Inside The Perimeter

My favorite Little Free Library has been blown over by wind. In the past handful of years I’ve lost at least two other Little Free Libraries along my walking routes, so I hope that this one doesn’t go away as well.

On my wayward trek home from Marietta on Tuesday I found a Goodwill that doesn’t skim all Blu-Ray discs donated; I bought nine. Mind you, none of the movies I bought will show up on the AFI List of 100 Best Movies, but with my old person 25% Tuesday discount, I was willing to acquire them.

Wordle: three, my starter was LOTUS

The irony of starting with DAIRY when yesterday’s Wordle solution was VEGAN was not lost on me. And though it saved me a wrong guess, I was a little taken aback when Wordle balked at TEXAN.

When do the Olympics end? Much like the Super Bowl I have lost interest and have no intention of spending time watching. Am I the only one who doesn’t care about these?

After a successful outing north of my beloved perimeter I now have a four-pack of from Schoolhouse Brewing in my refrigerator.

Wordle: five, my starter was DAIRY

Because I have nearly complete control of my eating schedule and quantity, I started following a new regime last week in an effort to shed weight. Before last week I would wake early, eat a substantial breakfast, start thinking about lunch, do stuff, eat lunch, do stuff, and then make and eat something for dinner. Even with daily exercise that is too many calories for my 60-year-old metabolism. Now, I wake up and if I am hungry, I will eat a tiny breakfast and limiting myself to two meals per day, eaten roughly at brunch time and dinner time.

Instead of mounting my trainer yesterday I went out for a four-mile walk because the weather was so nice.

With the help of my modifications last night’s recreation of “Red Beans and Rice” from “Louisiana Real & Rustic” by Emeril Lagasse was fantastic! The only drawback was that I ate a little too much.

Wordle: three, my starter was SPRAY

I signed up for ad-free Amazon Prime Video on Friday. Though I think that it’s kinda a ripoff seeing how Prime Video was initially ad-free, and then a $3/month fee was added, there are things on Amazon I’d like to watch. Also, before my Audible renewal occurs in July I will be canceling it, “saving” me about $140/year. I have too many audiobooks already (see also: cookbooks), so as long as I can listen to the ones that I already “own”, I’ll be alright in that category.

Yesterday I considered walking to Kroger to purchase some ham and garlic for tonight’s recipe of “Red Beans and Rice”, until I recalled that there was an American Football Match for which grocery stores might be crowded. When you read this I’ve probably already come back from an early morning Kroger run. Nope, cold weather convinced me to wait until later today.

Wordle: six, my starter was ENTRY

Spent the majority of my day waiting yesterday. Waiting for traffic to subside so that I could leave the house. Waiting for hours for the delivery men to show up to Chip’s three minutes before their delivery window closed. Waiting as I wound my way around Atlanta due to incredibly shitty traffic last night.

Wordle: four, my starter was RIFLE. Today’s solution was in my stater list, so perhaps I won’t abandon it…

Biggest “accomplishment” of yesterday was transplanting about twenty lettuce plants. Given my success rate, I should be able to eat three of these. Sadly, Im not being facetious.

The arctic cold shattered WLF’s rain gauge! Dangen. A replacement has been ordered, yes, from Amazon. Note To Future Paulie: bring things which can be destroyed by extreme temperatures, both low and high, indoors.

Wordle: six, my starter was SHAPE

I’m actively seeking a new company to provide auto and home insurance. In November my soon-to-be-former insurance company laid out demands for tree limb removal and a new roof, proof of the completion of these by March 30th else I would be dropped. Well, last week they sent me a letter two months ahead of their deadline, informing me that my policy will be terminated on March 30th due to failure to comply with their demands. I could confront them, but instead I’d rather stop giving them my business after being a loyal customer for forty consecutive years.

It’s that time of year where the weather fluctuates so wildly that my body can’t handle it and I feel “sick”, as if I have a cold. Which is how I feel at the moment. I interact with so few people on a daily basis, sometimes none, that I can’t blame others for spreading their germs, though many do as if they cannot remember what occurred six years ago, sneezing and coughing without any effort to contain their germs.

Wordle: six, my starter was ORBIT. Might be time for me to quit Wordle?

Happy birthday to my brother Ronnie, aka Bill.

I made yesterday’s cheap “It’s Groundhog Day!” repeat joke not knowing the news from the New York Times that was released last week, namely that they were going to allow repeated Wordle solutions. In case you are not a Wordle Nerd (Nerdle?) like me, permit me to tell you that yesterday’s solution — CIGAR — was a repeat of the very first Wordle solution from June 19th, 2021. I understand the logic (a word which is back in play) behind the move, but I feel as if I’ve lost a bit of my competitive advantage by keeping a list of never-before-Wordle-solution words. I’ve been starting each day with one of these words to increase my odds of scoring an ace (yes, I know it’s been a long time since the last lucky strike (two more words back in play) occurred on August 15th, 2014 2024).

Wordle: three, my starter was SHOCK

It’s Groundhog Day!
It’s Groundhog Day!

I went to do a trainer session yesterday afternoon and was flustered when I couldn’t easily find the movie “Stop Making Sense” in the YouTube movies. I have been watching the movie nearly each time I’ve ridden the trainer recently, so I expected to see it. And then I realized that we were in a new month and one of the annoyances with streaming is the removal of content. Fortunately, I found an illegal upload to YouTube so I was able to watch it yesterday.

This month I will have to do some major adulting — financial management, decisions about home and auto insurance (more on this Wednesday), getting estimates for ITP Estate work. I will also be making my first trip to Florida since selling my mother’s house; I’m not returning to that part of Florida, however.

I didn’t manage to get through the entire month of January without making an Amazon purchase; I faltered just before the finish line. I have a few items in my wish list, which I really want to add to a shopping cart to buy, but I think that I will attempt to resurrect my “Amazon Free Month” goal for the shorter month of February.

Wordle: three, my starter was USAGE

The Thrill of Victory:
I have completed my “True South” project — recoding the information presented in eight seasons of episodes, usually six episodes per season. I have put pins onto Google Maps for all of the points of interest that I could locate, and am in the process of making Apple Music playlists for the songs referenced in each episode. Okay so I’m not done done, but at least I have done all of the watching and note taking.

The Agony of Defeat:
On Tuesday the YouTube algorithm recommended to me a video in which a British woman named Anna Lapwood explained the workings of a church pipe organ. I was enthralled.

Before I go further, a wee little bit of family lore…

I have (had) always been told that my paternal grandfather, a man I never met, made a great living as a pipe organ tuner. I was also told that he pissed away a lot of the wealth he earned, as a womanizer – a gene that obviously skipped over your truly.

And back to agony…

Lapwood is an amazingly talented organist and plays incredibly beautiful music on the pipe organ. For shits and giggles I decided to see if Lapwood toured, realizing that a church pipe organ is not something which can be schlepped on tour. She is playing a free concert in Athens on April 19!!!, which is also the last day of Spring Tune Up. Of course the show is sold out and I’ve yet to find a waitlist, but I’m trying.

Wordle: four, my starter was SHOCK

Today’s Wordle starter was inspired by the raccoon with whom I came face-to-face when I opened the blinds to the sliding doors which lead to the deck; fortunately the door was still between us. It was climbing up the outside of the glass panel doors, and I heard it doing so. The makeshift screen that I had up has fallen and is on the deck. I’m not sure if it came down prior to the raccoon’s ascent, or afterwards. I may have also now identified one of the species of critters that destroy WLF’s crops…