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    Looks like WeenieRadar Plus
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    This is going to turn out to be the worst weather April in recent memory. I can feel it.
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    Not even close, river wind or not.
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    Meh
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    Yup. You can see them - black pads sitting on top of the white tray - under the plants. Pretty straightforward stuff. Soil temp in my starter pods was about 85 degrees. Quite warm, but it definitely gets the job done. If I didn't have the pad, I'd have a hard time getting anything started since my basement is anywhere from 58-62 degrees or so this time of year (it almost never dips below 56 nor gets above 68 at any time). I also have a timer that I set to about 16 hours of light and heat per day until potting up this second time, at which time I reduce to 13-14 hours in preparation for planting.
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    Tough group, but certainly nt the worst draw. I agree. Wales is a very good side, so I expect they'll end up in our group. Kind of unfortunate to get them in the first match (if we do play them), as they'd definitely play Bale without worrying about him having played just a few days prior. Iran is no slouch, but they're nothing to fear. England is phenomenal, but they play a bit conservative under Southgate, and depending on the results of the first groups games, I don't know if we'll see them come out flying against us. We have the talent to make it out of this group, for sure. If we're healthy going into the tournament, then I'm going to feel really good about getting into the knockout stages. At that point, we'll just have to see how the chips fall. Turner Dest - Zimmerman - Miles - Jedi Musah - Adams - McKennie Reyna - Ferreira - Pulisic I figure if we have this starting lineup in a knockout match, we'll put up a good fight against pretty much anyone. Of course we can't know who will be in form and all that, and our #9 situation just sucks, but that's a boss of a midfield with two really high-class attackers and two wingbacks who can cause problems. I like it...
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    Here’s a (VERY compressed) shot of the seedlings, taken on Saturday right after I potted them up. I gave away one seedling of each of the four tomato varieties to a neighbor, and will probably do the same again once I transplant since I always keep an extra seedling or two in pots just in case something goes wrong. Jalapenos are front right with most of my basil behind them. Tomatoes take up the rest except or a couple more basil plants in the front left and one little cup of tomato seedlings that my little one wanted to start on her own. The setup is just a couple LED grow lamps and two heat maps from Amazon and a Target garment rack. It’s just enough to start what will actually fit in my garden (plus some extras of each as I mentioned). I’ll get something else started once I get this cleared, but I’m not quite sure yet. Probably just some herbs or or leafy greens - something fairly simple that I may not even transplant. Hoping to be able to plant in about three weeks if the weather cooperates!
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    I haven't, but I might have to give it a shot. We badly need to update the backyard layout!
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    Didn't really get any rain yesterday, but it seems I got some decent rain overnight with a few cells that moved through between midnight and 5 am or so. No idea if these had T&L or any wind associated with them, though.
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    Just a breezy and mild day. Hope everyone else had fun!
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    Meh
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    I'm not opposed to Horvath. At least he's playing games.
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    It's crazy. He's done the same thing multiple times now. I was texting with my buddies during the game and I said that I'm almost done with him. You just can't have those kinds of errors game-in and game-out. Matt Turner is definitely good enough to take that #1 spot. Gaga Slonina will almost certainly be our #1 over the next few years, but it's still too early. I'd be good with Turner, Steffen, Solonina as our three keepers in Qatar.
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    The pots are basically the seeding groups. Pot 1 are the highest-ranked teams, Pot 2 the second-highest, etc.
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    It was a bit of a dead-rubber match, but it was weird to go through despite losing. We didn't play poorly, either. Costa Rica took advantage of that one set piece, then Zack Steffen sh*t the bed again on a claiming a free kick. I can't stress enough how frustrating it is when you have a keeper who doesn't command the box well and/or will confidently collect crosses. I think this team is built to play against teams that don't sit in a lower block - basically a team that allows a bit more space. We should see this much more in the World Cup than in qualifying, so I think we'll put on a good show.
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    There will be that little measure of concern until we finish the job. I mean...there's no way this Costa Rica team scores six goals on us, let alone six unanswered goals, but that nagging concern will still be there. I'm with you though. Go down there and get three points to close it out. That would be phenomenal. You know what's crazy? The absolutely ridiculous CONCACAF yellow card accumulation rule will be applied to the playoff game with New Zealand. There are nine Costa Rica players n a yellow, so if any of them pick up another tonight then they'll be suspended for that playoff game. That's just nuts. I feel for them, but I'd be surprised if most of them start since the chances of making up that GD against us are so incredibly slim.
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    That's great! I'm becoming quite partial to some cold-weather crops. I planted mache (corn salad) in the fall and just let the plants go all winter. I've been harvesting them this month, and they're fantastic. The plump, sweet leaves make an incredible accompaniment for lettuce in our salads. They lend a really hearty note, kind of like spinach does, but probably even more so. I'm going to plant some broccoli seedlings this afternoon to go along with more mache, some lettuce, and snap pea seeds that I planted last week.
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    Fantastic ass-kicking of Panama by the US last night. The only way we don't go to the World Cup is if we lose to Costa Rica by six goals or more on Wednesday...and even if we do (which we won't), we would still play a playoff against New Zealand for one final spot. Even though the 2022 World Cup is probably one cycle too early for this crop of players, when this team is fully healthy it's going to be really fun to watch. The great thing is that these guys will be in their primes come the 2026 World Cup here in the US (and Mexico and Canada)!
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    11/30: T 12/8: T 1/3: 9.25" 1/7: 2.75" 1/16: 3.00" 1/20: T 1/28: 1.00" 2/13: 0.25" 3/13: 2.00" (based mostly on reports around me, but looked about right to my eye) 3/26: T Total as of 3/13: 18.25"
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    ColecoVision was ours, and we got the Super Action Controller to go with it! My only guess is that Santa got a big bonus that year...
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    Yup! I've been doing general PM and scrum master work for quite a few years now, though in my current project of 30+ people, we've broken down into five teams and I've assigned scrum masters for each one. Now I, as the PM, just have them run their scrums and I get to watch from afar. Good to hear that you stepped into the role! The people I chose as scrum masters deserved the chance to show that they can run the show - they're people that us senior folks on the team have identified as having leadership potential, and on our team it's a good way to help them grow. If you stepped in and are getting it done, then it speaks well of you!
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    Doesn't mean I've ever seen one!
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    That storm posted above was pretty damn loud last night.
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    That sucks. Cherries are going to get blasted, as well.
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