Not yet. Matching 60yo brick turned out to be quite the adventure and slowed the process down. Once foundation work is complete the rest will go quickly though.

Got the debris sorted. Place has a semblance of normality to it.

Even after all the storm damage we took last year, stormy days are still my favorite.

That time of the year again.

Changes nothing. Will continue the hard work.

I go only when there’s a problem. The annual/twice annual bullshit is just that.. insurance bullshit.

Good hygiene goes the distance.

The bots have gotten wittier and have picked up sarcasm. I’m both happy and annoyed. 😂

Good luck with that.

We all take the time to learn what we already know. Obviously. 😂

That’s.. something. I’ll reword it for you.

“Admit to yourself that you don’t know everything and save as much of your hard work as you can in hard money.”

“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved

his title.

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.

Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.

The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.”

Thems the facts.

Comparison is the thief of joy. What another has/hasn’t shouldn’t impact your needs.

When it comes to “news”.. what’s important will find you. No point hunting it.

For me, It’s like being held hostage. Can’t wait to escape the cape.

Not during! They’re torture. One of my least favorite things. 😂

That will outlive us all.

Absolutely. Just picked up a 35th Anniversary copy of the book for the shelf. It’s been nice to read it again. Last time was pre-bitcoin for me.

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.

“Free will and freedom itself require the problem of evil. People who are truly grown up, not just in years but also in their minds and hearts, understand that freedom can't exist without the choice between right and wrong. To be free, we accept the problem of evil--and then resist it.”

Just checked. Expenses are still cheaper than they were a year ago.

“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors—when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you—when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice—you may know that your society is doomed.”