Argh!

 At no point during my day could things have been described as "smooth."  First, I took the Behemoth to Safelite to have the windshield replaced, and... well, there is some rust by the windshield (the cause of the crack!) and they won't do it; the options are to have it repainted or go to a place (not Safelite) that will fix it.  I have an oil change next week, and I can discuss the options my car care professionals, but...oi.

Work was fine, actually; they want me to add a second screen -- I will try anything once -- and while the usual issues continued, I had a good meeting with my new supervisor and we went over a bunch of things, long- and short-term, which left me feeling good.  I worked late (catch up on stuff in advance) and then decided to treat myself to Panda Express -- it has been a while.  It was... ok?  I guess I had orange chicken with rice last time; this time I had the veggies, and it was surprisingly spicy; I expected sweeter, I guess.  Not sure it was worth $13 and change, either.  Alas.  I also went to Lowe's to get a new mailbox (sigh) and then Meijer to buy a vacuum.  When I got home, my plan to quickly remove old mailbox and install new one went awry; had trouble finding tools, for one.  Next, the old mailbox was really on it; I bent a hammer trying to get the old fasteners out.  The wood shims used to hold it in place fell off -- rotted, too much damage, who knows.  This was a problem, as new mailbox is slightly larger than the base mount.  I was able to screw it in on one side and gorilla glue it on the other (getting it on my index finger, joy) so it sort of works.  For now.  I suspect the next snowplow season will kaput it, but maybe the city will replace it...plus it took longer than I expected, so no assembly or use of new vacuum.

At least I was able to complete some grant applications, catch up on food pantry paperwork, and ID a few more websites and addresses to switch.  I need to close out the old account -- sigh! -- and I may do that this weekend.  Also finished book 15, The Dead of Winter, which looks at how Belgian civilians look for (and locate) our WWII dead from the Battle of the Bulge.  Hard to believe that so much military material is just lying in the fields and woods there, even now.

Also annoying:  not only did a new Games Magazine arrive -- not even half done with the old one -- but the local free paper came with a very solvable brain teaser... and of course it two days past the day the solution was due.  Oi!  As I have yet to use the gift I got from when I won a couple of months ago... well, it is the principle of the thing!

Crypto Exchange FTX Is the Rare Financial Blowup That Will Repay Victims in Full - WSJ
I realize the chance of this happening is slim and none, but couldn't SBF have an appeal here, as how could there be any fraud if the victims (mostly) got their money back and then some?  I know I have mentioned that I always felt he could said there was no intent, I am just an idiot (and as vegan Democrat, easy to believe)... but it must now sit well with him in federal prison knowing that many of these people will make out ok in the end.