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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we're doing Monday.

We're taking advantage of the abnormally low temperatures. The high's only supposed to be 75F (23C), so we have all the windows open and I've dragged out some lite pants along with a long-sleeved shirt. I don't think I'll regret this.

Also, welcome to the second half of 2024. It's all downhill from here.

#today

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I love this part of Noshmim Mizrahit's broadcast.

On Friday, after 1PM or so Israel time, it starts transitioning to what can safely be called "Shabbat mode", where the music and banter takes on somewhat of a joyous religio-family tone, the kind you only find in Mizrahi circles, and people call in to wish each other and everyone Shabbat shalom and the like, along with sharing the names of people who need prayers/good vibes and such for people to remember at candle lighting. It's a nice distinction from the rest of the week.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we've made it to Friday.

In case I don't get to it before the end of today, Shabbat shalom to everyone observing Shabbat, and to the rest, have a wonderful weekend.

Other than the usual end-of-week things, I plan on coasting through today.

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We decided to order burritos for dinner. While we were looking at the menu, I described probably the largest burrito in the place to John, and he wanted that one. I tried to tell him it was huge, but he swore it was just like a sub.

He ended up being defeated by the burrito, because it was a stuffed footlong that weighed several pounds.

Right now we have the windows open enjoying the breeze and the much cooler weather, at 75F (23C), and I'm enjoying my first beer of the night while I laugh at my husband.

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We decided to order burritos for dinner. While we were looking at the menu, I described probably the largest burrito in the place to John, and he wanted that one. I tried to tell him it was huge, but he swore it was just like a sub.

He ended up being defeated by the burrito, because it was a stuffed footlong that weighed several pounds.

Right now we have the windows open enjoying the breeze and the much cooler weather, at 75F (23C), and I'm enjoying my first beer of the night while I laugh at my husband.

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Have we figured out whether or not the Louisiana school for the blind is getting Ten Commandments displays in Braille yet, or are they just getting posters and the teachers are going to have to spend ten or so minutes describing them to all the students like some sort of messed-up reverse-woke Zoom meeting speaker intro? Asking for some friends.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we're doing Thursday.

Because this is the worst possible timeline, I've spent most of today fighting with my computer, which apparently had a bad time taking on a Windows update. And because Microsoft still automatically installs its honking updates automatically instead of asking permission, and then tries to go into stand-by afterward instead of just rebooting, we get the hot mess that is rollback without a screen reader. So now I'm finally getting everything running.

Good thing I don't have any meetings today.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we're doing Wednesday.

I finally got Tunein working on the PC, so today's playlist is Noshmim Mizrahit while I work and do chores.

John and I had a huge breakfast this morning because we both woke up feeling like we could eat the world.

Other than that, I'm just waiting for the laundry to come back so I can finish the usual Wednesday chores.

#today

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Don't get me wrong, I'm glad this Mastodon client supports optical character recognition so I can read a good number of the screen shots of text that get posted. But it would be absolutely amazing if the people posting the screen shots of text added alt text to the images containing the text of the screen shot.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we're doing Tuesday.

Yesterday turned out to be incredibly long, and I was asleep by 6 and in bed by 8. Today has been much less hectic, and I'm glad for that. Coasting through this afternoon should be a lot less difficult than it was yesterday.

We have a new book on deck. so we'll start reading that later on. I love new book days.

#today