Looks like I didn't mention on mybloggers that I completed the Coursear offering of A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior with Dan Ariely. I am familiar with Dan's books about how seemingly rational people (yup, you too) make decisions based on .. ah.... let's just say, misinformation. Beginners Guide was a non-credit college level course with a certificate granted for a grade of 85 or better. The certificate isn't worth the pixels it's displayed with, but as we learned in the course, it's good practice to acknowledge the work of others.

So I scored better than 85 just because I'm neurotic about things like that and now I signed up for an anthropology course that just started. I'm taking a break from the first module. This is a college level survey course but very brief compared to Intro to Anthro that I took in real college. I'm interested to see if I remember half of what I think I know, and after I got past the first module I began to realize that I don't seem to remember much at all.

This sort of mental activity is actually a good thing for my geezer brain and the fact that it isn't real college and the certificates don't mean much doesn't produce the same stress that real college did. So I guess it can be described as fun with a challenge.

And....

I have become a youtube junkie. I developed an interest in building woodgas stoves and rocket stoves so I began to get familiar with people who have the same interest. When you use youtube like that it becomes somewhat like mybloggers except that most of the communication comes through videos with brief comments in the comments section below each video. It's even possible to post VRs (video replies) to other users, so it's turning out to be great fun.

And....

Tomorrow we'll finally be picking up vegetable plants at the nursery. The temp has been on the low side of average with possible frost tonight, but the rule is not to plant until after Memorial Day, so the brave might pay with a lost crop. We picked up almost 3 inches of rain over the past 4 or 5 days and by the time it stopped last night the grass was well past needing to be mowed and the rain gutters were in serious need of debris removal. I was out first thing this a.m. with the scaffold clearing the downspouts and by 2pm it was 50 degrees and almost sunny so I figured I'd get mowing out of the way.

Happy Spring!