WTF-Beta

We don’t do a lot of driving here, even though Staten Island is the most car-dependent borough. I would like to get back to the point where I would use my bicycle for short trips to the pharmacy or post office.

The dolphins didn’t try to use him for sex? They’re horny bastards.

He’s only a couple of days shy from April Fool’s. Timing was off?

We went to the previous two. Skipped this one; Ms. RP is sick (caught it from me) plus I wanted to go to a concert in the evening, and it would become too much to do in one day.

Those blocks Steve showed are very popular around here. I see them often. I didn’t know they were a Home Depot (cough, Trump donor, cough) item. But likely available elsewhere.

I looked over the war news on NYT and couldn’t find this.

@ShiroKuro i see what you mean. There are really two slopes here: the land slopes downward from the house to the street, and from the garage to the walkway.

I have this plot, 10’ x 5’, between the garage and walkway that is mostly cleared to become, I think, mostly an herb garden. (The green patch next to it is English ivy.) There’s old rosemary and oregano in there that I want to dig up and start fresh with a new design. It gets lots of sun.

The problem with it is, it’s not level. It slopes down toward the sidewalk and I’ve once fallen backwards tending the area. Would it be hard to put in a border and add soil to level it? I have no idea how hard or expensive that would be. The stones were a loose, makeshift barrier that was never very effective.

And then there’s deciding what to plant in what arrangement, but that would be the fun part.

Any ideas welcome! Picture to come if I figure out how to upload.)

Field garlic and crocuses.

I’m glad it went well! It’s demanding and exciting to be in a group where expectations are set at a high level, or unusual parameters are set. I’m recalling my own college choir days, although half the time I was pressed into the role of accompanist. There’s so much great choral music.

@Daniel Talk about highly processed!!

A nice couple of days here. In the 50s. I rode my bike in the local park yesterday.

Only one in each state? In NYC there would be fierce arguments about the best in each of the 5 boroughs, not to mention the whole state.

Hey WTG, you say you are using the Link2Cell feature to connect your cell phones to the Panasonic units via Bluetooth. I could definitely do the same here. But one thing I’ve noticed here is that if my cell is using Bluetooth for some function, it slows down other cell functions like streaming or scrolling the internet. Way down, it’s frustrating. Don’t you notice this too?

I plead blissful ignorance. I am swimming upstream because contemporary mores in the arts dictate that one must not ignore pop culture.

Um, that’s not going to help matters.

That’s extremely cool. Had no idea!

Some recent composer has an orchestral piece where the players put down their instruments and play ocarinas. I think Ligeti.

Big rain this evening. We expect worsening conditions overnight. But Philly and western NJ are in worse shape, some tornado chance.

I didn’t opt to sit through the spinning wheel and go through the Temu app. But I do use earplugs and specifically musician’s earplugs, because my piano is too loud, but I still need to hear frequencies that ordinary foam plugs obliterate.

The brand I use is Eargasm (haha, right?) bought on Amazon. They do the job but I haven’t compared them with other brands.

The better solution is new hammers or a smaller piano. I am leaning toward the latter.