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  • Are we sure that DHL isn’t secretly run by the French? Or perhaps the Italians?

    December 24,2019
  • The economics of eating at home are absolutely crazy.

    December 24,2019
  • Watching a squirrel meticulously bury a nut in my backyard is satisfying. 🐿

    December 24,2019
  • 10 years ago today. It was cold, but beautiful to see all of that snow-covered landscape from the air.

    Chet flying an airplane over snow-covered terrain.
    December 24,2019
  • Haiku

    Rocket Scientists

    Kids got out the kit,

    Built their own rockets. So proud!

    Good together play.

    December 23,2019
  • I’m considering removing my feed from the social side of Micro.blog. If you want to keep following along, including my daily haiku(!), my RSS feed link features prominently on my site.

    December 23,2019
  • Catholic Husband

    The Joy of the Season - Catholic Husband

    What better way to crown the year than with the joy of Christmas.

    ➕

    December 23,2019
  • Haiku

    A Day of Rest

    Nice day, went for walk.

    Got all of my Things done. Ah.

    View into future.

    December 22,2019
  • O Come, o come, Emmanuel!

    Four Advent candles lit with nativity scene in the background.
    December 22,2019
  • ‘Amazon’s Choice’ Isn’t the Endorsement It Appears - WSJ

    The Journal identified dozens of products that fail to meet safety standards, banned items, and listings falsely claiming official safety certification.

    Hard to say who’s had more scandals this year: Amazon or Facebook.

    December 22,2019
  • Pilots, Not the Plane, Keep the Boeing MAX Grounded - WSJ

    Afoot in global regulatory circles already was a tendency, now accelerated, to reduce expectations about what pilots must know and do from memory.

    Bingo.

    December 22,2019
  • Looks like Apple Maps made their deadline.

    December 22,2019
  • Haiku

    Christmas Cookies

    The dough was prepared,

    Baked to perfection. Now there’s

    Plates full of cookies!

    December 21,2019
  • ChetCast

    Episode 128: The Polar Express

    I talk to a few passengers from last night’s ride on The Polar Express.

    December 21,2019
  • Just realized I can right click on a blog in MarsEdit and grab the URL. What a great feature!

    December 21,2019
  • Haiku

    Polar Express

    A new tradition,

    Night train ride to the North Pole.

    Always a good time.

    December 20,2019
  • At the North Pole.

    🎞

    December 20,2019
  • All aboard The Polar Express!

    Polar Express train station.
    December 20,2019
  • The Polar Express pulling into the station.

    🎞

    December 20,2019
  • Reading

    Currently reading: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt 📚

    December 20,2019
  • Watching the birds struggle to find lift on a cold winter day reminds me of the joy of soaring.

    Glider on short final, Marfa, TX
    December 20,2019
  • The best thing I can do when I have a migraine: eat a good meal.

    The thing I least want to do when I have a migraine: prepare a good meal.

    December 20,2019
  • Haiku

    Almost Missed Trash

    Busy week for trash,

    Almost forgot to put out.

    Made it just in time.

    December 19,2019
  • So much cardboard! 📦

    December 19,2019
  • I don’t mean to brag, but I have a ticket on the Polar Express tomorrow evening. I’m traveling to the North Pole and expect to see Santa there. 🎅

    December 19,2019
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