I like classical music. It is perfect for quiet mornings and evenings. Puts the girls to sleep quickly, although Kenny Loggins does that as well (big win for me).
I’m not sure where I found or discovered Alexis Ffrench, but his music is amazing. I like Songbird a lot, and sometime put it on repeat while walking in the woods.
Just thought I’d share.
Just a targeted notice my daughter made.
At one point in time there were four Alberts in my family. Me, my dad, grandfather, and great grandfather.
I love this picture. Not for the fact that it’s 4 Alberts although that is pretty cool, but that it’s 4 generations of Charpentiers.
Now I have two daughters. So no new Albert here – although each time we were figuring out names I joked about Alberta. Honestly not a big deal at all, my daughters fucking rock. They are more amazing than anything I could have imagined before kids.
But it doesn’t make this picture any less awesome either.
I got up and ran 3 miles outside, not treadmill.
Just a trial easy run to see if running in 32°F was something I wanted to do. And I’m not convinced either way right now. I bought lightweight gloves, Sam got me a hat with LEDs, I layered (loosely).
And I was warm. My hands actually sweat during the run. And it was fine. So maybe not every morning when it’s cold, but maybe once or twice a week.
However that’s not what’s depressing.
This is:
Study: How bots influence Ohio elections on social media
I yeah, anyone with eyes knows bots are all over social media.
But the study found that political campaigns are way more likely to be influenced by adopting talking points put forward by bots than both average citizens or the press.
Think about that. The public, average social media users and just normal people are less likely to be influenced by, and more likely to recognize and dismiss bots than the people running political campaigns.
Good job humanity.
It was a good weekend. A Damn Good weekend.
Let’s start with Friday. Edith has outgrown many of the dress up outfits we have, so Sam and I sought to replace some of them recently.
In that vein, two Batgirl costumes arrived in the mail Friday. Edith immediately went to town dressing up
We have a friend in the neighborhood who comes and has playdates with the girls on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Marceline, Edith, and their friend dressed up in different Batgirl costumes and played it for 2 hours after they got home from school. It was wonderful to see.
Then Sam and I took the girls to see Labyrinth at a movie theater neither of our girls have been to a movie theater before. We have gone to the drive-in once but not a movie theater.
They’ve seen Labyrinth before, so made a good excuse to go see it at the theater. They love the experience, getting popcorn and reclining in beach chairs and just seeing something on the big screen. They asked if we could go every day.
Saturday we didn’t do much at all. Relaxed around the house played some video games. Sam took Edith out shopping for new clothes. Marceline and I stayed home and did some computer junk (code.org). I managed to get our supposedly outdated desktop computer upgraded to Windows 11. Which felt like a nice accomplishment.
Yesterday we did a ton of cleaning and organizing around the house. The Bills won the wild card game in the playoffs. The girls built farts and generally played the best they played, and the longest they’ve played, with each other without any arguing in a long time.
And this morning I got up and ran four miles on the treadmill.
An all around good weekend.
A Damn Good Weekend.
My meetings this morning went short. After copying some notes down and reviewing documents from cancelled meetings, I found myself with nearly an hour to spare before Edith was done with Earthlings this morning.
I renewed my domain and hosting plan for the next 5 years. Crazy that I have had this site in one form or another for 16 years. And before this domain a blogspot type thing for a few years before. I will probably look around for a cheaper hosting plan in the future.
But that’s a problem for an AJ who is in his 50’s, not current AJ.
Instead I got a donut and coffee and went for a short walk. It’s 41°F out. Not warm by any means, but warm enough to not need a hat or sweater, just a loose button down over a short sleeve shirt, some headphones and my kindle – I like walking and reading… And listening to music. Weird.
But the park I’m walking in is far from expansive. But it doesn’t need to be with looping trails.
It still feels like an escape into the woods though. Look the right way down a path and you can’t see a way out, or a road, or anything other than a built up embankment on the small stream.
I only walked for 15 minutes. But it was a nice walk for Northeast Ohio in January.
