Day 138: Satanic Panic! At the Disco?

What I'm listening to today

Hysteria 51 ("Satanic Panic Revisited", 2020) - Hey remember the 80s when all those idiots with afternoon talk shows had most of the country convinced that there were Satanic cults performing human sacrifices, human trafficking, and torture all over the country? I do. This episode of Hysteria 51 revisits the nonsense of the Satanic panic including the massive paranoia surrounding Dungeons & Dragons or pretty much anything having to do with the occult. Looking back it was pretty stupid, but at the time this stuff was pretty scary for kids. So good job, all you religious zealots who can't be bothered to read TWO books. You scared the crap out of kids, ruined a few innocent people's lives, and accomplished nothing.

What I'm doing today

Strolling - The baby just wasn't into taking a morning nap today. And I just wasn't into sitting around listening to a baby cry today. So I stuck her in the stroller and we went for a power walk. We ended up walking about 3 miles around the neighborhood. I had my podcasts to entertain me, and she had her ZZZZZs.

Sharpening - The lawnmower blade was getting a little dull, so I invested in one of those drill bit

lawnmower blade sharpener attachment. Worst $8 I ever spent. I fired it up and it was broken within 30 seconds. So I fixed the damn sharpener and tried again. While you're using this thing, it looks like it's doing a really good job. Sparks are flying, and it makes a lot of noise. Unfortunately the grinder itself dulls faster than the grinder sharpens the actual blade. Plus the backer that holds the grinder in place is cheapo soft plastic which wore down to next to nothing in minutes. Ugh, looks like I'm going to be filing a lawnmower blade soon.

Clothes-hanging - Went to my closet today and discovered that all of my clothes were in a heap on the floor. It seems that one of the the cheap plastic brackets that holds the rod in place finally gave out. It's always something. Well, I didn't feel like taking a trip to Lowes just to buy another piece of cheap plastic, so I scrounged up a piece of molding I had lying around and I made a new bracket out of wood. Within a few minutes the rod was back up and so were my clothes. Now it looks like I'm going to need to iron about 20 shirts.

Day 91: Cleanliness

73. ✅ Clear out the flower bed in the front yard Two words: scorched earth. Garden hoe: loosen the dirt. (Broke that hoe.) Shovel: remove the dirt. Sieve: Filter out all the crap in the dirt. What was left was a smooth patch of barren soil. I'm sure there are undesirables lurking beneath the surface, so I'll let it lie for a few days before I do anything else with it. 51. ✅ Deal with the shred pile This took days. I've been accumulating junk mail, old bills, and literally anything with my name, a family member's name, or our address on it for several months resulting in a two-foot tall stack of papers. It couldn't be done all at once, because (A) the shredder kept overheating, and (B) I kept running out of places to store the shreds. (They take up considerably more room than the unshredded sheets of paper.) 75 ✅ Clean off the workbench Getting rid of the shred pile was the main roadblock in completing this task, but it's done. And now there's a bike up ...

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