Reading and listening to “Good Anger.” Maybe our problem isn’t too much anger, but that we’ve misunderstood and misused anger. Quite interesting, so far.
What do you wish people would ask you about more often? Things you’d like to talk about more often. For me: tools, DIY, home repair, writing instruments and stationery, niche educational/how-to Youtube channels, etc.
Welp, The Economist doesn’t really like the new “The Paper” TV show. But, since it’s set in Toledo and I’m from Toledo, I’m excited about it! www.economist.com/culture/2…
Didn’t faint when I got my blood drawn this morning! Got a bit sweaty, but that’s par for the course. Crossing my legs and tensing my legs/torso for 5 seconds on/off once I sit down in the chair seems to help. Keeps my blood pressure high enough that I don’t pass out.
Getting blood drawn for labs this morning. I faint in a cold sweat like 50% of the time, so I really don’t enjoy this! Going to try crossing my legs and tensing my legs and torso for 5 secs at a time. Worked pretty well last time!
Forget PSL season, it’s Oktoberfest season!
Probably late to the game on this, but, has anyone written a parody of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” about Trump?
Pardon the language, but too good not to share and ponder: “If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.” (Raylan Givens, fictional character in “Justified”)
Looking for the best pocket tape measure. Ideally something that can do imperial and metric. Maximize versatility and minimize size. Any recommendations?
I don’t think ICE is going to do very well in Hell. 🧊🔥
Is this crazy or no? 2oz bourbon, 4oz orange juice, 1/2oz maple syrup. 🥃🍊🍁
It’s just great being a parent in the USA and wondering every day, as you hug you kids, tell them you love them, and send them off to school, if they’re going to make it home alive. God damn this modern Molech.
Sarah Jones pulls no punches about Dobson: “Maybe my father would have hit me regardless. But Dobson made it easier. Dobson promised families like mine that we’d be happy if we listened to him, so we did. He had a doctorate, and he followed God, and he was so damn pleasant on the radio.” nymag.com/intellige…
Hmm. “What If I Stumble?” by DC Talk hits different in 2025.
Helping to give a “Tech Talk” at work today! Still nowhere near as scary as teaching the Bible to middle schoolers. I think my time in youth ministry taught me more than anything else about public speaking.
Anyone out here ever exported an Apache Cassandra DB to move data to a PostgreSQL DB? Trying to make sure I understand how to handle nodes, secondary indexes, etc. Right now I’m leaning toward using DSBulk unload for data extraction.
Still on the lookout for a good Mastodon server. Any recommendations?
I still really want a Supernote tablet. Just not sure how much I’d actually use it, since I’m not a PhD student annotating a bunch of PDFs anymore. I love the IDEA of using it, though!
Chilly mornings do my soul some serious good.
What are your favorite YouTube channels?