The Trouble with Tech

January 19th, 2020

Today will be a good day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.

13/1 2020

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ood goat times today. The mud was back to being very muddy. I wish it would spring soon. Although, I guess there will have to be some kind of frost before that. Are we going to get any snow at all this winter? Who knows! Not me!
Got the goats out, but with all that mud they prefer getting into the flowerbeds rather than anything else. Which means lots of me running around trying to keep them out and trying not to have a heartattack. I am not vert fit right now…
We had a cute little visitor. A little girl who stood about face-to-face height with Mia. And her and her mother were giving cuddles to Mia. Reminded me, once again, of how sweet grandma was with visitors. And how after she passed Mia has taken on that role so well. Just standing there and letting the little girl poke and prod her.
I think the girl got a little Milo brawler too, but nothing serious. When they left all the 3 newbies were standing in a huddle, bleating after them. “Come back, you didn’t give us treats!”
13/1 2020

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Goat butt parade.

13/1 2020

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Hmm, I wonder what’s in there..

13/1 2020

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Knuckleheads

13/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. HappY Yogi Day everyone.

14/1 2020

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… gone a year nowm our Mio. One of the worst days of my life. I miss you, you crazy old goat. Tender and sweet. Stubborn and mighty. Mother and grandmother of countless wonderful goats. A very special lady, and I loved every hefty pound of her.
Miss you, grandma.
14/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Hump Day everyone. With bonus grandma and Palle.

15/1 2020

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I am going to shut down the devices and go offline early today. Planning to sleep a lot. See where the dreams take me. See you some time tomorrow. Dont’ forget, the illuminati is watching you. So make sure they’re not bored.

15/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s grandma with Bruce and Clark from 2014.

16/1 2020

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Did I thank everyone for your grandma reactions? Thank you everyone for your grandma reactions.
It’s a strange thing, the memories. You have to find a way to not feel the devastating pain of loss every time you think of them. It gets easier with time. But sometimes it’s like walking a tightrope. You think back on some lovely memory, you look at an old photo or video, and you smile and you feel hte love and happiness. But all it takes is one false step and you fall into a despairing hole. I suppose it’s still healthy to fele the pain sometimes, as long as you don’t let it overtake you. I prefer to try to think of the happy times. That’s why it’s nice to have hard drives full of happy moments. I have terabytes of happy pictures and videos. It’s a nice thing to have, always a happy memory at your fingertips.
Anyway, I am not sure what the point of this ramble was. Thank you all for taking part in my good times and bad, you are an important part of my experience and memory. I love that I get to share the goats with so many people. Thanks for being part of it, big or small.
16/1 2020

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I think we are down to 3 horses at the playground now. As far as I can tell both Shadow and Luna have left us.
I believe this is Sille on the left. It’s hard for me to tell them apart sometimes. But I’m pretty sure it’s Sille, not Luna.
And then the two darker horses. When I see them together it’s pretty obvious that Black Beauty is completely black (with white spots of course) while Maureen isn’t actually black, more like a dark reddish or however you call it.

16/1 2020

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And here’s a closer look at Black Beauty and Maurren. You can easily tell the colour difference here.

16/1 2020

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Watching you

16/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here are the Ping Pong twins from 2016.

17/1 2020

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Good goat times today. I wasn’t feeling super well. Kind of dizzy and it felt like time was looping in on itself and all the colours had smells. I don’tk now. Not sick, just a weird feeling.
Of course, as soon as I got to the goats that all melted away. It’s like when there’s a lot of noise in your building and you put on some white noise to drown it out. I like putting on a 12 hour loop Enterpirse engine noise. The goats drown out all unhappiness and worry, like magic.
Sunny day. But lots of mud. So much. There was some kind of happening going on at the playground. Lots of parked cars and bikes and people inside. I’m not sure what they were doing. A couple came out to say hi to the goats. We got a bunch of new christmas trees too. I spent some time dragging them around. People just throw them over the fence, since the gate is locked. But that means they end up lying in the mud and wed grass. So I like arranging them beter. Putting some on the pile of branches so they’re off the ground. Some in the gaot house, some in the shelter. One under the goat house where Sky likes to sit. Gives the trees a chance to dry and the goats have several spots to snack on them so everyone gets a chance.
17/1 2020

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Goat butt parade.

17/1 2020

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Milo and Sky, keeping an eye on the cars.

17/1 2020

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Here’s teh christmas tree halfway under the goat house. Kids are already hard at work on it.

17/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Preben from 2012.

18/1 2020

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Good soup times today.
My brother’s birthday is on Monday, so we all got together for a soupy celebration today. Yum yum. Good stuff, and now I have soup leftovers for a few days. The gift that keeps on giving.
I was there on another errand too, but I’ll write a bit about that later on I think. For now, happy birthday Peter and happy soup Lasse!
18/1 2020

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So, the other reason I was over at my parents’ today was computer duty. They have been running a Windows 7 system, and hashtag RIPWindows7. So I helped them find a new computer and was going to set it up for them. Running Windows 10. Hashtag RIPMySanity. It did not go as well as I’d hoped. Even backing up the stuff from their old computer took way longer than I’d expected. And then hooking up the new computer and setting up… Jesus christus. i’ll spare you the 50 paragraphs of rants about Windows 10.
My original plan was to get the computer sent to my place and set it up here and then have it moved over to my parents’s place. I probably should have done that, because it would have been much nicer working on it at home with plenty of time. It’s just kind of painful to try to get everything to work when you literally can’t see the screen… Face right next to the screen with a big magnifying glass.. slow and annoying and difficult.
I spent hours on it and still didn’t really get it finished probably. There was some kind of network problem. The internet connection would work for a minute, then drop out for 30 seconds, then work for 30 seconds and on and on. I also didn’t get the printer to work.
I’m hoping the internet problem will magically fix itself.. maybe the router needs to.. get adjusted to.. windows 10… it could happen!
Well whatever. I’ll need to go back to do more work on it all.
Hopefully I’ll get it all working okay. Maybe we’ll need ISP support, we’ll see. I’m glad I can help my parents with it, though. They help me with so much.
And also, soup.
19/1 2020

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Visually impaired working on Windows 10, it feels like you’re standing at the bottom of mount everest defending yourself against an avalanche with just a rolled up niewspaper.
NOT TO BE DRAMAT
19/1 2020

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Thirtysomething years later this still pops into my head every now and then.
You kids can keep your nintendostationboxes.. Commodore 64ever
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkT180hNLE
19/1 2020

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And if you’re here for the goat content. Here’s Nuller and Lily shooting a commercial for Apple.
Call me, Apple.

19/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Funday everyone.

19/1 2020

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It’s soup o’clock.
yummy yum yum video
19/1 2020

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These aren’t the grapes of wrath, are they?

19/1 2020

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I don’t think Nuller has ever tried grapes before. Do you think he wants some?

19/1 2020

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Sassy’s trying out a grape too.

19/1 2020

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I am tuning out for today. Not gonna lie, the parental computer problem is stressing me out a bit. Also *points at everything* the world.
I’m gonna go on a dreamquest. Please enjoy this Nuller while i’m away.

19/1 2020

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That’s all for now.


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Art of More

January 12th, 2020

Today will be a good day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.

6/1 2020

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Listening to music to drown out the voices in my head
6/1 2020

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Oh no, Sky. Did you have a little accident? Oh wait, that doesn’t look like goat berries..

6/1 2020

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I have not been feeling super great today. Sad and tired and the world is on fire and war and disaster and I just want to go back to my dream of the beach.
Sometimes I don’t know if it’s the depression or the reality that’s getting to me.
Hopeless hobo shapeless hippo homeless mofo
7/1 2020

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Think goat thoughts

7/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. HappY Yogi Day everyone.

7/1 2020

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Good goat times today. One of those days where I had to force myself out the door. It’s always worth it, seeing the goats. But it’s still hard when depression is telling you to go to bed.
But I got out and had fun. Right from the get-go. I guess I didn’t close the gate properly when I went in to put my backpack in the goat house. Because suddenly I heard laughter from some people walking down the path next to the goat pen. “You know the goats are out, right?” someone said to me. Yeah, either the gate swung open or they pushed it open. Because they were already heading out.
gotta keep the human on his toes.
Jacob was walking around with a group of people, they were on a tour of the place. So they got to say hi to the goats too. And there were some visiting kids too. They got to pet Milo. Without incident. Mostly because I was scratching his rump while they were petting him. If I keep him preoccupied with scratchies then he usually behaves. So those kids didn’t even know how lucky they were. 1 they got to pet Milo, and 2 they didn’t get mauled by Milo.
Not too bad. The best place to be to forget your worries.
7/1 2020

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Ps. My goat’s breath smells like pine.

7/1 2020

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Btw, I know gobal warming is a hoax made by the Chinese to scare Americans into buyin exttra sunscreen,
but it’s been a warm winter so far. Looking at the 9 projection forecast thing, there is not a single day below 5C/41F. This is the middle of January. January and February are usually our coldest months. I’m sure the cold will come in at some point, but I can’t remember a single day below zero this winter, only a few nights. I haven’t had to wear my skull cap under my regular cap or my gloves. Let alone my battery heated underwear.
So, thank you coal miners and farting cows. Keep Denmark warm. But lay off Australia, plz.
7/1 2020

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The High Republic?
Star Wars gon get blazed yo. Puff puff.
7/1 2020

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Goat butt parade.

7/1 2020

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Hmm, the door is open! Dare we go in?
Funnily enough, Mia, Milo and Sky sleep in there. But they usually go out through another door. So I’m not sure they realised that it’s actually their own bedroom in there. They are so sensitive to changes and things our of the ordinary. Mia was staring in through that do for a long time. Is there food or danger?

7/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Hump Day everyone.

8/1 2020

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War, never been so much fun
go to your brother kill him with your gun leave him lying in his uniform dying in the sun

8/1 2020

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goatlog

8/1 2020

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This is one of Sky’s favourite places to stand. Out of the mud, away from the newbies. On the tire in the corner.

8/1 2020

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Fell into a latenight youtube portal watching old cartoons. Transformers, Masters of the Universe, GI Joe. That stuff wasn’t aired on the one/two national channels in Denmark when I was a kid. Only on satellite chanels. But sometimes when we went on summer vacation to Sweden, or other places, we could get those channels in the summer home. So there’s a huge sense of summer vacation nostalgia connected to them now. I collected all of those toys, but rarely got to watch the cartoons.
And I know the cartoons are kinda crappy. But. To me they still look better than the modern cgi stuff. Just like the old Disney movies. Not that cgi stuff can’t be good. But I just prefer the hand-drawn look. Even the crummy hand-drawn look.
Yeah yeah, everything is better today. BUT DOES IS IT?!
Get off my lawn etc.
9/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Magnethe from 2006.

9/1 2020

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Sassy vs Gravity 2: Too Much Junk In The Trunk

9/1 2020

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Well, I’m not feeling so great. Sad and spiritless. The world is going to heck. Yeah, I said it. Heck. Heck I say. 409 que? i’m tired of it all, and making bad choices and I’m tired. Going to go dream it away. If there’s one think i’ve learned in life it’s that not facing your problems is the best way to solve them!
See you tomorrow for breakfast in the bunker #WW3
lmb
9/1 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Mads from 2005.

10/1 2020

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Oh the dow is up? I guess we don’t have to care about the refugees, the nazism, the misoginy, the environment. It’s like Jesus always said ‘get paid and fuck the weak and the poor’, You can learn to tolerayte a lot when your heart is just a greed machine. Now let’s send all lower classes off to war so we can create some more generations of vets to ignore. They shoulda invested in 409 que down if they wanted to be able to treat their ptsd.
10/1 2020

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You gotta be a goat to get this close to me.

10/1 2020

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…whereas the only republican heads exploding are their kids getting shot in school smdh
10/1 2020

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Nuller on a lifeboat in the mud.

10/1 2020

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The Good Place is back. Suck it, reality.
10/1 2020

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Goat butt parade, with human conductor.

10/1 2020

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Thank you so much Keiko Murakami ! I love your drawings so much. As you also said in the card, the auntie one is one of my alltime favourites as well. Happysad wonderfulness. I hope the goaties smile when they think of me… And then baby uncle in the pizza box haha. And season greetings from the drummer Cash. I do love a good goat pa rump. You always make me happy with your art, I am greatful to be the recipient of such lovely pieces!

11/1 2020

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Personal space is overrated.

11/1 2020

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Hey, remember Too Many Cooks?
If you did, then I just fixed that for you!
11/1 2020

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Shutting down the devices early today. You kids behave while I’m gone. Don’t make me turn this timeline around. I’ll do it. I will not tolerayte any mishbehyour. This is your final warning. Dont’ test me. i am untestable. I am detestable. I will not be mocked. THESE PRETZ
11/1 2020

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Today will be a good day .Happy Funday everyone.

12/1 2020

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My sincerest grattitude to Shauna Hackler and Beverly Fish for the lovely cards! Thank you for thinking of me and giving me a reason to smile. Love your lovely little goaties, Shauna, and your sweet, sweet thoughts, Bevely!

12/1 2020

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goatlog

12/1 2020

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What does Thor the god of thunder have in common?
The hammering, I imagine. Constant hammering.
12/1 2020

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Where’s Sky?

12/1 2020

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That’s not how you use a table, Mia.

12/1 2020

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That’s all for now.


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