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Wow! I just got the best bp reading on the 1st try in.. a long time! Yes, I feel good about that! Today I ate much more moderately than I usually do, got more physical exercise than normal, and took my 1st day of 2 of a new prescribed medication to reduce my blood potassium level. I'm to have that monitored Monday. It'll be interesting to see the result.
posted Saturday, May 3, 2025 at ~9:00 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Okay... one of my noisy neighbors across the street just cranked up the volume on a sound system in one of his cars. Darn. Sounds like this is going to be one of those nights.
posted Friday, May 2, 2025 at ~8:39 PM QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Gorilla hail. Do you know what that is? I didn't know until a few minutes ago.
Saw a weather forecast earlier today for my part of Texas that said we're under the threat of thunderstorms that may include gorilla hail. Looked it up and found that gorilla hail refers to very large hail stones: baseball or softball size, or even grapefruit size. Man! Sure hope we don't get any of that!
posted Thursday, May 1, 2025 at ~6:52 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
I'll count today as a recovery day, following yesterday's yard work. Looking out a back window this morning I saw what my next project is going to be, mowing the back yard. If the weather cooperates, I'll plan on doing that tomorrow.
posted Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 at ~8:00 PM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
A much better day today, than yesterday. Mowed the front yard this morning and, though it taxed me greatly, it didn't totally knock me out as it has in the past. So I'm in better physical condition now than I have been. And that is very good news.
posted Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 at ~5:29 PM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
Today has certainly been a Monday in the Roscoe-verse. I was able to accomplish my regular Monday chore, doing my weekly laundry. And I was able to accomplish one financial chore that I've been planning for the past week, opening a new account at a new bank. And I've kept up with my chess games. But so much remains to be done. Yard work, mostly. Maybe tomorrow I'll be a able to get started on that. We'll see.
posted Monday, Apr 28, 2025 at ~9:15 PM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
I won this correspondence chess game a few minutes ago with a Rook-Knight-pawn combination checkmate. The image above shows the position of pieces at game's end. My f5 Rook, protected by my e7 Knight, delivers the fatal blow to the Black King. The King's only possible flight squares are covered by my Knight and my g3 and h3 pawns.
posted Sunday, Apr 27, 2025 at ~9:50 AM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
I'm watching a College Softball game this afternoon on the TV back in my home office. It was good to see both teams standing Pregame, facing the flag, as the National Anthem played. This quick cameraphone shot of the TV screen shows the women of the Oregon Ducks in the yellow jerseys facing the flag displayed on the extreme upper left corner of this photo. The women of the IU Hoosiers (Go Hoosiers!) in red are facing a big flag mounted on a pole not seen in this photo.
posted Saturday, Apr 26, 2025 at ~12:30 PM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
So my plans to watch an early afternoon MLB Game were scrubbed by rain in Chicago. I have two college games I hope to watch this evening, either one or the other, they're both being played at the same time. If weather in the Midwest permits I'll be watching a softball game, or a baseball game. But if they're both rained out, I'll be listening to relaxing to relaxing music and quietly reading.
posted Friday, Apr 25, 2025 at ~4:57 PM #QNAPR2025
posted by Roscoe
Watching the Orioles vs Nationals Game, and realizing how much I'm appreciating this MLB Network +AT BAT package I've purchased from MLB.com. Considering all the entertainment, the games, etc. it's really quite a bargain.
posted Thu 24 Apr 2025 ~19:12 #QNAPR2925
posted by Roscoe