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Software engineer, avid reader, glassblowing for fun.

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A bra works really well to hold ice packs to the face. I learned this when I had my wisdom teeth out.

09.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Time to aim the cat proof-of-life camera at the litterboxes.

22.01.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Old condo building where you don’t control the heat?

30.12.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And Vault-Tec!

22.12.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guess it’s time to put the traditional carol β€˜Killing in the name’ back on the holiday charts.

18.12.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a sousaphone troupe in Boston that will show up to counter protest. It is hilarious.

16.12.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will there be a showing of Kung Fury to see if he notices?

11.12.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Parson Brown is suspicious as hell.

11.12.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is where we get woke up.

10.12.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They go great in stuffing, or for chicken salad with almonds.
I want to say I’ve had them in a Brussels sprout salad, but I can’t recall the recipe.

25.11.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Houses, but on the brick chain!

25.11.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That last line is amazing.

21.11.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2024 - NFTS
2025 - Al
2026 - STEW

2024 - NFTS 2025 - Al 2026 - STEW

07.11.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 5574 πŸ” 728 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 88

How does it fair on the β€œsurvivability during a zombie apocalypse” scale?

21.10.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cult of Personality also qualifies, I think.

20.10.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Team Armadillo checking in.

10.10.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of my coworkers are in Eastern Europe, so the healthcare conversation with HR got really weird. They didn’t really grasp how bad things are here. Their policy was β€œhey, we give you $90 a month for expenses!”
Me: Ummm…

18.09.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The MC’s gender is never explicitly stated. I didn’t initially notice and thought they were female.

11.09.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Crypto bros, too.

28.08.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want actual history, The Great Courses on Audible is an amazing series.

17.08.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hand him a bottle of amitallado and brick up his room with tshit boxes!

12.08.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Charismatic Voice has one of the best ones. She truly went in cold, so everything was legit and not overacted.

06.08.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Take the millionaires tax above. An extra $500 or $1000 or whatever doesn’t make a dent to someone who made 100x that.
Now imagine all the whining and gnashing of teeth over that bill when it came out. If you lived like you make $200k, it won’t matter. Zero stress.

05.08.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not quite. It is a thing where once you’ve past a certain mark, you’re good. Stressing about making more, or pushing to look like you’re in a way higher income bracket doesn’t improve your happiness, generally the opposite.

05.08.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dread Pirate Westley just turned 6

01.08.2025 23:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had the center row of a 747 to myself from Sydney to LA. I grabbed as many pillows + blankets as I could and made a comfortable bed out of it. Best sleep on a plane ever.

24.07.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
HOLY SHIT MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON

HOLY SHIT MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON

56 Years Ago Today:

21.07.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 6787 πŸ” 1191 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 70
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The bike path mayor thing has expanded considerably.

1/?

19.07.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9

Then there are the ones you’re pretty sure are AI bots all the way down.

15.07.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Except for really simple, repetitive things, it’s just soooo bad.

15.07.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0