GalleyWest

GalleyWest

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gal·​ley-west: into destruction or confusion. Also gardening, words, photos, nerd stuff. I think bugs are cute 🐞. He/Him/They. 33. Pacific Northwest.

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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

ricksteves.comIranJoin Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

Buy a second pair of bed sheets and comforter so that when you wash your sheets you can put the other ones on right away and you don't have a chance to forget to move the sheets from the washer to the dryer before bed.

Omfg It’s Bunsz !@copaceticbunsz.com

If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼

I got an eink tablet thingy and I have started saving long blog posts as PDFs and reading them on the eink thingy and it has seriously improved how much I am actually reading instead of just skimming. Could probably do the same thing with just printing them out but thats a lotta paper sometimes.

Some animal dug up one of my squash plants last night and I managed to get over to it just as a slug was about to go to town on the plant. I managed to replant it in another area of the garden before it got chomped. Little victories! 🌱

There appears to be some odd trend of people shaving their heads in the men’s bathroom at state parks in WA. I have seen it or evidence of it twice this year now.

Pumpkins and squash! Going to try again this year. Last year they ended up extremely small, and my grandfather was saying for pumpkins you gotta water those suckers like twice per day which I think was my issue (was doing once per day). I will plant more seeds direct in dirt closer to summer. 🌱

Finally got some seeds into seedling containers for the year. Trying out these hexagon shaped "self watering" 3D printable ones even if I will water them manually. I mainly liked that you can reuse them super easy. I will do more than this in the final garden, but its a good start for day 1. 🌱

There is this woman that I see at local stores around here that wears her entire phone on her wrist with some kind of strap. Not a smartwatch, but her entire phone. She is a hero of mine.

What kind of sicko am I becoming where I intentionally sift through a large textbook that has the answer somewhere instead of just searching it on the internet because thats "good for your brain". Fun though.

A reminder that it is BANDCAMP FRIDAY. Bandcamp waives their fees about 5-6 days a year and the musicians get all of your money on those days. Today is one!

Got a new sleeping bag for the first time in 15 years. Decided not to get a mummy bag this time, but this one does go down to 20F (-6C) and has a fuzzy liner! Going to test it out this weekend with the first camping trip of the year! Finally!

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

Long break from active social media use felt really good. If I do use it more often I think I will just stick to the Following feed and the Gardening feed for most of my usage.

Did my first rotoscope for a point-and-click game demo I am working on. Took forever but looks great even with a ton of sloppiness in the line work! #gamedev #animation

I know the world sucks right now but its really close to the time of the year that I get to grow seedlings for the garden again and I am so ready for that to get going soon.

I am playing Dwarf Fortress and I got rich by cutting a ton of jewels and then I bought all the dogs the traders had not realizing how many puppies they would have down the road and now I am playing Dog Fortress.

Went to Safeway today and the girl who bagged my groceries was talking at anyone who would listen about how she started playing Mass Effect, how much she loves the characters, and the ones she wishes were in relationships with each other It made me happy how unapologetic she was about her interests

I am so over being paranoid that I am going to use up all of my storage space in apps. I try to make images as small as possible, for what payoff? I am just going to use my space now and try to think less, lol.

The company I ordered my 3D printer from sent me an "extra gift" which turned out to be a printable model and like 12 LED tea light candles which is honestly perfect for xmas time.