: Just ordered my 2025 calendar refill from Austin Mann. The prints are always gorgeous and make a β¦
: βοΈ With the holidays arriving in the US next week, I roasted my first batch of Sweet Maria’s β¦
: Finished reading: Reamde by Neal Stephenson π This was my first reread of Reamde since it was β¦
: π Happy Hobonichi Day! I’m due for a new 5 Year and am going to recommit to keeping it β¦
: Finished reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin π I know a lot of people love this book, and I was β¦
: Finished reading: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan π I’m a big fan of β¦
: I’ve been getting back into print magazines and Mountain Gazette is a great one. Their list of β¦
: Finished reading: A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to β¦
: Finished reading: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy π
: Finished reading: Freedom by Sebastian Junger π A short book on what it means to be free in the β¦
: OK, that’s it for now. Sorry for all the posts!
: Finished reading: Lessons from an American Stoic by Mark Matousek π
: Finished reading: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson π
: Finished reading: In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides π
: Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang π Wow, I really enjoyed this.
: Finished reading: The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard π
: Finished reading: The Frugal Wizardβs Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson π
: Finished reading: Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow π
: Finished reading: The Wager by David Grann π
: Finished reading: Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly π
: Finished reading: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr π
: Finished reading: Assassin’s Quest (The Illustrated Edition) by Robin Hobb π
: Finished reading: Every Tool’s a Hammer by Adam Savage π
: Finished reading: Royal Assassin (The Illustrated Edition) by Robin Hobb π
: Finished reading: Assassin’s Apprentice (The Illustrated Edition) by Robin Hobb π
: Finished reading: Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke π
: Finished reading: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay π
: Finished reading: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells π
: Finished reading: Govt Cheese by Steven Pressfield π
: Finished reading: Long Road by Steven Hyden π
: I apologize for the coming deluge of book posts. I’ve fallen way behind and have only posted a β¦
: We’ve been picking 3-4 pints of blueberries from our garden every few days for a month with no β¦
: This was an instant (impulse) purchase. ποΈ Ember - Tactile Turn, Summer 2023
: Filson is constantly trying to get between me and my wallet. Rugged Twill Cruiser
: I find it a little harder every year to distinguish between an Apple keynote and an SNL skit.
: Finished reading: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith π I forgot I had pre-ordered this. It arrived today β¦
: Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin π Yes it is as good as β¦
: Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells π
: -11 Fahrenheit this morning in Connecticut. Wood stove before coffee.
: Finished reading: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson π I enjoyed this book. It’s β¦
: πΏ Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - β β β β β I laughed. I cried. I was very confused. I assume β¦
: π΅ Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2022 Remaster) - Wilco - β β β β β
: Watching Heart of Midlothian versus Aberdeen. β½οΈ
: Didnβt realize Wilco tickets were going on sale until an hour before hand and I managed to grab a β¦
: Finished reading: Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of β¦
: Ending the year with a Bravus Gravitas IV. This is one of the best beers Iβve ever had, no β¦
: πOut with the old, in with the new (notebooks). For my pocket, itβs the new Field Notes Craft Plus. β¦
: I’m giving myself a New Year’s gift of podcast & RSS bankruptcy. With few β¦
: Has anyone tried Rewind.ai? I have an invite for the early access and am both fascinated by and β¦
: I love this place. Kings Peak Coffee, Salt Lake City
: I finally bought my ski pass for the season. Hopefully this will motivate me to get in shape! β·οΈ
: β½οΈ Hearts-Livingston. Hearts could really use this one before the World Cup break.
: π Watching Celtics-Grizzlies. My Celtics have had a tough schedule to start the year.
: It’s 71Β° and humid here in Connecticut on November 6th. I had to get my shorts & sandals β¦
: Finished reading: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson π
: βFeastβ is apparently not a word in my day-to-day vocabulary. I canβt think of a way to use it in a β¦
: Does anyone have a Readwise Reader referral that youβre willing to share?
: I deeply regret the time, over 6 years ago, that I gave a political candidate a $5 donation and β¦
: I figure a second espresso on a grey, rainy morning is the right call.
: Iβve been wondering when the new βOrdersβ button in my Apple Wallet would do something. An order β¦
: Hearts and Chelsea on at the same time this morning. The Chelsea game is obviously on a different β¦
: I don’t feel good about this: VAR comes to Scotland I’ve been gravitating towards β¦
: A Day in the Life, 2022-10-14 at 8:13a, Nortwest Connecticut, USA. I try, both literally and β¦
: Finished reading: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson π Wow, that was fun.
: I did not know that Shantaram was being made into an AppleTV series (starting this Friday!). I loved β¦
: I gave the updated Spark email client a trial run. It’s nice, but I’m not to pay for a β¦
: Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022 - β β Watched on Sunday September 11, 2022.
: Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018 - β β β β Watched on Sunday September 18, 2022.
: My favorite local grocery store has been stocking more N/A beer lately. I picked up a 4 pack of β¦
: The Batman, 2022 - β β β β β Watched on Wednesday March 9, 2022.
: No Time to Die, 2021 - β β β β β Watched on Saturday March 5, 2022.
: The King's Man, 2021 - β Β½ Watched on Friday February 25, 2022.
: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004 - β β β Β½ Watched on Saturday February 26, 2022.
: Finished reading: Termination Shock: A Novel by Neal Stephenson π
: π Fountain Pen Day 2021. I celebrated by inking up a new bronze Lamy Al-Star with some KWZ Honey and β¦
: Finished reading: The Every by Dave Eggers π Ouch. A blistering satire of tech and surveillance that β¦
: Finished reading: Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow π
: I couldn’t figure out today’s prompt (majority), so here’s a picture from my β¦
: A touch of color here in Connecticut. π·
: There are a few opening song riffs that can immediately transport me back to a time and place. When β¦
: View from our beach hut, Eleuthera, Bahamas. My dad and I built this in 2013. Itβs made it through a β¦
: I own A LOT of pocket notebooks. Perhaps more than I’ll ever get around to using, which is why β¦
: Last back to school drop off for our oldest as she starts her senior year at Cornell.
: πNew pen day. Tactile Turn Nautilus. I bought the short version to better fit in my pocket and cut β¦
: Finished reading: The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson π About β¦
: Lukaku is back at Chelsea. Now do De Bruyne and Salah.
: The Olympics have ended, so Settlers has restarted in our house. I came from way back for the win.
: βοΈ This week’s roast: Kenya Kiambu Mandela AB from Sweet Maria’s
: I’m really looking forward to Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver β¦
: Finally started my Brood X notebook from Story Supply. π
: Finished reading: Reborn in the USA: An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home by Roger β¦
: Finished reading: The Art of the National Parks by Fifty-Nine Parks π This is a gorgeous book of the β¦
: Birmingham Pens just released a small batch of fountain pens. I bought one from them earlier this β¦
: Deadpool, 2016 - β β β Watched on Saturday February 20, 2021.
: Jojo Rabbit, 2019 - β β β β β Watched on Sunday January 17, 2021.
: Fight Club, 1999 - β β β β β Watched on Tuesday January 5, 2021.
: Wonder Woman 1984, 2020 - β Watched on Friday January 1, 2021.
: Momentum Generation, 2018 - β β β β β Watched on Thursday January 14, 2021.
: The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001 - β β β Β½ Watched on Sunday October 4, 2020.
: The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020 - β β β β Β½ Watched on Friday October 16, 2020.
: Greyhound, 2020 - β β β β Watched on Sunday September 13, 2020.
: The Old Guard, 2020 - β β β β Β½ Watched on Sunday August 2, 2020.
: The Godfather, 1972 - β β β β β Watched on Monday July 27, 2020.
: Dunkirk, 2017 - β β β β β Watched on Friday July 24, 2020.
: White Men Can't Jump, 1992 - β β β β β Watched on Sunday July 19, 2020.
: Major League, 1989 - β β β β β Watched on Tuesday July 14, 2020.
: There Will Be Blood, 2007 - β β β β Watched on Sunday July 5, 2020.
: Hamilton, 2020 - β β β β Β½ Watched on Friday July 3, 2020.
: Forrest Gump, 1994 - β β β β β Watched on Saturday June 27, 2020.
: Lady Bird, 2017 - β β Β½ Watched on Friday June 26, 2020.
: Game Night, 2018 - β β β Watched on Tuesday June 23, 2020.
: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 - β β β Watched on Sunday June 21, 2020.
: Uncut Gems, 2019 - β β β Watched on Sunday May 31, 2020.
: Artemis Fowl, 2020 - Β½ Watched on Friday June 12, 2020.
: Knives Out, 2019 - β β β β Watched on Sunday June 14, 2020.
: Black Panther, 2018 - β β β β β Watched on Saturday February 24, 2018.