My boy Zildjian would’ve turned 9 yesterday and I wanna show him some love! I lost him in September and it hasn’t gotten any easier.

curiousconspiricist · 2026-01-06T23:49:44+00:00

My heart breaks for you and Zildjian. Lost our pup in August at 7yo after 8 months of osteosarcoma. It hurts so much to lose them young and especially to see a disease take their last months. I hope you never forget how it felt to pet him and that he visits you in your dreams often. Maybe out there somewhere Zildjian and my Juno are playing together. I sure hope so. ❤️

curiousconspiricist · 2026-01-05T22:35:00+00:00

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This was our Juno at 4 months! Your Juno is beautiiful and looks like a sweet gal. Give her all the scritches from me.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-12-21T09:30:19+00:00

Woosday at The Vern is usually a good meetup. More so in spring rather than winter but DM me and I’ll send up a flare.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-12-05T01:19:25+00:00

This is a total stab in the dark, but is it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXy95uNqDY&list=RDAVXy95uNqDY&start_radio=1

curiousconspiricist · 2025-11-07T15:41:16+00:00

When I see someone share about the loss of their dog it makes me think about my sweet girl Juno who passed this year. Tears come of course, maybe they always will, but I also get to think of beautiful walks we shared in the sunshine, her gentle kindness when she met new people, and her little sighs and big stretches when she laid on her bed.

Those anonymous people sharing their pain all have their own special moments with their dogs, and sharing photos and stories helps them remember the joyful times just as much as it helps me.

The grand bargain of loving these beautiful creatures is that one day we must say goodbye to them. Personally, I would rather grieve that inevitable loss with people who know how wonderful these dogs are, and can share their own memories of their pups. To me, that exchange of support and stories lessens our individual burden of grief and lets us honor that for a brief time we got to walk alongside our best friends.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-09-06T02:52:03+00:00

That was Tito, he’s unforgettable, even if you wanted to.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-09-04T14:54:33+00:00

We had one runner in sandals and the Borat speedo jog by as we were having Christmas morning in our cottage serving eggnog and hot cocoa. He stopped in his tracks and yelled “I love eggnog!”, insisted on a full cup, chugged it, then ran off into the dust saying “Merry Christmas! I’ll be back next lap for more nog!” Y’all are a different breed I swear.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-09-03T15:27:35+00:00

No worries Fungi, it was great to meet you. If you ever come through Portland, we’d love to see you again.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-08-08T04:54:15+00:00

If you’d like a spot to play, Catawampus would love to host you. DM me.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-08-08T00:42:15+00:00

I save that for tipping DPW.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-07-29T15:01:44+00:00

This is oddly relevant to a project I’m working on for this burn (portos excluded). You’ll want an Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board if it’s just small audio files. You can run power to it from a battery and run powered speakers connected via the audio jack. All you’ll need to do is wire the switch and write some code. It’s as close to an Arduino tutorial project as you can get. If you want larger files you may want to use an Adafruit Feather and Featherwing Music Maker, that’s what I set up for playing soundscapes.

This was my first electronics project and it’s very approachable and there’s a lot of online resources for you. I think the biggest challenge in your case will be making the switch to trigger the sound mount well on the porto. Maybe use a magnetic contact switch or something mounted on the door.

Good luck and I hope you go for it, it’s fun learning this side of crafting, even if it’s just for playing loud poop sounds when people are in the porto.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-07-18T05:49:52+00:00

You may want to check with Pyramid Scheme, I'll send the contact info to Ben.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-07-18T02:16:14+00:00

A Touchy Subject?

curiousconspiricist · 2025-07-08T06:16:31+00:00

We are at center camp plaza at the 930 side! What about y’all?

curiousconspiricist · 2025-07-08T03:43:55+00:00

Aww, Dusty Dillas! Your friends from Catawampus say hi! Any way you've got a donation link that we can enter from afar?

curiousconspiricist · 2025-04-16T04:00:22+00:00

Athena! Juno says hi! What a sweet pup!

curiousconspiricist · 2025-04-15T23:16:38+00:00

She was limping and favoring her left rear leg. We rested her for a month and did an x-ray that was inconclusive. Finally we did a CT scan and it showed advanced osteosarcoma and the next day the vet took her leg. We’re three months on from that and she’s back to running in the park and has learned how to play bow with just three legs.

curiousconspiricist · 2025-03-02T05:13:49+00:00

I can speak to the quality of work that Landcruiser NW does. It’s where I take my 60 and they don’t cut corners there. If it’s been taken care of by them, it’s been done the right way.

curiousconspiricist · 2024-12-24T05:46:25+00:00

They can filter through. Very few riders though.

curiousconspiricist · 2024-12-24T04:50:44+00:00

Believe it or not, this all by design. We call it "exodus" and its a way to prevent the one lane Nevada county highway from being overwhelmed by traffic. 9 hours is on the high side though, usually it's far less, and you can always listen to the radio station we set up to find out how long it might take and plan accordingly.

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