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I believe the title but can't really see the wave drop

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Video shows 15-foot water drop at Maui harbor amid tsunami warning 4:02 hours of sleep. I was felling kind of inert all day but a certain memorial went great for the handful of people who showed up.

Never mind the 8.8 earthquake. Some awesome tsunami prep

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West Coast braces for possible tsunami. My kid is in a tsunami zone - he... 3:56 hours of sleep MUST go to bed earlier. And as far late night snacks and bicycle exerciser after about 8 and the trial I have been following is on verdict watch...

Liszt on accordion? YEP!

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La Campanella -   Paganini/Liszt 6:xx hours of sleep. Pretty good considering when I went to bed AND later sunrises. Somehow calm about something that is Super last minute. THURSDAY.

Hakas. Hakas. Halas. US Sport needs hakas.

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I have INTERESTING ideas of entertainment.  Interesting as in what a way to start a game. American Fans Freak Out Over Maori All Blacks Haka Against The British A... 3:56 hours. I leapt out of bed in time to address some important threads in email. By end of day, all is fine.

You want civilization? Look in Africa!

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MANY points RantWoman wants to look up further. 5:23 hours of sleep Walking matters. So does the right evening meal.

Well that settles that

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blue hydrangeas            5:12 hours of sleep involving one cycle of Go Back to Bed. This post was supposed to get delivered on one of my NEW COMPUTERS, the one with the apparently defective camera. I think I have erred about what to download from backups of very inferior computer. I am also consciously trying to do less visually and learn a bunch of key sequences better. That is supposed in my brain to occur instantly and in real life does not. The other That settles that piece: I was going to work at home because the one working elevator may or may not have been out of service and I was not ready to walk downstairs to go to the computer lab. So instead, I listened to a lot of cool radio, washed my dishes, did not cook anything except something to reheat for lunch. When I did finally walk downstairs, apparently the elevator is again working. Welcome to the exciting and ambivalent world of ELEVATOR REPAIR. It will be great when it's done but so much uncert...

50,000 K at the Heliopause

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Shocking! Voyager Found a 50,000K Wall at the Solar System’s Edge 4:02 hours of sleep Busy day of walking, dr. appointment, shopping. weather cool and breezy. Washed hair before heading out.

Bassoons. Bassoons and the Barber of Seville

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Rossini: Barbiere di Seviglia - Six Arias for two bassoons 5"02 hours of sleep. Another active day with sun and walking so here's hoping this all helps sleep

Did a capybara attack President Carter

5:12 hours of sleep Asking Mr. Google the question above yielded the following Wikipedia link Jimmy Carter rabbit incident - Wikipedia Apparently the attacking creature was a "swamp rabbit" Unclear whether that is the same thing as a capybara, the largest member of the rodent family. Like REALLY. Who in a group icebreaker would want to identify as the largest member of the rodent family even if they are know for being highly social and living in commuities of up to 100 members. Other than that I am binge-watching a local attempted murder trial because it is a wholesome alternative to really a LOT of other moral dreck. Happy Wednesday.  

Tonight is the last sundown after 9 pm for months

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Dusk getting earlier and earlier 4:56 hours of sleep. It seems like we just got trees full of leaves and now everything is brown and leaves are starting to fall.  

Exercises for stronger legs, just so Mom has something to comment on.

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Want Stronger Legs? Top 2 Neglected Exercises You Need - 50+ 4:56 hours of sleep. LOTS of cooking. Porridge at breakfast time, rice salmon, broccoli, and fish chowder later for the evening. Is it walking? Is it the support socks? ummmm, I haven't tried these yet. So keep guessing.

Hard to grow wrong cooking rice

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Spain's Most UNDERRATED Rice Dish | Oven-Baked Spanish Vegetable Rice 6:22 hours of blessed sleep. If one wakes up after 4 hours and wants to do nothing besides sit and shiver, GO BACK TO BED. I am also making a point of going to bed earlier. Happy Sunday

Fluffy murder machines?

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History of Cats 1: God’s Fluffy Murder Machines | World History | Extra ...      5:38 hours of SLEEP Wash hair and set off for QFC and then Mom's. Lovely to hang out and visit when we are both awake. Dined with Mom and a friend and then it was time to quote Righteous Rev Rant Grandfather: "Go away so you can come back!" Gorgeous day. Eagles visible at least to people with working eyes. Many blessings to count even though the bus trip home was less well-aligned timewise than others in the past.     

Know anyone who has grown and / or cooked these amazing vegetables

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10 Strange Vegetables That Grow in the USA (You’ve Probably Never Heard ... 5:38 hours of sleep. I could sleep longer.

Unscrambling the camera role

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Where I observed the Fourth of July   5:38 hours of sleep.  More would have been nice but I was tired of the fan blowing on me and also tired of the fan on my desk. First world problems. ALso a first world problem to figure out how to label photos as I take them. day started slowly and I decided just to devote day to fetching a package and traveling to annual CAT scan. Package was a fully insulated flannel shirt. I just want something like a t-shirt weight full zip hoodie for summer wrap. This will be an AWESOM winter addition, but not what I need now. Gorgeous day. A tad less overwhelming heat than yesterday but still plenty sunny. Today was a lot of seeing the 70 bus be surprisingly crowded.

Heat and orange

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Orange flowers  3:28 hours in bed. Talk about time spell yo-yo And mercury is in retrograde which I think saves me vexation about electronic devices. I think I have a bad camera on the laptop I BOUGHT. And I am probably going to just get a webcam because I can't deal with redoing all the setup on another machine. First world problems

Another learn new system post

                        4:38 hours in bed and another about 1:30 in chair beforeI had the sense just to go back to bed Tofu Banh mi late atnight with buttermilkd and cherries. so hepefully I will figue out how to navigate with screen elemeents insteadof just scent quence. It's all a party andI havestuff to do and having to learn newstuff gets in theway. Today I could not figure out therapy appointment on eiethernewcomputer . Last time I made thesmall laptop work but this time I have no idea. Also I want Copulot when I want it and it gets in the way...                 

Chocolate before sleep? Uhhh

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NO BAKE Chocolate Mousse Tart (Grain-free & Vegan Friendly) | HIGH PROTE... Looks YUMMY! Would I make it? Maybe Saturday 5:25 hours Sunday a whopping 8:25 hours Key factors. Walking walking walking cut down screen time at least until I found the power strip on the wall and had a way to charge my phone overnight. Shower before bed after plane trip and more walking walking walking because of construction at the airport. I also took all afternoon during free time to Download accessibility software. So I am a lot closer to fully functional, but then it was still a pain to fire up everything needed when I was already tired. Probably saved a few ragged emails that way, but in general having means to communicate helps SO MUCH.  Gratitude. Gratitude Gratitude.

For anyone who can't sleep because they are worried about their bones

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Boost Your Bone Density with These 6 Life-Changing Tips Long slog  but new computers are both closer to being appropriately housebroken including  updated licenses and at least personal wifi hotspot info saved. Woohoo Short version: Tuesday negligible sleep. Wednesday 6:32 hours of sleep Thursday back to 4:52 hours and too cool to go find morning worship without a jacket ontan mostly makes me so happy. It's kind of primal origin story stuff...

HAH. A mouse free post

    Th is is mouse free, also unencumbered by some functions that would make it easier than tabbing tabbing 3:26 hour of sleep. Wired by multiple things and doing all the travel prep. Will I just book a ride on my bldg bus? Will I use the airline app to go Lyft? Will I just do transit to airport tomorrow? Tune in tomorrow.      \  

Fancier than the other vegan tiramisu recipe

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Tiramisu A VEGAN CLASSIC!? 5:30 hours of sleep Amazing what happens when I get to bed at a reasonable hour. Tomorrow is the last push: pack, scrub floor. Take out trash Scrub floor. SEE if I can get the real computer set up.... As for the other new on: no wonder the Zoom signin is driving me nuts. The new version of that is also insane.

Fascinating Vegan Moussaka recipe in contrast to usual July 4 menu

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                         Vegan Moussaka                     4:04 hours of sleep. Energy enough for family AND laundry. Party on.

The Easiest 2-Ingredient Chinese Tofu Pudding 豆腐花

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                         3:20 houts of sleep bit I made food and showered before bed I will probablycome back and edit on another device but it is quite satisfying to be doing thie post on new computer, the one that is slightly better housebroken even though I can't make gmail search work. Pure fun? Almost as much fun as the great nuclear contaimination zones of russiavid before bed Not sleeping and cooking working off some emotional energy I don't know wht to do with. fun Next chore after ACB zoom. THE FLOOR                                    PS Small edit: this recipe sounds more boring that other tofu sweets recipe I have found but it was the first one I could find in the drafts on my other computer   

LAUGH well and sleep better, sort of

The Psycho Cyclists of Amsterdam! - Trevor Noah 3:30 hours of sleep in bed and another 1.5 dozing in a chair because going back to bed ws not going to be a thing. RantWoman did  a ton of laundry and went to bed hours earlier than usual but did not sleep as much as hoped. Still MUST mop floor and decide how much of ACB to try to fit into the rest of life. Also tonight was opening of ACB. BORING, even when listening to the Spanishl Need to sleep on other things before attempting to write email.

Vegan Banoffee pie that sounds YUMMY better than a traditional one from awhile ago.

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5 INGREDIENT BANOFFEE PIE | EASY VEGAN LOCK DOWN DESSERT 4:08 hours of sleep. Such is summer that it was already dawn when I went to sleep. That will not last long. Sigh. LOTS of electronic payments and fussing about various tech things. Gratitude also for the virtual slavery behind the tech. 10-day forecast says probably not as hot in MT this year as last.

Intriguing: Tofu tiramisu

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Tofu Tiramisu | How to Make Tiramisu Super Healthy! 5:02 hours of sleep. Some weird dream but it kind of dissipated.

Just what the country needs on top of everything else: VOLCANOES

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Scientists Are Giving LAST WARNING As Mount St. Helens Is On The Brink o... 6:02 hours of sleep. Achieved by --unplugging due to media overload: Folks are REALLY going to need our sleep. --NO CAFFEINE late in the day --NO late-night calories. --Going to bed at a reasonable hour AND going back to bed For my trouble, I woke up to a weird dream AND I am almost calm enough to cope with tech trauma and drama Happy Tuesday