Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

I don't think I've ever had a number as high as today's when I went to vote. On the one hand, it's great to see people actually carrying out their civic responsibility. On the other hand there were more people trying to help me get to the right place and I'm just like, I go there, same as I do every election.

Roaster repairs are in progress now. He's actually doing more of the job than I expected, which is great because my hands are already sort of ripped up from taking things apart earlier.

Now I kind of want to play a magical girl game where all your attacks are "healing" skills. Did anyone ever do a video game spin off of Nurse Angel Ririka SOS?

Have been showing lots of people my travel photos. These are mainly pictures of dogs and cats that I met/pet. This is my life sidequest: travel the world petting all the fluffy animals.

Plumber thinks he has exactly what's needed to just replace the pipe and will stop in first thing in the morning to look at that. Hopefully we can get that back up and running. It's good to have people with useful skills as customers.

Replacement roaster part arrived but when I tried removing the old one I found something that's beyond what I should be handling myself. After a consult with the manufacturer we both agreed that I should call a gas technician to look at that. They suggested that I refer to it as a "gas fired appliance" since nobody knows what a "coffee roaster" is, but I called the guy who did the gas install on my little roaster (also a regular customer).

It feels like the world is vibrating around me. That can't be good.

Cat likes these pillows.

Looks like trapped chests exist again.

Toasters should have one setting. That setting should produce toast.

DST confuses my cat.

Roaster part didn't arrive yesterday so I'm spending all day today roasting tiny batches of coffee for orders. USPS tracking says they'll deliver the part for the big roaster tomorrow.

When you go to the polls Tuesday, remember that alt-right is just another way of saying wrong.

Tried the demo for the new Tetris game. I enjoyed it, found the VR mode enhanced the experience. The cat, however, is not a fan.

This is such an odd trend in junk email.

I think I want a hanging chair for my library.

Persistent cold call scam person: People can't find your web site!

Me (in my head): And yet you managed to find it just fine.

Me (in real life): *hangs up phone*

Some of the food on Korea Air flights is complicated. For one of the meals I was asked if I'd had it before and when I said no I got a big leaflet with step by step instructions on how to assemble the food from the ingredients presented on the tray. That was neat, though challenging in the limited amount of space in an economy seat.