Watching Silo on Apple TV be like…

Not sure why I had completely forgotten about the Sidecar option with iPad. Really helped while working in Smartsheet this morning.

Went and visited Santa at Three Mugs Pub.

Got out by myself for a few hours this afternoon. Had to take some books back, so I checked out the Hillsdale branch of Multnomah County Library. Stopped off at Tip Top Burger (meh), then worked on my blog for a bit at Lucky Lab SW.

Making cookies.

Those wooden handled, soft-bristled back scrubbers for the shower are such a tease. Give me one of those cheap plastic ones with the tough nylon bristles that hurt so good.

Columbia River at dinner last night.

Nice sunset despite a mucky day.

Addictive.

Obsessed with his knockoff Lego advent calendar.

I bought one of those wedge pillows for my bed and it all might be downhill from here.

Just realized RNs at OHSU make up to about $90/hr. If I didn’t know how crazy some of those jobs can be, I might consider a midlife career change.

I’m required by my employer to put 6% of my salary into a retirement fund (401a) I do not control. I also have an old 401k from a previous employer that had a nearly identical balance several years ago, but I haven’t contributed anything to it. The account I control has a higher balance.

Anxiety pro tip: cut your fourth cup of coffee with decaf.

Portland City Council approves $176M streetcar extension, new mixed-use neighborhood in Northwest

Flashback!

From the morning.

This whole I-used-my-credit-card-at-your-business-one-time-and-now-you’re-spamming-me-daily-with-offers crap has got to stop.

Met this fancy lady at the park the other day, who was gracious enough to paws for a photo.

The periodic fog on the way in this morning was lovely.

Working on an article for my planning blog about pop. density and doing some research. For all the flack the west side gets from Portlanders, there are some very dense nodes. Elmonica Station has 10k ppsm and will soon have over 16,000, denser than ANY neighborhood on the east side of Portland.

Grateful we don’t get much snow in the valley, but I wouldn’t mind a white Christmas this year. 🤞

On the lookout for a new Mastodon server with longer post character count. Let me know if you have a recommendation.