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Yesterday when I was telling

scrottie about the oodles of worms in the compost pile, he got to wondering where all the worms go in winter, and surmised, "Maybe we could put tiny GPS trackers on them to find out."

At which point I think he noticed the smoke coming out of my ears and pointed out he was only joking.

But then I did a search to look up how biologists tag and track slugs, and lo and behold:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35643091

How cool, and also, how hilarious! I had thought I might encounter some clever method with tattoo ink or something, but no.

I'm not sure this would actually work with earthworms, though, because of how deep they may go, heh.

The local neuroscientist notes that yes, it's a good idea to continue trying to learn how to do new things, especially if they are on the more difficult end of the spectrum.

Maybe wooden boat-building can count for the moment, but then later on, I probably should go and learn how to play a different musical instrument, too, not just for the cognitive benefits but for the enjoyment of music.

It's easy to entertain this ambition right now, since it's one I don't plan to act on soon.

Yesterday we also had some really interesting conversation about differences/variation in personal project management styles; out of four people at dinner, two of us (me being one) tend to have about 80-bajillion different projects in various stages of progress at any particular point in time, while the other two are serial project completionists (one project at a time, finish that one before moving on to the next).

I feel like intellectually, I can understand and appreciate the serial project completionist approach. But in practice, that's just not who I am, for a host of reasons. For me most of this falls in the realm of, "People are funny," but it does make me wonder about the distribution of project styles across people in general.

And so the year of attempting to finish lingering projects shall continue.

I woke up this morning thinking about stuff and repairs.

When the shop called about the Jolly Roger's seat tube, S took on the repair effort: he got a 1" spade bit and used that to drill out the rest of the old aluminum seatpost, based on the logic that aluminum is softer than steel.

But then he couldn't quite get the replacement seatpost to work correctly: it would stay at the correct height, but twisted, even after he had added in a couple of aluminum shims made from a beer can. Eventually he decided to order a manufactured shim, and that seems to be doing the trick for now.

So I took the Jolly Roger on a test ride on Sunday morning to a meeting. It was nice to be back on the old steed, although I still need to tweak the replacement front derailleur because it's too close to the big chainring.

I'm feeling depleted right now, on the gift-giving front. My energies have been getting pulled in a half-dozen other directions, and I just don't feel like contributing to the mountains of stuff that many people own.

Hmm. I wonder if I could figure out a way to give the gift of repairs.

Crossposts: https://rebeccmeister.livejournal.com/1272782.html

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Even in Kyoto

hearing the cuckoo's cry / I long for Kyoto (Basho)

Entries tagged with randomalia

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