. Pots and pans all washed up.
3. Watch yesterdays really good Formula 1 auto race.

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Three good things for today: 9/22/2026 - Autumnal Equinox edition

1. Got out and exercised (walked).
2. Made the appointment to get vaxxed (flu & COVID).
3. Grocery shopping done.

Bonus: 4. 'Tis the autumnal equinox. 5. Sitting on the patio, cooling down after walking. 6. Big ole moon in the September sky.

Today's exercise: 2.54 mi walk in 47 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 9/21/2026

1. Overslept, got up and realized I had a dentist appointment in about 10 minutes. Got there only a couple of minutes late.
2. Slept well, I guess...
3. Had burritos for lunch.

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Three good things for today: 9/23/2026

1. Got vaccinated for flu and COVID. 💪
2. Dropped some cardboard off at the recycling bins.
3. Took care of an errand.

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Three good things for today: 9/19/2026

1. Met my weekly exercise goals for the first time in a long time.
2. Got out and exercised (walked). 🚶‍♂️‍➡️
3. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋

Today's exercise: 2.54 mi walk in 46 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 9/20/2026

1. A fuchsia from last year did survive the extremely mild winter! Normally they are annuals here. It has come up and is blooming! (Since nothing sprouted in the spring, I had planted begonias on that spot.)
2. Grilled up some steaks.
3. Being serenades by a northern flicker while grilling.

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Three good things for today: 9/25/2026

1. Got up relatively early.
2. Today's headache is as bad as yesterdays (weather change vs COVID vax side-effect?).
3. Morning coffee.

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Three good things for today: 9/18/2026

1. Benadryl with decongestant.
2. Sitting on the patio in the afternoon.
3. Figured out how to get MacOS Numbers to do print I needed.

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Three good things for today: 9/15/2026

1. Grocery shopping done for the week.
2. Put the new license tag on the old pickup truck.
3. Set out a new wasp-hornet-yellowjacket trap.
4. Spayed two wasp/yellowjacket nests tonight. (Not sure I got the 2nd one good enough. Was running out of spray.)

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Three good things for today: 9/14/2026

1. Got out of the house and got lunch from Jersey Mike's.
2. Got out and exercised (walked).
3. Did some necessary adulting tasks.

Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 47 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 9/12/2026

1. Got out and exercised (walked). Working on getting back into regular walks.
2. The usual bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for Saturday brunch.
3. Watch Formula 1 auto racing practice and qualifying.

Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 46 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 9/13/2026

1. Watched a good Formula 1 auto race.
2. Took a bunch of cardboard in for recycle.
3. Ran an errand.

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Three good things for today: 9/10/2026

1. A Mastodon filter wasn't. So I deleted the old one and re-entered the items. It's now filtering.
2. Placed an order for some interesting stuff I've been eyeing for a while.
3. A much more mundane order was delivered.

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Three good things for today: 9/17/2026

1. FedEx delivered my package. 2 days late, but it got here.
2. Picked up 2 new cans of Wasp & Hornet spray this afternoon and used some this evening. 😈
3. Marinated and grilled up some lamb 🐑 for diner. 😋

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Three good things for today: 9/16/2026

1. The wasp-hornet-yellowjacket trap hung up yesterday is doing a good job trapping what are some type of paper wasp.
2. Lawn mowed.
3. Sitting on the patio after yard work.

Today's exercise: 1 hour and 13 minutes of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 9/9/2026

1. Watching the eruption precursor activity at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. 🌋
2. Quality time sitting on the patio at twilight.
3. Did some necessary adulting.

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Three good things for today: 9/7/2026

1. Lawn mowed
2. The impatiens survived the issue with the sprinkler valve and one has flowered.
3. Finally picked up all the 1-inch PVC fitting that I had spilled in the shed a couple of weeks ago after replacing a sprinkler valve.

Today's exercise: 1 hour of lawn mowing and yard work.

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Three good things for today: 9/11/2026

1. Blooming backyard blooms: begonias, impatiens, snapdragons, and dwarf plumbago.
2. Spent some time on the patio.
3. After having the a/c on yesterday and last night, it's cooled back down. So the a/c is off the the windows are open.

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Three good things for today: 9/6/2026

1. Got out and exercised (walked). Trying to get back into regular walks.
2. Quality time on the patio. Temps are still 10F below normal.
3. Watch Formula 1 auto racing practices and qualifying.

Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 45 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 9/8/2026

1. Sitting on the patio in the shade, warm afternoon sun in a cloudless sky, birds singing, occasional neighborhood sounds, while sipping...
2. Mercer Brothers 2021 Reserve Cavalie Blend. 🍷
3. Grocery shop[ing done for the week.

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Three good things for today: 8/23/2026

1. With the air quality in the 'Good' range and milder (upper 80sF) temp, I was able to spend a bit of quality time chilling on the patio. At some point, single malt Scotch whisky may have been involved.
2. Watched a pretty good Formula 1 auto race.
3. Disciplined a misbehaving popup sprinkler. 😜

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Three good things for today: 9/2/2026

1. Made a Denver omelet for lunch. Not sure if I've ever had one before. 😋
2. A new Nick Zentner geology video came out today.
3. Doing research on the extent of glaciation in Oregon's Wallowa Mountains.

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Three good things for today: 8/8/2026

1. Air quality has improved to 'Moderate' (yellow) after 5 days of 'Unhealthy' (red).
2. Cut up yesterday's fallen branch and cut down and cut up 1 of 3 problem branches.
3. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋

Bonus: 4. Watched IndyCar auto racing practices and qualifing.

Today's exercise: About 1 hour yard work.

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Three good things for today: 8/9/2026

1. Cut down and cut up some of the branches from the sycamore tree.
2. Chilling on the patio after yard work.
3. Watch IndyCar auto racing.

Today's exercise: About 1 hour and 20 minutes of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 10/8/2026

1. New finch bird feeder purchases, filled, and hung up. Feeding station is now complete. Just need the birds to find it.
2. Panda Express for lunch.
3. The asters are blooming.

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Three good things for today: 10/6/2026

1. A very entertaining HashTagGames.
2. Grocery shopping done for the week.
3. Watched a couple of interesting YouTube videos.

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Three good things for today: 9/30/2026

1. A package was delivered on time.
2. Quality time on the patio.
3. Today's pots, pans, and dishes washed and drying in the rack.

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Three good things for today: 8/5/2026

1. Watch the latest Nick Zentner geology video on YT.
2. Finished up some left-overs.
3. Port Charollet

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Three good things for today: 10/7/2026

1. Finally set up the bird 🦤 feeders after a long hiatus.
2. Ran several errands.
3. Necessary adulting: Made the 2nd of the 2 extortion payments to the county. Well, they call them 'property taxes' but...

Bonus: 4. Quality time on the patio in the warm afternoon, chilling, listen to the birds. and sipping wine. 🍷

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Three good things for today: 9/28/2026

1. Lawn mowed.
2. Quality time on the patio after yard work.
3. Load of laundry washed and in the dryer.

Today's exercise: About 1 hr 10 min of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 10/2/2026

1. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
2. Watched Formula 1 auto racing.
3. Finally pinned up a "No Solicitations" sign.

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Three good things for today: 10/4/2026

1. Quality time on the patio, sipping whisky, and listening to the birds
2. The asters have started blooming.
3. Watched F1 auto racing.

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Three good things for today: 10/9/2026

1. Lawn mowed.
2. The Boston ivy infesting the yard is at a minimum. This year's earlier chemical warfare for the win!
3. Blooming blooms: day lily, white roses, begonias, plumbago, snapdragons, fuchsias, impatiens, and asters.
4. Fall colors starting to appear.

Today's exercise: 1 hour of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 10/2/2026

1. Watch the first of this fall's geology lectures from Nick Zentner and Central Washington University (CWU). This was on the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in WA from a now retired ranger.
2. Got out and exercised (walked).
3. Quality time on the patio after walking.

Today's exercise: 2.58 mi walk in 47 minutes.

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Three good things for today: 8/31/2026

1. Went through a pile of stuff on the side table.
2. Folder laundry.
3. Streaming jazz.

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Three good things for today: 8/15/2026

1. The usual Saturday bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
2. The package that was lost by an intermediate shipper was delivered by USPS today.
3. Washed, dried, and put away a load of laundry.

Bonus: 4. Watched IndyCar auto racing practices and qualifying.

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@paul@oldfriends.live Yeah. I had to send some extra tax info to the IRS this year. They wanted it faxed. 🙄 The UPS Store has a fax machine, but the IRS's line was so busy it couldn't connect. Sent the info by US mail with delivery confrimation. Some government orgs need to learn about e-mail and pdfs... 🤦‍♂️

Three good things for today: 9/29/2026

1. New Nick Zentner geology video came out today.
2. Benadryl and acetaminophen for finally getting the sinus headache under control.
3. Grocery shopping done for the week.

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