Monthly Archives: March 2021
Almond Blossoms . . .
Well, it’s not the thermostat. I pulled the cover off this morning and shorted across the common and the Y (Yellow) terminal and got Zip, Zero, Nada. So this weekend I’ll tear into the overhead unit to see what’s what.
Luckily the temps are pretty much staying in the 60’s for now.
About 1pm Jan and I headed up to Webster to have lunch at Twin Peaks once again. Jan decided to try something new this time, getting their Spicy Chipotle Chicken, with grilled broccoli and green beans.
She gave me a bite of the chicken and it was really good.
I combine two of my favorites, their Wedge Salad, and their Venison Chili, with their Lunch Soup and Salad Combo.
This is their Half Wedge with a bowl of the Bambi Chili. Really, really good.
Recently Twin Peaks has been a Place XXXX to find interesting vehicles on the parking lot. Last time we were here we came across this Shelby Cobra replica.
Then today when we came out we found this beautiful Z28 Camaro parked right next to us.
What’s really kind of sad is that this Camaro has an ‘Antique Auto’ tag. Back in my day those tags were reserved for Model T’s and the like. Though I guess this Z28 being 50+ years old, I guess it probably does qualify.
Then it was on up to Sam’s for some of Jan’s Joint Juice before a stop at our storage room to drop off a few things. Then our last stop was at Cowboy Coffee for a couple of Cold Blended Sugar-Free Hazelnut coffees with Almond Milk.
Then getting home, we sat out on the patio and listened to the wind chimes for a while.
A very nice day.
When Jan and I were in Paris back in May 2019 we attended the Van Gogh Illuminare Exhibit while we were there.
Imagine being inside Van Gogh’s paintings, as they paint themselves around you. They come to life in 3D, as they move around you.
Well, that experience is coming to the U.S, and to Houston in particular. And we’ve got tickets for the 2pm showing on Sunday, November 21st for Jan and I, Brandi, Lowell, Landon, and a Landon friend to be named later.
Check out this video.
And this is a video clip that I took in Paris.
Beside Starry Night, I think Almond Blossoms is my next favorite.
I even have it as the cover for my Samsung Tab 4 tablet.
You can find out more about the local Houston show, Van Gogh – The Immersive Experience here.
And there are shows scheduled for other cities around the country.
Thought For The Day:
“In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are who made the guess, or what his name is… If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.” Richard Feynman
And Now It’s Three . . . Again
Well, now that the Toilet Wars are over, it looks like I have a new project. Sometime in the last few days our front AC just quit AC’ing. But since it’s been in the 60’s in the daytime and the 40’s at night, it hadn’t gotten much use.
But I noticed a couple of days ago that it was a bit warm, and when I looked at the thermostat, the AC wasn’t coming on. So yesterday I checked the usual suspects.
I changed out the batteries and rebooted the thermostat. Then I checked the voltage at the circuit breaker, and double-checked my 30 amp bypass hookup. All with no problems found.
So tomorrow I’ll pull the thermostat off the wall and try to control the AC manually. If there’s nothing there, I’ll pull the cover off the ceiling unit and check the power coming in up there.
UK Govt Scientist Says Britons Should Wear Masks with THREE Layers
Susan Hopkins, a specialist in infectious diseases at Public Health England, said that Britons should wear masks made with at least two, or even three, layers, and left open the possibility that the UK might follow the U.S.’s lead and recommend double masking.
“What we recommend is at least two layers and ideally three layers in a mask. That is really important to reduce the virus transmission both from you to others and others to you,” Hopkins added, according to The Times.
However they don’t say if the three masks should be worn with or without hosiery
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally recognized that the masks they’ve had everyone wearing for the better part of a year are largely ineffective because aerosols easily go around the top and sides.
Their latest recommendation is “placing a sleeve made of sheer nylon hosiery material around the neck and pulling it up over either a cloth or medical procedure mask,” or using knots and tucking to fit a mask closely to the face.
Of course maybe this is what they meant by 6ft of social distancing.
Thought For The Day:
