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  • Joining the micro.blog pizza mafia tonight. 🍕

    Pizza dough on the grill
    May 29,2020
  • It’s been 10 weeks and I still can’t find baking yeast.

    May 29,2020
  • Trying my hand at adult coloring on the iPad. The No. 2 Apple Pencil is amazing.

    Donut shop coloring page
    May 29,2020
  • Haiku

    Need to Walk

    In a walking rut.

    Need to wake up on time, go!

    Meh, try tomorrow?

    May 28,2020
  • The bank wants to borrow your money at .05% interest so that they can loan it back to you in the form of a credit card at 14.5%. That’s a great deal for them!

    Maybe we should get into banking…

    May 28,2020
  • Tweet Responsibly: A Guide to Twitter in 2020 - WSJ

    The first rule of Twitter? Don’t use Twitter. It’s a hellhole.

    Opening line of the article, and all that you need to know!

    May 28,2020
  • Words to live by.

    ☕️

    Bookmark: Drink good coffee and read good books
    May 28,2020
  • I’m getting dangerously close to needing a 4-slice toaster.

    May 28,2020
  • It is a constant source of frustration that iCloud cross-device file sync in 2020 has not yet caught up to the speed and performance of Dropbox in 2012.

    ☁️

    May 28,2020
  • China Votes to Override Hong Kong’s Autonomy on National Security - WSJ

    2,878 lawmakers voted for the motion, with only one dissent. Six others voted to abstain, and one didn’t cast a vote.

    What a joke.

    May 28,2020
  • Nation That Revolted Over Three-Pence Tax On Tea Now ‘Pretty Cool’ With Government Locking Everyone In Their Homes - The Babylon Bee

    A new poll has confirmed that the country that threw crates of tea into a harbor because they’d have to pay a little more for their caffeinated beverages is fine with tyrannical states destroying everybody’s lives, as long as they have their Netflix and Amazon Prime.

    May 28,2020
  • Trump Rows Across Great Lakes In Surprise Attack To Liberate Michigan - The Babylon Bee

    “Give the people seeds and ammo, or give them death!” Trump declared, holding his saber to Whitmer’s throat.

    May 28,2020
  • Haiku

    Venturing Out

    Went to the bookstore,

    Everyone in masks. Not great.

    Hard to talk, breathe, see.

    May 27,2020
  • SiriusXM: Good luck cancelling!

    May 27,2020
  • Knights of Columbus founder Fr. Michael McGivney to be beatified - Catholic News Agency

    the miracle recognized by Pope Francis involved an unborn child in the United States who was healed in utero of a life-threatening condition

    Big day! 🇻🇦

    May 27,2020
  • Ugh, weather scrub for SpaceX.

    Hopefully the weather will cooperate on Saturday!

    🚀

    May 27,2020
  • U.S. Officially Declares That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous - WSJ

    It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself.

    We didn’t even get halfway through the agreement before the Chinese Communist Party reneged on its promises.

    May 27,2020
  • Good luck to the NASA/SpaceX teams today!

    🚀

    May 27,2020
  • Reading

    Currently reading: The Mindful Catholic: Finding God One Moment At A Time by Gregory Bottaro, Psy.D. 📚

    May 27,2020
  • ChetCast

    Episode 154: Hello, Podcast

    All three kids were very excited to talk about summer and our trip to the zoo yesterday!

    May 27,2020
  • The gardeners at the zoo have been hard at work. The grounds were gorgeous!

    Flowerbed
    May 27,2020
  • Haiku

    Corona Zoo Trip

    Finally open,

    Restricted crowds, paths. Not fun.

    Good to be back, tho.

    May 26,2020
  • First trip to the zoo in a while.

    Zebras grazing.
    May 26,2020
  • Hertz Was Already in Terrible Shape. The Pandemic Finished It Off. - WSJ

    I last rented from Hertz in the mid-2010s. The car was garbage and the customer service was pathetic.

    Also glad to see Carl Icahn take a $1.5B loss.

    May 26,2020
  • Haiku

    Family Cleaning Day

    Different cleaning day,

    Mommy was home to help! Wow!

    Let’s do it again!

    May 25,2020
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