K.T. Donohue

invader zim

Priorities or Distractions AKA Worse or Better?

Earlier this week I could not write in my journal because I could not find my mini stencil. I ended up going to bed without writing. I gave my best movie moment rant to myself. Cranky, like an old lady, wondering where I had misplaced my stencil. I suffered a

seven reasons why

The Magic Number Seven

I picked up an insight about following through on goals in my reading this week. Setting a goal that you will follow through on takes a bit more commitment than wishful thinking. I need to rally some brain power to back up my idea. David Grogan asks himself in moments

Dyson

All About the Suction

Two crafty repairs this week. The Dyson conked out on us. I thought it was the battery. I think most things failing is about the battery. I bought a replacement but that did not fix the problem. The fully charged Dyson runs for a second and shuts off. As much

Magnesium

Get Out of the Way!

I am reading about moving on with life. I know I get in a rut. I think that I easily bottom out rut-wise as my activities diminish to what I have to do in the next hours or day. I could be more rut worthy than someone who is dialed

Longevity calculator

Best Used By Date, I'd Date Me

Longevity Calculation How long will someone live? If you knew how long you were going to live what would you do with that knowledge? On Wednesday I was wondering how long someone who is in the news was going to live. I found an article that offered an outside chance

Neuromancer

Ocean Pacific Learning to Ride the Waves

I was reading about dealing with overwhelming things. Situations and conditions that are too overwhelming to have any control over. The advice was to consider the ocean, "you can't control the waves, but you can learn to surf." The fires here in LA are just such

Necromancer

It's been X days since my last failure or success Battery Geek Survives LA Firestorm

You know how industrial sites have big boards that have changeable numbers to show how many days they have gone without an accident. It's a good thing to go long stretches without an accident. At least in the case of an industrial site. It would be hard on

socal golds gym

Note to self, there is no crying in the break room or complacency at the gym

Note to self Get a notes app that you will look at later. There are many options for notes app and second brain. I have tried a few. Mostly it comes down to a pocket field book I use every day. I have a fancy custom app and note pad

Wishing you a menu of problems. Do you want fries with that?

I was reading about living with illness this week. I found an interesting insight. When you are ill you have one problem. When you feel healthy you have many problems. I want a life with 100 problems and wish everyone a new year full of many problems. Life should be

Inside voice

Who's Spoke? Portion Control and a Tech Project

I am Shopping my way around Albertson's for something to eat over the holiday weekend. The voice inside my head (TVISMH) is scolding me for not going back into the store for ice cream. Suddenly I am aware that the voice inside my head is being played by

election anguished

Anguish Eating the Frog Be the Dog

Election Anguish I am that kind of liberal socialist homosexual who is wrecked this week. Honestly, I am still traumatized from the last time he was elected. He, as in he who shall not be named. Now he is new and improved, fortified with felony convictions. I feel anguished. It

david sheilds

The Wanting The Study, The Deadline

The end of wanting. Way down the road, when I find everything, I want, it’s the wrong color and size, and my shoes don't fit. I settle on an answer, this is not my it. I am a fan of the Buddha, who sat under a tree

Fallinhollywood

Pumpkin Seasoning Everything Season Plans in Piles I would Pay to See that

Fall I was today years old, when it dawned on me, that if we wanted to have a Christmas Party this year, we had better plan it last week. In Hollywood, we went from being hunkered down in the AC escaping from the heat one day to pulling on a

longkissgoodnight

Wishes, Votes, Rats

Today I reached the limit of listening to election news. I have three wishes for the election. First, I wish I could vote now and skip the news for the next six weeks. My second wish is voting would get you out of jury duty for the next two years.

College empty nester

Happy Birthday Cheers to No Jello Bon Courage

I shared birthday wishes with my twin sister. She is on the cusp of a big adventure. Her oldest is going off to college out of state. They have never been separated for more than a week or so. Be strong sister and cut way back on the grocery shopping.

los feliz apartments for rent

The River, Gambling Robots, Huge Needles, The Big Show

Progress with my treatment. The short answer. I am taking a new injectable medication that appears to reduce my fluid loss by 20 to 30 percent. That puts me at the high end of normal. This is a welcome range. The long answer TMI warning: For the last few months,

losfeliz4rent,

The Show

I am showing some apartments at a building around the corner at 4420 Los Feliz Blvd. There is a one-bedroom, and a two-bedroom. Two bedroom Two Bath: https://www.dnsrents.com/listings/detail/ee208916-b28c-408b-b735-21b868a41cb3 One bedroom One Bath: https://www.dnsrents.com/listings/detail/5ced7fd7-43a3-428d-adb6-a693cc96fb5d

neil de grasse Tyson,

Hanging Gardens, Cake-a-polooza, We Know Something

Hanging Gardens Our building recently had new railings put in. Through the process of knocking out the old railings and replacing the out-of-code support members, we lost most of our garden plants. My husband took the opportunity to stretch my skill set to hang a new set of hanging plan

steam mop repair

So many screws, so many different screws. No fear of electricity and the scars to prove it.

My Project Our steam mop, an ok steam mop, but not a great vacuum, took a tumble or two and started leaking water. I don't know how long these devices are expected to last but I had an idea it could be repaired. So, I took the time

Trickster Makes This World

Swimming with the fishes & Captain Cook, The Big Step, Ear burning Cold

It's a known unknown that in sales and real estate, you must be prepared to jump on any opportunity to carve out some personal time. I always thought it was odd that people I knew in sales could close out a sale or monthly quota on Thursday or

water filter

Water

I call it my under-counter experience. We completed a long-term project this week. I hooked up an under-counter cold water filter on our kitchen tap. It counts as long-term because we have been putting it off for a few years. We filtered our drinking water until this last week. Although

Trump verdict

The Dark Forest, Guilty,

What I am reading this week, The Dark Forest | Cixin Liu You can't always get what you want someone else to do unless you kidnap their loved ones. "It's for the project." Earth is under a slow-motion attack. The enemy's big swing

the end of insurance

Ministry for the Future

The second reading is also excellent for me. What am I reading this week? Last week, NPR highlighted a severe crisis in homeowners' insurance across the United States. This is not a localized problem limited to California, fire country, and Florida but a pressing issue that spans the entire

Home orgainization

Projects at a Glance, Pool Season, and The Great Spring Furniture Migration

I have had a few down weeks; my Crohn's disease often leaves me flat. I struggle to be functional beyond walking the dog or folding the laundry. I am thankful my guy sticks it out, as my functionality follows no regular flow. I am crashing for a nap

skin cancer

Whether or not, out damn spot out, and other news

I moved to Hollywood, where it rains buckets a little bit of the time, then the sun comes out, and it is hot and sunny 340-ish days a year, from Seattle, where it rains a little bit most of the time and for 20 days out of the year it&