House water cutoff valve was seized-up. And meter needed swapping. City guy thought he found another cutoff and tried it. BAD IDEA. Well, new valving and new meter (reason for all this). Basement damp, NOT FLOODED. City gets their fan back tomorrow.

Moo.

Moo.

Had been avoiding lighting off some old fireworks so as not to upset the neighbor's dogs. They were lighting off stuff more bangy than anything I had. But to be sure, they have what I had. Chances are kidlet will appreciate them more anyway.

Picked up a little dual fuel (butane/propane) camping stove, lest power be out for an extended period, cooking can still be done.

Allegedly I've now been on Plurk for 8 years. And for the last few, I keep wondering... why?

"It is not simplifying much to say that Communists invented Fascism as an escape from the failure of class-warfare theory, then had to both fight their malignant offspring to death and gaslight everyone else into thinking that the second word in “National Socialism” meant anything but what it said."
-- The Great Inversion

Kookery in and of itself is no big deal. But I refuse to aid and abet pro-tyranny kookery. Good riddance to such.

If you didn’t blame Bernie Sanders for the Congressional Republican baseball shooting

...But you’re blaming President Trump for the El Paso shooter, you’re part of the problem

My location is always "here."