All Star Grump. Matlock fan. Love telling people to get off my lawn. Heavily influenced by Benson. I HEAR YOU!
Fairmont, WV
Joined October 2007
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iOS’ screen reader does not do a bad job. Working with Kindle it’s not bad. Colleen had a heavily drm’d book (a text on ecclesiology- who would want to steal it?) and it wouldn’t work on Eleven Reader. The screen reader is working very well.
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Purchased Eleven Reader for Colleen. The ability to read from Kindle does not get its due in reviews. The current version makes it very easy. It's not perfect, but it works well enough and straightforward enough that she unhesitatingly bought a subscription.
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I had been hesitant, because the reviews were not particularly positive. Once we downloaded the app and enabled a free trial, it was clear very quickly that this was a good way to go. I listened for a couple of hours and was impressed.
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Random observation. I wish Benson were going to be inaugurated in Woodburn Circle. I realize I’m probably alone in this. But I think it is a nice setting.
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Every time I try to renew my pcard training it's a fiasco. They've changed systems, my account has aged out, and today the system seems to have gone down.
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Fairly unusually to see bad behavior/performance from them. Initially thought it was me. The Boy reported similar issues so I poked at the network. In fairness, that’s about all you can do with eero 😂
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One of my eero’s seemed to die today. Needed to do a software update and reboot and it seems healthy now. Wondering if it was a failed update that left it in a bad state.
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Robert retweeted
RIP “+Bunny” – the first US prelate openly sanctioned over misconduct toward adults (abetted by egregious financial abuse), Wheeling-Charleston emeritus/Shrine impresario Michael Bransfield died today at 82; WVa Chancery indicates funeral in his native Philly:
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Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston getting a new bishop usccb.org/news/2026/pope-leo…
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV has named Salvadoran immigrant Evelio Menijar-Ayala to be West Virginia’s lone Catholic bishop.
As a teenager, he made three attempts to enter the United States illegally.
He finally arrived in California in 1990, having been smuggled in the trunk of a car with his brother over the border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego.
Over the next several years, Menjivar-Ayala worked janitorial and construction jobs in California before deciding to become a priest.
It’s a remarkable choice in a state that is over 90% white and voted for President Trump by 42 points.
There is an art to managing people, particular colleagues. A co-worker today started to explain her thought process on an upcoming event, and wound up asking me to do something all in a neat package. She got me interested and by the time she was finished, I was ready to help.
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Everyone I go shopping, I expect to see @BradMcElhinny chasing down a corrupt landlord at my grocery store. Maybe one day!
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Reading Twlight of the Gods. It’s the final book in Ian Toll’s trilogy of the war in the Pacific. Much better understanding of the Navy and Marines’ role.
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I keep seeing complaints that schools are running out of food at lunch. Noah has mentioned this for specific foods - but at least on Facebook, I'm seeing complaints about school lunches being out of food period.
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I've thought for a while this would happen. (I actually thought it happened a long time ago, was wrong). Podcasts lead am/fm now in spoken word listening. edisonresearch.com/podcasts-…
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Couple of things - It looks like they account for 79% together of the market. I'm assuming audiobooks, maybe satellite radio make up the balance? The full results are behind a paywall.
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