Mac and I

 One of the things the Army Command and Staff College taught me about being a shoeclerk (a USAF nickname for a Fighter Pilot stuck in a desk job) was to have the "Bottom Line Up Front" (AKA BLUF) on any staff paperwork.  That would allow the decision maker to know what the issue was and what the recommended action to take was, without having to spend a lot of time reading through reams of paper to find those issues.

So, here's the BLUF for this post.  Mrs J's PET Scan came back clean.  No residual cancer seen.  She'll have to repeat the scan a couple of times a year for the near term future, but... Good News!  Thank You, Lord!

Thank All Y'all for the prayers for her also,  VERY much appreciated.

This past couple of weeks, I got a chance to get familiar with the MOHS procedure for dealing with skin cancer.  Dr Mohs was a German physician in the 1930's who developed this procedure.  It involves scraping skin off the site, looking at it to see if it contained cancer cells.  If so, scrape off more. Repeat until the bastiges are all gone.  Worst part about it is the numbing shots.  And the stares in the supermarket.  I just mumble something about my wife and her steak knife. They tend to leave me alone at that point. Other than that, I'm past round three. While you're reading this, I'm seeing him for round 4 which I hope begins with "We don't see no stinking cancer, juvat, you're free to go!"  

Hey! A man can dream, can't he?

Now, on with the show!  I think I mentioned a while ago that I was unhappy with Microsoft's decision to make Windows 11 store all data in the cloud, and that I was changing platforms.  Well, I said it, I meant it.  My MacBook Pro arrived and is pretty much all set up with the usual suspect programs, albeit Apple's version thereof.  This posting is my first attempt at actually using the new computer.  We'll see if I make it through.  

So far, so good though.  

 First Attempt at embedding a video on a Mac.  That would be Leon' and MG playing hide and go seek in the kitchen.  If that doesn't get you chuckling, well....

In an attempt to keep myself busy, I've been working on a relatively easy project for Miss B, Little J and LJW's daughter, also one of my GrandDaughters.  Seems when a child is born in Texas, a certificate certifying that the Child is a "Native Texan" is produced.  It's kinda cool, so I thought I'd build a frame for it to be hung on her wall in Jolly Old England.  Just in case the Brit's get uppity about who's who  and what's what.

 

Bit of Walnut, some very careful angle cutting to make the corners come together, a bit of sanding and staining and Voila'.

Hey, it keeps me off the streets at night.

And...finally, as I was out in the workshop this morning (Sunday), working on her project, I heard a large metallic screeching sound.  Opened up the door to the shop (yes, it's still summer, the door was closed and the AC was running) and saw this.

 

Awww, nuts!  The gate was laying on the ground, the top hinge was broken off, the arm on the gate opener was broken off also and the gate itself was bent on the hinge side.  Guess I'll be discussing things with my "Gate Guy" today.  It's always somethin' ain't it?

So, lot's of things going on round here, but it helps keep me off the streets at night, so can't be all bad.

And, as promised the after action report on the new computer...Using the MacBook wasn't too bad, but getting photos inserted may take a little bit of figuring out.  (I did that from the PC.  Blogger doesn't seem to like HEIC formatted pictures which is the format that comes out of my iPhone when I hook it up to the Mac.and I haven't figured out how to import them to Blogger in HEIC format or transform them to JPG on the Mac.  Any hints from readers out there would be very appreciated.)

Other than that....

Peace Out, Y'all!