You take your wins when you can

[melannen]

I have put a lot of time into this project lately and I am very proud of it:


(Yes, that is all my currently-in-progress podcasts in a neat sequence of 1-15 episodes left.)

(The next few dozen are a bit messier. And then there's the ones I completely gave up on keeping up with but still haven't unsubscribed to that linger at the end.) (The list of ones ones I am caught up with is mostly just embarrassingly short in comparison...)

Anyway if you are interested in My Thoughts on any of those podcasts, just ask! Maybe someday I will rate & review like they keep telling me to.

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Also I cleaned out my handbag today. Usually it doesn't get too bad because I always clean it out before travelling, but, uh, I guess it's been awhile since I travelled, huh. Here is what was in it:


*Surprise very old, very pulverized eggshell in the outer pocket
*a small notebook, mostly full of small notes
*5 pencils
*5 markers
*14 pens
*a handkerchief
*a pair of fingerless gloves/wristwarmers
*a scarf
*a phone charger & cord
*another bag
*some post-it flags
*a tube of lotion
*my wallet (yay)
*a broken necklace shaped like an owl
*2 small pocketknives and a mini leatherman
*set of nail clippers
*tape measure
*2 2021 pocket calendar/dayplanners (blank)
*out-0f-date closing checklist for work
*scrap of paper with notes on house floorplan
*6 hair elastics
*3 forks
*a rubber stamp of a smiley face
*a keychain ring
*28 cents
*a spout off a tupperware jug
*4 receipts
*1 origami crane
*the instruction booklet for a car-to-usb charger
*a cloth facemask
*24 bize-sized chocolates
*4 gobstoppers
*a comb
*a pair of earbuds

Comments

[j00j]

I'm going to try some of these! What's #6 since I can't see a title?

[melannen]

That is the K6RAU Morse Code course out of Merced! When I realized I could type in Morse on my phone, I decided to see if I could find a podcast to learn from, and found that. It's surprisingly hard to find any info about it online, but I guess it was originally broadcast over amateur radio in the 60s or 70s, aimed mostly at Boy Scouts, and recordings of it have been bouncing around the internet for years.

I can't speak to how good it is, comparatively, at teaching Morse, but it really creates the feeling of being next to a radio in the basement in the 70s. I put it on when I have the kind of insomnia where just listening to something isn't enough distraction, it works pretty well! Sometimes I go back and do old ones at higher speed too.