I hope no-excuse absentee voting becomes the law with the constitutional amendment 🗳
I hope no-excuse absentee voting becomes the law with the constitutional amendment 🗳
I like the idea of being able to register as a permanent absentee voter, and having my ballot mailed to me prior to every election. Then I will have several convenient options when to comes to voting:
- Fill out the ballot, get a stamp and mail it to the Board of Elections
- Fill out the ballot, drop it off at ANY Early Voting or Regular Voting site
- Choose to vote on the machine at any Early Voting site or my regular voting site
That way I don’t have to worry or plan ahead should I be out of town on Election Day. I’ll have the ballot whether or not I need it or not. That said, I think I’d much rather fill out my ballot from the privacy of my home, then in a flimsy privacy booth with peering eyes around, and having to manually stuff it in the machine.
Weather Update – October 30, 2021
Not real cold today, but damp and rainy today. 🌧
The heaviest rain looks to be coming late and sticking around for Sunday. I don’t think I’m heading out of town this weekend, but on Monday, which I have off, I am thinking of doing some hiking in Rensselaer County and getting ready to leave next Saturday for Central NY and then the Finger Lakes. 🏃♀️ Right now, looking in the distant forecast, it will be a good week to get out of town — cool but sunny. I will take 50 degree days with sun in November. We might get snow but I think it will stay south of us.
Even if we get snow, 🌨 I will probably head out next Saturday to the Finger Lakes, as Potomac Road is plowed, but it could somewhat alter my plans. Right now, I’m leaning towards getting a camping permit for Elk Country, 🦌 and will spend my second half of the week down in Pennsylvania, but that’s certainly not set in stone like the first half of the week is. I just want some quiet time in the woods.
In some ways, I wish I had taken my vacation in October when the weather was nice, and at one time that was kind of plan, but then things kind of changed when I had my appointment for the alignment. 🔧 Then we had some kind of shitty weather, and there was issues with coverage of staff at work, and my bank account was drained. 💸 But honestly I don’t mind November camping, someways it’s better as there will be few crowds, and I like the longer nights by the fire and the more light in the morning after the time change.
Today. Feels like … October 17th. |
A chance of showers. Cloudy. Northeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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61 degrees | 55 max dew point | 5:50 sunset |
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Tonight. Feels like … September 22nd. |
Rain likely. Cloudy. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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50 degrees | 7:28 sunrise |
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Sunday. Feels like … October 19th. |
A chance of showers, mainly between noon and 3pm. Mostly cloudy. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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60 degrees | 5:49 sunset |
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Sunday Night. Feels like … October 4th. |
Partly cloudy. West wind around 9 mph.
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45 degrees | 7:29 sunrise |
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Monday. Feels like … October 29th. |
Mostly sunny. West wind 8 to 11 mph.
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56 degrees | 5:48 sunset |
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Monday Night. Feels like … October 31st. |
Partly cloudy. The sun — just wait for it, as sunrise isn’t until 7:30 AM on Election Day this year.
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36 degrees | 7:30 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … November 11th. |
Partly sunny. If you haven’t voted by now, why not? Don’t have an early vote site next door? You could vote by absentee next year, if that Con Amend passes.
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51 degrees | 5:46 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … November 7th. |
Partly cloudy.
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34 degrees | 7:32 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Feels like … November 13th. |
Mostly sunny.
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50 degrees | 5:45 sunset |
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Wednesday Night. Feels like … November 13th. |
Partly cloudy. We might actually get frost for the first time in Albany area, but not by much.
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32 degrees | 7:33 sunrise |
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Thursday. Feels like … November 18th. |
A chance of showers. Partly sunny. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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48 degrees | 5:44 sunset |
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Thursday Night. Feels like … November 10th. |
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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33 degrees | 7:34 sunrise |
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Friday. Feels like … November 16th. |
A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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49 degrees | 5:43 sunset |
Good Morning – October 30, 2021
Good morning! Happy Saturday. The day before Halloween. 👻
I guess that’s supposed to be spooky and shit like that, but it’s more just rainy, dark, and kind of yucky out.
Rain, clouds and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌦 There is a northeast breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 6 am. ☃️ Haven’t seen that message in a while. It’s November though come next week, so freezing temperatures shouldn’t be that unusual, although Albany has far fewer freezing days then even a few decades ago.
If I was good, I probably would be lit dropping or canvasing today, 🗳 but it’s an awful cloudy and rainy day, and I did that the past two weekends. I might be around on Election Day, so maybe I’ll do a little more of that for Mr. DeCancio for Town Board, it all depends on how things go. I can certainly hold up signs or drop literature at people’s doors, early in the morning. 🚪 I just didn’t want to get soaked and all sick and stuff in this weather. ⛈ Plus I’m just tired after a five day work week. Only three days this week and zero days next week with vacation. 😫
Monday though I want to go out hiking in Rensselaer County, 🍂 somewhere not to high elevation, so there will be some leaves on the trees. Been thinking about doing some of the new Electric Rail Trail / Empire Trail out that way, although I’d rather do it in more open country rather seeing people’s backyards. 🚶♀️ I also have a list of other things that I need to get done, although at least the tires are ordered, assuming that back-order ends. ⚫ If they don’t come in within two weeks, I’m going to just order the BFGs from Mavis and have my local shop replace the shock bushing. 🤯
Tuesday, though I might do some volunteering for local campaigns, 🗳 and then go out to Five Rivers for a walk before dark. 🐦 Then early to bed. 🛌 I don’t care that much about election results, I’m sure they will be in the newspapers in the morning. 📰 I am too old at this point to stay up to hear who won the election, especially when all that news is in the papers the next day. 💤
Next Saturday, bar a major blizzard, 🌨 I will be heading out of town. I almost have the plans worked out, although they can evolve. I am planning a relatively quiet week — first in Central NY and then out in the Finger Lakes. Time change is next Sunday, which I actually prefer, with more daylight in the morning. Dark evenings provide more time for reading and cooking, although I do need to replace the lantern globe 🏮 so I can limit my electrical use, especially if it’s more cloudy out some days. Probably when I get out to the Finger Lakes, it will be many days at camp, just walking from there with my shotgun in a sling and back tag on my back. I would like to spend a bunch of time walking the dirt roads of Connecticut Hill WMA, the biggest WMA in the state. 🐿 🔫
I am also thinking about getting a camping permit for Hicks Run Campground in Pennsylvania, 🏕 and spending some time in Elk Country just observing the elk and doing some hiking and exploring out that way. It’s so easy to get a permit from the DCNR these days with their website, but I need to do that early enough so I can get the permit and permit. 🎫 That’s not set in stone, but the worse thing is I get the free permit and I don’t end up using it.
Ever since my bank merged with another bank 🏦 all my notifications have stopped and I’ve been trying to fix them. Low on money again, after paying rent and savings. 💸 I transferred in the money for the tires, ⚫ and to ensure I can maintain my minimum balance. I really need to reconsider my budget, although after snow comes and traveling stops, I’ll have more money. 📜 I’m just trying to get more into the bond market these days, especially as my “high interest” savings account is such a joke, with the fed rate essentially zero and inflation what is these days. ⚠️ Plus I am too much in the stock market and want to re-balance my portfolio adding new money without selling any stock.