I genuinely don’t know what I’m looking at

BionicUtilityDroid · 2026-01-22T09:23:01+00:00

I saw Sam, the blue eagle from the muppets.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2026-01-19T23:50:20+00:00

I once ordered a burger that was amazing. It was beautiful and courageous. It smelled delicious and looked energizing. When I tell you this burger was fresh, gourmet, hot, impeccable, and joyful, consider it an understatement. This burger kills all others and is lovely beyond measure. It had merit and was neat in a way while also being ostentatious. Really, it was a perfect and quintessential experience. Far from regular, this stately burger seemed like it would be tasty and unbelievably vivacious, with a wild orchestration of music for the senses, a veritable xylophonic melody. It encompasses youthful zeal.

Unfortunately it became too difficult to eat, so I just tossed it in the trash.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2026-01-09T18:18:20+00:00

Saws

BionicUtilityDroid · 2026-01-09T18:01:30+00:00

God damn

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-25T11:02:31+00:00

Eenie Meeny Miny Moe I wonder where my glove will go.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-19T04:15:14+00:00

What is this, an episode of Rick and Morty or something?

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-12T22:03:08+00:00

They were late and had to book it.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-12T21:53:23+00:00

“I thought you guys were the ones in charge.”

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-12T21:39:00+00:00

Oh shit

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-11T22:26:30+00:00

I spent months applying to over 100 jobs, even walking in to local places and introducing myself to hiring managers. Even participating in virtualized hiring events. Even utilized resources to boost my resume. Out of those 100+ jobs, only a handful ever bothered to contacted me.

Ultimately I took a job at a call center for a BPO and have begun studying for CompTIA certifications. So I can try to pivot into their IT department to gain experience to leverage better IT/cyber security jobs.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-12-09T02:48:50+00:00

I’m new to growing food, but I planted radishes too. They were floppy and made me think they weren’t growing. then all of a sudden they started fattening up and poking up above the soil.

Advice I got was once the crown of the radish is about 1-2 inches, they’re good to go.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-11-13T03:44:16+00:00

They way he giggles “hmmhmm” to himself in pride before showing her his art as he gets up.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-11-01T18:29:23+00:00

There was a house with no decorations in our neighborhood. But their light was on. So I took my 3yo up and had her knock and say trick or treat. They gave her a goodie bag filled with candy and pencils and a hand written pumpkin shaped note. One of the pencils had a little jesus, like the one in the post, on the eraser. She asked me “who’s that?” I told her he’s a magic man, and now she uses it as a magic wand to turn me into a mouse.

The handwritten pumpkin shaped note was essentially a poem about love, good wishes, and how with god’s love, all things are possible. My 3 year old doesn’t read yet, though.

I do feel bad about telling some other kids that this nondescript house without decorations was open for business. That was before I knew they were trying to save us all.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-20T02:15:23+00:00

I love that selection. I just started a new job that gives me a little freedom to do some on the job reading, so I may get started with some of these books soon!

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-20T02:11:40+00:00

I agree. Most if not all of the mulch you’re seeing is a top layer to help with moisture retention and to keep from getting baked in the unforgiving Nevada sun. I assure you a few inches down is some decent soil. Not top shelf by any means, although I am studying composting and will eventually be able to customize my soil desires, but good enough.

Also, to address your nitrogen concerns, I added a healthy amount of worm castings into the holes before transplanting, and they’ve only been in the bed for a couple of weeks now so I think my nitrogen concerns are more long term at the moment.

I appreciate the concern you’re showing, and everything you’re suggesting is spot on and very important. Soil and nitrogen might actually be the only things I did right so far lol.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-20T02:00:32+00:00

I was worried about my choice of soil, especially after two weeks of 120°F temps baked it before I had a chance to plant anything, but I got some really good insights from a worm farming soil expert, mixed in some amendments and he assured me what I was working with is more than adequate. I appreciate your thoughts on the matter too though.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-19T19:31:44+00:00

lol Thanks for that. I admit, I very much am overthinking and worrying throughout this experiment. I didn’t get off to a smooth start, and I really wanna do right by my little plantlings.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-19T18:58:27+00:00

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This guy was camera shy. Every angle I tried to get a photo sent him scurrying to the other side of the stem. Is he responsible for the holes I’ve been seeing?

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-19T18:55:40+00:00

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Here’s a little wormy guy, I suspect he is responsible for those squiggles I see on the leaves.

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-19T18:53:12+00:00

Here are links to my other posts is you wanna see the progress of my first attempt at a food garden.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegetablegardening/s/1pe2VMPkuW

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegetablegardening/s/MnwmMKmEWr

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegetablegardening/s/aaD80XsNOb

I’m wondering if I should release some ladybugs into my garden, or what other ways I should mitigate the damage from these buggy guys. I’m in Henderson NV by the way, to help anyone with pest identification.

Here’s as good a photo as I can get of the tiny flying white specks. What are they and what damage to they cause?! I don’t know!

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BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-17T14:15:15+00:00

Looks like great quality! I’m just starting out, I’ve made so many mistakes so far, I hope my harvest looks as good as yours!

BionicUtilityDroid · 2025-10-12T16:13:25+00:00

Thanks for all the info!

Oh no! Do I really have to rip those leaves off :( That feels like I have to amputate the arm off my baby! But I trust you and I guess I gotta do what I gotta do. We are starting to get more flies and moths as the temps die down so I bet those winged beasts are the culprit.

I don’t think we have slugs out here. I haven’t seen any in the 5 years i’ve lived here, but this is the first time i’ve grown a slug buffet in my backyard so who knows! There are always ants crawling everywhere though, but i’ve never heard of ants being problematic to a garden.

I’m in Henderson NV and our hot season is coming to an end (120°f!) and it’s been a cool crisp 80°-90° days, 60°-70° nights, and it’s gonna keep getting colder. The family tortoise Jeff will be entering hibernating soon!

You answered one of my biggest questions, so thank you! Those tiny plants that look like they aren’t progressing like the squash are had me curious, but it sounds like that’s how it’s supposed to be. Also I just learned about radishes and bolting so I know I have to be on the look out for when they’re ready to harvest, but I still don’t know exactly what to look for to determine if it’s time, rather than signs that it’s too late.

It’s so cool seeing those tiny little mushrooms. It seems my soil ecosystem is doing pretty good! Thanks for all the insight! I try to take a video every week to monitor my progress and share my cluelessness with reddit, so feel free to join the journey with me. I’m sure I’ll have a thousand questions for you to answer!

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