I have so many things arriving via UPS lately that it isn’t funny. Most of the stuff isn’t very expensive, but there’s the radio gear and the antennas wasn’t cheap. Now it’s just random little stuff like a holster that may not fit anything I own. I did get my Xmas present from my sister, a Panavise electronic work center. It holds circuit boards while you work on them. When I got home from work I had to immediately put it together and put it next to my soldering iron. I actually have some circuit board work to do and I’m hoping to do it next weekend now that football season is almost over.

Maybe I just need to get out more.

They’re doing yoga on Mondays now and that means I’ve discovered a new hell. I’ve mentioned that I clean up at the gym after the last class, but Monday yoga is at the time I’m cleaning up. That means they crank the heat up and they play yoga music. My new hell is mopping in the heat while listening to new age hippie yoga music. (Yeah, I already know that I can use my iPhone earbuds to fix most of that problem.)

Speaking of hell, my W2 arrived so I have to start doing my taxes.

So my second train-derailment-delayed package arrived today with what I think is no problems. The shipment arrived fine, but it appears to be missing items just like the other shipment. There’s not mounting hardware (six feet, thirty lag bolts, and tar strips). Ah well, the rain will keep me off my roof for a while so I can wait.

I spent the weekend playing the geekiest game ever. it’s called Morse Runner and simulates a ham radio contest where you try to make as many contacts as possible. It sounds just like you’re on the radio and it sends all the information in Morse code. I suppose in this day and age, if you have a computer running there’s no reason to decode the Morse code on your own, but it is a game after all and why cheat?