212: Workplace

211: Friendship

My friends are very few and scattered geographically, so here's what Facebook looks like when you only use it to log into other sites.

210: Perspective

209: This is new!

Protip: got a proper tripod and remote? Don't bother doing the mirror shot selfie, it's too much damn work and you'll never be pleased with the result.

208: Black + White

207: The Everyday

Either bike or Bowflex, or both. No quarter. 856.9 is the number of miles we have accumulated on it since late May this year.

206: Ground

Garlic and Pepper condiment.

205: D is for ...

Dean!

Or as I call him, Programmer's Kitty. Or As Ivette and PJ call him, Dean Winchester.

204: I drew this!

203: Grey

202: Favorite food

Bread is my drug.

These flatbread pockets are 100 calories a portion and don't have the texture of cardboard, they are a godsend for those of us on a low-carb regime. There is also a sandwich version, but that one is a bit more coarse and I won't eat it unless I toast it, while the pocket version is very soft.

From searching their site I don't think that there is a gluten-free version, which is too bad.

201: Hot

200: Building

Didn't have a chance to take a decent shot, so here's something I shot a few years ago: Washington Masonic Monument/Memorial as seen from the King Street metro rail station in Alexandria, Virginia.

199: Number

The number is $55.99, which is what it cost to buy a replacement screen for PJs Chromebook, a laptop that is barely two months old.

More numbers:

The laptop was refurbished ($200 + $4 shipping) so it didn't qualify for accidental damage coverage through SquareTrade, so that's $31.99 I paid for a warranty I cannot use unless the damn thing actually dies by itself. Total spent: $291.98, and that's until it breaks again.

Had I purchased it new, including accidental damage coverage: $309.99.

198: Inspirational

Couldn't even find a pair of 44s for this shot (for all I know, Ivette set them on fire), and I barely fit into 36s so no new pants yet.

197: Bottle

196: Outside the window

Hot miserable North Virginia, and just for the hell of it, it's a dry heat which is not exactly normal around here.

195: Edible

With extreme prejudice. Oh wait, that term isn't PC anymore, are we supposed to say "render the ice cream sandwich harmless (by eating it)?

194: 4 O'clock

Actually 3:53 PM today, because exactly at 4:00 PM I was busy eating my ice cream (Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip, 260 calories in half a cup) and I didn't want to be fumbling with the camera or even the phone.

193: A Bad Habit

Programmer's Kitty is Messy Kitty.

So is Caustic Kitty for that matter.

192: I wore this!

191: Smooth

190: Three things

189: Path

188: Where I am ...

About 115 feet away from the turtle.

187: Favorite smell

The smell of sweet, delicious and forbidden carbs.

186: Love

185: Red, White or Blue.

184: Cold

Frozen broccoli

183: Shoes

Outstanding walking shoes (New Balance 659) and very affordable. We got those locking shoe laces as an experiment since +PJ Vera kept stepping on his, they worked so well that we bought more for everyone. +Ivette Vera uses the model 759 and her feet pain complains are pretty much gone, even on days when she is on her feet all day.

182: Happiness ...

is my office window sill on a Monday afternoon. Just ask Programmer's Kitty.

July Topics list

Courtesy of Fat Mum Slim. By the way, Chantelle is about to have her baby and she's handing over her Facebook group, but as far as we know she will continue to be involved in #fmsphotoaday.