Sat May 30 2026

Sleep 0345 to 1100, 30 nap (7-3/4 hours)

• D&D session 35: Christopher Jr did most of the driving today as the PCs explored an ancient museum of dead gods.
• Dinner at PF Chang's. I finally used that $50 gift card that one of the QA guys gave me maybe 10 or 15 years ago.
• DDO: We were researching Sentient Jewels and Filigrees. Ended up doing one quest, Horde of the Illithid Controller. Kind of neat in that you sneak around a bunch otherwise fighting the storm giants is quite rough.

Sun May 31 2026

Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)

• Noticed that my American Express High Yield Savings Account is currently 3.20% APY (effective interest for a year since it compounds monthly). It's actually lower than my Apple Savings APY of 3.49% In general I guess doesn't matter much and I do like to keep Apple Savings accruing only from Apple Card cash back and interest rate to see how high it eventually gets.

Mon Jun 01 2026

Sleep 0330 to 1145 (8-1/4 hours)

• ORCL is up to $248 (was briefly at $250) so I'm selling 200 shares and that's this year's income. I guess I put in my order after trading hours (ends 4 PM ET) so we'll see how it goes tomorrow morning. (Sold at $245 per for $49k)

Tue Jun 02 2026

Sleep 0500 to 1130 (6-1/2 hours)

• Answering a political survey. Which makes me wonder: at what point did the Republican Party turn from "we're the white hat good guys" to "we're anti-heroes -- laws don't matter as long as the end is good" to "we're villains masquerading as anti-heroes".

Wed Jun 03 2026

Sleep 0030 to 1015 (9-3/4 hours)

• C3+S Dinner. Delivery from Totoro Ramen. I tried to net boot my MBP Intel but it was taking too long. I guess I'll drop by Monday or Tuesday since they're on vacation and I can visit Lima.

Thu Jun 04 2026

Sleep 0100 to 0930 (8-1/2 hours)

• Picked up my new glasses. Long distance very nice. Short range is nice. Progressive hard to get used to. Always feels like the short range portion is way down the lenses. I got this for driving so we'll see on a long trip.
• Fletcher's for a super burrito (with carnitas) and super nachos (with shrimp). $44 with tip. But it is 4 meals worth so not too bad overall.

Fri Jun 05 2026

Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)

• DDO: We finished Illithid Invasion. I guess only the first quest is really tough. The second quest has an annoying end fight where you have to keep dodging energy balls coming from the walls.

We had a car towed last week. It was parked in rental, someone wanted to use that space, turns out that space was not being rented. I put a notice, then the notice was gone a couple of days later, then put another notice, and it's been a couple of weeks since first notice. Checked with our management company that they hadn't called about it.

First off the garage entrance is 6'6" and the tow truck is a little too high for that. He tried but we could see it would hit the entrance ceiling. That means moving the car to the entrance then winching it up since from the garage it slopes up into the street -- although it turned out backing the tow truck then extending the lifter was just enough.

But the car is 4WD and the parking brakes were on so you can't just push it. So they had to put rollers underneath the wheels (see photo). The back rollers are also used on the road. With the rollers on one guy can slowly push and maneuver the car to the garage entrance.

Kind of neat process.

I haven't received the county voter information guide. Maybe there isn't one for primaries. There's only week left to mail my ballot in so I have to make decisions now.

Ballotpedia does have some info and many candidates fill out their survey.

This year I abstained from voting for uncontested seats.

Governor: Matt Mahan (D)
State Assembly, 21st District: Diane Papan (D)
Superior Court Judge, Office #4: Brian Donnellan
County Superintendent of Schools: Chelsea Bonini
County Board of Supervisors, District 2: None
County Assessor and Clerk Recorder: Jim Irizarry
County Controller: None
County Coroner: None
County Treasure and Tax Collector: None