In my continuing quest to get current on all of my vaccinations before Bobby Brainworms makes it illegal, I got my shingles vaccine this morning at about 11 o’clock. By 2 o’clock my left arm felt like somebody had hit it with a baseball bat. I can’t tell, but I think I might have a low-grade fever. We’re going to see how this affects me tomorrow and that will tell whether or not I’m going to work. I’ve still got several more to go plus a booster for this and for hepatitis B upcoming. I’m trying to stretch them out every two weeks so that I give my immune system time to bounce back before I dose with something else.
Update: You thought I was wearing my tinfoil hat when I wrote this, but you’d be mistaken.
Redwood watches just released a new GMT model that looks beautiful. The price isn’t eye-wateringly high and I like the subtle details in the dial face—the numbers around the crown are perfectly imprecise, the ribs on the edges are just the right height, and the orange GMT hand is sharp. Plus, it’s got a date window. At 40mm it’s at the very top edge of sizing for my wrist, but it’s really pretty. The only thing I’d like to know is how thick it is; my solar Vaer diver is the tallest watch I own at 10mm and it verges on being annoying when it catches on my sleeves.
If the world was a normal place right now, I’d consider buying one of these.
I’ve had these tabs open in Safari for a while now, which is my cue to do something with them other than have them take up space in the menu bar. From the top:
- Vintage Truck Magazine does what it says in the title; they’ve got back issues available online for order, and they cover the gamut of brands and years and models. I don’t need more paper laying around the house, but I might buy an issue for $7 just to see how deep they go on some of the models I’m interested in.
- Choose Democracy has a list of actions you can do to fight the coup, starting with how to orient yourself and ending with reminders to take a breath and not try to do everything all at once.
- Because I haven’t finished this yet, this is a video on how to install a Holley Sniper EFI unit. I suspect my issues go deeper than the install—there’s still something not right with the engine itself. Further investigation is warranted.
- I’ve had two rolls of 120 film from the Yashica sitting on my desk waiting to be developed; I’m getting off my ass and sending these out to thedarkroom.com, who I’ve been using for years as my go-to large format development shop.