§ Rabbit rabbit. Happy March.
§ The snow came back on Monday and temperatures dropped again but the early signs of spring I saw last week made it all feel more manageable. Indeed, by Friday all of the new snow was gone and temperatures were back in the 50s.
§ My car has had a slow leak in one of its tires for the past several weeks. A similar situation last April caused a tire to suddenly pop at an inopportune moment so I know I’m going to have to replace this one soon. For now, though, I guess I’m going to continue refilling it every few days.
§ At work I have been toying around with a project that requires looking up post codes globally. I did not appreciate how complicated post codes are—they might be worse than timezones.
§ The FIRST Robotics team I’ve been working with hit a big milestone on Saturday: a functional, moving robot. Their first competition is in two weeks and there is still a lot to do in the meantime but it’s satisfying to see the culmination of all of the work they’ve done so far.
§ I started watching Small Prophets after seeing Matthew Sheret recommend it. It is ongoing with only three episodes out at the moment but I’ve enjoyed them all immensely. Funny and bizarre. Excellent.
§ Somehow Yorgos Lanthimos came out with two movies since I last checked. I watched the most recent one, Bugonia, Tuesday evening. Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons were both excellent but the storytelling fell a little flat for me: somewhere between a really good M. Night Shyamalan movie and a mid-tier Yorgos Lanthimos movie.
§ One more movie while we’re at it. 28 Years Later is by miles the best entry in the 28 Days later film series. I wasn’t a huge fan of any of the earlier movies but this one is different with beautiful, weird cinematography and an interesting story that isn’t entirely zombie-centric.
§ We’re supposed to hit temperatures in the upper 60s next week. Maybe it’s time to finally move the quails back outside.
