The goat biutchering went well. It was nice that my friend's all have a similar sense of humor and we all simultaneousdly bust into "Lalaalalalalalaalalalala" when I cut the head off and held it up.
Much meat was had by all. I'd post photos, but barf sucks for photos.
Our new little Turkish street dog friend Tuna is bonding with us but still has profound fears of many things, none more-so than a leash. When we first attempted to attach a leash to him about four weeks ago, he absolutely flipped. Ran away in a panic and hid under the deck.
Over the days since then, I've been working steadily at desensitizing him to a leash. The increments have been tiny. First put a collar on while he's hiding under my desk. Give him treats. Take the collar off. Rinse and repeat many, many times.
Once he was comfortable with the collar on all day, I attached a leash fragment to him, about two inches of leash attached to the swivel. The swivel itself was a trigger, so letting him sniff it, clipping it on, and rewarding with a treat started to help him get over that.
Next was a longer piece of leash, about a foot long, including the swivel. We let him walk around with that.
We eventually put a leash on him and carried him to the front yard. He stood frozen in the position I'd placed him in; three paws on the ground, one in the air. He didn't move for five minutes.
The next few trips outside went progressively better. He began to notice things at a distance and engage with things around him. He took a few steps.
For most any other dog, this would be unremarkable. For him it's huge. The day after that, he walked with us about a mile. I have no idea what his potential will be but am committed to helping him find out.
I am still working with our beagle on his leash pulling. The people we got him from used to walk him on an extendable leach, so he learned as a puppy "if I pull harder, I can go farther."
dq’d for commutes. we’re looking more in the 650 area code, mostly just to live in a modern place. i’m gonna use it as an excuse to remodel my parents house too
Darlene, I think you posted that you were tired not too long ago? Don't fight it, get some rest. A good walk and some fresh air usually brings me back to equilibrium. If it still feels weird into the week, you should probably call your doc
Could be anxiety churning in the background or lack of a restful night's sleep? Didn't you start the sleep thread as well?
It's pretty nice when you're excited about a dang programming language, I wish, but I have to step on the park again and teach people bicycling
Recently tried, Scala definitely seems like a convoluted pretzel though
The local birds have been going to town on my feeder. I spot such a variety of little birds it's awesome. They actually eat quite a bit of the seeds. Apparently it's healthy for the local bird environment especially in the winter.
the teaching style has everything to do with keeping me interested. If a book is dry or an instructor isn't enthusiastic about the subject my interest fades fast. Following along and doing the exercises reinforces the points as well. I feel like I am learning the same concepts of programming, just with different syntax using python, so that familiarity boosts my confidence.
I took java long ago but I never used it at work so some of that object oriented programming stuff is probably in the back of my mind
