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What’s next? ⛺🥾🍂🚴

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The next adventure, assuming the weather cooperates, is heading up to Perkins Clearing in the Adirondacks at the break of dawn to work on Friday remotely and then spend the holiday weekend around the Speculator, riding, paddling and floating maybe with a bit of sparkle from Tropical Skittlez.

Then it’s just a matter in September when the weather is nice to plan Fridays to work remote, heading up to Rennselaer State Forest or Charles Baker. I bet riding those dirt roads at night would be a lot of fun. And even into October.

Come November, after Election Day, depending on the weather I’ve been thinking about a trip up to the North Country or Horseshoe Lake. Yet that depends on how much snow there is and what my living arrangements look like by then. And how well Big Red is running at that point.

Today apparently is National Dog Day 🐺

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Is that a celebration of the Dire Wolf? Just asking for a friend after the long weekend. Now it’s back to work at least for a few more days.

It’s back to work after a fun weekend. 👨‍💼 I am riding my bike to work, though who knows how wet it will be by afternoon with the thunderstorms. 🌩 I am not sure if I should be wearing jeans or shorts today, 👖 but I have more clean jeans, and I’m hoping to make it through the week without going to the laundromat, with the plan to work from Spectulator on Friday, so I don’t really have to have perfectly clean clothes for that. I think I had fun with Tropical Zkittlez, I shoud get more of that before the holiday weekend.

Things are unpacked and I’m ready for the week.  🧹 Accidentally spilled flour over everything unpacking last night, and I need to finish up cleaning tonight, but things should be good. I got the Drive Safe and Save beacon installed in my truck, though I’m not sure when I will drive next — probably Thursday night to stock  before camping. Thursdays though I often work late in the office, so that’s a consideration as I need to be n Speculator before 9 AM to remote work. 💻️

Scammers left my cellphone alone on Friday, ☎️ trying to run the same old tax scam that they’ve been harassing me for months about my back taxes that don’t exist. Do I pay too much in taxes, and should I have a plan to cash in some of my assets to buy a house? 🏘 Yes, but not through a scam service, which one day I tried engauging them when I was bored and maybe a bit high on vacation, after weeks of them calling. They seemed most interested in selling me a loan either for taxes or debt. 💣 I didn’t give any personal information but I asked a lot of questions about what they were selling.

I’ve been avoiding my work email box, ✉️ as I’m sure it’s suffed full but at least my physical mail box wasn’t too bad. 📮 It’s just a busy time of the year, both legisatively and for the campaign committee, but good work is getting done. It is really good that I’ve mastered R and the tidyverse, 🤖 as those are things I use every day, even more then other langauges like C or Python. R is such a werid language, but it’s really good for data maniplulaton, at least with reasonably sized datasets.

Do I spend too much time studying all things cannabis these days? 🪴 Probably yes, but it’s a fun topic to learn about – it’s agricultural, it’s political, it’s controversial and it’s the most pungent of odors. 👃 What’s not to like about it? I have kind of a one track mind, 💿 though there are some who will accuse me of becoming addicted to marijuana. I do admit coming home after summer vacation, the world seemed so plain and colorless after many nights of fun 🌈 but it wasn’t like I was that compelled to light up, as I have decided to limit it like my drinking to only when I’m out on adventures, and only in a reasonable quantity, bar once and while having a bit of fun and singing along with Dire Wolf under the stars in the wilderness. ✨ Truth is there is actually very little evidence to Cananbis Use Disorder, it’s mostly something that judges 👩‍⚖️ and treatment centers see as a money maker in the form of kick-backs for government workers.

Marijuana Legal ≠ Safe

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That’s what some conservative, probably Christian associated drug rehab billboard says outside of Amsterdam. Probably the kind of think you would expect from a small town just like the 97% Fat Free Silage Bales by the dairymen promoting drinking of whole milk in an effort to improve sales of milk and milk components.

Both are pretty laughable things, as the intoxicating herb is pretty darn safe and whole milk, relatively speaking is unhealthy as it loaded with inflammatory saturated fats. It’s not to discount the dangers of cannabis – it’s a mind altering substance and everything in this world contains some risk. Especially if there is some form of reward. Be it the high or those rich fats in milk.

I’m not against drinking milk or smoking pot in moderation. I do think skim milk is a healthier option though as is alternative dairy beverages like plain low fat Kofuir and Greek yogurt. Cannabis should be enjoyed in an enjoyable setting and just enough to feel good and inspired but not an every day use product.