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From “Just When You Thought the D850 Couldn’t Get Cooler…” Dept:
I’ve had the D850 for a year now and finally got to play with a feature I knew the camera had but had never used…the WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Up to this point, I hadn’t needed to mess with that built-in networking functionality because the workflow to get the images off the camera’s memory card always started with loading the pictures into Lightroom using a card reader. It’s so fast loading directly off the card…
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From the “It’s Not Where You Start But Where You Finish That Matters!” Dept:
It’s certainly been a heck of a birthday and even as tempest-tossed as it felt at various points, I’m thoroughly happy to be able to finally relax and let the day end far more peacefully than it had started. Mind you, the first part of the day was truly lovely…it was quite the treat to have all three of the kids stay over last night and be here in the morning to give me the…
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From the “Best Birthday Gift Ever!” Dept:
On 06 Jan 2022, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what memory was going to be at the heart of the birthday message I’d be writing today. Like many things in this world we live in that dredge up memories we’d thought long forgotten, the inspiration for this story comes from something that would lead to an unspeakable tragedy for a friend who has seen and endured so much these past few years…
From the “Lord’s Bird, Part Deux” Dept:
Katie and I visit the Garner store on Timber Drive at US-70 to redeem our free sandwiches from the Hurricanes win in Game 2. I’d already visited Chick Fil-A with Julia earlier in the day but this excursion is after school and a trip to Sam’s to get some materials for tacos that Katie had requested for dinner this evening. I know, I know…tacos on Cinco de Mayo. Gringo move! But she asked for them…
From the “It’s A Chick Fil-Audit, Kind Of” Dept:
Julia was my co-pilot for this trip through the queues at White Oak for her free Lord’s Bird thanks to the Hurricanes taking a 2-nil lead in their series with the Boston Bruins. I’ll have a more standard Chick Fil-Audit for later in the day but now it’s a quick trip to redeem her free sandwich and then get her back home so she can rest. 1136 – Mobile order placed via the app for…
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From the “Next Stop, The Twilight Zone!” Dept:
First game of the playoffs is in the books between the Hurricanes and Bruins and it’s a 5-1 win for the good guys and time to go grab that Lord’s Bird! Katie had some homework and Alex was training on the track so I figured I’d take a shot at redeeming the reward at the Knightdale store which is not usually my favourite in terms of time or quality. Will I make it through the…
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From the “Internet Scumbags Are Getting Much Better” Dept:
I was going to start off today’s writing session with the latest Chick Fil-Audit but this story goes straight to the head of the queue. It looks like the hoary old NIH scam is making the rounds again, this time with a twist of COVID-19 and exploiting Facebook’s lovely cross-app messaging feature with a fake Instagram profile. Mind you, that profile looked pretty convincing with the image as long as you didn’t actually click on…
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From the “Was There A Salt Succubus On The Fry Station?” Dept:
The Hurricanes put a bow on the 2022 regular season by beating the NJ Devils after having topped the Metropolitan Division with the added bonus of Frederik Andersen and Antti Raanta winning the franchise’s first Jennings trophy for fewest goals allowed by a goaltending tandem playing a minimum of 25 games in the season. Yes…more free bird! 🙂 Given the time of day and the traffic, it’s back to White Oak to see if they…
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From the “The First Step Is By Far The Hardest” Dept:
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear myself more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”Nelson Mandela from “Long Walk to Freedom” (1994) During last night’s Carolina Hurricanes game, the broadcast lineup had a very noticeable change with Shane Willis…
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From the “More Like Chick Fail-A!” Dept:
Decisions, decisions! Which way will I go to redeem the free Chick Fil-A sandwich courtesy of the Hurricanes winning another game at home? The two nearest choices from the house are Knightdale which is decidedly closer but the queue and the bird are usually abominable or the store on Capital Blvd in front of Sam’s which is much farther away but the experience is usually much better. Seeing as I’d like to be back before…