What the SCOTUS did 2

 Aw shoot, they're overturning everything, aren't they?

What the SCOTUS did

While I don't often take my socio political thoughts into a public forum, the Supreme Court shut down New York State's concealed carry requirements as a violation of the second amendment.

I never carried, or tried. It was never my thing, but I'm not a fan of the government telling me what I can and can't do. so I'll take it. This court is pretty lopsided, so I guess we'll see where this goes.

Old messengers

Some days, and I find their approach with decreasing frequency yet increasing melancholy, I find myself wishing for the old communications.

I could open AOL instant messenger and chat with people again. It's weird, really it is. Once everyone got cell phones, texting replaced instant messaging. But we didn't always swap numbers, and some of us didn't connect on social media. And some of us took for granted that it would be there, with friends willing to chat.

What I'm saying is, I wish I could open MSN messenger again and chat with the people I lost over time. Hop onto AIM and ask how they've been. Because while a good number of us have managed to find each other again over the years, I'm finding that, well, we're not all alive, either.

The absent phone

While I've consistently had a cell phone since 2004, my phones have only been "smart" since 2010, give or take. While I had a tendency to keep every old phone of mine, all my old tech was purged in the great move of 2014. While the loss of the flip phone archive was almost sad, what I found since was that I haven't had any outside pressure in ridding myself of my older smart phones.

Only one was removed, and that's because I gave it to someone that needed a phone. The rest just went into a drawer. There's something unusual about pulling out one of your old phones and powering it back on after a few years. Did you know Twitter used to have a widget on Android? My old LG Ally still has that widget, never to update again. 

So I got a new phone recently. The old one was having issues, so I bit the bullet and replaced it. The trade in offer, which I usually ignore, was... substantial. I actually traded it in. They cloned my data from old to new, hit the factory reset, and I was on my way.

Except not all the data transferred. An app that I keep notes with wasn't there, and when I redownlaoded it, the notes were gone. In times past, I would have gone to the old phone and moved it over manually. This time it was gone. Gone forever.

I have to admit, that's annoying. Fortunately, most of it wasn't what you'd call 'mission critical'. That stuff is kept on a google calendar. Love them or hate them, they're wildly convenient. 

I think it was my son that was the most disappointed. Even my old phone would have been a decent upgrade from the basic model we gave him. Oh well.

The SEEDS

 

So, my wife wanted to grow a a very specific variety of squash this year, and no local supplier had any seeds or plants. I can deal with that, I just ordered some online.

Back on April 16.

I figured four weeks was enough lead time to get the seeds before planting. Once the order was placed, they said it might run a little late. My gut told me to find another supplier, so I did. The other supplier had a packet of seeds in my hand within a week.

I spent the entirety of a Saturday morning carefully arranging various seeds and seedlings across a moderately vast field of reasonably conditioned dirt. Within a week, all the seeds had sprouted. Another week, and I had nice bushy little plants.

I planted four weeks ago. The garden is tall in some places and lush in all. The peppers even have tiny little vegetables already.

The first seed packet I ordered finally arrived today.