Where did the time go? 11/07/24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I haven't posted since June? Seriously? I can't believe how quickly summer turned to fall... and how we're half way to winter already. We pulled most of the pepper plants out, after a bumper harvest. The few that we left in (because we just got tired of working on them) have continued to grow in spite of the few frosts we've had. Our Carolina Reaper plant gave us hundreds of little death peppers, which we've been using in very small amounts in chili. Our who family likes the flavor, but we have varying opinions on spice level. I made some chili this evening, in point of fact, with 1/4 a reaper in it, plus a few slices of jalapeno. Seems just about right, but I've only taste tested it, as it's not quite dinner time yet. I recently completed a massive re-arrangement of my personal belongings. Well, first off, we finished another portion of the basement, and during that process I found that some of my things (mostly retro computing) were hiding down there. I was sick of all the hidden things, so I took all my things from there and the garage, and brought them into my office. I also slowly got rid of everything in my office that wasn't mine (it had become a storage place of sorts for random stuff). Once I got things down to just my own belongings, I went through them and sold what I didn't want, donated a big box, and organized everything else. It appears my space-taking main hobbies at this point are ham radio, electronics, old computers, and work. I guess work isn't a hobby. I have some equipment from my main client, and it takes some space in here. That all sounds fairly simply on here, but it was easily a couple months of work and mess. I'll have to think about what else is new, as I scour through gopher space to see what you all have been up to... (also, I see the spell checker on Zaibatsu is borked... will have to work on figuring that out, sorry for any mistakes).