Various photos from inside and around The Blackstone Hotel.

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#photos #photogallery #blackstone

I just put on deodorant BEFORE I got in the shower.

Top of my game today. 🙄

#allislost

Peeps, as I wind down the diaries magazine for November 2017, Alexa spins for me…

I walked along the avenue. I never thought I’d meet a girl like you.

Ya, it’s been played a million times and everybody knows about the girl with auburn hair and tawny eyes but I dare you to find a better new-wave, synth-pop love song.

#musicvideos #aflockofseagulls

Me: Where’s the dentist elf?
Sara: Nobody likes the dentist. Nobody.

#photos #rudolph #sara

Do you guys ever look up people on Wikipedia, people who are famous, and worth millions, and then see that they were born the same year you graduated high school? And then you just close your internet down for awhile. Ya.. me, too.

#allislost

Zero-day iOS HomeKit vulnerability allowed remote access to smart accessories including locks, fix rolling out

A HomeKit vulnerability in the current version of iOS 11.2 has been demonstrated to 9to5Mac that allows unauthorized control of accessories including smart locks and garage door openers. Our understanding is Apple has rolled out a server-side fix that now prevent unauthorized access from occurring while limiting some functionality, and an update to iOS 11.2 coming next week will restore that full functionality.

This is why I’ll never give Alexa or other devices access to deadbolts or doors. It’s one thing for an attacker to turn off the lights in my house. It’s completely different if they can open the doors and come inside my house.

#technews #apple #alexa

And now I’m eating a bag of celery. Like an asshole.

#photos #celery

I’ve been trying to get this shot all week. I was either too early or too late…but this morning the stars aligned and magic was born. 📸 ☠️ ☀️

#photos #skeletons #sunrise

Yesterday I got up around 6:30 am, drank coffee, and worked on the diaries magazine until it was time to get Maggie up and going. Got ready for work and Maggie off to school. Did my whole work day thing and got back home around 4:30 pm.

I scrubbed the purple bathroom, put a load of laundry in the wash, and found Maggie and I’s gloves. Because winter. Jocelyn came over and Maggie and I visited with her for a few minutes.

Svea had messaged me earlier about a pair of antique doors^[1] she had uncovered while excavating so Maggie and I roared out to her place. Svea showed us her Swedish kitchen and the excavation spot. We visited for a little bit more and then loaded the doors up in the truck.

Maggie and I stopped at Chipotle. Because dinner. I was ready to sit down for a few minutes but Chipotle on Randall is loud at that hour so we got takeout. We went through Starbucks drive-thru because Christmas Tree Frappuccinos and I needed something to power-thru.

Back home Maggie and I ate our burrito bowls and pondered the Trader Joe’s Ugly Sweater Cookie Kit in their most recent Fearless Flyer. I put the laundry from earlier in the dryer and muled the doors inside. Gave them a good scrub while listening to my favorite 80s jams. Because Huey Lewis. Moved the doors into their temporary spots and folded the damn laundry.

I herded myself into the shower and then signed over the Cube title. Because end of an era. Packed my lunch for the following day and got the morning coffee ready, watered the plants and Christmas tree and herded Maggie to bed. Then it was time to flop on the couch so I put Fist of Fury on the TV. Because Bruce Lee.

Sara came over and we visited for a bit, caught up on the comings and goings of the day, and then lights out. Because often times being a grown-up means that we’re busy.

If I don’t respond to your messages or your emails in a timely manner, days like these are why. I’m sure you guys got your own stuff going on and completely understand. 😊

#photos #meanwhile

1. This is why you put your hopes and dreams online. People are listening. ↑

It’s obligatory to take a photo.

#photos #snow