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It’s been a day. I’m having login problems on my iMac so I’m posting from my iPad and it’s so much slower for me. Here’s what’s been going on. 1) The computer problem. No need for details. It will eventually be working again, although it’s seriously annoying me.
2) My iPad was low on battery, so I plugged it in. When I returned an hour later, it was at the same battery level. It was plugged into the computer to charge as usual; I had turned the computer off.
3) I buzz-cut my head and did an amazing trim and shape of my beard which I’ve been letting grow more full. I was so pleased. I was almost done, just my mustache to go when the shaver ran out of juice. I took my other trimmer which I haven’t used in ages, and set it to give a slight buzz to the mustache. I shaved off the entire middle section. So I shaved my entire face. I hate it but it will grow back. I’m glad I did though. I have a blemish I didn’t have the last time I was beardless. So I made an appointment with the dermatologist.
4) I always keep the stand-up charger for my shaver on the side table in my office. It wasn’t there. I searched and gave up. Two hours later, I opened a drawer and found it.
San Geraldo is almost done with the new cabinet. It’s looking great. I ordered a pizza for lunch. The sun is shining and the temperature is rising. I’m leaving the house soon for parts unknown. I hope I’m safe on the streets.
Ha pasado un día. Tengo problemas para iniciar sesión en mi iMac, así que publico desde mi iPad y es mucho más lento para mí. Esto es lo que ha estado pasando. 1) El problema de la computadora. No hay necesidad de detalles. Con el tiempo volverá a funcionar, aunque me molesta muchísimo.
2) Mi iPad tenía poca batería, así que lo enchufé. Cuando regresé una hora más tarde, tenía el mismo nivel de batería. Estaba enchufado a la computadora para cargarlo como de costumbre; Había apagado la computadora.
3) Me corté la cabeza y le hice un corte y una forma increíbles a mi barba, que he ido dejando crecer más y más. Estaba muy contento. Ya casi había terminado, solo me quedaba el bigote cuando la afeitadora se quedó sin energía. Tomé mi otra recortadora, que no había usado en mucho tiempo, y la configuré para darle un ligero zumbido al bigote. Me afeité toda la sección central. Entonces me afeité toda la cara. Lo odio pero volverá a crecer. Aunque me alegro de haberlo hecho. Tengo una mancha que no tenía la última vez que fui imberbe. Entonces pedí cita con el dermatólogo.
4) Siempre guardo el cargador de pie de mi afeitadora en la mesa auxiliar de mi oficina. No estaba allí. Busqué y me di por vencido. Dos horas después abrí un cajón y lo encontré.
San Geraldo casi ha terminado con el nuevo gabinete. Se ve genial. Pedí una pizza para el almuerzo. El sol brilla y la temperatura sube. Pronto saldré de casa hacia lugares desconocidos. Espero estar a salvo en las calles.
Oh technology! Can’t live with it, and can’t live without it.
Ron deals with it all for us both…..thank god!
Yes, your beard will be back in no time…….what? No pic?!
Jim,
SG is dealing with my issues right now. Pic is forthcoming, whether I like it or not.
What? No pictures? But then I remember, computer problems. My husband has always had a mustache and after we married for many many years a full beard. He’s clean shaven now, except for the mustache, which I prefer over the full beard. I like well maintained short beards, 3 – 5 days growth, on men but those big shaggy beards just look unkempt to me. I really don’t get the appeal.
Ellen Abbott,
I love full beards when they’re perfectly kept and sculptural. Mine is kept much shorter than that because my beard doesn’t conform to that kind of perfect shape when full. And I’ll unhappily share a photo today.
Oh yeah, one of those days… Twice I was trimming my eyebrows (which are quite long and thick) and had the shaver set wrong and shaved off (nearly) one eyebrow. Then had to trim the other one so it didn’t looked too unbalanced. We’ve been having connection problems and I finally restarted the modem and router, which seems to have fixed the problem. Then last evening, we discovered that the cafeteria at the Kennedy Center no longer has a pastry case–that is a great misfortune. As a friend used to say: “Life is hard, but at least it’s half over.” Toodles…
Wickedhamster,
Good thing I don’t have thick eyebrows. They’d be shaved and growing back all the time. Any photos of your sculpted eyebrows? I assume you have season tickets to the Kennedy Center?
No, I didn’t take any; I prefer not to have memorials of my dunderheadedness. We get a 7 concerts deal, which is not bad for the price, and do 1 concert a month; that pretty much takes us though the whole season. I avoid December, which is usually filled with the Nutcracker and Handel sing-alongs. 😫
wickedhamster:
My understanding is that the theater has been much emptier lately.
Arghghhh, tech, great when it works. I cut my hair today, too, must be the season. Boud
Boud,
I buzzcut my head more than once a week. Every four days would be ideal.
Oh yes.
The joys of technology. I now have different chargers for my iPhone and iPad so my usual earphones do not work. The little adapter is almost as expensive as the earphones, btw.
Now I have three earphones I cannot use and i refuse to get those wireless ones Apple has because one, too expensive and two, I’d lose them in a heartbeat.
So there’s that. I feel you.
And we need pics without the beard.
Sixpence,
I have AirPods. Sorry I switched from wired. And yes all the frickin chargers!
Oh dear. You are not having the best day. I really would like to see a picture of you beardless though. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have facial hair forever (or almost) and then suddenly- it is gone! Weird.
I hope a walk helps set things to right. Or at least helps with your mood. I should try that once in awhile.
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moon,
I used to regularly change my facial hair out of boredom. Now, I find my face boring without it.
We demand to see your nude face!
Debra,
I promise to share today. Unhappily.
About SG and baskets. I think you could get a lot of joy out of adding in all your eggs in one basket and other fiber adjacent metaphors, to his repertoire.
I once was asked for for name of my (now retired) art blog, beautiful metaphor, and my inquirer wrote it metafur. Which is a lot righter than a person might think at first. Boud.
Boud,
SG keeps all his eggshells in one basket and walks on rotten eggs. I metafur a drink after work.
Technology, making our lives easier, and more frustrating everyday.
David Godfrey:
Remember when all you had to do was turn on the TV and switch channels?
So how does SG feel about your beardless face? My SIL shaved his off and my daughter was shocked (and not in a pleasant way). Fortunately his beard grows quickly.
Good thing I proofed this before hitting “comment”. It had autocorrected “beardless” to “headless”.
Kelly,
He says he likes me both ways but prefers a beard. He definitely prefers me beardless as opposed to headless.
I really must join the chorus of “where’s the photo?” Jx
Jon,
I thought I’d get away with it. Forthcoming today.
Ha! Not to laugh at your misfortune — I’m laughing instead at SG’s “handbasket” remark. 🙂 Sometimes it’s good to just shave everything and start fresh. And now you can get your blemish addressed!
Steve,
I was so happy you were there to experience an SG gaff in person. Yes, I’m relieved to have seen the blemish. But I won’t shave again until the appointment.
I knew something was up when I didn’t see any photographs.
Kirk,
Sometimes the iPad works fine on WordPress in a specific browser. Other times options don’t appear. This time it wouldn’t work perfectly in either browser. So I threw in the towel.
I hate when technology goes sideways BEFORE I’ve had my morning coffee. Even today, 5+ years after retiring, that just sets me right off.
Rade,
I was better at facing these things when I was working. It puts me right over the edge now.
Murphy’s Law.
I’d have crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over my head.
Bob,
It was tempting but I powered through. By running away.
No photo of a bloodly lovely pudding xxx
finlaygray:
I’ll share one finally today and, in my opinion, it is NOT a bloody lovely pudding. Yeesh!
I don’t have a lot of faith in Apples batteries… Or is it iBatteries?
Funny enough, Nintendo has made some amazing batteries despite just keeping their to video games.
Adam
Nekorandom.com
Adam:
This time the battery wasn’t the issue. It was the fact that the charging station (the computer) had no power to share. With my new iPad, they have a setting to charge it to only 88% which is supposed to be less hard on the battery. Strange. I had to buy the new iPad because the batter on my old one completely died. It HAD been 11 years though, so I guess it did last.
I’m all caught up 🙂 Funny how Chuck’s reaction is if you call on the wrong night! I love SG’s phrasing, and your quick retort 🙂
Judy C:
Oh, Chuck. Pure charm. And SG sometimes makes me seem so clever.