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Thinking about a relative's garden now ... she has a lot of road noise. It turns out there are gardening-based solutions YES.
#gardening
nostr:npub19604u3yacm452fsfhth8vhdqcxhthgdc9drrm43km5uxe9ytxjnq9xw6j3 multiflora rose is the big one then oriental bittersweet, honeysuckle, japanese barberry and burning bush.
but man do i hate that pretty plant that is multiflora rose.
nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf Uggh they are super hard to kill. Deer here eat the multiflora rose tips and buds, there's not as much of it as there was in the 1980's.
And ... all that space is now taken up with August Olive, which is not prickly but also super hard to kill.
Japanese Barberry ... shudder
nostr:npub19604u3yacm452fsfhth8vhdqcxhthgdc9drrm43km5uxe9ytxjnq9xw6j3 seven weeks later: no one wanted to pay to sleep at work so everyone must LOVE commuting to the office
nostr:npub1p5w0madc6sjgumk2gpv34ju7renvfgr3xjthy64qc5rrldv8x2uq9r2mtz 🤣 Yes. I wish it were not so, but I think your prediction will be accurate.
Tech co says emps can sleep at work for “special” rate of $99/night https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/google-offers-on-campus-hotel-special-to-lure-workers-back-in.html
nostr:npub1p5w0madc6sjgumk2gpv34ju7renvfgr3xjthy64qc5rrldv8x2uq9r2mtz 🤣 They are so close, yet so far away from seeing why people don't want to come to the office .... hmmm
“Just imagine no commute to the office in the morning and instead, you could have an extra hour of sleep and less friction,” the description reads. “Next, you could walk out of your room and quickly grab a delicious breakfast or get a workout in before work starts.”
nostr:npub19604u3yacm452fsfhth8vhdqcxhthgdc9drrm43km5uxe9ytxjnq9xw6j3 The desktop is a good idea.
I've noticed a similar trend with the "hard to stop.” Sometimes I grant myself one “nighttime game," which is typically something simple like Spades or Backgammon. Eventually something that should be a less than 10 minute investment turns into an hour or more as I'm “chasing the win.” My dedication is not rewarded; I end up playing worse because I'm tired.
I like your idea of “practicing quitting in the middle.” My wife suggested this for TV shows/movies, too.
nostr:npub1yyr9lvs0syq4xa22kr2gxcfuw0auaky8w0df3ensjcear9gnqepqfla9up Arrggh, yes “chasing the win” in the evenings. I started with games only semi-recently, with the idea I could play while waiting on the kids, etc. Easier to put down than a book.
But it is not easier, even playing solitaire games. I am starting to not pick it up at all because I am afraid of getting sucked in.
nostr:npub1yyr9lvs0syq4xa22kr2gxcfuw0auaky8w0df3ensjcear9gnqepqfla9up Hmm, is there a way to do the lessons on a desktop or some other 'designated space and time'?
A good question. I avoid games on my phone because I avoid my phone, I just hate the interface. It might be good that Mastodon is slow slow on it, I don't check it as much. But I have been playing games on a tablet and sometimes it is hard to stop even when I am tired. I have been practicing quitting in the middle of a game. WIP.
"... But grit on its own is an insufficient tool for liberation and equality. We can’t put all the onus on the individual in the absence of thinking about systemic reform. ..."
Eddie Ndopu, disability rights activist, talking about his memoir in the CS Monitor:
Memoir:
https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780306829062
I laughed a lot at Liz Lenz's newsletter this week -- Dingus of the week "Runner Up: People Who Are Trying to Give Me Tomatoes".
https://lyz.substack.com/p/slouching-toward-pencelahem
Catbird catbird catbird catbird intensity photos, n+1 to n + 4. Start your week like a catbird by relaxing in a bath + some intense poses.
#BackyardBirding #BirdPhotography
