: Seriously, everyone should spend a night looking at stars at an observatory. Cold and dark, with β¦
: New blog name: “Throwing Stones from a Glass Porch.”
: OH: “My house may be made of glass, and I am throwing stones, but my aim is pretty β¦
: OH “Someone neutered Nerf. They have no balls.”
: OH “It’s not a witch hunt if we all see you do it.”
: OH “it is annoying that gaslighting works even when you know you’re being gaslit.”
: “I accidentally went disc golfing off a mountain.” π³
: Discussing Planetary Engineering, with the discussion devolving into conversations about theory, β¦
: “No diving or jumping… It doesn’t say anything about backflips.” - my mom, β¦
: Me: “What the holy hell. Why is this a crappy day for me already? I think I have gone on 3 β¦
: Nothing quite like writing up a defense of your position, and realizing the other person is correct.
: “Be quick, but don’t hurry.” John Wooden
: “You fenced in college???” Me: “I did!” “Were you any good?” β¦
: Turns out, you can charge an iphone (lightning cable) with an iphone (usbc cable). Ask me how I β¦
: I wish people would not leave trash bags in the trash room when the chute won’t open. Like, β¦
: “We won’t be the fastest. Second mouse gets the cheese.”
: We are 0 for 4 with Pandemic. The game has become a needle to the brain. We keep playing.
: Giggling @ whatbeatsrock Deep sea oil riggers sent to blow up the meteor π€ A giant meteor that wipes β¦
: I appreciate how The Bear has included songs that sing to and soothe my soul.
: Bear count: 4 The last two were super cute baby bears, and all of 40 yards away. π³
: Today’s fave road trip photos.
: Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will β¦
: There’s a story here with this one.
: “Ganache! They put ganache on their billboard. I feel we need to stop there, reward that with β¦
: Been considering the home espresso scene since @snookca taught me how to tolerate coffee. Chris β¦
: “Remember, if that turns into a twister, you go a hundred and forty [mph] and get us out of β¦
: Tempted to “Find me Josemonkey” this one.
: Bitter is a flat circle... Two decades ago today I made a zucchini bread so bitter that even the dog wouldn’t eat it. The β¦
: What does an authentic self actually mean? Are we all not something different to different groups β¦
: I have to say, my needing to go to urgent care just before a long road trip is terrible timing. The β¦
: There are moments when I believe I am very good at my job. There are more moments when I do not β¦
: I swear, the apartment building that I live in is a dorm. Half naked 20 somethings running between β¦
: Picked up a New Yorker from the library, and came across the “Pick Three” feature: three β¦
: 3 friends died in the past week. Chat group response: “Unsolicited but hopefully not useless β¦
: 10am the mountains! 12pm wait, where did they go? 1pm hey, they’re back! yay!
: Business DRI wants to add a feature 3 weeks before beta. I respond, what other feature do you want β¦
: Just remembered, I have frozen cheesecake, ready to be thawed and eaten. #winning
: Subtle ways your manager undermines you, part 89: he reschedules an important meeting to discuss a β¦
: Nothing quite like opening the box labelled “REALLY REALLY HEAVY,” and realizing it is β¦
: Today I learned that Dyson stick vacuums have a washable HEPA filter at the top of the motor unit. I β¦
: “Hey, what are you doing this Friday night?” “Finishing the set up of my β¦
: Crevasse rescue training in a desert, as one does.
: Me: “I cannot find the blushing and crying emoji.” Him: “When in doubt, β¦
: Started at 8634’, ended at 10906’ for a long day up to Mt Superior, Alta, UT. The scree β¦
: “Weβre not having our rathers on this trip.” π dailystoic.com/accepting…
: I had forgotten how cathartic writing can be.
: I really hope this doesn’t mean local forest fires.
: For the record, shaving a sunburned face hurts a lot.
: BST in SLC, on a morning of breaking trails. Talk about a happy place!
: You cannot have a better poopin’ view than this one, which is the view from the buckets at β¦
: Good lord, I love this continent. π¦πΆ
: December 4th eclipse in Antarctica. π¦πΆ πΈ by Dr. Larry Shore.
: Looking southeast from the middle of the bottom of South America.
: Clouds off the coast of Punta Arenas.
: Even I can see the irony of training in a desert to climb Mont Blanc. #wavecave β¦
: This summit hurt today. Unsure why this hike was so hard. I suspect poor diet and poor sleep β¦
: 21:15 - k8s deployment finally succeeds, I can now move on to my second task of the day. π
: Slack for iOS removed the swipe-to-dismiss-an-image gesture and I am annoyed. I like that gesture β¦
: Terrible views. Don’t visit.
: Flying will never be not magical to me.
: How does one explain to the kind person expressing encouragement, “You’re almost at the β¦
: Was not expecting to be hit by a wave of nostalgia for Ottawa, but here we are. Went for an eclaire, β¦
: Sunset on the way home, couple weeks ago.
: “Getting old is an adventure. You start having problems with things that were never a problem β¦
: The airplane boarding saga, a story in N parts.
: TIL the notes one takes as a juror stay with the court. Huh.
: Each training session is hard, yet I look back at the ones from 3 months ago, and think, “I β¦
: Butterfly visiting me at the top of Mission Peak, Fremont, California. I have done wiser hikes than β¦
: drifting π¦ AWAKE πΆ drifting π¦ AWAKE πΆ drifting π¦ AWAKE πΆ π
: Ever known you were standing on a historic inflection point?
: Him: “I heard a bunch of cursing, that means you figured something out. Give me the good β¦
: Mission Peak AnT reset hike today. 30 minutes as hard as one can go uphill. I both love and hate β¦
: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or β¦
: I suspect this training doesn’t become easier with time.
: Terrible views on today’s hike to the Black Mountain summit, just terrible. Don’t visit.
: Terrible views on tonight’s hike, just terrible.
: Today’s #devtrustme brew install tig
: “Just think, if you win, you’ll never have to write another line of react code.” β¦
: because sometimes one needs scritches in the sun…
: When the chef suggests, “Now would be the time to go buy yourself a pint of vanilla ice β¦
: Why am I all nervous about this baseline lactate threshold test? Argh! There is no judgement here, β¦
: A GPS map of “go to the park and throw a frisbee” will never cease to amuse me.
: This has never been a problem. Following through on said ideas, on the other hand…
: From 356 tabs to 24 tabs on my phone? We call this Victoire! Please don’t ask about my desktop β¦
: Iβve graduated from ketchup on fries to Humble House Ancho and Morita on avocado. This makes me β¦
: Reading about the Rusko Orthostatic Test www.uphillathlete.com/rusko-ort… and remembering my β¦
: I truly do not understand people who respond to questions on the internet with “I have no β¦
: Yes! Hell yes! Yes yes yes! How about you?
: Current status, tired doggie.
: TIL the hard way that soap and water will not wash hot pepper oils off one’s hands. #oops
: Twelve more days of Lent. I cannot wait until Sugargeddon on the 4th.
: I would argue that when someone sends you “get well quickly” flowers, the appropriate β¦
: In defiance of a culture of alcohol, of which I have been a willing participant for many years, I β¦
: Sometimes what you meant to paint isn’t what you actually painted, and that ends up being just β¦
: Despite a whole glacier for camp locations, not one but two other parties pitched within 15m of our β¦
: Had my first covid test in prep for events later this week. Keeping workload light because of events β¦
: Had a sleepover with Luna. She both kept me up last night, and woke me up early. I shall sleep early β¦
: Nature with her pompasetting ways, tsk tsk.
: Looking forward to returning to one of my favourite places in the world, though not specifically β¦
: What genetic code prioritized the twisting branches of the white oak?
: Convinced again that there’re a rat and her babies in the compost bin, Tilly started digging. β¦
: πΆ This sh– is bananas, B A N A N A S πΆ I do love spring in the middle of winter, though.
: Today I learned the phrase “another D as in David” is written as T. My name is not so β¦
: Went to throw a disc at the park yesterday. One pass caught the wind and came zinging in fast. I β¦
: I strongly suspect I am going to enjoy painting with these colors…
: The weather is iffy, but changing. Noticed the first peach blossom today.
: Despite two people and three dogs walking over / on it, the newt was still alive!
: Trying roasted buckwheat tea for a non-caffeinated drink at home this evening. Tomorrow’s β¦
: She sat still long enough for a picture and a startle, as I pounded on the window to shoo her away.
: So lacking erudition in the medium.
: Upon reflection, I probably should not have had that second chocolate bar.
: Moles have invaded my yard, and have begun digging under my slab foundation. I’m struggling β¦
: Posting at 23:34, did I make it? Tilly was convinced there was a rat in my car’s engine β¦
: The green of today’s matcha latte reminds me of sporg snot.
: Sadly, this ShopSmith is not being used. Unsure as of yet what to do with this machine.
: Finished The Science of Energy by Michael Wysession. Sadly (for me) was audio only from the library. β¦
: Well, that’s one way to ensure a muddy face.
: Today’s sugar craving was satisfied by a small slice of my first ever lemon chiffon pie. It β¦
: With the lovely weather and bountiful citrus in the yard, we’ve taken to spitting mandarin β¦
: We tired the girls out! Go us! With my Chase gone, Andy’s pets keep me supplied in dog β¦
: Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. Parfait! Everybody loves parfait!
: Finding comfort these days in the mundane.
: Silver needle white tea, my absolute favorite morning beverage, steeping in my pyrex “tea β¦
: The close up that works for morning beverage, comfort, and craving prompts, too.
: Rookie mistake: painted the wrong side of the paper. #creativityeveryday
: One of the questions on this medical form is βHow far can you comfortably walk on level ground β¦
: Today’s water experiment: shapes of clouds. #creativityeveryday
: Watching The Wire for the first time, on season 5, episode 8, and oh good lord why am I watching β¦
: Tilly is convinced there is a rat in the compost pile. Can’t say I disagree with her, but we β¦
: “Name this band. Pearl Jam. I knew you wouldn’t get it.” “I wasn’t, β¦
: Up next in the queue, Storm in a Teacup, by Helen Czerski π
: Related, top of Peak Point. I now know that I need to work on climbing a sustained 20% grade with β¦
: I took this picture a few miles north of Maverick’s today, and I don’t know what water β¦
: OH “Nobody expects the American Insurrection.”
: OH: “There is always another level of bad, often involving shit.”
: Yu the Great from Julia Bainbridge’s Good Drinks, a delicious thai basil, matcha, lime, β¦
: New tea mug from Andy! It is a Chemist Cup by Haand. Squeeeeeee! π΅
: The dregs of the loose leaf tea. π΅ Happy Boxing Day! π
: I adore Good Drinks by Julia Bainbridge, fantastic recipes for non-alcoholic drinks.πΉπ
: The Great Conjunction from the hills. Great viewing for about 20 minutes, until the clouds rolled β¦
: Missing this place desperately. π¦πΆ
: Andy captured the neighborhood strays and introduced them to his ducks. An exciting meeting!
: “You always like to drive!” The comment was made in jest, and yet, somewhat derogatory, β¦
: Argh! Repeat after me, “We do not use items from the Go Bag until we have gone. We do not use β¦
: After two weeks of a very poor, sugar and wheat heavy diet, finally made a healthier meal. Every β¦
: Today is National Cookie Day. Like every day since March this year, tbh. I’m going to β¦
: Looks like I picked the wrong month to give away all my alcohol.
: Well, now that I flooded everyone’s timeline, this is Chase. He “crossed the rainbow β¦
: Let us call this irony: a sign in the lawn of the people who let their dog poop in others’ β¦
: “The act of casting a ballot is in your control. Who gets elected is not. The latter is not an β¦
: Sure, yes, weight loss media is what I’m looking for, Apple, when I search for “lose β¦
: Deleted the games from my phone to stop my mindless playing. Worked flawlessly today. Am delighted.
: 20 minutes into meeting with 4 women and 2 men, and the “you guys” count topped 29. πππ
: Guy 1: “How’s your Go code?” Guy 2: “Uh… probably terrible.” β¦
: Today’s randomness: for the first time in decades, I wrote my name with seven strokes instead β¦
: This should have been my #adayinthelife photo. #stillalive
: A distraction hike along the Bob Stutz Path in Los Altos Hills, California, just after five in the β¦
: Puppy dog, get better, please. #stillalive
: A woman who would take away the rights of women would not have the power to do so if not for the β¦
: I will never understand people who sort their bookcases by the color of the book jacket or spine. π
: Today in New Life Adventures, I trimmed a duck’s wings to prevent her from flying away.
: . @help SSL cert expired or bad caching on my device?
: I keep forgetting the garlic. At least I remembered the tomatoes today.
: Yeaaaaaaaah… someone get JK an editor. Too many words. π
: Whatever you do, don’t buy the Trader Joes Pumpkin Spice Batons*. unless you’re okay β¦
: “So how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?” Give me another week, dog, just one more. β¦
: The dog knows, when you are on your last legs, you leave the devil’s cut, even if you are a β¦
: Another Red Rocks training hike, this time with the Cherry Gulch loop. #dawnpatrol β° Spend the early β¦
: Walking to the store last night, I was jumped by a black cat. Friendly, well-fed, and insistent that β¦
: “Bare with me, Kitt, as I rearrange schedules.” Um… I am not getting naked with β¦
: “Sometimes endings are more important than beginnings.” Watching a friend teach his β¦
: Things I should not do at 6pm: have tea. Things I am going to do at 6pm: have tea.
: I hope they are hit by cars into being able to think intelligently.
: First Colorado training hike complete. Little winded on the up, but far, far less than expected. β¦
: An inauspicious beginning to the preparations for this first Colorado mountain climb. #dawnpatrol β°
: Sitting on the porch, the smell of impending rain comes rushing in with the wind. My first thought β¦
: “Not what I was expecting.” “False advertising in one direction, or cultural β¦
: “I couldn’t do that. I don’t like the cold.” “I wasn’t β¦
: “They actually let you sit inside now.” “Oh, really?” They go off to sit β¦
: How am I this tired and still wide awake? Right. Mt Baker. Mt Baker and all its mountaineering β¦
: View from about 85% up Washington’s Mt. Baker’s south side approach.
: Portland blueberries do not disappoint, even in September.
: I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as hard about my car dying as I am right now.
: That I am willing to place my bag on the airport floor to keep the woman behind me away from me is a β¦
: Thoughts On A Day, September 2nd Desert, so of course we have cockroaches. The one in my bedroom could have at least waited until I β¦
: Years ago when I split from my college BF, I had adventures (motorcycles, scuba, and hang-gliding) β¦
: Bought cup sake in paired glasses so I had some to share with my love. That didn’t work out. β¦
: I don’t know if managers understand how insulting being told, “Don’t post abt this β¦
: Probably shouldn’t have eaten that pint of ice cream.
: What is one supposed to do when one has read every book in one’s immediate to-read pile? β¦
: I have to say, of all the things I did on this move south, packing up and bringing along a gallon of β¦
: Normally, I’m the last to upgrade my devices to the latest iOS. With this happening at FB, β¦
: Lunch, because adulting and 2020
: So, what we are learning this year is that the Mayan calendars were 8 years off. Not bad forecasting β¦
: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses β¦
: Surprising bonus of working from home: russian crunches between questions when the video is off β¦
: Hope is the cruelest form of denial.
: Walked along the neighborhood alleys tonight. Said alleys seem to be the only reasonable elevation β¦
: Listening to two twenty-somethings talk about what screwups their younger siblings are, I suspect β¦
: Today’s stair walk of Portland’s Alameda Ridge was just under 14km and about 3 hours β¦
: Reminded again, pain is fleeting, glory is forever, chicks dig scars. Especially the scars part. β¦
: Found a new one, less patina on this one.
: One of the rougher days this past month. Tomorrow might be better.
: Him: “Are you in line?” Me (masked): “I am not.” Him: “Would you stand β¦
: Today is, again, not that day.
: Site at work launched. Was a six hour deploy process. I am le tired.
: Portland walks continue to delight me.
: More than a little delighted by tonight’s take out. I have had more take out in the last two β¦
: Some day, I will not be an asshole. Today is not that day.
: Nope, I think I’m good with this. Thanks, airline, and no.
: I swear, the coldest winter I’ve ever spent has been this summer in Portland, but the flowers β¦
: Flowers seen on today’s training walk delighted me with their colors.
: You’d think we’d all be used to disappointment by now. Yet here we are, disappointed β¦
: Uh, Chrome, I’m sure “here” is a word.
: As I watch a fit guy run past me pushing a jogging stroller, I think, “wow, he is β¦
: Not a fan. Of the. Apple Speaking Styleβ’. π€― It is. One short step. Away From. The Ted Talk. Speaking β¦
: And back. Next up, a week of quarantine.
: Good night, not-great day. Hello, better day tomorrow. Have a picture of Andy’s new family β¦
: Tried a new white tea today, one less processed than usual. Was surprised that the instructions β¦
: Yeeeeeehaw! Another 2020 bingo square achieved!
: Anyone know where @smokey went? I miss their insights.
: Things they don’t tell you at tea school: the tea patina that helps flavor your next tea is β¦
: No one needs a lecture first thing in the morning, or upon greeting. So don’t give one.
: I do not need another domain name. I do not need another domain name. I do not need another domain β¦
: “You know how some people like to burn their marshmallows when making s’mores?” β¦
: βThe climb requires use of ascenders and fixed lines between Camp I and II over a 40-degree slope β¦
: Every. Single. Pole. And. Tree. Was. A. Stop. And. Sniff. Point. For. Beagle. Today. Annoying until β¦
: One of those days (and look at that filter!). PSA: put your mask on first, before helping others.
: Day 7 of book recommending: The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. The first two are okay, the series β¦
: Do you use the Brave browser? If so, have you signed up for the Brave Rewards thingy?
: For day 6 of MB’s Book Challenge week, I’m suggesting William Irvine’s A Slap in β¦
: For day 5 of MB’s Book Challenge week, I’m suggesting Sam Harris’ Free Will. This β¦
: Let’s be real here though, Guy Gavriel Kayβs The Fionavar Tapestry is really what I want to β¦
: Day 4 of MB’s Book Recommendation week, moving back to fiction: Guy Gavriel Kay’s The β¦
: Day 3 of MB’s Book Recommendation week, and this one should be required reading: Rolf β¦
: Day 2 of the Book Recommendation part of MB’s May challenge, and, yes, this is also an easy β¦
: Day 1 of the Book Recommendation part of MB’s May challenge, and, hooboy, this is an easy one: β¦
: TFW your mother decides that she will read a Scalzi book, and you giggle as you hand her The β¦
: Finished The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins today. I was expecting neither to enjoy this β¦
: I would be most grateful for your lemon recipes… π
: Lazy moment, lying in the yard, chatting with the neighbor sitting six meters away, watching the β¦
: I don’t know how I’m related to my dad.
: Travel complete and nominally successful! Except for the guy who sat in the aisle seat, same row, β¦
: Global pandemics are a shit time to break up with a best friend, let me tell you.
: I am grateful for the routine the beagle gives me. Every morning, without fail, he asks for walkies, β¦
: Started my day calling out an Irish American man and a Cuban American woman on their body shaming of β¦
: Stupidly excited to have found a training trail with many steep portions that I can use to train for β¦
: Pretty sure my year goal of “Read The Wheel of Time” is in direct conflict with my year β¦
: Ugh. Why do people think social distancing means social isolation? I said hello with a hearty wave β¦
: I’ve been working on my throws, mostly by throwing small oranges from a tree to the sheep on β¦
: So, uh, how long do spiders live? Uh, asking for a friend.
: So, apparently you don’t clap after family sharings at memorials. Oooops.
: Antarctica, every moment is an awe-inspiring sight. This is what joy looks like. finishing #mbfeb β¦
: I missed the opening of the #mbfeb challenge, but I’ve been nominally keeping up with π¦πΆ β¦
: Let’s see what happens. #newsletters
: When the sky is overcast, the continent is a haunting vision. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: That splash to the left is the result of my leap into the Southern Ocean last month. That splash was β¦
: We’ll go together. You first. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: While perhaps not everyone’s idea of escape, I’m looking forward to going back. Maybe β¦
: Another of Julia’s icebergs. I’m grateful she shared her photos and editing skills, such β¦
: Double trouble at Portal Point π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Base Brown, an Argentinian station on Antarctica, has quite the sordid past. _ Brown Station’s β¦
: Iceberg spectacle. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Have an iceberg. The boat in the background for scale is 137m (451’) in length, and a ways β¦
: Well, let’s see how this goes. Starting Training for the New Alpinism π¦πΆπ
: More lichen, more moss. π¦πΆ
: Being in this space is magical. My first continental landing at Portal Point. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Drifting slowly in a brash ice field is an amazing experience. Brash ice is compromised of ice β¦
: I’m going to rest here for a bit. You go on, I’ll catch up. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Less balance, more “hidden mass.” π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: The warmth from the ice we pulled from the bay was generated by the joy of tasting the most amazing β¦
: Same sunrise, different moment. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Downside of 150 pushups a day: massages hurt because muscles. Upside of 150 pushups a day: muscles!
: Yeah, I got nothin’ for attachment. Have an iceberg. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: The plainest of views, at Hardy Cove. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: One month ago today, no sign of land yet. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Lull in the excitement of the day. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: This dawn contrasted heavily with the overcast day on the continent. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: Clouds above. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: The most abundant plant life in Antarctica is lichen, then moss. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: The bergs would hide behind each other, each as fascinating as the previous. π¦πΆ #mbfeb
: First landing spot on π¦πΆ for me was Fort Point on Greenwich Island, which was claimed by penguins. β¦
: Friday evening plans: We Should Get Together by Kat Vellos, and The Happiness Lab with β¦
: Any recommendations for personal site comment spam filtering services? Akismet is failing me again.
: I should be less delighted about my stamp purchase than I am. π¦πΆ What’s the emoji for small β¦
: Have a penguin. This one is a chinstrap penguin, hanging at Fort Point on Greenwich Island. π¦πΆ
: Just found an outfitter that can guide me to the top of Vinson Massif. Which is to say, I’m in β¦
: California Privacy Directory caprivacy.github.io/caprivacy… - check out the full list. I see β¦
: Welcome, @MKoopaJr! Can’t wait for your first post! :)
: I went for the ice. Others went for the animals, seals and whales and penguins. Some moments, we β¦
: Fellow traveller to π¦πΆ, Julia Watson, took this one, I love the gloomy filtering on the photo. The β¦
: And now, culture shock. The US is so loud. π¦πΆ
: Reminded again that my motivating factor in personality growth over the last couple decades really β¦
: That youtube algorithm needs a lot of work if it is recommending science skepticism to me. Flat β¦
: “Oh, people, what were you thinking? I’ve seen this movie, it doesn’t end β¦
: Tilly wishes you a Happy New Year! π₯³
: Finally, branding that I don’t mind, given how toasty my toes are.
: My threatening-to-become-annual Internet recycling request: if you have too many Field Notes 2020 β¦
: “If I eat them and don’t die, will you eat some, too?” Found some mushrooms in the β¦
: Success! Seeing a sunrise has been on my todo list all year! Managed to see one this morning. Yay β¦
: Current status: giggling at the Tilly Girl
: TFW you realize that grout repair you intended to do in the bathroom is actually “regrout the β¦
: Today’s challenge: say nothing about yourself in conversations with family, friends, and β¦
: I’m not thrilled to be able to say, “See? I told you they were doing this!” at β¦
: Dear fellow traveller, I didn’t choose not to be an asshole so that you could be an asshole. β¦
: “Nothing good ever needs to be talked about in a back room.”
: I love the light through @snookca’s whiskey glass.
: Cacao y chai latte, not a fan, worth trying.
: Democracy in Chains by Nancy Maclean is a fascinating read, telling us how we arrived here today in β¦
: We’re going down… down… down… The companion photo to yesterday’s β¦
: I appreciate the packaging on this protein powder packet: opening it creates a pouring spout.
: At some point, Zillow, you’re going to have to accept that that house is not actually going β¦
: Good times, good times. Feet in the Mediterranean Sea. Was cold.
: “Walk the land” is a task, chore, opportunity every farmer has on the work list, and one β¦
: The tape holding down the broken tiles have returned as a mini Godzilla.
: This morning’s cooking adventure was a success, not too sweet. I’m delighted to be β¦
: Red clover experiment 1: failure in outcome, success in knowledge that is doesn’t stir well in β¦
: One of those kind of days. Downside: broke a favorite tea mug by dropping it. Upside: at least these β¦
: Today shall be a day of walking.
: “A common note among people who make comics, is that we find ourselves making them because the β¦
: Recently finished books: Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World, by Weatherford - β¦
: Spent yesterday flat on my back, sick all day, unable to keep anything down or in. Here’s β¦
: “Let us accept it,” Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself in his own journal some two β¦
: Happy Thanksgiving to my American peeps! π¦ Me? I’m starting the drinking early (Hello, β¦
: Well crap. Missed yesterday. (β―Β°β‘Β°)β―οΈ΅ β»ββ»
: Step… step… step… Harvested the basil π±
: Pieces of the MB community just about everywhere. Makes me smile every time. /cc @burk
: Hanging with fam, talking about the upcoming holidays.
: First lemon of the season coming in. I am delighted how much this tree thrived when finally watered β¦
: Yeaaaaaaaah, hello, rain. Thanks for the reminder I need to add gutters to my desert house. ββ
: First wikipedia edit from space en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spec… cool cool πππ
: Decided I needed more sun, moved my chair to the front walkway. I can sit for 20 minutes at a time, β¦
: Serious question, what does one do with a gallon of freshly squeezed lime juice?
: The local coffee shop changed tea cups to a clear mug. I suspect the previous cups were too fragile β¦
: Unsure how often a craving is so easily satisfied.
: I am grateful for my parents.
: Dear Fellow Developer, The proper response is NEVER, “It works for me.” The proper β¦
: I giggled when I saw this at the store, and picked one up. A woman next to me was really puzzled, β¦
: New hobby: calling out accounts on twitter that mis-@ my account. Today, I’m alternately an AI β¦
: The Asian pears are starting to fall from the tree in the far back of the property. I suspect they β¦
: Mom’s place has pomegranates. I loved them, so planted one when I lived in California. Loved β¦
: Convinced the ‘rents to visit tonight, and pulled out the port. Told Mom of the ex-Navy Seal I β¦
: I can’t wait for INVALID DATE! So excited! π
: How to have perfect posture: Borrow sheep from neighbors Let your guard down around said sheep β¦
: Okay, @smokey, I timed it. From dump to stick was about 40 minutes. πππ
: I have named the wether* Wembley. My neighbor, the sheep’s owner, is a little scandalized β¦
: “I named the ram.” “Okay, what is it?” “Dodge.” β¦
: This girl cracks me up. π Injury update: stand a lot (can’t sit, bruised tailbone), walk β¦
: Well fuck. I’m a real sheep farmer now. This asshole rammed me not once but twice. Urgent β¦
: This floor continues to crack me up. I didn’t think I’d become use to it.
: My house hasn’t been this clean in years. #avoidingwork
: Well, I guess my winter reading list just changed. Found this list via Mattis’ Call Sign Chaos β¦
: “Hey, your mom says the sheep like mulberry leaves.” “They do, they’ve β¦
: I keep finding the sheepie lounging under the orange tree in the mornings. I am much amused at their β¦
: Okay, so, sheep do not like green beans, carrots are fine, and apples are worth sprinting across the β¦
: Okay, people, how do I not have sage?
: Go Nats! Whooooooooo! βΎοΈ
: Stepdad keeps turning on Seal Team during WS game breaks and TURN THE GAME BACK ON argh. βΎοΈ
: And during commercial breaks, we’re watching city council proceedings, and hooboy, what an β¦
: π Nats. Compare to ALL THE OTHER RUNNERS TO FIRST, not just Turner’s run. Fuckin’ β¦
: Was so sure the Nats found the bats with the hits in them, and then the bottom of the fifth β¦
: Meetings for the week donnnnnnnnnne! π
: Somehow I managed to convince the ‘rents to learn Settlers of Catan and play with me and β¦
: These sheep crack me up. I come outside and they come running.
: I applied for the AirBnB Antarctic Sabbatical, not too late for you to apply, too (closes in 3 β¦
: Me: “He pooped 5 times yesterday, and kept me awake until 5 in the morning with his night time β¦
: Please send good thoughts to Chase tonight. He’s going into surgery tomorrow morning, and old β¦
: World, meet Boop. Boop, this is a strange place.
: “When we are actively engaging in a behavior, we cannot really tolerate facing our complicity β¦
: I need to figure out the Dad Techniqueβ’οΈ for adding butter to this popcorn for tonight’s game β¦
: New project, new technology. I look forward to the moment I have uploaded enough knowledge about β¦
: How could one gracefully and empathetically tell a frustrated coworker that her inability to login β¦
: Watching John Wick in anticipation of 2 and 3, and still really like this movie. I mean, choosing to β¦
: So… who’s in Portland for #xoxofest this week?
: Released the sheep into my west yard, they are now feasting on the fallen fruit.
: Finished The Volunteer, after a recommendation via Dave Pell’s The Next Draft. Difficult read, β¦
: Painkillers cannot kick-in fast enough.
: Flowers on the morning walk with Mom.
: Email subject: “Everything You Need to Know About Oolongs” My reaction: “… β¦
: Grass trimmings for the sheep. π±πΎπ
: These two know I bring them food.
: Unexpected lifestyle choices: shooting mini icecubes at birds with a slingshot to keep them from β¦
: Four tries to level my step-dad’s auto-bird-waterer. Four. Tries. Success hasn’t been β¦
: “85 Best Whole 30 Pescatarian Meals images in 2019” Uh… I don’t want to see β¦
: A Stabilo ballpoint refill in my Baron Fig pen (can’t stand rollerballs), let’s see how β¦
: You take the blue pillβthe story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to β¦
: “Everyone is talking about how bored they gonna be.” Kid, you are doing life wrong.
: How IG boosts their ad stats: prevent users from reporting spam. #quellesurprise
: Today, I confirmed the neighbor (who owns the sheep that graze my yard) raises the sheep for food. I β¦
: Item 143 on my list of things I didn’t expect to be excited about as an adult: pasture seed. β¦
: And now, @cleverdevil’s site demo! π
: The web is for all. @jackyalcine giving us the inspiration and the approaches!
: Oh yes! @schmarty rockin’ the mobile demo with Indigenous.
: At the IndieWeb Summit, listening MJordan talk about how switching to a male name helped her find a β¦
: Whoo! @indiewebsummit kick-off dinner in #pdx at #pinestmarketpdx
: Morning walks in a Portland summer always delight me.
: walking to local mexican restaurant “You going to order the ceviche?” “Ah, no, β¦
: Back in a stunningly happy place.
: I bought a reserve white tea a month or so ago, a small batch. I was excited to try it yesterday. β¦
: Things never to do drunk: workouts to exhaustion. When drunk, you don’t stop when injured or β¦
: I title this one, “Sheep by Moonlight,” subtitled, “WTF do I keep getting crappy β¦
: Excited to be going to the IndieWeb Summit in Portland, OR June 29-30, 2019 - β¦
: Good news! I found the missing roll of toilet paper! Related: Why the f’ is there a roll of β¦
: Upstream port has sufficient flow. Am concerned about the downstream port’s flow. Oddly, the β¦
: Snowflakes everywhere. (β―Β°β‘Β°)β―οΈ΅ β»ββ»
: Blackberry sorbet from my blackberry bushes! π
: Today’s blackberry haul. Am thinking blackberry ice cream…
: “You want to know who lives, who dies, who writes your story.”
: me: “7pm, Friday night at SFO, getting work done. Sure.” him: “Kinda cool to be β¦
: Naked sheep in my yard! Best lawn mower so far…
: Water flow is looking good. Upstream neighbor was cynical about the level, though. Will know in an β¦
: Eh? No, your email was not found.
: But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin’ dreams, I think of death, it must be β¦
: Dev pro tip in working well with your fellow developers: don’t close other developers’ β¦
: If this plane goes down, it will be in a flaming ball of irony.
: Yasssss! PerfMattersConf! Check out these sponsors!
: In a desert field of gravel, nature finds a way. #nofilter #exceptwhatthrphonedid
: My laptop has a “bug.” “Well, that’s a new one for me,” says Mom.
: 126 pushups today (no, not in a row), building up from 36 six weeks ago. I haven’t not been β¦
: A neighbor braced the branch gate. Flow is good now, covers the port.
: This morning’s adventure: set up the checks, open the ports, complain with the neighbors about β¦
: Today I learned that sheep are really smart: they, too, don’t like grapefruit. Related: β¦
: One of my favorite mailing lists, have been a reader for years and years xpda.com/junkmail/
: Not my usual view, delighted and grateful to have had it today.
: “Work from anywhere!” I thought, “What a great deal!” “Work any hours β¦
: Diet done. Down 5% body weight, sugar cravings stopped, clothes fit well, and a lot sick from my β¦
: π What’s the point of having error messages in the logs if no one looks at the log files?
: Watching yourself being written out of someone else’s history is an interesting experience. β¦
: So, when a fellow developer starts a request to a team of only women developers with, “hey, β¦
: Still not used to the broiler on this oven. Worse, no sense of smell to know I was burning my food.
: $11011.00 - renews at $11/yr. Even less desirable names are “premium.”
: The overhead bin has a seam in the middle, preventing normal sized bags to fit in. There’s a β¦
: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
: Whoo, that snow. Coming down hard. Might need to put on… a brimmed hat soon. Related: a Great β¦
: I can think of places I’d rather be.
: I’m about to travel again. I’m attempting to travel lightly. I’m torn about β¦
: Can one be grateful for hard times and crappy situations? My home life as a kid was difficult. It wasn’t bad, it was difficult. I responded by staying β¦
: OH: “Sometimes itβs hard to continue to love what you do through all the bad moments.”
: OH: “You can’t change what you can tolerate. If you can tolerate it, it won’t β¦
: Fun asteroid mining fact of the day: m-class asteroids contain platinum-group metals, nickel, β¦
: So, the only place I have found in the UK that makes a London Fog is… a Starbucks. π
: Both of us sick managed to walk to the closest Bone Daddies for ramen. I wish I had ordered a β¦
: OMG @joshsullivan! You sent me a Field Notes notebook along with the calendar! Thank you! <3
: Micro Monday, we doing this? Oh yes, yes, we are. By following @jwhevans!
: “You been stretching or doing yoga?” “Eh? Why do you ask?” “Because β¦
: OH: “There’s no such thing as a prototype, it’s all just bad production β¦
: Wheeeee! GitHub is down. Didn’t want to work today anyway. /me goes to play
: πΆ A long December and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last πΆ
: Micro Monday follow Tim Gray @tgray - he’s talking plasma physics today, “meandering β¦
: @11ty/eleventy@0.5.4: wanted: {"node":">=8"} (current: β¦
: Anyone have an extra 2019 field notes pocket size calendar card that would be tossed anyway? Will β¦
: Only the 29th… plenty of time to finish two more books before the year’s end.
: Am thinking after this, I will go back to a year of no alcohol. It (tawny port in general) tastes β¦
: I’m starting The Mathematics Lover’s Companion. It recommends reading with a partner, β¦
: I wonder if a notebook swap would work… we all send an unused notebook to a central point, β¦
: An American eating a Swiss breakfast at a French restaurant with a Canadian in Mexico.
: (β―Β°β‘Β°οΌβ―οΈ΅ β»ββ»
: Current projects are in javascript, kotlin, java, ruby, python, dart, php, and bash. Now, where does β¦
: Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius. Sam Kean, The Disappearing Spoon p 179
: OH: “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.”
: “I wonder whether the baby boomers were as annoyed by our generation π” “They were β¦
: Welp, found The Viking 1914 store in Copenhagen. There goes my notebook budget for next year… β¦
: How clever of me to set my ssh configuration to ssh-key-only, then let my ssl certs expire when β¦
: Copenhagen has been delightful! #adventure
: All in one amazing bite at Geranium with @snookca #copenhagen
: Friend sends over a 12 digit number, in 3 groups of 4 numbers, no explanation. I immediately know β¦
: An amazing Thanksgiving dinner with @snookca and the family. Full on nostalgia and Norman Rockwell β¦
: OH: “Your ass must be jealous of all the shit coming out of your mouth.β I really want to be β¦
: Happy OMG IS IT THURSDAY ALREADY?
: Do I know anyone here who lives in Atlanta? Any chance of a micro.blog meetup next Monday evening?
: TIL my parents arenβt fans of my singing Queen at the top of my lungs in their house.Β Outside seems β¦
: In a happy place… π΅ + π
: Pretty sure the people upstairs brought in a herd of πππ again tonight. The πππ start tap dancing β¦
: OH: “Humans are good at detecting context changes. Computers are not.”
: I cannot lift my arms. ki.tt/181031 5x22
: The country is ripping itself apart. thewalrus.ca/americas-…
: OH: “I think cars are very internet-like, in that they insulate people from the reality of β¦