858th Friday Blog Roundup

We finished Schmigadoon! last weekend. It has been such a bright spot of happiness this summer. I started getting texts about the show the day the first episode dropped because the main characters are named Melissa and Josh, which seems as good a reason as any to start watching a show. But it quickly became a family ritual to re-watch the previous episode each Thursday night and the new episode each Friday night.

After we watched the final episode, ChickieNob and I bought all of the music and turned it into a playlist because each episode got its own album. (That was kind of annoying.) I moved Cinco Paul singing, “To the Right” to the end of the list because it didn’t fit with the rest of the music. (ChickieNob added the song because it made her laugh.) It is nice to have this thing that makes me feel happy whenever I listen to it.

My two favourite songs are “With All of Your Heart” and “Tribulation,” but all of them are so good.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• “#MoreHarriets (please!)” (The Road Less Travelled)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Anabegins pretty much sums up the feeling of this summer. She writes: “I’ve been sensing an undercurrent of despair throughout my virtual and real life social circles. I feel it too. It started slow & behind the scenes and is now full-force, doom spiral level that I have to consciously decide to push aside so I can get through this hour, this day, this LIFE.” And how we all need a good wallow to get through this.

Cup of Jo also touches on the reality of this summer. She writes, “It was so weird that we all thought we would have one shared experience, but instead ended up having a completely different one, all together.” So true.

I also liked The Road Less Travelled’s post about #MoreHarriets, which is “about the importance of childless/free role models, and the importance of representation in life choices generally.” Go over to read the quotes she pulled out.

Lastly, Jewish IVF is starting FET #8 and found an error in the protocol. She explains: “I took out my notes from 2019 and confirmed that I’m right. Then I went back to the blog post where I wrote even more notes, and confirmed again.” The conversation turned up another error, and the timeline needed to be reworked. It’s a team approach with multiple sets of eyes on the cycle. And a good reminder to take notes and use your blog as a backup note space.

The roundup to the Roundup: Schmigadoon! Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between August 13 – August 20) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.