On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Not Quite an Ice Storm in 2025, Then

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:54:24 GMT

Seems to have fizzled out by morning. Overnight winds tonight are bringing the chills back, though.

I wish I had more to say right now.

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Summation

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:56:54 GMT

Now, we have three of the heads of government of the Permanent Five of the UN Security Council actively working to drive the rest of us humans to some form of autocracy if not feudalism.

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Checking In - 8 July 2024

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:56:32 GMT

Still lurking hereabouts. Busy with lots of stuff. I'll try to say more later this week.

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Checking In - 12 Aug 2023

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 03:05:14 GMT

I've been quiet here - though not elsewhere online - of late. The job search, caregiving errands, and map project have been taking up a lot of the time. Not sure what else to add at the moment. I might upload screencaps of the map project progress to Flickr in the coming days.

More later, okay?

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Checking In - 6 January 2023

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 03:07:26 GMT

Two job applications filed today.

More on other topics tomorrow.

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Checking In - 27 December 2022

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:16:47 GMT

I got through the Christmas weekend, as some of you know from my replies to your postings or from my comments on other websites.

More later, as time allows.

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Checking In - 13 December 2022

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 04:03:19 GMT

Not much to say right now.

Maybe more tomorrow.

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Busy Saturday

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 02:46:38 GMT

But then, they all are, these past few years.

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Checking In - 20 Oct 2022

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:30:03 GMT

Got through another day here.

I might have more to say tomorrow.

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Checking In - 26 June 2022

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:39:09 GMT

I think I had a good enough day today.

More on that tomorrow.

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A Little After the 21 May 2022 Storm

Sun, 22 May 2022 06:51:57 GMT

I got back to the old neighbourhood just as the storm system was starting to sweep through and it was after midnight local time before power was first restored here. My first attempt to post this was interrupted by another, briefer outage.

I'm informed that many other people across Ontario and Québec have had rougher times these past twelve hours or so. A handful have been found by their deaths tonight as well.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/derecho-leaves-behind-nearly-1000-km-of-damage-fatalities-in-wake-ontario-quebec

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May Day 2022

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:26:15 GMT

So I've spent the day in family conference - that gets discussed in "access list" entries - as well as a ByMUG meeting, some house chores, Clip Studio Paint practice, culling basement and e-mail clutter, and other stuff.

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Thu, 10 Feb 2022 03:03:16 GMT

I suppose I'm okay enough for the moment.

I might have some things to say tomorrow morning before work.

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Post-Second Dose Report

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 14:35:41 GMT

My right shoulder - where I got the second dose - has suddenly stopped aching. About 24 hours after the injection. That seems to have been the only real side effect I've suffered from this. Whether that was due to the injection or my sleep posture habits...? I'm leaning towards the injection, but it was a minor annoyance to me at worst.

(Oh, it was Pfizer-BIONTech both doses, if that matters.)

Right now, I've got a front lawn to mow and groceries and newspapers to pick up. I'll check back with you all later, okay?

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Last Week of June 2021

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:04:20 GMT

So, I've got my almost-noon hour appointment for my first vaccine dose today.

Still looking for a day job.

Family is still hanging in there.

More later, okay?

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Brain Down Tonight

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:23:11 GMT

Nothing to say tonight. My apologies.

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COVID-19 Plus One Year

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:43:46 GMT

This morning, The Current is marking the first anniversary of the World Health Organization's official declaration of Pandemic. That's what I'm listening to via CBC Radio One right now.

This afternoon, I'm doing my regular mental health check video chat.

Job search, self-training with assorted software, exercise, shopping, financial management, house chores are expected to take up the rest of my Thursday.

More as it comes to mind.

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First Weekend of 2021

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 02:12:54 GMT

Okay. Accomplishments today including:

Got blankets and such washed and dried.
Attended the Zoom meeting of ByMUG.
Updated Zoom.
More sketchbook practice time.
Started a new year's job search diary.

Family's mostly okay this weekend.

Political thought: I'm increasingly convinced that modern Republicans believe that the Sin they have to atone for is telling Nixon to call it quits before it was too late instead of fighting, scheming and criming to the last ditch.

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Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:17:20 GMT

Job search resumed this morning in earnest. I got some practice time with Clip Studio Paint in last night, and I expect to do some house chores shortly and then get back to video tutorial studies re: Balsamiq.

More later

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Heading Into the Evening

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 01:02:10 GMT

Continuing stresses are continuing.

Art therapy/training has resumed, though. Tonight I finally installed the new version of Clip Studio Paint EX and started practicing with it. Feels both awkward and right, particularly at the moment.

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Brief Check-In Post

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 19:13:10 GMT

I'm...not as badly off right now. Still looking for work and for computer gear better suited to supporting video-conferencing for job-search purposes. My co-residents and I are all coping with each other well enough. Practicing a bit more with the design and illustration software I can use right now as well, which helps with the mental-health self-support as much as with job search support.

More as I think of it.

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Sun, 24 May 2020 00:17:08 GMT

House chores done, bought a license for Serif's Affinity suite of graphic design 'ware today. I haven't installed it yet because the machine closest to hosting the software in my ownership right now is...well...not ideal. Even at OSX 10.10.5 and 6 GB of RAM. As for what I hope to get in the way of ideal, second-hand hardware...not here yet. More when I know it.

It's a busy-quiet day overall, though, for me and my co-residents of the house. Not discussing their lives here either.

More as it occurs to me.

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Activity Note

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:46:04 GMT

I'm at the computer, listening to CBC Radio One at the moment. Also checking several job boards. Weather outside right now? Light rain, or so it seems looking out the windows.

More later...

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Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:46:35 GMT

As of this moment?

Employment: I've checked the job boards at Ottawa City Hall, and am working my way through the job alerts I'm subscribed to via Indeed, Workopolis, Jobilico and the federal job bank. My "job search diary" spreadsheet is now at...a very large number of pages.

Listening to The House on Radio One.

Keeping an eye on what little chatter there is on my favourite Delphi Forums groups these days. I'm not surprised that Facebook took their lunch. Saddened, but not surprised.

Got another mile in on the exercise bike this morning, and I expect to do some vacuuming later. Bank stuff after that, which means travelling because up to now I haven't done the online banking thing.

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WEATHER: Closing Out the Week of National Birthdays

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:18:57 GMT

I went outside to fetch groceries and lunch from the local mall. It's 10-15 minutes away on foot, as previously noted, which usually makes it convenient. It also led to me coming home drenched from sweating. And I note that - as I type this - Ottawa's under heat warning and severe thunderstorm watch as defined by Environment Canada.

So I think I'll job-hunt and web-chat from the basement for the rest of today. Picking up my copy of the Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar 2020 edition can wait a day or two.

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