Category Archives: Ponderings

Working Me.

Just some videos of me doing one of the things I do, and probably a little more of the craziness that’s me. (I finally figured out how to grab these videos off of Facebook after they do a live thingy.) If you’re truly bored, these will kill a lot of time.

Tattooing my bestest buddy Patrick last April:

Tattooing our friend Kyle today:

Until next time...
Erik

Erections

The Husbear has grown tired of scraping frost and ice from the windshields in the winter time, so he wanted a carport. So we’re building a carport. Well, I’m building a carport. He’s assisting me. Not that we don’t have enough projects we’re constantly working on.

11/08: We've got wood!
11/08: We’ve got wood!
11/08: Starting the erection process. Such a pain.
11/08: Starting the erection process. Such a pain.
11/08: First frame up.
11/08: First frame up.
11/13: Next frame up, and overhead boards installed on one.
11/13: Next frame up, and overhead boards installed on one.
11/15: Overhead beams all installed.
11/15: Overhead beams all installed.
11/15: Another angle.
11/15: Another angle.
11/15: Height comparison compared to vehicles.
11/15: Height comparison compared to vehicles.
I got my webbing caught in the drill gearing. Ouch.
I got my webbing caught in the drill gearing. Ouch.
11/27: Lower supports and uprights installed.
11/27: Lower supports and uprights installed.
11/28: Tin roof installed. Mostly.
11/28: Tin roof installed. Mostly.
11/28: Tin roof installed. Mostly.
11/28: Tin roof installed. Mostly.

Lowe’s Delivery shorted me 10 pieces of roofing, which I finally received today. So barring any rain this coming weekend, I’ll get those last pieces installed.

There will be one other vehicle bay, but that won’t be built until sometime next year. We have to level the land for it first, but that won’t be until next year. But at least for now the Jeep and the Prius have a place to sleep.

Until next time...
Erik

I’m back…

… not that I went anywhere. I was still here physically. But I couldn’t get into my blog.

I upgraded my site to use https instead of plain-old http. And in doing so, I somehow managed to lock myself out of my wordpress database. Meaning I wasn’t able to post directly. But I finally managed to get myself in, and the remainder of the site converted over to using https instead.

Now if I could just get a stable Internet connection at home. Damn you CenturyLink. Day 3…

Until next time...
Erik

Bad Siri

Is anyone else with an iPhone who reads this little ol’ blog seeing Siri do this this?

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Siri has been draining my battery like my color after hearing the election results. Which weirdly enough is right around the time it started doing it. And it always says “Siri (Audio)” when this happens.

Some Googling has resulted in suggestions, but no one seems to have found a definite cause/correction.

The first was disable “Siri Suggestions”, but I’ve had it off since upgrading months ago:
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Yes, I have Siri on, but if I don’t, I can’t voice to text:
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Even though Dictation has it’s own option:
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Another suggestion was to switch Siri Feedback from “Always On” to one of the other options. But mine has been like this since the upgrade months ago as well:
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Both a regular reboot and a hard reboot don’t make a difference either.

The other options are to nuke the phone and reload it, but before I do that, I wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing this.

Until next time...
Erik

National Coming Out Day

I was reminded by my bestest buddy that today is National Coming Out Day:

I love reading the National Coming Out Day stories my friends have posted today! Even though I didn’t know y’all then, it’s still awesome to read and know more about you all. I love each and everyone of you and wouldn’t change you for the world!

I don’t really have any new stories to tell at the moment, but I can point you to the things I’ve written previously: Coming Out.

Sometimes it’s good for me to re-read the things I’ve written.

Until next time...
Erik