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july 17 2026

#roanokeva #backyardzoo #skunk #possum #opossum

Day 20,984

Seed 570515054211

Current Mood: 🍟 hungry
Current Music: The rhythmic gurgling of my own digestive tract

So.
Yesterday was the day I crossed another threshold into official, undeniable Middle Age: my very first colonoscopy.

Below the cut, the glamorous details of my lower GI tract

Continue reading Colonoscopy follow-up →

Watching the *Time Bandits* series, based on the movie of the same name. Halfway through it, and so far, it’s not terrible, but doesn’t yet hold a candle to the original.

Basic plot scene from the original below:

https://clip.cafe/time-bandits-1981/to-be-quite-frank/

You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that’s where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?

Chronological seed 570513134151

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Today’s animal visitors

The raccoon sounds are so cute!

Off to get a procedure done, first of two this week. Old man stuff. Epidural for my back today, colonoscopy Thursday. 

Current listen:

You’re Dead Norma Tanega 1966

I am always often frightened of being knocked out, and I guess that is the norm for colonoscopy? I thought it was a local, but i guess they don’t want folks awake for it these days.

Chronological seed – 570512014008

update, pic, all seems to have gone well

got some munchkins and an unsweetened Arnold Palmer after at Dunk’s. Love the view from the parking lot there.

especially this little patch above the blue spruce

July 14 2026

https://youtu.be/UDiBHRuu3bM?is=8FFMhaAJItzHEOhS

https://youtu.be/U9GonfanXmk?is=iLr5WLYw-u_l-AMO

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/arlen-parsa/evidence-shows-most-47-men-famous-declaration-inde/

Man, woman, know thyself! 1908.

https://archive.org/details/manwomanknowthys00bart/page/40/mode/2up

From The Redwood, 1906.

https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/redwood/6/

Deer, cat, and etc

9x – 7i > 3 (3x – 7u) solve for i

Solution:  i<3u

The string EM97XH25AO is a highly precise 10-character Maidenhead Locator (also known as a ham radio grid square).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System

When decoded, this alphanumeric code pinpoints a specific geographic coordinate on Earth:

Latitude: ~37.3150° N

Longitude: ~80.0665° W

Breakdown of the Code EM97xh: This is the primary Maidenhead Locator, which maps directly to Salem, Virginia, USA. The grid square covers parts of southwest Virginia and West Virginia.

25AO: This acts as an extended sub-grid modifier, defining a hyper-specific, pinpointed geographic sector within the Salem area.This string format is typically generated by amateur radio software (such as WSJT-X or ADIF log management tools) to pinpoint an operator’s exact broadcast or reception location during a contact.

https://github.com/flwyd/adif-multitool