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Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:01:35 -0400

Lots of People Wish Jeff Tweedy Were Their Dad—for Spencer Tweedy, It’s a Reality - Pitchfork

I don’t understand parents that try and put on a front to their kids that they’re always in charge and always OK. I understand making your kids feel safe and secure, but I also think that if you don’t show them that you struggle, when they inevitably suffer, they’re going to feel that they’re inferior in some way or that pain isn’t normal. They won’t be able to look at any examples of somebody having made it through those feelings. That’s a really problematic impulse that a lot of parents pass on to children, that anxiety that they are measuring up to “strong man daddy.”

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:56:08 -0400

Small victories: the new Mississippi state flag is lovely.

Mississippi state flag: Voters approve magnolia design in Ballot Measure 3 - CNNPolitics cnn.com
cnn.com https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/03/politics/mississippi-new-state-flag-ballot-question/index.html

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:51:45 -0400

A Poem by Elayne Griffin Baker » Bruce Springsteen

There are no pets in this White House, no loyal man’s best friend, no Socks the family cat, no kids’ science fairs.

No time when the president takes off his blue suit red tie uniform and becomes human, except when he puts on his white shirt and khaki pants uniform and hides from the American people to play golf.

There are no images of the First Family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation.

No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport.

No Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.

Where’d that country go?

Where did all the fun, the joy and the expression of love and happiness go?

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:47:59 -0400

What is dying now is so much bigger than him. It is this fantasy, this masquerade, of strength. This old, empty, puffed-up way of being a man. This economic philosophy that murders human potential in the name of birthing it. This insistence on doing one’s thing, listening to no authority ordering you to cover your orifices, and preferring death on a genocidal scale to your own yielding. This clinging to the kind of freedom that kills you.

The illness he is - The.Ink

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:57:47 -0400

Bon Appétit No-Knead Focacia topped with mushrooms, spring onions, shaved asparagus, red bell pepper, and Parmesan.

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:40:43 -0400

New York Style Crumb Cake for breakfast. From this Bon Appétit recipe. I was trying to recreate the Entenmann’s cake I remember from summers in New England, and this was even better.

Speaking: Trello for Remote Workers

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:47:37 -0400

Spoke to fellow coworkers recently about how I use Trello with my team for project management and team communication. Please enjoy!

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:43:00 -0400

Quarantine has caused me to try all of the Codenames online variants. This is the only one worth a damn.

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:36:45 -0400

Synthesizer

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:36:25 -0400

Paper Airplane

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:35:57 -0400

Jar Full of Pennies

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:35:34 -0400

Juice Box

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:35:16 -0400

An Old Key

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:34:30 -0400

Robot

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:34:10 -0400

Crayon

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:33:47 -0400

Paper clip

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:26:58 -0400

Butterfly Effect

Kitchen Sink

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:25:00 -0400

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:19:26 -0400

Whole wheat sourdough with sundried tomatoes, garlic, and herbs. Adapted from this recipe using a not-as-fancy-as-it-looks scissors technique to cut the dough into this shape.

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:26:32 -0400

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Alex Honnold Breaks Down Iconic Rock Climbing Scenes

This is really entertaining — even as someone who does not climb and has no interest in climbing. There’s something great about listening to someone deeply passionate about a topic, and I found Alex far more relatable here than in Free Solo.