One of my 2021 TODO Items was to listen to music for pleasure. I’ve really struggled with this the last few years. To be honest, my relationship with music as a whole has been strained. After Dollar Fox, I just didn’t have the passion. Not that the band did anything, it just took a lot….
Azure SQL Server Empty Datetime Handling
I’ve had a few instances where a datetime column gets populated with an empty string. When accessed these come out as either “1900-01-01 00:00:00.000” or “1899-12-30 00:00:00.000”. I was converting these from datetime to date and tried using CASE() to present NULL instead of the incorrect date. Turns out, if you do the CONVERT() anywhere…
Bird’s Nest
I spent some time practicing skipping jigs. This was inevitable. This was also far from the worst. I did get better at skipping so the pain of getting skunked was diminished a little.
Hello Snake, Hello Spring!
The snow melted, and spring is in a hurry! The sun is shining bright and warm even though the wind continues to be chilly. The snakes have noticed, or at least one snake noticed. He also noticed that I was disturbing his sun bathing and darted away to the longer grasses near the creek. The…
No Motorcycle
For the first time in over two decades, I have no motorcycle. I sold my Triumph Scrambler back in December. This weekend, I finally went through the rest of the motorcycle gear and started getting it out of the garage. All in all, it was not nearly as emotional as I expected. This was the…
$1 Buzz Bait?!
I’m always looking to save money. These buzz baits from Wal-mart suck as they come off the shelf, but a little modification makes them work as expected.
First Mystery Tackle Box
Yesterday I got a great surprise with the Mondo Kit. Then, today, my first Mystery Tackle Box showed up! This video is a quick walkthrough of what was included in the Bass Pro kit. There are a couple of welcome surprises in here. Definitely lures that I wouldn’t have tried normally.
More Lures!
My wonderful wife really gets me! I knew she ordered my 3 months of Mystery Tackle Box, but today another package showed up. It was in a Karl’s box so I thought it was just the first month. It wasn’t! Inside was a Googan Squad Mondo Kit Bigguns box! This is a pretty good grouping…
Photo: Moon, Contrails, and Lens Flare
Coming home a few nights ago, I noticed the contrails behind this jet and how they were illuminated by the Moon. I took a quick shot and put on a couple filters to accentuate the glow. I’m always telling my kids to look around. “I’m bored!” they’ll yell while we’re driving somewhere and they don’t…
Some Favorite Lures
These two have been really good to me so I bought some more for backup.