Jerry Lee Lewis has passed away at the age of 87.
Nicknamed "the killer," he was one of the trailblazers of rock and roll back in the 1950s. His life and career were turbulent, and I won't rehash the drama here. Instead, let's remember the talent and the music and celebrate the man's contributions to culture. He was a legend, and he'll be sorely missed.
R.I.P., Jerry Lee.
It started Sunday night...
I was doing some handyman stuff, and I dropped a screw behind my workbench. I got down on my hands and knees to look for it. While down there, I managed to jab myself in the eye with the handle of my bench vise. My contact lens popped out, and my eye hurt for several minutes afterward. I don't think the contact was damaged. My eye didn't look injured when I examined it in the mirror, so I figured I'd simply wait and see rather than go to a doctor. I've only worn my glasses this week to give the eyeball a chance to heal. There was a slight bit of stinging on Monday, but it wasn't bad. I think it's going to be fine, and I'm going to try wearing my contacts tomorrow.
On Tuesday night, I had a migraine headache. All night. Well into Wednesday, too. My headache mostly subsided later on Wednesday, but I still felt tired and weak and a little queasy.
I'd like to feel normal on Thursday. And wear my contacts, too, so I can actually see things. I've got a social engagement this weekend, and I'd like to be... well... sociable rather than zombie-like.
On the plus side, there's lots of fall color here at the moment. The sourwood tree is particularly striking, full of bright-red leaves. It's actually been a pretty nice fall so far.
I knocked down three Joro webs and killed two spiders. They were in my way, so they simply had to go.
The silk is very strong, stronger than I anticipated. Instead of just waving a broom at the web and easily sweeping it away, I had to sort of hack at it.
I might have gone on to take down a few more webs, but I got the willies something fierce, so I had to stop. You can't fight the willies, man.
I watched a male Joro groom his female mate. Or that's what it looked like, anyway. Fascinating stuff.
I'll get around to knocking down more webs eventually. I can't have trick-or-treaters running into them, after all. For the time being, though, I'm content with the tentative measures I've taken.
In recent weeks, my home has been completely taken over by Joro spiders. I'd never seen one before until a few weeks ago, and now they're everywhere.
I've been reluctant to knock down their webs, and I'll tell you why. For one, they're a novelty in this part of the world, and I'm a curious cat. For another, they spin yellow silk that shines like gold in the sunlight, and I think that's pretty cool. Thirdly, they eat a bunch of insects. The webs are littered with their trophies. I think maybe the native insects don't "see" the webs as well as they see the webs of native spiders. Whatever the reason, the Joros are absolutely slaughtering the bugs on an industrial scale, and that's a good thing.
The creepy part is that there's so many of them right next to the house. The native spiders have never behaved like this. It truly feels like an invasion, a conquest. The Joros are our new overlords whether we like it or not.
Now if we could just teach them to eat yellow jackets...
I've been sick this week and have had headaches pretty much all week. I think it started Monday afternoon when I was bitten on the thumb by a mosquito. A few hours later, I started to feel achy and weird. My guess is that the mosquito gave a bug of some sort. Who knows.
In any event, this week hasn't been fun, but I'm starting to get back to normal, I think. I did some pushups today, the first exercising I've done all week. My stomach's still not quite sure if it wants to digest food or not, but it's coming around.
I'm looking forward to colder weather. When I get sick, I have a hard time dealing with heat. I can deal with the cold better. I wasn't always like this. I used to be able to deal with heat better than cold. But I'm older and fatter now, so I guess this switch was inevitable.
The hummingbirds are absolutely swarming at the feeders, and I've really enjoyed watching them this summer. There's at least a dozen of them, and maybe closer to two dozen; it's hard to estimate with any accuracy due to the fact that they're constantly on the move. When I'm sick, I stay inside due to the heat, so watching the hummers is one of the few ways I can enjoy nature from inside.
I've made a dietary change in recent weeks, and I think I'm losing a little weight. Very slowly, but it's happening. Let's hope I'm right.
Take care, folks, and make preparations for a winter full of hardships, because I've got a bad feeling about it.
I mentioned previously that the down-gaps on the S&P had filled in. I also mentioned that there seemed to be resistance at around 4180.
Well, the market blew through that resistance line and climbed all the way to the 200-day moving average. It stopped there and is on the verge of a pullback, maybe.
RSI is at 68 and MACD is at 92, so the oscillators are signaling that the market is overbought. Anything could happen, but I'm expecting a pullback, at least to about 4100 or so. That would be close to a Fibonacci line, I think.
Disclaimer: I'm not an expert at this stuff, and you certainly shouldn't make any decisions based on what some guy posts on a blog. This is for entertainment purposes only.
Some months ago, Harbor Freight decided to do away with their popular coupons. I was disappointed.
Recently, though, they seem to have had a change of heart. Coupons are back! :D
I don't often buy stuff from Harbor Freight, but I do scour the online coupon database from time to time. On occasion, I'll find a screaming deal that I just can't let pass me by.
I've bought a number of clamps from there. You won't find more bang-for-your-buck anywhere else when it comes to clamps. I especially like the Pittsburgh quick release bar clamps.
I think it's great they brought the coupons back, and I hope their little coupon-less experiment didn't lose them too much market share.
