Wash ,'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Going back to the bulb discussion for a moment, be aware that squirrels *love* flower bulbs.
They particularly love tulips. Some people put a layer of chicken wire over their planted bulbs, to discourage the evil squirrels. They don't seem to bother irises much, probably because a woody rhizome is not as tasty as a juicy bulb.
Lately, my passwords have been self-affirmations, to remind myself things like I deserve to be happy every time I unlock my computer.
That is actually a really good idea. I have a few passwords that mean something or whatnot, but most work passwords are just a random word with numbers attached (usually starting with 1 and going up as I have to change. Words like "maintain" or "platform" or whatever pops into my head and is several letters long)
Lately, my passwords have been self-affirmations, to remind myself things like I deserve to be happy every time I unlock my computer.
That is a great idea.
Lately, my passwords have been self-affirmations, to remind myself things like I deserve to be happy every time I unlock my computer.
That IS a great idea. And you do deserve it.
Work day: be over, please.
I change our work access main password very often. Usually my objective is to amuse the staff. It is always some phrase that utilizes numbers and punctuation. If they don't amuse others they at least amuse me.
I haven't seen squirrels around here, which is odd, except that we have a couple feral cats still, and they may be keeping the squirrels away/under control.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I have a Dove chocolate wrapper taped to my monitor, but it says "Think of something that makes you smile," which is a great thing for me to remember.
Years ago I stuck a magnet to the back of a Snapple lid that said "Many a wrong step is taken by standing still." I still have it on my fridge. It was timely advice!
We don't have squirrels in my neighborhood. Maybe because we don't have a lot of trees? The area wants to be a marsh more than it wants to be a forest.
I think I have a mouse in my house.
My grandmother was able to grow big beds of irises without any interference from the squirrels. (We couldn't get a single tomato to ripen before they made off with it, though.)
My work password had to be updated every six months. It had to have a non-alphanumerical character (!@# etc.) as well as at least one capitalized letter and one number. I just went up the keyboard changing the !@# etc. When I was fired I was on my third round.