Between two snow days this week, a holiday on Monday, and one teacher development day following that, we’re getting 6 straight days with these maniacs. Send backup!

Between two snow days this week, a holiday on Monday, and one teacher development day following that, we’re getting 6 straight days with these maniacs. Send backup!
I’m going to start handing out blocks on LinkedIn to market urbanists who post nothing but quipy things about middle housing solving all our housing problems. I’m from the future and I’m afraid it’s not a silver bullet.
Finished reading: Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan 📚
I had to start a different book because I ran out time with Part I of The Power Broker 😂 Back in the holds line.
Currently reading: Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan 📚
Rest in peace, Donald Shoup. Very strange for me that I just finished his book The High Cost of Free Parking a few days before his passing.
If they really want less government, we can start by merging all of their little exurban fiefdoms with the central cities they surround, followed by billing them for the true cost of their horizontal infrastructure the rest of us subsidize.
Man, I am exhausted.
And here we goooo… Currently reading: The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro 📚
Finished reading: Essentialism by Greg McKeown 📚. I don’t think I have what it takes to be an essentialist tbh.
I don’t like the 5 star rating system because there are far too many C- movies, books and restaurants.
Checking out the new #Apple Invites app. Curious how the RSVP process will look for people on other operating systems.
I’m not a praying man, but Portland weather gods: I need a snow day.
Off to see Dog Man with my eldest, then to our THIRD birthday party this weekend.
We’re in for a bumpy ride. I’m not even going to look at my 401k.
AI has its pros and cons, but lately I’ve been using it for mundane tasks that have been making my stressful life a little easier. For example, I’ve been recording long trainings related to a big grant app I’m working. Taking the transcript and having AI summarize notes for me has been huge.
Great Lakes Compact states should be on high alert. At his current pace, he’ll be building a pipeline to feed the deserts of the Southwest.
Currently reading: Essentialism by Greg McKeown 📚
I’m rarely vindicated in my e-junk keeping, cable-hoarding ways—but when I am, it only makes it harder to break the habit.
Finished reading: High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup 📚 Surprisingly enjoyable for an 800+ page book on parking. Essential reading for planners and engineers.
“The first revolution is when you change your mind.”
— Gil Scott-Heron. Illustration by Nina Montenegro.