Jason844 ๐
Jason844@mastodon.social
<p>Been on Mastodon since about Nov 2022. Changed instances 5 Aug 2024.</p><p>cis/het</p>
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Three good things for today: 11/9/2026 1. Ran an errand. 2. Took the car out for a highway drive to make sure the battery is charged. 3. Commercial free streaming jazz. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/8/2026 1. Turned off the water to the sprinklers. Still need to blow them out. 2. Watched a good Formula 1 auto race. 3. Have been listening to full albums. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/2/2026 1. Watch a Nick Zentner geology video. ๐ชจ 2. Made beef pot roast with onions, carrots, & turnips. ๐ 3. Watched Formula 1 auto race qualifying. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/6/2026 1. The goldfinches mobbing the bird feeder. 2. Interesting geology YouTube live stream about the evolution of the Skagit River watershed. 3. Clean laundry sorted and put away. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/4/2026 1. Watch the first episode of Nick Zentner Cascade Ice A to Z Geology lectures. 2. Was able to find turnips for use in making a pot roast. 3. Fall colors. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/3/2026 1. Good election result for democracy in the USA. 2. Replaced the worn out pull chain on the front window blinds 3. Grocery shopping done for the week. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/2/2026 1. Was able to get a positive ID on a lesser goldfinch at the bird feeder. They were being heard by the Merlin app, but I hadn't seen one up close. Definitely not the more common American goldfinches. 2. Ran an errand. 3. Did some necessary adulting. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 11/1/2026 1. Have started listening to complete albums (actually down loads or from CDs) from my music collection. I guess I'm trying to recapture my lost youth of the 70s and 80s. 2. Watched a interesting Formula 1 auto race. 3. Ran a load of dishes in the dishwasher. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/31/2026 1. The usual Saturday bacon ๐ฅ and eggs ๐ณ for brunch. 2. Watched a new Nick Zentner geology video. 3. Watched Formula 1 auto racing qualification session for tomorrows race. Bonus: 4. Ran the sprinkler one last time prior to doing winterization some time next week. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/31/2026 1. The usual Saturday bacon ๐ฅ and eggs ๐ณ for brunch. 2. Watched a new Nick Zentner geology video. 3. Watched Formula 1 auto racing qualification session for tomorrows race. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/30/2026 1. Watching the birds at the feeders. Getting mobbed by a flock of goldfinches! ๐ 2. Morning coffee. โ 3. 14 Hands 2022 Hot To Trot Smooth Red Blend. ๐ท #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/29/2026 1. Made beef & bean tacos. ๐ฎ That's dinner for several days. ๐ 2. Repaired and reassembled the home-made platform ๐ฆ bird feeder. Something had pulled parts of it down, knocking it apart. Probably one of those four-legged, fury-tailed "birds" I've been seeing under the feeders. ๐ผ 3. Also cleaned out the bird bath and refilled all the bird feeders. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/28/2026 1. Had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. 2. Lunch was at a Thai restaurant I hadn't been at. 'Twas good! 3. Took care of a small but rewarding chore. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/27/2026 1. Watched a couple of interesting geology videos on YouTube. 2. Ran an important errand. 3. Grocery shopping done for the week. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/26/2026 1. Phone call with one of my sisters. 2. Made a pumpkin pie. ๐ฅง ๐ 3. The sun came out after a rainy morning. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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The garbage that passes for 'news' #CauseOfAggravation #HashTagGames
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Three good things for today: 10/25/2026 1. Watched a pretty good Formula 1 auto race. 2. Mixing cayenne pepper with the bird seed is successfully deterring the squirrels. ๐ 3. Did some necessary adulting. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/24/2026 1. Bacon ๐ฅ and eggs ๐ณ for brunch. ๐ 2. A very fun HashTagGames. 3. Watched Formula 1 auto racing qualification and some practice. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/23/2026 1. Watch several good geology videos on YouTube. 2. Visually identified Lesser Goldfinches at the bird feeder, both from markings and size compared to the American Goldfinches. This confirms what the Merlin app has been telling me. 3. 14 Hands 2022 Hot To Trot Smooth Red Blend. ๐ท #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/22/2026 1. New replacement gold crown glued in place today. 2. The lab fee for the crown was much less than expected, so I'll getting a refund from the dentist. 3. Staying home, warm, and dry on a cold rainy afternoon and evening. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/21/2026 1. Watching the birds at the feeder and in the bird bath continues to generate joy. ๐ 2. Made a small attempt (or at least a start) at clearing the assorted flotsam and jetsam off the dining room table. 3. Used up 6 left-over egg whites in an egg white frittata. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/20/2026 1. Ballot is in the county dropbox. 2. Grocery shopping done for the week. 3. Pots & pans washed. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/19/2026 1. Made one of my favorite dinners, chicken dijon. 2. Sopping Lucid absinthe. 3. The usefulness of the rice cooker. Today's exercise: 2.58 mi walk in 47 minutes. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/18/2026 1. Quality time on the patio in the afternoon. Enjoying it while I can. 2. Saw the first red-breasted nuthatch at the bird feeder. Knew they were around from the Merlin app. For a small bird, they are loud! 3. The pillow in the load of laundry didn't unbalance the washing machine in it's spin cycles. A small victory. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/17/2026 1. Pizza for dinner. ๐ 2. Watching the birds at the feeders. 3. New kitchen scale arrived. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/16/2026 1. Watch today's geology lectures from Nick Zentner and Central Washington University (CWU). 2. Watched the lava activity at the Kilauea volcano. 3. Watched the birds at the feeders: house finches, American goldfinches, white-crowned sparrows, European house sparrows, among others. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/15/2026 1. Ballot arrived in the mail. 2. Watching the birds at the feeders. 3. Used my smart phone as a personal hotspot while Spectrum internet was down most of the day. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three plus good things for today: 10/13/2026 1. The birds have found the bird feeders. 2. The shear joy of watching the birds that found the feeders! 3. Grocery shopping done for the week. 4. Took care of a couple of small chores. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/12/2026 1. Been watching the small, short sporadic lava flows from the Kilauea volcano. 2. Some birds have found the birdseed on the ground. Hopefully, they will discover the feeders. 3. Happy Indigenous People's Day! #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
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Three good things for today: 10/2/2026 1. Bacon ๐ฅ and eggs ๐ณ for brunch. ๐ 2. Watched Formula 1 auto racing. 3. Finally pinned up a "No Solicitations" sign. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings