According to our tradition, we carry a red and white wristband called martenitsa from March 1st to the day the storks arrive or we see a blossoming tree.
It’s too soon. I remember carrying martenitsa until mid April.
Too soon
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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
I got stuck with The Boy on the Bridge, a deeply uninteresting book by M. R. Carey. The more time passed, the less time I spent reading, and I ended up not reading at all for days.
A breath of fresh air in whole the reader block was Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells. As one of the Goodreads reviews says, the Murderbot can have a mission to rescue kittens and it would still be interesting.
Rogue Protocol is about finding evidence against the corporation GrayCris. Bot will go to a space station that’s haunted and scary, and it has no armor. We have some Alien moments but of course, Bot is no weakling. It’s clear who should scream in space.
If there’s one downside of the whole series, it’s that the books are so short. The top three are the ones published in Bulgarian. Their total volume is about equal to the red book under them, which is The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey, which got me stuck.
I’m still stuck though. I don’t want to get back to the red book.
Fluff
Probably not a cat but I mostly take photos of cats and birds, and our very persistent Jay rarely visits these days.
Let’s say, the above photo represents me when it’s 10pm and is my reading time.
The News Nobody Talks About
Okay, this is my personal news—it’s all incredibly important, so bear with me.
The spring is here
Winter kept coming and coming and here we are.
My beloved headphones Quantum 400 unglued
They can be glued back but the consumerist in me wants a new pair of some other headphones with a cable. Here’s a full update. In case you use some very good wired headphones under $200, please drop a comment.
Walking shoes++
I wrote an enthusiastic post about Nike Wildhorse 8 in September 2024. Since then, I switched to a pair of very comfortable Grisport boots, and now to a pair of simple and cheap Adidas sneakers. The second pair of Wildhorse 8 lasted about 3 months of intense walking before it started disintegrating and causing pain at the same time. That was disappointing and I’m done with Nike Trail.
The pigeon mystery is now solved
Two weeks ago I posted about a pigeon gathering I see almost daily. Here’s a solution to why these pigeons stay where they stay.
The pigeon paradise is because of a food and water source, and they’re also protected from cat attacks because of all the cars around.
I unfollowed the Starship development
I consider myself a rocket and space travel nerd and I watched most of the Starship flights live. I don’t want to see more of this Musk dude, I want less. His flying Pepelats is cool in principle but we kind of need healthy competition and some reality checks.
Find the cat
I did an evening walk today, trying to catch up after several days under the goal of 10k steps/day. I visited Iztok, a popular and calm neighborhood with good sidewalks. Took exactly one photo, and it has a cat.
I find it difficult to meet my 10k steps goal this year.
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