Good evening! Clear and 58 degrees for evening walk in Delmar, NY. 🌃 There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 41 degrees. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 4 pm. ☃️

Not a half bad evening for February. 🌟 The skies are full of stars and it’s quite mild. It was nice having the windows open today and enjoying some fresh air before it gets cold again after the rain tomorrow. ☔ Then cold come Friday but bouncing back to normal by the weekend. After my walk I’ll sit out back until nine. 🛏 Going to close my windows then bed time.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 41 degrees at 6am. 23 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 25th. South wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Too good to be true, won’t last. In 2022, we had light snow in the evening, which became mist by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1943.

Still enjoying the almost door to door service 🚏of the express Voorheesville bus. 🚍 Great on session days but also like tomorrow evening when it rains. ☔ That said, I do worry about not getting in as many steps 👣 without walking to the Park and Ride but on nice days I still can. I was happy 😊 to see somebody on the bus today actually coming from Voorheesville as I know the bus I take isn’t as popular as earlier but I hope it doesn’t get canceled right away as long as there are other riders.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 22% illuminated. The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Friday, March 3. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:25 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:54 am in the east-southeast (107°) and last for 3 minutes and 1 seconds.

It was a quiet 🤫 half of the day at work until a big project came in mid afternoon. Sometimes it’s so quiet and then so busy, 🖥 but when I have down time I try to use it well to analyze data, and learn new data science methods and sources of data. I’ve learned a lot of clever techniques to automate or at least speed up things at work. 👨‍⚖️ I might not be a PhD in data science but I’m learning some valuable techniques using R to mine a lot of value out of data.

Sunrise is one minute and 23 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:33 am with sun in the east-southeast (114°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 20 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over last night.

Today was such a nice day 🏢 but I was stuck in my office all day except when I went to the farmers market to get mushrooms 🍄 and did a short walk 🚶 on the Plaza. Got home and spent more time reading 📖 up about machine learning. 🤖 Too bad the weekend isn’t as good looking.

Tomorrow will have showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds 🌞 👉 🌥 , with a high of 55 degrees at 1pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 6th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became mist by afternoon. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 2006. 17.3 inches of snow fell back in 1958.❄

I decided that I can do my state taxes on paper 📄 to avoid paying to file. There is a few different open source things to compute my federal taxes, and then once they are done the state is easy to do. I like paper in the sense it’s easier to carefully review. I feel like the online services you spit too much of your information into a black box 🗃 and it spits it back out and you don’t really know if it’s done right. I can compare to last year – forms are the same but the numbers 🔢 now are just slightly higher or maybe not if I reduced things down enough by retirement plan deductions.

In four weeks on March 15 the sun will be setting in the west (268°) at 7:02 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 34 minutes and 29 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 30 and 11 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 45 and 26 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 2019.

Looking ahead, March 🌨 is in two weeks on Wednesday, Ides of March ✝ is a month away, Tax Day 💰 is in 2 months, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 12 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 13 weeks, Summer ️⛱️ is in 18 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 20 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 20 weeks, Cow Appreciation Day 🐂 is in 5 months, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 28 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 32 weeks, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 33 weeks, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 37 weeks, November 🥧 is in 37 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 38 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 42 weeks and Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 10 months.

Good evening! Rain showers and sleet and 35 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 7 pm. ☃️

I wasn’t sure if I was going to go for the evening walk 🚶 but I wanted to get my steps in and keep up my record of doing 10,000 steps every day. There is some sleet and rain this evening and it’s cold but it’s kind of scattered. Not the nicest evening ever ☔ but I’m getting my steps in 👣.

Tonight will rain showers and sleet, mainly before 9pm. 🌧 Low of 34 degrees at 10pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1950.

It was a pretty ordinary Tuesday at work 🏢. I made it home by six 6⃣. I’ve continued to further automate some of the boring 💤 tasks I do at work with R and selenium. Code usually makes less mistakes than I do.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 95% illuminated. Not going to see it with the clouds. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:35 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:04 am in the east-southeast (110°) and last for 3 minutes and 5 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:45 am with sun in the east-southeast (117°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 42 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 32 seconds over last night.

Going to bed 🛏 shortly. I guess the State of the Union address is tonight but I haven’t listened to a political address in years and will listen 👂 to the Lex Fridman podcast in bed. Most political speeches aren’t really worthwhile to listen to with all their partisan talking points 📃, you can catch the important points in the morning news 📰. I’ll listen to NPR as I make breakfast 🥣 tomorrow to learn what was noteworthy in the address. Truth is that if it’s not reported, doesn’t really matter what the politician said at any rate.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁👉 ☀ , with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 23 degrees. The record high of 52 was set in 1925. 14.0 inches of snow fell back in 1895.❄

Been doing a lot of reading 📖 and research on what it means to be your forties and peak 🗻 earnings years. 💵 Whatever that means, it sure doesn’t feel like much money during such inflationary times with taxes so high. You can do all the right things but it feels like the deck is stacked against you. I know have made a lot of progress but I am growing impatient as things take longer to compound then I would hope and I want to own my own land 🚜. And I’m getting older 👴🏻. But I’ll keep doing my best and those days will happen eventually.

In four weeks on March 7 the sun will be setting in the west (264°) at 5:53 pm,🌄 which is 35 minutes and 25 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had sunny and temperatures between 33 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 42 and 23 degrees. The record high of 62 degrees was set back in 1974.

Looking ahead, Valentines Day ❤️ is Next Tuesday, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 3 weeks, First Day of Spring 💮 is in 6 weeks, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 7 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 2 months, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 3 months, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 19 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 21 weeks, World Population Day 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 is in 22 weeks, August 🌻 is in 25 weeks, Halloween 🎃 is in 38 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 40 weeks, Election Day 🗳️ is in 40 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 43 weeks and Boxing Day 🥊 is in 46 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 23 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around noontime. 🌡️

Cold evening for the walk 🚶 but actually pretty normal for winter but after the January that was it feels even colder but truth is that I’m just not used to it. But by next week things will be pushing 50 again. 🏢 Ever since I stepped out of the office this evening it was so cold out, even though I feel comfortable inside as I turned on the space heater then the electric blanket.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 17 degrees at 12am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 11th. Maximum wind chill around 15 at 8pm; West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south after midnight. In 2022, we had snow in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1961.

I had a rough day 😕 though I realize my problems are all inside my head. It’s a tough world out there, I have to do the best I can to navigate it and invest in my own future 🔮 and not take on other people’s problems. A lot of things are unfair and I often think I’m getting a raw deal 🤝 but I have it a lot better off then many people.

I watched somebody run a stopped school 🚸 bus this morning and then I found out that the state tightened who could free file this year, so I’m left studying my options for how to file my taxes. 📂 Maybe I’ll do paper 📄. But it made me angry 😡 especially after hearing how state leaders want to expand benefits for migrants. I think our state should encourage immigration but people should be working and encouraged to open businesses. Taxed enough already, especially when I’ve worked so hard and the government is handing out freebies left and right.

I never understood the anger 💢 of my dairy farming friend over government welfare benefits to the poor but when you work your ass off at 5 am, 🐮 and pay a shit ton of taxes on your land, you can understand the anger. Farms pay remarkably high taxes in New York even after all the programs. I know the feeling.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 88% illuminated. At 7 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (107°) at an altitude of 58° from the horizon, some 249,989 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 10^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺.

The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 5. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:41 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:11 am in the east-southeast (113°) and last for 3 minutes and 9 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 2 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:52 am with sun in the east-southeast (120°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 56 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 22 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. South wind 6 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 27 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1981. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2015.❄

The truth is I’m just bitter about the cold today. 🌬️ The sun was nice but it was just such a nasty reminder about winter. I really want to get away from the long cold winters of New York but everything just takes so much longer financially and on my life then I would hope. I keep saving for a better tomorrow but I always feel like I’m treading on thin ice, if not falling through the ice gasping 😲 for air. Somehow at age 40 I thought I would be farther along in life, be more financially secure and have my own land 🚜. I just work so hard, and it’s such a slap in the face. But I’ll keep pushing, as I understand the power of compounding.

In four weeks on March 1 the sun will be setting in the west (261°) at 5:45 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 41 and 17 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 40 and 22 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, March 🌨 is a month away, Ides of March ✝ is in 6 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 2 months, May 🕊 is in 3 months, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 14 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 15 weeks, 9 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 4 months, June 🍹 is in 4 months, Summer ️⛱️ is in 20 weeks, July 🏊🏿 is in 5 months, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 22 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 22 weeks, August 🌻 is in 6 months, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 30 weeks, Average High 70 🎑 is in 7 months, September 🍎 is in 7 months, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 is in 7 months, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 34 weeks, October 🎃 is in 8 months, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 35 weeks, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 9 months, November 🥧 is in 9 months, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 40 weeks, December 🎄 is in 10 months and Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 44 weeks.