David's Tangled Thoughts

I have not owned an inkjet printer since I left college in 2004. It was some cheap Lexmark that I would always buy cartridges for but I was glad I had it so I didn't have to go to the computer lab for prints. Now looking back on it, I don't know why I did that since I had an allowance of "free" prints baked in from my tuition fees. I have had access to laser printers ever since then even though I didn't own one for myself until five years ago when I moved into my new house. I got the cheapest monochrome laser from Walmart - the Brother MFC-L2685DW. Fantastic printer. The only thing was that it didn't have color and at the time, I wasn't going to pay big bucks for a color laser printer. Recently, I bought into the hype around tank printers. I was attracted to the prospect of having a smaller printer, finally being able print in color, and ink refills were sooooo cheap in comparison to the cartridges. I watched and read some online reviews and noticed that p

<<--See also: In Casper, Wyoming to See the Eclipse & Hoping for Eclipse Part II  I woke up at 2 o’clock in the morning filled with excitement and hope to see the eclipse. Still, it seemed like a struggle to make my way to the coffee pot! While the coffee was brewing, I started the shower and did a quick check on the computer to see about the cloud forecast. No appreciable change. It looked that Greencastle, Indiana would be my target.  I chose Greencastle because it was toward the top of the path of totality which had an acceptable cloud coverage forecast. It had sites that I thought would be available. It was also near some country roads that I could use if the main roads such as US-31 or I-65 got hopelessly clogged.  Showered, dressed, and packed, I started with my journey with the first stop being the ATM. It was down. On my way out of town, a deer ran in front of me. The day was starting off just perfectly! Was there a message being sent?  Driving down was easy US-31. T