The astute clock owner will disable all their clocks tonight and next wake up on a nice spring day in May.

#standardTime #daylightSavingsTime

Man, it's still Friday. Seems like this one has gone on forever. It's been Friday ALL DAY.

#Halloween officially closed here, with pumpkins retracted, and outdoor lights out.

Just enough leftover chocolate to keep us lightly snacking for a few weeks.

@GustavinoBevilacqua ooh, sounds tasty. Probably more likely a pumpkin pie on the weekend. :)

Pumpkin open!

Now for the slimy bit.

#Halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinCarving

Was near a grocery store this morning mailing a package, so got some pastrami from the deli counter and made #Reuben sandwiches for lunch!

Used yesterday's fresh sourdough, and made a scratch dressing, and homemade sauerkraut.

Wow, that was a yummy sandwich. Perhaps my favourite sandwich!

Listening to #NPR while I do some indoor work (raining today).

Sounds like the US is headed to municipal elections everywhere shortly. Two interesting points:

#Mamdani is poised to win the NYC mayorship. (Yay!) and…

#Minneapolis is using #RankedBallot voting. Glad to see that (slowly) moving forward! Maybe some other US cities too?

My strong belief is that ranked ballot is perhaps the only thing that'll save democracy from creeping authoritarianism and associated electoral manipulation.

@GustavinoBevilacqua A nice thick block of aluminum or copper with a bit of heat-sink grease on it would work great.

You bring your cup of coffee/tea (or other hot beverage) to your desk. Do you have a cup warmer or…?

#office #WFH #coffee #tea

Boom. Three loaves of #sourdough ready for lunch, and surplus into the freezer. (Double bag your freezer loaves!)

BTW - for #bakers, the cedar shims you can buy at your building centre are great for using as a "peel" to get your bread into and out of your oven, especially with a baking stone in place.

I've been using this one for well over a decade. I also use a very narrow one that's helpful for juggling loaf positions, or handling several buns at once.

#sourdough.

Last of the loaves headed into the hot place.

A batch of #sourdough bread almost ready for the oven after an overnight rise.

It was a good strategy to get my flu shot the day after a strenuous long day of physical labour, 'cuz many of my muscles are already sore.

So now the vax shoulder is feeling sore but it just blends into the general hum of sore muscles.

#fluShot #VaccinationsWork

@valhalla Sounds like a useful product! Will have to watch for those.

@GustavinoBevilacqua lol - a giveaway! G man!

I keep blowing the knees out of my work pants (aka old jeans with repaired knees) so today I ordered a pair of purpose-made work pants, with heavy fabric, reinforced knees, and lots of extra pockets and loops. They were delivered in just a few hours!? Okay then.

They look good, and I'm reticent to wear them and get them covered in paint and dirt. lol

I guess work pants without wear and stains don't give you any street cred, so I should just jump in and do some messy things.

I bundled up well and have lifted about 150 pavers in the driveway. I see I have some stone chipping and rebar grinding to do where the prev guy just paved over lumps.

My fingers are cold from lifting bricks, even in gloves. Chilly morning.

I think I'll wait for the sun to creep around the house and melt the frost off the driveway before I start lifting pavers in that last section that needs levelling. It'll be a chilly one.

#frost #DIY

This evening's garden potato is a bit of a thug. Look out! He's got a knife!

#potatoes #pareidolia #facesInThings