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2025

  • Currently reading: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson 📚

  • RSS > Newsletters. Trying out the latest Reeder app from the maker of Mela, my go-to for saving …

  • Perched on my hill.

  • I spoke briefly with the cyclist in the lower left of the frame once he got to the top of the hill. …

  • Are those headshots of the project team in a work proposal really the move?

  • If even half the total claim of 41 aircraft damaged/destroyed is confirmed, it will have a …

  • A kindergarten teacher at my son’s school unexpectedly passed away over the weekend. Being in …

  • Picked up a used 100-400mm XF for my X-T5 and took it out for a walk today.

  • One of these days she’ll catch those birds.

  • Finally, some good news. Portland area is getting another Ikea next week — kind of

  • TGIF.

  • I can’t believe this album is 10 years old. It came out just as I was moving to Oregon from …

  • Shake Shack and In-N-Out are now competing for territory. Another Portland suburb is getting the …

  • Not a good time to be a permit tech in Portland. Wilson, Kotek announce slate of policy changes to …

  • Had to get away from my desk for a bit this afternoon. Rural Washington County, Oregon.

  • I don’t know why I’m even surprised anymore. U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese …

  • Eleventh multi-day water fast on the books since mid April @ 52 hours. Easing back into eating …

  • The consequence of having everything on demand is that I never can remember the name of that show I …

  • Lilo & Stitch.

  • That elastic braided golf attire belt my father-in-law gave me for Christmas a couple years ago that …

  • You’d think that a company whose business model is newsletters (Substack) could figure out how …

  • Recreated a memorable CMJ cd I got ahead of my freshman year, summer 1995. Complete minus one song …

  • Uh, hey. Guess I’m flying to the east coast this year. Cap’n Jazz announce 2025 US reunion …

  • Google’s AI is hella bad.

  • Probably tacky, but this update is for my personal blog. I’ve been pretty focused on a goal to get …

  • My fizzy water habit costs 4x more than my commute.

  • Even as someone who is for continued zoning reform, pro density, pro affordable housing, pro …

  • Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go

  • The Fujifilm X-E5 could be landing in June – will it fix the X-E4’s minimalist mistakes?

  • I really like the look of the new Land Cruisers. I just wish they offered one with a fully electric …

  • Sometimes I check out street view of the places where I used to live. This is across the street from …

  • “Experience the rare opportunity to own an architecturally significant home designed by renowned …

  • Whenever I see 🧵🪡 1/x on a post, the likelihood I’m about to read something cringe is near 100%.

  • Saturday Recap Today was my son’s last day of kindergarten soccer for the spring season. The weather matched the …

  • Well, I won’t make that mistake again.

  • One of the most overlooked and least known iOS features: when you select text in a Safari article on …

  • Anyone else tracking all the things?

  • In the last year, Detroit proper grew more than the central cities of Austin, Denver, San Francisco, …

  • A Vibrant New “Film District” Is Growing Around Hollywood Theatre

  • Some of my favorites from Santa Cruz last weekend. Afterword.blog

  • Catching up on some photos from my trip. I’d never seen Jade growing street side before. …

  • I have been leaning more heavily toward Bluesky lately, primarily because of moderation features. …

  • Submitted without comment. Deepfake of deceased man gives his own impact statement in court

  • Peak adulthood is buying a new garage door and acting like spending four figures on something so …

  • This will never stop being funny.

  • Hit a milestone today with 20 lbs lost over the past 4 months. Feels good to be out of my rut and …

  • Very strange that in 2025, when you hit copy on an email address in any Microsoft product, it still …

  • Requested my high school transcript and found out they calculated my GPA wrong—not in my favor. …

  • Started another 48-hour fast tonight. Happy I didn’t gain back the weight I’d lost eating tacos in …

  • Sacramento Valley Station is a beauty. 🚂 #trains #rail #photography #transit #amtrak #california

  • The light was incredible from Alamo Square the other night. Ethereal and memorable experience. 📷 …

  • Rajneeshees, anyone? Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of …

  • Adios, San Jose Wrapping up my SJ/SF leg of the trip. I have been determined to not rent a car and mostly took …

  • I’ve had a lot of fun traveling around without a car. Still, the most annoying thing has been …

  • Time for bed 💤😴

  • San Francisco Day Trip

  • Back at SF Caltrain Station, about to head back to SJ, and I’m just struck by how much this system …

  • I visited the house in Glen Park that my great-grandmother Louise rented in the 1950s and ’60s, …

  • I love how most other cities with botanical gardens keep their exotic plants in conservatories, but …

  • Took Caltrain up to the city. Gorgeous day at Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco.

  • Hint: Oregon isn’t one of them. Housing market shift: 9 states where buyers are quickly gaining …

  • Super impressed by Caltrain in the Bay Area! Wish Portland had something similar for certain routes. …

  • Is In-N-Out’s name intentionally ironic?

  • “Center for Engineering Management.”

  • It was an absolute trip reconnecting with my former MSU dorm mate in Palo Alto after 25 years!

  • Had a lot of fun exploring Stanford.

  • Thursday May 1, 2025 The Arizona Garden at Stanford.

  • So far, San Jose feels a lot like a mix between Lloyd Center and Skidmore Fountain area, if that …

  • I don’t often take the window seat, but when I do…

  • Wednesday April 30, 2025 Portland International Airport (PDX)

  • Finally getting to see the PDX airport renovation in person. #portland

  • Meeting up with my old college roommate this week who works at Rivian. My six-year-old son made me …

  • Shout out to the neurodivergent folks who make things happen in spite of the world. Sometimes I look …

  • Do you want to know why most affordable housing projects are less than 5 stories? Prevailing wages …

  • Picked up a new sling ahead of my trip to California this week. It’s the Pakt 5L Everyday. So far …

  • Terribly saddened to learn of my cousin Garwood’s passing today. I will miss his caring positivity …

  • Checking out the excellent Lire RSS reader on iOS. Tremendous bargain for $9.99.

  • Feeling fully myself again after replenishing my pizza stores at Mucca. The North and South is one …

  • I took a picture of a bubble the size of my head floating away.

  • Bold claim, but cute nevertheless. How Oregon cheese became the best in the world | Superabundant

  • When the in-mirror lighting at the dermatologist is on point. Felt cute, might delete later lol.

  • #GhostCMS has got to be working on an iOS app, right? Adding #ActivityPub doesn’t make sense to me …

  • Kind of want a Land Cruiser 70 series, but I guess they need to be 25 years old before you can …

  • I breezed by 48 hours so I just kept going. Felt good for the most part, but I was ready to be done …

  • Misremembered Eulogies My brother passed away in March 2021, after battling the brain tumor he had been diagnosed with in …

  • The iOS Books app is desperate for a redesign. Managing your own library is a terrible experience.

  • Trying this one again. It definitely helps with the insomnia. Currently reading: A Pattern Language …

  • My first chaperone experience.

  • The current administration wants to give people $5k to have more kids? That would barely cover our …

  • Suddenly my 1280 sf (119 m²) house doesn’t seem so small by European standards.

  • Turns out that fasting 6 out of 10 days can make you shed a bit of weight.

  • Trump’s transportation officials express skepticism about strategy used to slow speeders in …

  • Finished reading: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein 📚

  • Did the thing. Focused on being decent. Stepped away when I needed to. Walked. Maintained my fast.

  • My eldest uncle went to a protest today in my hometown of Saginaw, Michigan and sent this to me. …

  • Lord give me strength to keep my mouth shut with the MAGAs today.

  • Just got a quote to redo the siding on my very small house. $48k. GFYS.

  • Finished S3 of White Lotus. Sort of hilarious how it satirizes the Western pursuit of enlightenment …

  • Oregon’s Alpacas per capita 🦙 📈

  • I think a better location would be the soccer fields in Washington Park. Reconfigure Jefferson to …

  • Completed my second ever multi-day fast today. I think I’m getting the hang of this.

  • Brother had soccer practice so we headed to the park.

  • Started my second multi-day fast after dinner yesterday and the most difficult piece of this whole …

  • Oregon Zoo. 📍 Testing location services.

  • Yay. Portland homebuyers rush into combative spring market

  • Ended My First Fast First time fasting and decided to break it at 42 hours with some hard boiled eggs, cucumber, …

  • Trying something a little bit different. Rounding out my first 36-hour fast. This went shockingly …

  • Currently reading: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein 📚

  • When your good buddy is on a different team this season 😂

  • I was able to secure another $9k in grant funds on Friday for a total of $87k toward the EV charging …

  • Hard to believe no one I knew wanted the other ticket to this sold out show, but hey, I still had …

  • Being middle age is having an extra ticket to the thing and no one responds to the invite.

  • Finished reading: Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery 📚

  • I swear, I feel like Shrek next to my wife sometimes. 🧌

  • This tariff stuff has got to be investigated and exposed as the biggest financial markets scam in …

  • I’ve noticed people spark up conversations with me a lot more often now when I wear my Detroit Lions …

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day is “apparatchik”

  • Time to dig out my Zf. Stylish Nikon Zf Gets its First Major Firmware Update | PetaPixel

  • Bumble For Friends is one of the stranger corners of the internet. Evidently men and women can’t be …

  • Detached housing is subsidized housing. Why Cities Like Kansas City Are Heading Toward Financial …

  • FEMA has eliminated the BRIC program. For those of us working to address intractable infrastructure …

  • Dyeing Easter eggs 🐇 💐

  • Dropped the kids off with a Girl Scout troop at the parks district last night. They were raising …

  • Soccer is back. Beautiful day for it, too.

  • I’ve always wondered about the people who live above the Vista Ridge tunnels, staring out at the …

  • Beautiful day. I went out on the balcony at PSU Union during a break and loved how happy these kids …

  • Nature and climate. Otherwise, I’m over it. Why do people stay in Portland? For many, it’s all about …

  • Flashback Friday (October 9, 2001). #TGIF Death Cab for Cutie - Why You’d Want to Live Here

  • Intermittent fasting always seems like a good idea until the moment I get hungry and fold like a …

  • S&P down 12% since Feb 18.

  • I’ve had four friends, family and acquaintances ask me about the Italian citizenship recognition …

  • These flowering trees outside my office window 🌺 #pnw

  • Currently reading: Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery 📚

  • Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications

  • Worth a listen once they put up today’s episode of On Point. Next episode | On Point ‘The …

  • Currently reading: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 📚

  • Thinking about dropping use of Mastodon/ActivityPub. I don’t like that the only moderation tool is …

  • Finished reading: The Arsenal of Democracy by Albert J. Baime 📚

  • If you don’t like the weather in Oregon, wait a minute. Back home now, but our last day at the coast …

  • Ice cream trucks should be classified as domestic terrorism.

  • What exactly is the “style” upcharge for a men’s haircut, anyway? Put gel or pomade in it?

  • The party is over. Il Consiglio dei Ministri approva modifiche alla legge sulla cittadinanza “ius …

  • Accidentally snapped a photo of a levitating child.

  • This ain’t Florida. #oregoncoast

  • Ah, yes. Spring break on the Oregon coast. High winds, 51°, 95% chance of rain.

  • California really is on another level with their legalization.

  • Drove by last Blockbuster in the country. Bend, Oregon.

  • View of the Sacramento River looking west from the Sundial Bridge on a beautiful day in Redding, CA.

  • Surprisingly decent family fun at the Sundial Bridge and Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding.

  • Shasta Dam.

  • Shasta Lake with Mt. Shasta peeking out from behind.

  • 86° today in Shasta Lake, March 25.

  • Bend is the Traverse City of Oregon.

  • As much Pete Buttigieg as we’re seeing, you have to wonder if he’s plotting a run for president. …

  • A nice drive over Santiam Pass today, heading through the Cascades. Plenty of snow around, complete …

  • First stop on the 2025 Spring Break Tour. Pilot Butte, Bend.

  • How very Bend, Oregon of you to take your cat on a hike up Pilot Butte.

  • An article from a few years back that I still think about sometimes as I grind away in the rat race …

  • Sometimes it’s still hard to believe a place like Forest Park is only about 15 minutes from my …

  • Saturday March 22, 2025

  • Spring in Portlandia. #pdx

  • Gimme the deets, Trento…I’m coming home. A mountainous region in Italy is offering €100,000 to move …

  • 🙄 Trump said he would move student loans “out of the Department of Education …

  • Four years gone, kid brother. It’s never the easiest week to get through, and every time I struggle …

  • Looks like I’ll be staying indoors from now until forever. Multiple cougar sightings reported near …

  • The default architectural design ethos has simply become “fuck it,” hasn’t it? Literally zero fucks …

  • Would really like to connect with more middle age dudes on the west side of Portland, preferably not …

  • Education Department dismantled. What if everyone with student loans just…stopped paying on them all …

  • One of Portland’s best restaurants will open an outpost in Beaverton in a former movie theater this …

  • Started my second set of clear aligners today and my front gap is already starting to close. Teeth …

  • When I can pop that L5 vertebrae by giving it a little twist 🦴💥 🙌 Sounds like a thud on a hallow …

  • There are two types of glass recyclers on my street: those with bins filled with spaghetti sauce …

  • The cafe in the lobby of our main office building makes their tomato soup with orange zest in it. …

  • I vastly underestimated just how much KISS I’d be listening to with two kids under six.

  • Wild stuff. Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away

  • Having trouble powering through a book someone sent me, which is akin to being held hostage.

  • Can’t wait for this to come to self-hosted Ghost blogs so I can give it a test drive. #activitypub …

  • Did a lot of CSS work on my blog back in January and now Tinylytics thinks I’m averaging over 1,000 …

  • Saw a posting in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County) that is exactly equivalent to my job here in …

  • Any Italian citizens living in the U.S. have any luck booking an appointment at the San Francisco …

  • About 350 units going in next to Elmonica Station along the Red and Blue lines in what will be the …

  • Someday I will rock this look.

  • Yo, B9. Who hurt you?

  • Inflation hurts, but some things are still much cheaper today because of exploitation of foreign …

  • We went and saw Aziz Ansari last night in Portland at Arlene Schnitzer. It was nice to have a night …

  • Food for thought. Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope …

  • This would be pretty interesting for us as it would open up Canada as an actual relocation option. I …

  • Happy about it still be slightly light out at 7:00 p.m. I walked a couple of miles with the dog …

  • Deep Sea Diver released a fuzz echo pedal in partnership with Benson Amps out of Portland that I …

  • Mela is easily a top 5 iOS app for me.

  • I love the simplicity of BIuesky feeds. One of my faves is just ‘Mutuals’. Sure, I like to follow …

  • Feeling pretty okay that I divested myself of equities on February 18. Don’t even mind if I miss any …

  • Probably better served up in a bowl, but the French Onion Pot Roast turned out pretty good served …

  • Giving this recipe a shot tonight. French Onion Pot Roast Source: instagram.com Ingredients 3ish lb …

  • One benefit of having CAD experience is that I can easily concept plan home renovation projects. …

  • Thinking about switching back to my old school barber. It may be a little less convenient, but those …

  • After a couple week delay, I got my clear aligners today! 😬 Pretty excited to be starting, and I …

  • Definitely don’t envy anyone in education, or the kids about to go off to college, or researchers. …

  • Russia has nearly the same GDP and population as Mexico. The EU and US could stop the war by next …

  • I had my doubts there would be demand for the 12 EV chargers I just had installed at work, but since …

  • Some songs just lend themselves to an opening montage to a movie that practically writes itself. …

  • The market is down 6% since Feb 18.

  • Portlanders like to complain about Beaverton and Hillsboro being sprawling car centric suburbs, but …

  • Imagine discovering The Replacements for the first time at 44 years old thinking people were …

  • “These ninja pants have pockets and they are so cozy. They help me calm my body. Is that silly?” -A, …

  • I have so many projects I want to do around the house, but since having a second child, my home …

  • Applying for a very large grant atm and I’m shocked…shocked by how I’ve had to correct so many …

  • When I began researching EVs, the Model Y just made the most sense economically for my family’s …

  • The first question that comes to mind when the average MAGA says they pay too much in Federal taxes …

  • We had gotten timed admission tickets to the zoo for this afternoon, but I guess everybody else had …

  • Doing some grocery shopping this morning at a major grocer. One lane open with a human on a Saturday …

  • My son just turned six a few weeks ago and his reading abilities have exploded in recent months. …

  • I started reading: The Arsenal of Democracy by Albert J. Baime 📚

  • What’s something you miss about somewhere you used to live and why? For me, it’s Elderly Instruments …

  • Roughly 8 out of 10 men who wear black wedding rings give me skin crawly vibes.

  • A gorgeous end to a false spring day in #PDX

  • Whew. Lifelong goal complete. ✅ Finished reading: The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro 📚

  • I think California needs to take one for the team and split into 3 separate states so we can take …

  • As much as I advocate for walkability and transit, I will admit that I’ve always wanted an old …

  • Do people actually join Instagram Broadcast Channels? Am I just not seeing the appeal or are they …

  • How cool would it be if all federal workers stood in solidarity and just didn’t go to work today. Or …

  • We got away for a night in Hood River for my birthday. Kids spent the night at their grandparents’ …

  • I really hope Ghost’s ActivityPub integration plan involves a Substack-like app. The web-only …

  • Nothing in Oregon is “pricey”….it’s “spendy”.

  • My son just got a high attendance achievement award for 90% or higher attendance and it made me …

  • I applied for a grant and was successful in receiving about $80k in funding to go toward 12 new EV …

  • Daddy daughter trip out to Multnomah Falls for my bday.

  • About halfway through Robert Caro’s The Power Broker and had the urge to search for an interview of …

  • Once again, my timing is impeccable. I have a trip to Yosemite booked for early May. ‘Honestly …

  • Many of the school playgrounds in Oregon have these structures so kids can stay dry in the winter. I …

  • While markets are nearing record highs, I’m having a hard time envisioning any future that doesn’t …

  • Watched The Gorge last night on Apple TV+ after we got the kids to bed. Went into it with zero …

  • I grew up in the Midwest and spent the first part of my career there in public service, in areas …

  • Between two snow days this week, a holiday on Monday, and one teacher development day following …

  • I’m going to start handing out blocks on LinkedIn to market urbanists who post nothing but quipy …

  • 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 …

  • Rest in peace, Donald Shoup. Very strange for me that I just finished his book The High Cost of Free …

  • If they really want less government, we can start by merging all of their little exurban fiefdoms …

  • 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 …

  • I don’t like the 5 star rating system because there are far too many C- movies, books and …

  • Checking out the new #Apple Invites app. Curious how the RSVP process will look for people on other …

  • 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 …

  • Great Lakes Compact states should be on high alert. At his current pace, he’ll be building a …

  • 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 …

  • Finished reading: High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup 📚 Surprisingly enjoyable for an 800+ …

  • “The first revolution is when you change your mind.” — Gil Scott-Heron. Illustration by Nina …

  • While I haven’t been keeping up with it as much as I’d like, I wrote another piece for my blog …

  • My son turned 6 on Sunday and it got me thinking about my own 6th birthday party where all the …

  • 20 years ago, ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ and ‘Digital Ash in a Digital Urn’ by Bright Eyes came …

  • At a concert at Mississippi Studios in Portland between sets, and honestly, I’m kind of floored. It …

  • Not my photo. Posted on the Gordie Howe Bridge website. Just a lovely bridge, Detroit.

  • Trying to work up the energy to make it to this Lady Lamb show at Mississippi Studios tonight. Still …

  • Listening to Backyard Lover by Merce Lemon. #mood

  • I’ve have had two back-to-back, pretty nasty illnesses this month. This caused me to abandon …

  • A little over halfway through the nerdiest book I’ve read in years. Of course I love it.

  • I have cancelled and deleted my omg.lol account.

  • Grandma Deb coming through with the clutch Lions themed winter gear for kiddo’s 6th birthday!

  • What a truly terrible day for America and the world.

  • “Historically, driving has come with very few costs for the driver — in fact, most of it, from road …

  • What’s the typical life expectancy of a towel? Just realized I bought these from BBB when I first …

  • Can’t sleep. Memory lane. Claire de Lune by …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

  • On the enshittification of the Internet from CNN: First, they are good to their users; then they …

  • You know, I think life is an embarrassing, soul crushing marathon. But then I remember: (gasp) …

  • 13/365 📷 True story, my wife sleeps with this tattered quilt every night because she likes the way …

  • Glad y’all are having a “normal” winter back in Michigan. After the last couple of years, I was …

  • 12/365 📷 Same, kid. Happy 3rd birthday. Love, dad.

  • I had my dentist appointment on Friday to get my teeth scanned in preparation for clear aligners. …

  • A satellite map compares the areas of the Palisades Fire and the Great Chicago Fire, with …

  • On NYC congestion pricing: New Yorkers Have Little Data but Big Feelings About Congestion Pricing

  • One more from today.

  • Sunday January 12, 2025 One more from today.

  • I’ve always been a late bloomer. I wonder what will bloom next.

  • 11/365 📷 I went to a meetup today and we visited several art galleries around the Pearl District. I …

  • Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚. Brilliant book.

  • When I lived in Florida over 20 years years ago, gated communities were everywhere. I’ve lived in …

  • 10/365 📷 New bed day.

  • I ask you one thing Do you remember me? I miss you

  • 9/365 📷 To be seen by others is the core of being. Perhaps this is why humans are driven to create …

  • What does it mean to be a self? I think, more than anything else, it means the ability to select …

  • Morning walk.

  • Photo from a few weeks ago of a dragon made of Christmas lights and spitting flames in downtown …

  • 8/365 📷

  • Kids are under the weather this morning and my wife put on Murder, She Wrote. The kids are actually …

  • Greenland is about 26% larger than Alaska and 56,000 people live there.

  • Shocked a younger millennial today by affirming that I, too, am a millennial and turn 44 in about a …

  • Killin Wetlands I needed to get away from my desk today, so I drove out to Metro’s Killen Wetlands near Banks. I’d …

  • 7/365 📷 The sky is on fire this morning. We don’t get many of these this time of year.

  • Just me and a date with the S3 finale of The Bear.

  • My wife and I are at the point in our marriage where she intentionally puts the paper towel and TP …

  • 6/365 📷 A lot of pretty light this morning while walking Zoey the dog.

  • Monday January 06, 2025 6/365 📷 A lot of pretty light this morning while walking Zoey the dog.

  • I’ve discovered that I prefer listening to nonfiction audiobooks over fiction. For me, fiction is …

  • We went out to eat last night with a few good friends and their kids. Had a great time. After we put …

  • 5/365 📷

  • A Slow Start to the Productively Mundane Today started off pretty slow. While my wife was out for a workout this morning, I stayed home with …

  • Currently reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚

  • Completely forgot, but I recently passed 8 years as a nonsmoker. Unfortunately that’s about the time …

  • 4/365 📷

  • IKEA. Send backup.

  • Saturday January 04, 2025 IKEA. Send backup.

  • From 2007-2015, I worked for the agency that orchestrated the rehab of the Book Cadillac, and I …

  • 3/365 📷

  • Made some UI tweaks to my blog yesterday and have been considering adding a “Now” page. What makes a …

  • 2/365 📷

  • Friday January 03, 2025 2/365 📷

  • Had to replace the volume pot on my Jazzmaster. Took me way too long to finally get this done.

  • 1/365 📷 I hope to take one photo every day in 2025 and post it to a collection on my blog. While I …

  • Took our kids to see Moana 2, my daughter’s first movie in theaters. For all of us, it was $90.52 …

  • Real talk…keeping kids entertained when they’re not in school or daycare for weeks is messy AF, …

  • My Goals for 2025 Declutter my home. I've never been very good at this, but it's proven to be so much more difficult …

2024

  • I’ve been at an indoor play place with my kids for going on 3 hours. They’ve been going hard, too. …

  • Avon calling!

  • 2024 was a bountiful year with many firsts to celebrate. Thankful for friends, family, travel, …

  • Convinced whoever is designing men’s swim trunks, particularly the internal mesh, have no …

  • As we headed back west this morning over the Blue Mountains, we caught the start of a winter storm. …

  • Our boy wanted to wear a “pretty” hat tonight like his sister’s, so he wore one of his grandma’s …

  • I have a hard time taking Bend, Oregon’s affordability woes seriously when the tallest residential …

  • Buster

  • Good to know that if I ever need to refresh my appreciation for Oregon urban planning, all I need to …

  • I don’t need ketamine therapy I need a walkable city and 20 hour workweek.

  • Yours truly, at a basement bar in Nampa.

  • Idaho Christmas.

  • Zoey girl.

  • Eastern Oregon en route to Idaho.

  • If only I had a dollar for every time I heard “enjoy them now, they grow up so fast” from the …

  • Accidentally recorded Christmas morning in 4k and the file is 45 gigs. Hm.

  • This is going to be a terribly unpopular opinion, but I don’t think ZGF delivered on the promise of …

  • My five-year-old son, while putting together a realistic space shuttle Lego set, asks “why would …

  • I was awarded some pretty big grant $$ to install EV chargers at my place of work (public). …

  • Currently reading: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 📚

  • This looks neat. Bluniversal Comments is a Chrome Extension enabling “universal …

  • Having one of those down and out sorta days. Ordered Shake Shack and snuggled up with my dog, …

  • Currently reading: Street Design by Victor Dover 📚

  • Finished re-reading: Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler 📚

  • Might be a little late to get before the big day, but if anyone is looking for a nice little gift, I …

  • Probably some lingering Proustian childhood memory, but sometimes I just need a damn bologna …

  • My deadbeat dad would’ve been 66 today had he not wrapped himself around a telephone pole while …

  • It only cost $11-20 per package to mail my wife’s homemade gifts that have a total retail value of …

  • I don’t understand this stuff. After over $700k and years of studying the TriMet Willow Creek site …

  • The most unbelievable thing about movies and TV shows set in the 80s is how many fathers were still …

  • Currently re-reading: Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler 📚

  • Finished reading: There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer 📚 Excellent book.

  • Currently reading: Reinventing Your Life by Jeffrey E. Young 📚

  • Currently reading: There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer 📚

  • Finished reading: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson 📚

  • IKEA plans order and pickup location at Progress Ridge

  • Watching Silo on Apple TV be like…

  • Not sure why I had completely forgotten about the Sidecar option with iPad. Really helped while …

  • Went and visited Santa at Three Mugs Pub.

  • Got out by myself for a few hours this afternoon. Had to take some books back, so I checked out the …

  • Making cookies.

  • Those wooden handled, soft-bristled back scrubbers for the shower are such a tease. Give me one of …

  • Columbia River at dinner last night.

  • Nice sunset despite a mucky day.

  • Addictive.

  • Obsessed with his knockoff Lego advent calendar.

  • I bought one of those wedge pillows for my bed and it all might be downhill from here.

  • Things are ramping up.

  • Just realized RNs at OHSU make up to about $90/hr. If I didn’t know how crazy some of those jobs can …

  • I’m required by my employer to put 6% of my salary into a retirement fund (401a) I do not control. I …

  • Anxiety pro tip: cut your fourth cup of coffee with decaf.

  • Portland City Council approves $176M streetcar extension, new mixed-use neighborhood in Northwest

  • Flashback!

  • From the morning.

  • This whole …

  • Met this fancy lady at the park the other day, who was gracious enough to paws for a photo.

  • The periodic fog on the way in this morning was lovely.

  • Working on an article for my planning blog about pop. density and doing some research. For all the …

  • Grateful we don’t get much snow in the valley, but I wouldn’t mind a white Christmas this year. 🤞

  • On the lookout for a new Mastodon server with longer post character count. Let me know if you have a …

  • TIL Michigan was the first state to abolish the death penalty. 1847.

  • Just finished The Madness on Netflix. Loved the cast and storyline. Kept me interested and the pace …

  • I’ve been having this issue with the new Apple Mail where it becomes unresponsive sometimes when I …

  • One reason so many people have an aversion toward attached housing is the uniformity and blandness …

  • I did not see a single soul on this TriMet MAX Red Line train going west at 8:25 a.m.

  • I’ll be tinkering with this when I have a moment. Adding Bluesky-powered comments to any website in …

  • I love the look on Republicans’ faces when I tell them the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) …

  • Chilling out for a moment while the kids play with magnetic tiles.

  • Turned off Fediverse sharing on Threads. No point, and it kneecaps reply controls/moderation.

  • We’ve got a few weeks left of the year, but I’ll post my 2024 fuel consumption “wrapped”. $188 in …

  • Me and my son went to OMSI today to see the Exquisite Creatures exhibit.

  • Gave up on my crappy router and traded it in for a mesh bundle. Hardwired 3 with Ethernet backhaul, …

  • One of the biggest downsides of POSSE is making a typo.

  • Detroit Lions have just set a franchise record! 🦁 🏈

  • It would be helpful if the popular GPS/mapping applications could detect when you’re already on a …

  • My smile has always been a big source of insecurity. Honestly, it’s probably responsible for my …

  • Another frosty morning.

  • Some days, I still grieve the loss of the Grilled Stuft Burrito.

  • You’ve just got to wonder about some of these Southwest Portland tax bills. Are you really getting …

  • Whenever I pass this field, I can’t help but think of the default Windows XP wallpaper. Washington …

  • I took my lunch, as I sometimes do, on Unger Road, looking east toward Mount Hood. The east wind is …

  • Actually took my meds today and spent some time this morning filling out my calendar for the month …

  • Zoo Lights.

  • Warming up inside the Nature Exploration Station during Zoo Lights yesterday at the Oregon Zoo.

  • I’m getting excited about Ghost’s implementation of ActivityPub. I have used it to micro blog, but …

  • Currently reading: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson 📚

  • I wonder how often dogs are just like “I wish these people would quiet down already.” And then …

  • Analyzing the American Dream as an American living in Germany. From usa.mom.in.germany. 🇩🇪

  • Meanwhile, 100 ft of Christmas lights barely scratches the surface when it comes to decking the …

  • Currently reading: Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) by Gabriel García Márquez 📚

  • I wonder what kind of clientele they’re going for with that agency name.

  • Finished reading: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 📚

  • Woke up to 30° in PDX and lots of frost. I’m a wimp in the cold these days. 🥶

  • What happens if we cut Alaska in half? Texas becomes the third largest state.

  • Rereading Jane Jacobs: Reflections on “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” …

  • There’s always those people who email you something right before the weekend or heading into a …

  • Lions win ! But not without stressing me TF out! 🏈

  • Turkey and football. Lions have lost the last 7 Thanksgiving games. I think this year will be …

  • My cheese sauce/roux recipe for Mac n cheese: 6 Tbsp butter, 1/4 grated onion, 2 cloves minced …

  • Scoping out urban condos, when 5+ units in the same building hit the market at the same time, you …

  • Last night I went to my second writers meetup at Lucky Lab beer hall in NW Portland. Meeting some …

  • Finished rereading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 📚

  • I never feel more like a stereotypical middle aged dad than when I’m turning off every single light …

  • One thing I absolutely cannot understand about the left is how the party platform has switched from …

  • I don’t think many people on the Right understand just how much low interest rates under the last …

  • I’m really hard on my glasses, so a year ago I sent in my Warby Parkers to Eyeglasses.com and had …

  • Spent time in Dundee and Newberg today with our friend Penny and her boy. Had perhaps the second …

  • The failure rate of Shazam has gone way up since Apple acquired it.

  • The speed at which my children can absolutely crush $35 worth of fruit…

  • Is anyone else in Oregon who works professionally in planning, architecture or development actually …

  • The paradox of tolerance.

  • Abolish zoning they said. It’ll be great they said.

  • Being from the Pacific Northwest means never being able to trust a national forecast or weather app.

  • I understand you’re trying to attract new business on your landing page, but for the love of god, …

  • A year ago I moved out of land use planning into campus, facilities and parks planning. Probably the …

  • Open Enrollment Hell After several months of asking questions, trying to understand the coordination of benefits between …

  • In the eye of the storm, or did the bomb cyclone squeegee the sky?

  • Halfway through The Death and Life of Great American Cities for the second time in my life (for a …

  • Remembering a time in my 20s and early 30s when all I wanted was an out from where I was living in …

  • The job hopping in the tech space is so much different than government. As someone who has sat on …

  • Not sure why it bothers me so much that Las Vegas will get true HSR before the Northwest or Midwest, …

  • I moved away from Lansing about 10 years ago. Lived there for almost a decade. I didn’t live there …

  • My public university degrees (in-state undergrad and grad) cost $106k in tuition, not including …

  • Made the mistake of getting back on Facebook right before the election. Just deactivated again, but …

  • I posted yesterday about needing more indoor play places for kids with adult amenities more like an …

  • The Achilles Heel of the YIMBY movement is the common thought that this isn’t built because it’s …

  • Having one of those weekends with the kids where I’m ready to go back to work. I think we all need a …

  • Making my homemade mac and cheese tonight. Feeling like I need some comfort food. Might not fill the …

  • We need indoor play places for kids where the parent areas are more like airport lounges. When we’re …

  • Went looking for a binaural sleep frequencies app and ended up self-administering EMDR. Have you …

  • Currently: Old Fashioneds and a pretty competitive game of Rummikub while the kids watch a Christmas …

  • So many worries about the Fed’s direction in the coming years—beyond the usual. Transit funding, …

  • Nearing my mid 40s and the font sizes are definitely getting bigger.

  • As a staunch urbanist, I love the idea of the 15-minute city, but that lifestyle seems out of touch …

  • Finished reading: Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12) by Dav Pilkey 📚 I …

  • Jake Paul / Mike Tyson in the context of our societal collapse: bread and circuses.

  • Portlanders notoriously don’t shovel their sidewalks when it snows here. I’ve heard the argument …

  • I avoided this fallen can of soda water all week knowing full well that it would be there for me …

  • I decided to stop complaining about having so few friends as a middle-aged man and committed to a …

  • A pair of quotes that gave me pause today: The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off …

  • My wife scheduling that JC Penney photo shoot the minute I break down and trim my Movember mustache.

  • Currently reading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 📚 Haven’t read this …

  • Book search down again for Epilogue on Micro.blog. @help

  • Finished reading: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 📚

  • Looking at open enrollment options and comparing insurance costs between my employer (government) …

  • Of all the scientific and technological advancements made in my lifetime, not one is more important …

  • As much as I loathe DT and Musk, I unfollow people who body shame them. Don’t care if it’s punching …

  • More sunbreaks. ☀️

  • My mother-in-law officially retired, so we’ve been getting a little relief with the kids lately. …

  • Finished reading: Mermin Vol. 1 by Joey Weiser 📚. We enjoyed this one, looking forward to book two.

  • We may or may not have put up the Christmas tree today. 🌲

  • I wonder who they voted for. Demonstrators with Nazi flags appear at ‘Diary of Anne …

  • Went on a date with my wife, found a Lego brick in my pocket. #parenting

  • Bridge City. Gloom rolled in, but we’re dry at the moment. Photos from the passenger seat.

  • Quoting scripture in response to conservative Christians voting for Trump isn’t hypocritical if …

  • Always a strange day for me between being my brother’s birthday and also the day my wife and I went …

  • Thinking about my brother Brad, who would’ve been 42 today. Love you, buddy.

  • Went to a musical at Mountainside High School tonight and then had some food and drinks with friends …

  • There’s a development forum I frequent that still uses vBulletin version 3.8.7. That’s software that …

  • What’s that you say? You’ve never heard a Twin Reverb cranked to 10, in person? Yeah, me …

  • How are you taking care of yourself this weekend?

  • A Trumper resorted to criticizing my “combover” instead of my ideas yesterday. I’m still kind of …

  • Probably crazy, but I’ve always wanted to take Amtrak down the west coast in one of those sleeper …

  • Currently reading: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 📚

  • I’m losing followers on other platforms because of my opinions about the election. But what bothers …

  • I think I’ve gained back all the weight I lost just since Halloween. It’s been a helluva time these …

  • I was recognized as an Italian citizen, coincidentally, on Election Day 2020. We stuck around, but …

  • Dog Zoey, who just turned 8, makes me laugh with her morning routine. She usually sleeps downstairs …

  • Figured I’d give Day One a spin after many years. When I logged in, it found a journal of mine from …

  • Focus and self care do not come naturally to me. Maybe that’s common in this age. I am making some …

  • Having all sorts of internet/network issues today, both personal and work.

  • Currently reading: Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession by …

  • I have to start making alternative plans for Thanksgiving. IYKYK

  • Looking like a replay of 16.

  • Finished reading: A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

  • Home sick and more 90s nostalgia Home sick today and feeling a bit wistful. I get this way a lot when I’m lying around alone with too …

  • I’m so grateful my parents are Democrats. I can’t imagine being from a family that I don’t respect.

  • Stepping out my front door after some rain.

  • I understood the assignment 🩵

  • Sometimes I like to live dangerously and still restart my work computer even when 143 windows are …

  • There used to be this coffee shop I’d go to in high school in the 90s near Central Michigan …

  • I wonder if Threads has a block limit.

  • My five year old is learning to read. He’s picking it up, but it’s going as expected because English …

  • I’ve got two kids who will be 6 and 3 in January. Looking for unique holiday gift ideas that …

  • Beautiful day to renew our Oregon Zoo membership.

  • Not putting yourself out there The strangeness of putting yourself out there. The mere act of expressing that you indeed have …

  • Ordering from New Seasons is now an option on Amazon? When did this happen?

  • Good morning. I was up an hour earlier than I wanted to be.

  • In the Northwest, where few homes outside central cities have basements, garages often fill up with …

  • Happy 63rd birthday to my mom today. Me and the kids made some cards with watercolor. I haven’t …

  • Thankful for Saturday, and that the kids actually slept in. Never happens. It had been a while since …

  • What’s a Apple Watch?

  • The top 3 fun size candy bars, according to dad tax preferences: Butterfinger Almond Joy Payday

  • ChatGPT has pretty much replaced Google for me for general question inquiries. It’s been a long time …

  • People ringing our doorbell and trick or treating at almost 11 p.m. I swear, some people have no …

  • Taking my dog to the vet today for an updated rabies vaccine so she can be groomed, which means I’ll …

  • This Trunk or Treat fad… Do Americans really hate walking so much that they Trick or Treat out of …

  • Forever stamps.

  • Heading into my mid-40s as a frumpy, graying bureaucrat, gone are the days where I can pull off …

  • Wife: “I want to do goat yoga for my birthday. I guess they stand on your back.” 5: “Whaaaat? Goat …

  • Thinking back to my Livejournal days when everyone used to put their favorite books, movies, bands …

  • Ironically (?), the higher I get in my career and the more I’m paid, the less I see a defensible …

  • Looking forward to working with Rayon V2 today. Hopelly the team also gave us the ability to change …

  • Who needs middle housing when you have 95% lot coverage?

  • Made my dentist’s BMW payment today with my second crown of the year. Hopefully I’m done cracking …

  • Listening #now: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Meshuggah

  • Currently reading: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 📚

  • The fact that I still can’t add a song I recorded myself to my own Apple Music account via …

  • No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our …

  • “Dad, do some people have 11 fingers?” “Yeah, but it’s rather abnormal.” “Oh my god, that is a bunch …

  • Sunbreaks in the PNW. Sometimes it’s rainy in my backyard when it’s sunny in my front yard.

  • This product appeals to me. I recently got rid of my Apple Watch and I’m considering a more …

  • Is it just me or has Shazam become really spotty recently with its ability to identify a song?

  • As a blue voter and feminist, I find the online interviews with men about women’s bodies meant to …

  • If there ever was a government program representative of how terribly run government programs can …

  • Do I know anyone who uses a light phone or something similar? How has your experience been?

  • Walking the boy to school this morning, I saw a middle age man a little older than myself walking …

  • Currently reading: A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

  • Finished reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan 📚

  • On the ballot this year in Oregon (as I fill out my ballot at home): Establish an impeachment …

  • I’ve got about 10% left of the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It’s taken me like 3 months to …

  • Despite Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC), there are over 1,000 units of housing …

  • All these people pretending like they’re gonna cancel Amazon right before Christmas 😉

  • iPhone recording of me covering Lua by Bright Eyes for its 20th Anniversary. #musiciansofthreads …

  • I need a middle age friend matching app like OK Cupid where current and preferred neighborhood …

  • It’s really pretty incredible how much perfectly benign email Apple Mail sends to spam. Even after …

  • Oh, hey…check it out. Openvibe beta now supports Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr AND Threads. #openvibe …

  • Soaking it up while we’ve got it! #pnw

  • What I don’t like about the #Wordpress implementation of #ActivityPub is that I see the whole damn …

  • Holy f%#!, planning life has gotten a whole lot harder having a kid in elementary school. I just had …

  • There’s this trend recently where developers cry for planners to liberalize zoning rules to make …

  • Michiganders…how do you pronounce Isle Royale? I’ve always pronounced it roy-AL, but it’s come to my …

  • Little Nicky is an underrated movie. John: Hey, by the way, Nicky, check this out! [spins Ozzy …

  • Thinking about winter getaways. Just figured out that Allegiant flies from Eugene to Orange County. …

  • Had some seriously good food at Piroshky Piroshky tonight at BG Food Carts in downtown Beaverton. …

  • Good gawd

  • New bump-outs/curb extensions all along Lincoln in downtown Hillsboro. You love to see it.

  • Jersey Mike’s usually makes a decent sandwich but some high school kid just ruined my sandwich with …

  • I ordered some patches. One of the few times an ad worked to part me from my money.

  • Hard to beat.

  • I only have smart summon on my car for about a month during my full self driving trial, but this is …

  • We are having a beautiful October here in the Northwest.

  • In every office I’ve ever worked, the dish drying rack looks like this, at all times. No one puts …

  • Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene opening for Stars at Wonder Ballroom #pdx

  • Lusting after these retro styled Voigtlaender lenses for the Nikon Zf.

  • My blog posts now show the syndication links when cross posted, which I’m happy about. And while I …

  • Going to see Stars tonight in #pdx. Pretty excited. I used to love this album…20 years ago. These …

  • Despite some lingering pain from last week, I decided to try the Smith machine again yesterday. I …

  • Went to the gym on Wednesday and figured I’d try some squats on the smith machine. Started off super …

  • Caught a whiff of someone smoking clove cigarettes tonight and it sent me back to freshman year of …

  • Seeing Nilüfer Yanya at Wonder Ballroom tonight. Leaving the house past 7pm on a Sunday night feels …

  • Detroit Lions are going to the Super Bowl this year. A man can dream, anyway.

  • Hillsboro, Oregon has such beautiful parks & rec facilities. Very kid friendly town. We come to …

  • My kindergartener can now count into the 100s and is starting to read. My two-year-old daughter’s …

  • Who needs a truck, anyway?

  • Timing Chewy deliveries exactly to my dog’s eating habits has never happened.

  • Downtown Portland

  • Just learned about the ‘Copenhagen Left’ turn for cyclists.

  • Love a good weekend breakfast. I like my eggs over medium with buttered toast and raspberry jam. …

  • Finally got the update with Actual Smart Summon (ASS). Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. …

  • How are Portlanders feeling about this ranked choice voting ballot?

  • Cereal is dessert, who are we kidding

  • The former Guild Theatre’s marquee and façade. Portland, Oregon.

  • The Park Blocks. Portland, Oregon. #streetphotography

  • I love carrying my 40mm f/2 because of its unobtrusive size and weight, but I invariably regret not …

  • Downtown #pdx this morning.

  • Good morning.

  • I’m loving the frequency improvement of MAX trains west of downtown Beaverton now that the Better …

  • I have to keep reminding myself that Bluesky and Threads aren’t showing us ads yet. Even though …

  • I didn’t have “peeing next to a former female supervisor” on my 2024 bingo card, but this conference …

  • Me, an introvert, scanning the conference agenda for sessions that don’t have audience engagement …

  • Tech voyeurism: getting a sneak peek of someone’s pinned web browser bookmarks before they start …

  • As I leave for the OR American Planning Association conference in downtown #pdx, I’m reflecting on …

  • Amazon is releasing Kindle colorsoft and I’m trying to deny my GAS.

  • Hello, tree.

  • Hi

  • I wish Apple would release a fitness tracker in a minimalist form factor with just O2 sensor, heart …

  • “Dad, why do these samosas smell like pumpkin donuts?” He’s right, which probably explains why I …

  • Ten years ago (10/8/2014) I saw Sharon Van Etten at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan. Still …

  • I need to change the pots on my Jazzmaster. This is starting to feel a bit like The Ship of Theseus.

  • We have limited options for nearby coffee places that I’d actually want to spend any time at. Haven …

  • Took my son to Through the Veil yesterday. They sell these terrifying little monsters.

  • Hillsboro has the best parks.

  • One of the craziest things I’ve ever learned is that large areas of the Middle East are desert due …

  • By far the best feature of both Threads and Bluesky is “Hide Reply for Everybody”. The fact Mastodon …

  • Continuing my digital declutter from last week where I deleted 80 apps from my iPhone, this week …

  • I swear, of the parents we meet out here on the Westside of Portland, probably close to a third of …

  • Of all the funny pronunciations from my daughter, my favorites are “chechup” (ketchup), “banch” …

  • It’s not every day two bands I love pop up at the same venue within two days of each other. It’s …

  • These cookies are where it’s at. 🍪

  • We’ve been taking the business of Halloween decorating pretty seriously. 🎃

  • I don’t know who you are, but I want to be your friend.

  • Currently reading: Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan 📚

  • Finished reading: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan 📚

  • Epilogue book search is not working for me.

  • The only bad thing about storing all the spooky Halloween stuff in the attic is that I have to go …

  • Time to make some sauce.

  • Last week was busy flying solo while dw traveled to see her sister in San Diego and see the Pink …

  • Hulu w/commercials price going up to $9.99/mo. Those commercials are like 2-3 minutes long every …

  • Picking my wife up from the airport this morning because it was $75 before tip to take a Lyft when …

  • Getting ever so slightly more confident with web development in Ghost. Still have some visual tweaks …

  • Nearly forgot about this album by fellow Michigan natives Taproot. Gift was on heavy rotation in the …

  • One of my biggest irrational fears living with two young kids is that the background blur on my …

  • USPS split my ZIP Code 10 years ago and added a new one, which my house is within. It still causes …

  • Since I’ve been having some issues with my Leviton smart switches, I decided to get a few Matter …

  • I liked the look of these clouds.

  • When the office mini split is right above your cube. I generally run pretty warm, but my ears feel …

  • In my mind, James Earl Jones is Darth Vader reading the Bible. Growing up, my friend (and the …

  • As an urban planner, I wish Apple would start highlighting good urban design and human-scale …

  • One thing I like more about Threads over Mastodon and Bluesky is that you can post up to 10 photos, …

  • Might need to get this one.

  • It’s been a great year for tomatoes. 🍅 #pnw

  • How awful, and way too close for comfort in terms of both location and profession. Melissa Jubane’s …

  • Not sure how I missed it before, but I watched Prey (2022) tonight, prequel to the Predator series. …

  • Noticed a typo at the skate park this afternoon. Can you spot it?

  • We are pretty much addicted to Himalayan Dumplings by Kyikyi in Beaverton, Oregon. The noodles, the …

  • The dog days of summer, hopefully coming to an end.

  • Ultimately, what it’s going to boil down to for me in terms of social media platform adoption, is …

  • The new routine. She insists on carrying his backpack.

  • There’s this spot on my bathroom floor where, if I move my scale there before hopping on, I weigh …

  • S: I was born in August, I’m a Leo. P: What’s a Leo, mom? S: It means I’m bold. P: You’re not bald …

  • I wish the west coast would get on with that whole high-speed rail thing. Tijuana to Vancouver, and …

  • Beautiful morning in the northwest, but time to button up the house until this evening. These temp …

  • Happy to have found some #detroit dad hats in 3xl made by ‘47 on a specialty site for the cranially …

  • Some meetings just require you to put on your best Cillian Murphy.

  • The phrases “rock music” and “rock and roll” seem anachronistic enough now that I don’t think we …

  • Pretty nice that you can accept tips & donations natively in ghost now.

  • Spun up a GoToSocial instance in Docker to see how it works. Surprisingly easy. Not as feature-rich …

  • Here we are on Labor Day and my kids (5 and 2) are already so excited for Halloween that they’re …

  • I need to make more friends on the westside of Portland. Time to get back on Meetup?

  • Civil War (2024) has got to be one of the most boring movies I’ve seen in years.

  • Saturday Market

  • Exciting times, lol. Some of the bumper crop of tomatoes from our garden are finally ripening. Tons …

  • Trying to reduce my subscription and other misc. costs so last night I migrated several hosted …

  • I’ve been stuck at 49 states for a few years now, with the last state being Alaska. Starting to …

  • #fensterfreitag #photography

  • Looking for a new memory foam bed. Anyone had any luck with an affordable mattress-in-a-box? 🛌

  • Friday vibes.

  • After a stressful day yesterday, and with my son starting kindergarten today, I’m having a helluva …

  • The new TriMet light rail system map showing the extension of the Red Line 10 stations deeper into …

  • Took the day off to spend the day with my son. The kid starts kindergarten in 2 days and I’m trying …

  • Things get interesting now that Oregon is in the Big Ten. Going to the MSU - Oregon game this year …

  • I stopped listening to Deftones sometime shortly after the album White Pony was released. However, …

  • TriMet completed its Better Red project, extending the MAX Red Line all the way out to Washington …

  • I know spiders are important and all, but I’ll never get used to the size of the (harmless) orb …

  • It’s gonna be fun whenever I go to use these pedals again.

  • Spending time with the in-laws - different politics, but steering clear of our differences.

  • My next house will have a mud room, if I'm ever lucky enough to escape.

  • IKEA delivery could be bad.

  • Just realized Umami analytics has an iOS app, and it's pretty nice.

  • Sort of makes me laugh that while Ghost is struggling to implement ActivityPub, Npub Pro has already …

  • #pdx

  • Now that my car won’t be competing with my clothes dryer for electricity, I signed up for EVPulse …

  • Politicians (hell, even people way INTO politics), are people I actively try to avoid. I do vote, …

  • Ever take an anti-anxiety med in preparation for a meeting, only to have it canceled? That hour is …

  • Running around downtown Portland today.

  • I’m wearing size 36 pants today and they’re kind of loose. A small thing, but it feels good.

  • I often wonder if I like so many movies and albums from the late ’90s and early ’00s because they …

  • I finally got a dedicated NEMA 14-50 outlet installed in the garage. No more dryer outlet charging! …

  • Our relationship in a nutshell.

  • The rain never stopped us.

  • Such a nice campground down here at Beverly Beach! So cool to have 32A service With a 14-50 outlet …

  • Trying out the dedicated B&W switch on the Nikon Zf at a coworker’s send-off last night.

  • Wardrobe change. She picked her outfit out this morning (changed twice) and ended up going with the …

  • Woke up way too early today. Lounging on the couch with my dog, I’m alternating between reading the …

  • Down 10 lbs since starting CICO. Only about 50 more to go. 😭

  • Nothing like camping at the Oregon Coast in mid-August.

  • 40mm is one of my favorite focal lengths.

  • What good are iOS widgets and WatchOS complications if they never update until you open them? It …

  • This is just me getting old, but I feel very uncomfortable/borderline offended with the Gen Z boys …

  • 25 mph really is too fast for most neighborhood streets. 15 mph should be the rule.

  • My wife competed in a duathlon on her birthday today and got third place in her age group. Proud of …

  • Lose It! app makes me laugh with its “positive pattern detected” notifications. Yes, I like …

  • My kids love these German Playmobil Scooby-DOO! sets. They’re so creative. Keeps them busy and …

  • We rode bikes, played at the park, and chatted with the neighbor about her new dog. afterword.blog

  • Shenanigans Over the Last Few Days

  • People always say you’ll miss the fingerprints around the house when the kids grow up. I’ll …

  • 536 calories. A McDonald’s double cheeseburger has 100 fewer calories.

  • Looking pretty sassy for a tax collector.

  • Digging the wrap on this MAX car.

  • Changing My Lifestyle I’m about a week in with CICO (calories in, calories out), and although it …

  • I’m about a week in with CICO (calories in, calories out), and although it hasn’t exactly been easy, …

  • KMHD is my savior during election years.

  • I dropped my son off at the kinder kickstart program at his elementary school this morning. Although …

  • Buddies Since Birth

  • Just used Google Takeout to send my photos directly to iCloud. Having moved all my emails from Gmail …

  • A family affair.

  • Thinking about trying Bridgy Fed.

  • 1500M free final swimming: the event from hell.

  • I need to learn more about Webmention. I’d love to be able to link comments made on cross-posts to …

  • Read a great quote today: “You shouldn’t criticize your partner’s choices – you’re one of them.”

  • What’s your favorite steps counting app for iOS with a widget?

  • We took a country drive out to Carlton this morning to go swimming in their public pool, which was …

  • Down on the farm

  • What an ass

  • I’m sort of preparing for when Ghost gains ActivityPub functionality.

  • Combined features from two Ghost themes, which is a miracle given my lack of experience with this …

  • I kind of want this. …

  • My son’s day camp is in a former elementary school turned rec center. I love its mid-century design. …

  • For me, it’s looking like the best way to stay under my calories and still feel like a human is to …

  • When people say the PNW will be a place for climate refugees, they must not live here. This place …

  • When people say the PNW will be a place for climate refugees, they must not live here. This place …

  • I need to ween myself off my fizzy water addiction.

  • IMO the summer sunsets often aren’t much to look at here on account of there being so few clouds. No …

  • There aren’t nearly enough hedgerows in this country.

  • “…[T]he nations with the biggest surpluses of grain have always exerted power over the ones in short …

  • TIL I’m 70 lbs overweight. I don’t like how I feel most days. Setting a goal today to change the way …

  • Growing up in MI, I always thought Grosse Pointe et al. was just a bougie area. My perspective has …

  • Growing up in MI, I always thought Grosse Pointe et al. was just a bougie area. My perspective has …

  • A neat flower I found last week.

  • A neat flower I found last week.

  • Another of the Heidelberg

  • Another of the Heidelberg

  • I can’t get enough of these old interiors. #detroit

  • That feeling when you realize you could save $170-200 per month just by switching your grocery store …

  • I put almost 1200 miles on a Subaru Outback last week and I’m so happy to be back in my own car. It …

  • Just realized Pete Buttigieg is younger than me.

  • Back home in Portland after a week in Michigan and now I just want to move back to the Midwest. #pdx

  • Continually impressed that there are still so many people who act like they’ve never flown before. …

  • Watching the Olympics is just me saying to myself: “Wow, they must’ve grown up rich to play this …

  • Passing through Lansing and stopped for a bit. I lived here for over 10 years and I do not miss it. …

  • Passing through Lansing and stopped for a bit. I lived here for over 10 years and I do not miss it. …

  • Miss you more. #detroit #skyline #cities

  • I waited in line for about an hour to tour the station today. It was worth it.

  • Heidelberg

  • Surprise, I ate pizza.

  • MCS looking glorious

  • An afternoon well spent at the Henry Ford Museum

  • Wanna go for a ride?

  • “A 1 lb box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist …

  • A one-pound box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell …

  • I missed you, Lake Michigan.

  • Grand Haven Fisherman’s Pier

  • Plant Dad

  • Pronto Pup, Grand Haven, Michigan. Don’t you wish your weiner was this good after 77 years?

  • Finished reading: Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi 📚

  • It’s about that time.

  • It’s amazing how much we don’t know about Harris this far into the first term, isn’t it? She’s been …

  • Rethinking this microblogging stuff, again. Not sure why this takes up so much of my brainpower. I’m …

  • When I see my own posts from Micro.blog on an alt Mastodon account, I never see replies from …

  • I distinctly remember being taught that “dilemma” was spelled “dilemNa” in the early 80s. Why, I …

  • I was in the area for work, so drove up to Council Crest Park to break up the routine. Hazy, but …

  • I wonder if the doctors who don’t like prescribing antibiotics have any idea what’s happening in the …

  • After some thought and many years wearing the thing, I’ve decided to drop the Apple Watch in favor …

  • Switched our flat rate electric service to time-of-day pricing with PGE. So long as you can divert …

  • Fellow parents, how much time (if any) do you schedule for your own interests, creativity, hobbies …

  • I just realized I had the ISO cranked way up yesterday on my camera during our family trip to …

  • Days like these make the hard days worth it.

  • Nikon coming up from behind with its release of Nikon Imaging Cloud. Looking forward to this being …

  • Rest in peace Shelley Duvall, Dr. Ruth, and Richard Simmons. The world lost some authentic ones this …

  • Oregano ruins anything it touches.

  • Hate to say it, but I’m ready for fall.

  • Zawojski said he once mistakenly received mail from the Crooks house, but never engaged with the …

  • Goodbye, ol’ Suby. You were a great car for the 11 years you were mine. I probably took this car to …

  • I got tired of my polycarbonate lenses always scratching, so last year I sent in my WP frames to …

  • I dragged a friend to the Les Savy Fav show and I don’t think they knew what they were getting into.

  • Downgrading your Verizon bill be like.

  • Decided I’m abandoning my affiliation with the Democratic Party and will become an independent …

  • Ecology also teaches that all life on earth can be viewed as a competition among species for the …

  • It was only 93° today.

  • My sister got lucky Married the yuppie Took him for all he was worth —Tom Petty

  • Finished reading: Guts: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier 📚

  • Our back patio is usually chaos. Zoey doesn’t seem to mind. She says she could do without the heat, …

  • Currently reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan 📚

  • Summers in Portland have felt more like Redding every year. We now have 3 official seasons: rain, …

  • Started reading: White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel) by R. J. Palacio 📚

  • Roughing it, obviously.

  • I see you, Cannon Beach.

  • Happy to see more EV chargers at state parks & campgrounds across Oregon.

  • Glamping supreme. Ask me if I brought the portable AC. 🏕️

  • Countdown to camp. For all the money we’re spending on this, we could’ve stayed at a pretty nice …

  • It’s going to be around 100° the next four days. We walked around the neighborhood on the early side …

  • I worked as a cook at P.F. Chang’s in college. Whenever someone finds out about this, about half the …

  • Organic fireworks.

  • Nice day in PDX, and surprisingly quiet due to the holiday.

  • Explained Independence Day to my inquiring 5-year-old son today, as best I could. He responded: But …

  • I just want Apple to allow me to choose “natural” scrolling for the trackpad, and regular scrolling …

  • I love that my personalized radio station played me Ja Rule - Mesmerize on my drive home today.

  • I’m 43 and just now feel like I have enough PTO to stay somewhat sane, yet enough responsibility to …

  • We’ve got a camping trip with friends this weekend that we booked in January (you have to do …

  • Several days later, all 20 years of emails — 117,006 messages at 11 gb — have been imported to …

  • Can I filter words out of the timeline with Micro.blog? I don’t like unfollowing people just …

  • Sometimes I’ll be on my back deck and hear some kid scream at a video game, or someone practicing …

  • Sure seems like everyone around me is getting Covid these days…

  • 4 minutes of a day in the life. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens Voice Memo

  • Took the kids out in the canoe on the Willamette this afternoon with our friend P, who brought her …

  • Remembered a lyric that has nothing to do with my current situation but is just so simple and …

  • I slept in today because of the sleeping pill I took in the middle of the night, but I was …

  • Considering putting my big in scouts this year and of course I ended up on an Etsy page for …

  • I’m slowly getting better at this.

  • Uploading 20 years’ worth of email to iCloud. Hoping for a completion date sometime before 2027.

  • Ice cream truck audibly enters the neighborhood… 2-year-old daughter: “what’s that noise?!” Wife: …

  • The candidates are very bad, but worse still is the media manipulation and corruption. Between the …

  • I’m excited about the possibilities for music discovery with AI. Imagine being served up …

  • Finished reading with my son: The Stonekeeper’s Curse: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #2) by Kazu …

  • Not sure why I never thought of this until now, but you can use Ghost as a sort of headless CMS for …

  • Here’s some Detroit style pizza I ate at the new Ranch location. 🍕

  • Considering making iCloud my primary email address but don’t have any idea where to begin. …

  • I had some business today with a department I used to work in, the job that brought me to Oregon. It …

  • This week’s episode of the Mel Robbins podcast hit a bit close to the chest. Sharing it in hopes …

  • Currently reading with my son: The Stonekeeper’s Curse: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #2) by Kazu …

  • Few things have sent me back in time quicker than a whiff of Nag Champa incense that I caught …

  • I washed my car on Saturday, and the next day a bird pooped a huge one right in the middle of my …

  • iOS 18 Beta 2 rolls out RCS. Pretty excited about this.

  • Finished reading: The Stonekeeper: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #1) by Kazu Kibuishi 📚

  • Someone got off the hedonic treadmill a while ago and never looked back.

  • Although I’ve given up on growing my own peppers, I have not given up on fermenting my own hot …

  • This past weekend’s project: the rainwater irrigation system. Despite a lot of work, I still haven’t …

  • Everyone expects wrinkles as they age, but I wasn’t prepared for all the other skin stuff that can …

  • Late breakfast or early lunch?

  • People with multiple Micro.blog blogs, how do you split up your content? I’ve seen separate blogs …

  • It’s mind blowing to me that the United States has more land area than Canada. It’s only when you …

  • On high alert for bullfrogs.

  • When recipes say stuff like “the moistest chicken,” I cringe a little. I like my chicken dry AF and …

  • Saw an early 90s Pontiac Grand Prix in someone’s driveway today, miraculously. It made me think …

  • iOS 18 feels like a step backwards in terms of UI for me. The Photos app is so clumsy and incoherent …

  • Although cool to see the Require Face ID control, I would’ve much rather seen a “turn off badge …

  • I’ve got the day off, so I’m heading to the coast with my boy. At long last, the weather looks …

  • Had one of those “moral high ground” types of days at work. Decided to stop a little early to have a …

  • Really happy with what I’m averaging in gas savings since getting an EV. $14 spent on electricity …

  • I’ve grown tired of my little Canon RP and its limitations, specifically its abysmal battery life, …

  • Not sure how many of my followers here care about Detroit redevelopment, or old train stations, but …

  • Not sure how many of my followers here care about Detroit redevelopment, or old train stations, but …

  • El Jefe Food Cart. Picking up dinner a little early at the best taco truck on Portland’s west side.

  • Picking up dinner a little early at the best taco truck on Portland’s west side.

  • Recently switched to carrying a backpack to work instead of a messenger bag and I ain’t ever going …

  • Recently switched to carrying a backpack to work instead of a messenger bag and I ain’t ever going …

  • I’ve been working with this new architectural design and markup software called Rayon (pronounced …

  • I’ve been working with this new architectural design and markup software called Rayon (pronounced …

  • I wonder what Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere is like.

  • I wonder what Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere is like.

  • Before kids, I wasn’t the type of person to carry cash on me. But since having them, I’ve realized …

  • Fleet Week in the Rose City.

  • Nobody: My Apple Music: serenading me with a mix of Taylor Swift, Converge, and Cocomelon, all …

  • Read a comment on a post tonight that said: “Europeans travel an hour for vacation. Americans travel …

  • When I’m down in the dumps, I like to watch 80s and 90s movies. They always cheer me up.

  • Took me far too long to find the true purpose of these.

  • I feel like I’ve been cheating the system this week. I’ve been plugging my car into the free EV …

  • My son, yelling from downstairs: “Dad! Can you muffled child’s voice? Me: “What? I can’t hear you. …

  • The cheapest tickets to Chris Stapleton are $200 for general admission, way in the back. This is so …

  • Normally, my wife is pretty minimalistic, but she’s big on gifting souvenirs to coworkers and family …

  • I took the opportunity to watch both Barbie and Oppenheimer, back to back, on my 10 hour plane ride …

  • Braving the conditions on Sauvie Island for some of spring’s sweetest treats: Hood strawberries.

  • I recently saw a reply form on someone’s personal Micro.blog post (at their own address), allowing …

  • When in Rome… …Goodnight.

  • Roma is the filthiest large city I’ve ever visited, but the food is good. Walking a lot (20,000 …

  • Yesterday we hiked in the Alps, today we hiked the Cinque Terre. We burned a thousand calories …

  • In Italy, halfway through our trip, and I’m thinking about modifications to my own home based on my …

  • Lunch in Austria

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo.

  • Benefits to your circadian rhythm being way off given the 9 hour time difference: waking up at 4 …

  • Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) (Aeroporto di Venezia-Marco Polo).

  • In Amsterdam, getting ready day to board our flight to Venice. It’s been a long day :)

  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).

  • I exported all my photos from Google awhile back, but was dreading organizing them because Google …

  • Someone discovered Beatles - White Album on Minidisc.

  • Tualatin Valley Water District soccer field.

  • One aspect I miss about living back east are all the ethnic bakeries. My family used to run an …

  • Mi piacerebbe entrare in contatto con alcuni urbanisti italiani riguardo al mercato del lavoro lì.

  • Had no idea moving posts from Micro.blog to Ghost would be such a pain. Had to spin up a Wordpress …

  • Admittedly, I had no idea how important agritourism had become to suburban childrearing.

  • Breakside Brewery Beaverton.

  • Whoa. Looks like Ghost will not only adopt ActivityPub, but also integrate following others right …

  • After a lot of trial and error, I finally got Ghost up and running on my home server and accessible …

  • Sunny Wednesday morning in downtown Portland for the Northwest Facilities Expo. Quite a different …

  • Now that we know that most of our office jobs can easily be performed at home, any required commute …

  • After a mild success of self-hosting PhotoPrism, I thought I’d see if I could get Ghost up and …

  • Fungus among us

  • Getting the kids out of the house on this rainy Sunday.

  • Indexing…only about 100k to go.

  • 55° this weekend, 85° next weekend. May can be so weird.

  • Finally took the time to set up PhotoPrism on my network. Now to figure out how to access it …

  • Found a beautiful yet simple habit tracker in the App Store called Onrise. It’s free and comes with …

  • This popped up in photos as a 20-year memory today. This hit me like a ton of bricks. Coachella …

  • I’ve saved about $75 in gas in less than 2 weeks with my new car. In reality, it’s likely more …

  • Couldn’t sleep last night, at all. Periodic bouts of insomnia are nothing new. So, when I know it’s …

  • Without a doubt!

  • I hope we get high-speed rail in the Northwest before I die. The State Of High-Speed Rail Projects …

  • Looking for accommodations for our trip to Italy. Although grateful for tools like Google Maps and …

  • Finally got in to see an ophthalmologist last week for a small concretion I had on my eyelid. It …

  • Who else here is from a small, out-of-the-way place with few opportunities but still managed to get …

  • My annual subscription for Ivory is coming up. I don’t think I’m going to renew. I’m mostly on …

  • Received word yesterday that I got approval for nearly $70k in grant funds to install 12 EV charging …

  • One very simple but thoughtful thing about the new car is that the center backrest folds down. As a …

  • I was cleaning out some old files and came across the software that came with my 2009 MBP. I still …

  • Well, it happened. After driving the same beat up old Subaru for 11 years, I got my very first new …

  • As much as Microsoft Teams has done for remote work, its availability doesn’t entitle people to your …

  • La nostra scimmietta. 🐵

  • #earthday

  • Kids are watching Scooby-Doo and I’m over here playing the first game video game I ever owned, at …

  • I’ve noticed a trend recently where the older posts link on blog themes points to the right. This …

  • Aforementioned REI grand opening. It’s crazy over here.

  • The largest REI in Oregon just opened yesterday, about 5 minutes from my house. This is the closest …

  • If you sign up for a service or website that celebrates anniversaries, yours will forever be 4/20 if …

  • I know there are strong opinions about pineapple on pizza, but has anyone ever tried fig? Today I …

  • Sitting in a coffee shop next to this building, which was one of the last affordable housing …

  • Recently connected with a half-aunt that no one in my family knew existed until a DNA test. If …

  • Removal of street trees in all but absolutely essential circumstances should be punishable with …

  • Could someone explain the “buy me a coffee” thing among bloggers/tech crowd? Did this grow out of …

  • It is stunningly gorgeous outside today in Portland, Oregon, USA @ 67° F (19° C) / sunny. I’ve been …

  • New York Times, shilling for the 1%. The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries …

  • I’m very pro walkability/bikability, and in fact got into urban planning due to my interests in …

  • Saddened to learn of my cousin’s passing yesterday after a short but valiant battle with cancer. …

  • Playing around with a Bluesky list of Micro.blog users I follow.

  • Rhine River cruises are like the pinnacle of aspirational Boomer retirement goals these days, it …

  • Awesome idea, but so help me God, if I’m your accountability partner and you wake me up more than …

  • Relatable. On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather …

  • At 43, I spend too much time now trying to guess if the characters in movies are older or younger …

  • Nice lunch on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver.

  • Pretty, pretty good We shipped our kids off to my mother-in-law’s for the night and drove out past the gorge to Dalles …

  • The start of today’s hike.

  • Not my doing, but love it nonetheless.

  • Getting tired of managing multiple fedi accounts. Shuffling the deck back to Micro.blog.

  • It makes me cringe whenever I hear people complain about funding essential services like schools at …

  • Afternoon walks this time of year.

  • Is there a native or easy way to transcribe an Apple voice memo?

  • I couldn’t help myself, I bought the domain sadmachines.social. It makes me smile, even though I’m …

  • An awesome #skyline shot from Opening Day in #Detroit from the #Tigers. 🐅

  • I want to know who the people are who click all the way through listicles that are spread across …

  • Nimbus reportedly involves Google establishing a secure instance of Google Cloud on Israeli soil, …

  • I hate to admit it, but I might be leaning more towards Bluesky over Mastodon now that there is such …

  • All these big legged pants are giving me major flashbacks.

  • Photo from our neighborhood park over the weekend. This little place has become a central part of …

  • One of the worst parts about anxiety is the persistent mind reading. I know I’m not alone when I say …

  • This Baked Crunch Hot Chicken recipe my wife made tonight was delicious. Instantly saved to the Mela …

  • I still think we should be able to delete / detach any comments on our own micro blog posts, …

  • From Elderly Instruments. #eclipse2024

  • Figures.

  • I realize not wanting to do self checkout makes me a grumpy old man, but what pushes me over the …

  • Bumming around Southwest on this rainy Saturday. #pdx

  • Saturday morning jam. Younger and Dumber by Indigo De Souza

  • At a conference today at Ilani Casino and the whole place smells like the inside of an Abercrombie …

  • Of all the types of people I have trouble understanding, it’s the people who never ask questions who …

  • “Hulk and Thanos”

  • Went past the light rail yard yesterday on one of my walks. I’ve always been a lover of trains.

  • One of the downsides of having an electric range is not being able to cook tortillas directly on a …

  • What is something you discovered or got into later in life (hobby, interest, activity) that brings …

  • I’m skipping Easter with the in-laws today for my physical and mental health. I have some guilt …

  • I’m not feeling Apple’s poor implementation of content restrictions. Not only with explicit music …

  • Thinking about having some work done on our house, including renovating the kitchen. I like the …

  • If anyone knows of any excellent food blogs, I’d be gratefully if you shared the love. I’ve been …

  • While I’m not sold on reincarnation, heaven, or hell, I often find myself hoping that karma or …

  • Ever ponder the reach of pros' blogs vs. TikTok, Instagram and YouTube stories on the same topics? …

  • “California is a state that looks like a sock.” -my kid

  • I guess Zoomers are calling VCRs “VHS Players”. There are entire debates going on about this on …

  • My second story got up to 85° today in Portland and opening windows didn’t budge the temp. I’m a …

  • The sidewalks never stood a chance.

  • You might have ADHD if stimulants make you sleepy. I’ve been sleeping so much better since being …

  • Mela is straight up the best iOS app I’ve found in years. It’s changed my meal planning and eating …

  • Dealing with Tough Family Stuff

  • My little mischief makers started the day with a giggle takeover!

  • My car is 13 years old and recently turned over 150,000 miles. I got it used in 2013 with 55k miles …

  • Keep my old ICE car or get an EV? My car is 13 years old and recently turned over 150,000 miles. I got it used in 2013 with 55k miles …

  • No one told me T/Gel was discontinued 😑

  • Made this homemade pot pie recipe tonight for dinner, with some modifications. Mine of course didn’t …

  • The world has changed and our children no longer smell of smoke. writings.bryan.lv

  • Continuing to struggle with my weight. writings.bryan.lv

  • I guess she likes Future Islands.

  • The zeitgeist of the last half century would have us believe that Elvis was a morbidly obese man …

  • The barber gave me a senior discount today, and while I can appreciate that their heart was in the …

  • Arapahoe Basin, CO. 2012. #tbt

  • Proud of myself for getting up at 6:00 today and heading straight for the treadmill before the kids …

  • Four weeks after New Year’s and I nearly had the place to myself.

  • While I’ve been doing a decent job of meal planning and trying out new recipes, I think much of the …

  • Hey @maique, happy anniversary! Beautiful couple. Apparently we got married within a few weeks of …

  • I had a very writing and editing-heavy day at work. I started making dinner early, which took about …

  • Moonrise on the Oregon Coast and a few moments of peace while walking the dog last night before …

  • Perfection

  • Sticking with our yearly tradition that we started in 2016 of going to the coast the week of my …

  • I was between site visits today and lucky enough to have a few moments to spare, so I stopped at one …

  • Seeing the crazy drop off and pick up line at our neighborhood elementary school makes me so …

  • When your organization requires you to take a 12 week leadership course but the only time you have …

  • Out for an evening stroll.

  • Test drove a Model Y today (my birthday) and this was my first time seeing a Cybertruck in person. …

  • Sometimes I look at my daughter and she looks a bit like my brother did when he was a kid. Wish he …

  • Any ideas as to what would cause iOS Safari to very regularly do this after a page has already fully …

  • Love being a dad, but one of the most difficult things for me having little kids is not being able …

  • I must be a masochist, I woke up at 5:45 to book a campsite at the coast on a weekend in mid-August …

  • They say success in life is 80% showing up. For a person with anxiety, that’s exhausting. It means …

  • This weekend I booked a beautiful rental in Venice and started looking at places in the Dolomites. …

  • Fun in Olympia today on our 6th anniversary.

  • I’m at the age where my back cracks whenever I sneeze.

  • You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t …

  • I know it’s a necessary evil sometimes, but it’s really frustrating when you pay for a premium app …

  • I haven’t watched the Grammies in probably 2 decades. Even as a musician, I couldn’t possibly care …

  • Taking a training today so I can evaluate buildings for safety after a Cascadia Subduction Zone …

  • I’ve had less to say lately.

  • We took our restless animals to a farm and soaked up the sunshine.

  • 2 years and 3 months after ordering it, my Italian ‘social security’ card arrives. 🤣

  • I’ve visited a couple of times, but I just don’t get why Austin continues to explode. Good food and …

  • Feeling pretty burnt out lately. writings.bryan.lv

  • Almost spent $1000 on 7th row Mitski tickets but fought hard against my ADHD impulse control demons. …

  • What I’d love is to have my own personal start page on the web. I plug in the services I already use …

  • Anyone seen the price of Disney World lately? Honestly think our trip to Italy will be cheaper.

  • Pampering myself with the tanning booth and massage chairs at Planet Fitness 🤣 it’s the only reason …

  • The marriage problem-solving flow chart: Husband expresses a feeling about wife’s actions and how it …

  • My oldest turns five tomorrow. It’s hit me hard that he’s going to be in kindergarten this year and …

  • After last week’s weather, today’s sunshine and warmer temps were very much welcomed.

  • The cuter my kids get, the more people say they look like their mom 🤔🤣

  • Our first Amazon delivery from a Rivian electric cargo van.

  • How is Canon’s wireless photo transfer software so bad?

  • Lions! 🦁 🏈

  • We grew some crystals this week and unveiled one tonight. He’s pretty excited about it.

  • We are thawing and the sun is shining, but here’s a photo of the pup from a few days ago. She’s 7 …

  • I’m a glutton for punishment. I put together a Wordpress site focused on my blog posts vs …

  • I don’t care what someone’s politics are, making negative comments about their body is so cringe.

  • Just realized that yesterday morning I clipped the fingernails on my left hand and then didn’t …

  • One of the coolest things about learning Italian is seeing all the Latin rooted words and how …

  • Difficult to think about gardening too much given the weather lately, but we’re really only a few …

  • That’s a wrap! Another day on the hedonic treadmill comes to a close.

  • “Hey Siri, how might Michael Foucault approach the term “urbanist” as a discursive …

  • “Hey Siri, how might Michael Foucault approach the term “urbanist” as a discursive …

  • Given the development patterns that emerged in the U.S. after G.I.’s returned home from WWII flush …

  • Shout out to all your coworkers who are wrangling little kids and still working remotely during …

  • A coating of ice on everything. I’ll be staying here today, if anyone needs me. #pdx

  • On some of these dark and cooped up winter nights, I have too much time with my thoughts and …

  • Signed up for a 3-week language class at PCC and the first two classes are cancelled due to weather.

  • Another snow day.

  • I’ve been trying to figure out a way include my kids' grandparents in my POSSE adventures …

  • Our silly girl

  • Did I mention we went sledding yesterday?

  • Word of caution: if you show up at my house unannounced on a holiday weekend, you may find me still …

  • I was 9 years old the last time the Lions won a playoff game. 🏈

  • One of my favorite accounts on Instagram is Zillow Gone Wild. It’s a great study in the American …

  • After a 25 year hiatus, I’m thinking about getting back into hacky sack.

  • Learning about custom routing and collections in Ghost. I’m thinking this might be the key to …

  • Got our wish

  • Offloaded my new planning blog from a subdomain to its own domain. Hoping I didn’t break too much in …

  • I need to research easy-to-use (and free/affordable) data visualization tools for web publications, …

  • Today is my daughter’s 2nd birthday. It’s been a fun-filled year, and a joy watching her grow and …

  • Had some fast food for lunch today and the sesame seeds reminded me of this bit by Mitch Hedberg: …

  • Tech companies who use two-factor e-mail verifications where the numbers are visible directly from …

  • Garden Notions For the last five years or so, I’ve used the space next to my driveway for raised beds. I’ve got a …

  • Couldn’t stand the guy or his cult, but I’ll concede Reagan got one thing right: ~If you’re …

  • Currently experiencing the complete meltdown of the Fred Meyer curbside grocery pickup system. Been …

  • My boss signed me up for this leadership development program over the next 3 months, and although I …

  • I let the floor go while I was trying to keep the ship running the last few days. Cooking, laundry, …

  • Lego has become fun now that he can do so much more himself.

  • We had some wind last night and it knocked out our electricity at around 1 a.m. My son was already …

  • Power outage and a rough night’s sleep We had some wind last night and it knocked out our electricity at around 1 a.m. My son was already …

  • Raising kids on the U.S. west coast sure has a way of making even a so-called ‘comfortable’ …

  • Veggie chili tonight, accompanied by Chelsea, Michigan’s finest. #jiffy #michigan

  • This morning, I accidentally bumped my HomePod while cleaning off the desk and some music started. …

  • Cheapened by abundance This morning, I accidentally bumped my HomePod while cleaning off the desk and some music started. …

  • Booked a spot at a State campground…for a weekend in July. Pretty wild that this is how things work.

  • After dropping my wife off at the airport this morning: “Mom’s going to California, which means we …

  • Last night we went to Hapa Pizza in downtown Beaverton. They have been included in several recent …

  • An old photo of us on NYE, when my wife and I first started dating. Time flies.

  • Working for the weekend Recently I got into the world of management and I’ve noticed e-mails coming my way in the evenings …

  • Sabato I slept in until about 8 this morning and watched some Italian IPTV after I blogged a bit about our …

  • The thing that makes me nervous about Apple’s Journal app is that there’s no apparent way to get the …

  • I realized recently that 2024 marks 20 years since I got my Gmail account. It was invite-only back …

  • Long Distance Family Before the holidays, I had my first phone conversation with a distant cousin I connected with on one …

  • Spending half my time on Micro.blog unfollowing mastodon accounts. And won’t ever be able to get my …

  • A quote I’ve always remembered from an old coworker: With average effort comes average results. With …

  • This week, we started going back to 100% analog books at bedtime for the boy and I feel good about …

  • Currently reading: The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans 📚

  • Working from home today and my dog keeps bugging me to go for a walk. It’s pretty cold and wet …

  • Getting back into RSS feeds after discovering NetNewsWire. Reading the developers’ blog post, Brent …

  • At brunch this morning: “What did you get, dad?” “Biscuits and gravy.” “But where are the biscuits?” …

  • #holdup

  • Decluttered a bit this past weekend after Christmas filled our house with too many things. On the …

  • Happy New Year to all. Wishing you inspiration in 2024.

2023

  • Best thing about west coast New Year’s Eve is celebrating at 9 p.m.!

  • Spotted my first Amazon branded Rivian EDV while out and about running errands in the Portland area. …

  • Pretty excited about VPN now being on Apple TV. Big fan of Channels DVR for watching Italian IPTV …

  • Started The Creator last night and had to finish it this morning. Great movie, but it might be a …

  • The battery died on my wife’s key fob for the van, so instead of just replacing the battery …

  • Not sure why I’m surprised by the language being used by all sorts of young kids at the neighborhood …

  • I never know the right way to pronounce ‘dachshund’.

  • I just learned our IT dept finally added Power Automate to our enterprise 365 subscription. I asked …

  • According to Portland Nursery, there are only 48 days (Feb 15) until the ideal time for seeding …

  • To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

  • Still one of my favorite scenes that ever chose me

  • My personalized stations on Apple Music have been so strange since they started including starred …

  • Reflections on my quit anniversary and the new year

    I had my last cigarette 7 years ago yesterday. Since that time, I've saved something like $25,000 in …

  • Smirking my way through the doldrums

  • My kids will eat curry, tofu, sushi, Thai, Indian, Tibetan, Vietnamese and Chinese food, but they …

  • Just applied to community college.

  • Heading into the chaos of my in-laws’ house. Just a self reminder to relax your shoulders and take …

  • My new boss got me a nice gift box from Made in Oregon. I think this is the first time a supervisor …

  • Testing syndication without titles

  • Someone sent me a photo of myself I'd never seen before from my high school graduation.

  • I blinked and Sufjan Stevens came out with a new album.

  • My new gym keeps its outdoor pool open all year. It’s 40° outside.

  • A tale of two children visiting Santa

  • The winter solstice is nearly upon us.

  • Here goes nothing. Update: this site is currently being mirrored on an 11ty site. Things seem to …

  • As most of us are sick this week, we didn’t do much this past weekend. So I’m looking back at last …

  • The holiday blues I'm just not feeling the holiday spirit this year. Both my kids are young and I am trying to show up …

  • Holiday Festivities We had a very busy but fun weekend with the kids celebrating the holiday season. We went and saw …

  • Today was an interesting day. I got to tour our old jail, part of which is now empty, to hopefully …

  • Went to a ninja gym last night and it was a lot of fun!

  • For all the effort being made for alt text, how do I even read it in other people’s posts on …

  • Lately, both of my kids have been learning so much and it’s intense seeing them grow before my eyes. …

  • My kids are growing too quickly Lately, both of my kids have been learning so much and it’s intense seeing them grow before my eyes. …

  • That high noon sun.

  • Thankful for this day.

  • Beautiful outside.

  • I had a lot of things in my Amazon cart that didn’t change in price at all today, but suddenly said …

  • My loves.

  • I have my in-laws over for Thanksgiving this year, so we had a full house and it was a lot of fun! …

  • Santa almost forgot to close up the attic. Happy Thanksgiving, friends. I’m cooking this year, pray …

  • I have a theory that eyeglass companies switched to polycarbonate lenses from glass, not because of …

  • Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. 10 years ago.

  • This PNW rainy season

  • I’m about a month into my new job and I’ve got to say that I’m loving it compared to my old one. …

  • Commute.

  • Tillamook

  • #doggo

  • Lost Lake, Oregon.

  • Lake Tahoe

  • Moved back over to my Mastodon server as my primary platform from Micro.blog. Too many issues …

  • When people complain about PNW winters, I send them pictures of Michigan. Grayer, colder, flat as …

  • Dealing with Italian bureaucracy is fun. I need a SPID (electronic credential) to order my Italian …

  • Do others on Micro.blog truly get RSS updates in their timelines? I’ve subscribed to one and even …

  • Keep getting this error.

  • Do others on Micro.blog truly get RSS updates in their timelines? I’ve subscribed to one and …

  • At a friends’ kids’ birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese and I’m pretty sure this is how Covid started.

  • This last week has been kind of hellish in a sort of funny but not too funny sort of way. We’ve all, …

  • New air fryer owner, here. So I picked up some Starbucks Sous Vide Egg Bites from Costco to try …

  • An excerpt from an interview with Noam Chomsky prior to the October 7 conflict. For 50 years, …

  • People have tried to get me to eat fish my entire life. It makes me gag. One of my favorites …

  • Maybe a weird question, but anyone know if there are any free and open source budgeting apps for iOS …

  • I hadn’t logged into my Pixelfed account in a while. The Progressive Web App is a lot nicer now, …

  • Thinking of my brother on his heavenly birthday today. He would’ve been 41. Miss you.

  • When I see a “Log in with Google+” 🙈

  • Wrapping up week 4 in the new job and enjoying it. The first few months are all about finding your …

  • Micro.blog down?

  • Impromptu bedtime snacks ... https://indw.blog/2023/11/08/impromptu-bedtime-snacks.html

  • Apologies to anyone following my music listening history and sees everything from Elmo and Fugazi.

  • Apologies to anyone following my music listening history and sees everything from Elmo and Fugazi.

  • After two days of public transit and traveling around downtown Portland and Seattle, I’m really …

  • After two days of public transit and traveling around downtown Portland and Seattle, I’m really …

  • On a packed bus and some lady is on speaker phone buying something and repeated her credit card …

  • More Seattle fun. We rode up to the top of the Space a needle with a load of Hindu monks. They were …

  • Me and my boy saw KISS in Seattle tonight!

  • Waiting for our…bus.

  • Figures. Haven’t taken the train in forever and now it’s going to be a bus ride due to a landslide.

  • Looks like Micro.blog forgot to fall back today, all the time stamps are an hour in the future.

  • Three years ago, I was recognized as an Italian citizen and I’m going to visit the Veneto region …

  • The paint I got on my watch yesterday unlocked memories of seeing similarly speckled paint on my …

  • “Dad, can we put the skeleton away? I don’t want Santa to be freaked out.”

  • Just began training the new person for my old job as a courtesy, and I got such a strong …

  • Being with your partner for a while is to know them. This morning’s convo with my wife went …

  • I got really tired of scratching up all my polycarbonate lenses so I sent in my WP frames to have …

  • I feel like Apple might’ve done something sneaky in the most recent update and removed my wife from …

  • So this happened. Happy Halloween! 🎃

  • Halloween Part 1: Preschool Batman. 🎃

  • Happy Halloween 🎃

  • Don’t wait to tell the world you love someone until after they’re dead.

  • What is the best concert you’ve ever been to?

  • The false advertising on Google’s hotel pricing is amazing. Even with actual dates plugged in, the …

  • It doesn’t happen all the time, but for the last several weeks or so, I have been ticking so many …

  • Somehow missed that my lil old car surpassed 150k. Knock on faux wood, but I’ve never had it in the …

  • Invariably, when I’m watching clips of the Rich Roll podcast, I find myself not even listening …

  • Searching for painted rocks at the park on this beautiful day.

  • My phone updated last night and the Journaling app showed up. And I’m sort of relieved there isn’t a …

  • As a musician, perhaps the most egregious example of my own ignorance that I’m willing to admit is …

  • Lows in the 30s this week. House is chilly and my little girl (21 months) keeps waking up, even well …

  • Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso…

  • Time to turn up the heat and put a nice tropical scene on the TV while I work on the couch today. 🌴

  • Project mystery machine in progress.

  • The teens at one of my lunch spots were playing Postal Service in the dining room. Wild to think …

  • Anyone use Smartsheet for project management? Thoughts?

  • One of those kinds of days.

  • A little old lady pulled up in a classic Porsche in front of the library. As she got out, I turned …

  • Heard a second and a half of Tainted Love on the radio this morning before I was able to change the …

  • I think this week we’re supposed to get the season finale of Invasion S2. I’m a sucker for these …

  • It’s amazing how long home improvement projects take me these days. Gone are the days the days of …

  • I caught some flack from family for not responding quickly enough to texts. Yo. I have two kids …

  • 20 years ago Elliott Smith took his own life. I think what I loved most about him was that he was …

  • It’s very odd when your Apple Watch asks you if you’d “like to start your day” after more than 30 …

  • From Peninsula Park this morning.

  • When you ask Siri to play OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) but it plays OPP, you just let it play.

  • Whenever I hear somebody say that the roads in Portland are awful, the only logical response is “so, …

  • I mean, there truly isn’t a better restaurant name in the region.

  • This is so obviously fake, but every time the memory pops up this time of year, I have a good laugh.

  • I see this kind of parking job in my neighborhood all the time. Do I be that guy who calls/reports …

  • I have a hard time taking companies like The Atlantic seriously in articles like this. I was a …

  • Just figured out that you can add custom emojis to saved Google map items. So, if anyone needs me, …

  • Pea soup on the morning commute. #pdx

  • The very large box my treadmill came in is coming in handy for Project Mystery Machine.

  • The air is crisp this morning (46°) and the sun is burning off the fog. There is piano jazz playing …

  • If you had to: Sit through an all-day active shooter training; or, Go on a date with someone whose …

  • It’s been a busy couple of weeks. But I guess life is just sort of busy now anyways. In no …

  • Sono stanco…

  • I was on a roll cooking and baking this afternoon. Definitely not a healthy food day, but the …

  • Fun new park in the area.

  • I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. I told him, ‘Don’t do it that …

  • Snagged a used KitchenAid stand mixer at Goodwill.

  • Someone out here living my alternate reality dream 😂

  • Walking around outside the courthouse and there are 4 or 5 wedding parties…I guess Friday the 13th …

  • Leaving for work on my last day after 6 years at this job.

  • Rolled my ankle today on a walk during my lunch break. It’s sore but very grateful I didn’t tear …

  • For some reason I have not been able to get the Tinylytics kudos buttons to show up on my Micro.blog …

  • Looking for fitness trackers for my parents. They’re reasonably tech savvy 60 something’s that use …

  • People from Michigan sometimes ask me how I deal with the rainy season in Oregon. What they don’t …

  • Pretty excited that Duolingo is coming out music and math courses.

  • Google Maps is always so buggy for me, especially when viewing aerial imagery. Crashes a lot, both …

  • Last night I went down one of those rabbit holes that led me to watching the Elliott Smith …

  • One of my favorite rock albums of all time is 2003’s Deja Entendu by the band Brand New. The album’s …

  • Setting up my new office space. A little bit darker than my old one, but it’s Fall on …

  • Europeans who complain about Americans forget that they made us.

  • On the list of things I didn’t care for as a child but love now are in-season pears.

  • We had a really fun weekend, decorating and spending time with friends at their family farm where we …

  • Where can I get a couple very large boxes for an art project? I looked at Home Depot and they …

  • Tutti would be an excellent name for an Italian Mastodon client.

  • IMO, Portland realtors should be subject to truth in advertising laws. Here’s a home listed as being …

  • Literally nobody cares 😂

  • The missus is away for a friend’s 40th birthday, so me and the kids picked up some Halloween …

  • If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So from my …

  • It’s amazing how often Mexican restaurants in the U.S. try to pass dishes off as vegetarian when …

  • Lately my body feels like it’s my enemy.

  • If anyone can recommend a treadmill, it would be appreciated. Looking on the used market but also …

  • There is this guy on YouTube I love whose channel is called CityNerd. He used to be a transportation …

  • Evidently I’ve reached the point in my DIY home improvement career that my wife has begun offering …

  • If you ever want some cheap entertainment, pack a lunch and head over to the parking lot of your …

  • I just finished up re-watching Season 1 of Arrival in its entirety with my wife on Tuesday night …

  • More rambling on housing affordability Real estate prices have been going down a little, but affordability is still a major issue. For …

  • Another parent at my kids’ preschool drives one of those electric Porsches. Every time I pull up …

  • I added a second phone line on my iPhone for work. I used a budget MVNO called Tello for $10/mo …

  • I was listening to a podcast this morning that used the phrase “toxic positivity” to describe …

  • Holy crap, that national alert just scared the bejeezus out of me. Thought the aliens had arrived.

  • Having been in a software developer heavy social media world for the last year (Mastodon et. al), …

  • The photos app is always showing me memories of all the fun times I had pre-kids! Halloween 2010, …

  • Some happy little Micro.blog news for me. I had been struggling to find a simple username I liked. …

  • Currently writing a personal bio as a professional introduction for other staff in my new …

  • In about a month I get to take my son to his first concert. Ever since watching the Scooby-Doo and …

  • Man, the Hudson Tower in Detroit is getting massive. What a beauty by SHoP Architects. Photo by …

  • Just got a second line for work on my phone with eSIM through Tello. Surprisingly easy and …

  • This album dropped 28 years ago this month and it rocked my 14-year-old world.

  • Does the iOS share sheet to the Micro.blog app work for anybody? This is what I get no matter what I …

  • I have the hardest time remembering how to spell the word for ‘weekly’ in Italian: settimanalmente. …

  • Hopefully, as we mature, we reach a certain point in our lives when a combination of self-awareness …

  • I heard Saddle Mountain in the Oregon Coast Range is back open. I miss that hike. It’s a few years …

  • Signed up for a premium Micro.blog account to host audio, so here’s a quick and dirty test. A …

  • Getting into the spirit. #halloween

  • This Michigan-Nebraska game is a blowout.

  • At the in-laws’ place for my FIL’s birthday. This view will never get old. Columbia River looking …

  • I can’t name a single song of Paul McCartney’s since 1980’s “Wonderful Christmastime”. Pretty …

  • Reminder to always look at insurance billing in detail. Just had a crown put in and the dentist …

  • Imagine being such a megalomaniac that you start a magazine and put yourself on the cover every …

  • Dad, this is like a chicken nugget potato. It’s crispy on the outside, potato on the inside! ~My …

  • This is my lunch. Taquitos and chocolate milk. -my wife

  • It’s amazing how critical we can be of ourselves and our art. All these years of playing guitar and …

  • Played a 00017 today. It was a return at guitar Center. Nice Guitar for the money. Ultimately passed …

  • Yesterday I got the news that after a nearly 5-month background check, I got my security clearance …

  • Without a beard I’m feeling very Bill Murray-esque. Of only I had the personality.

  • Ah yes, the $1000/mo student loan payments are back.

  • I don’t care if it rains or freezes Long as I’ve got my plastic Jesus Sitting on the …

  • Finally got the garage mostly cleaned up today. Living in a small house, our family’s spillover ends …

  • Yesterday we went to the rhododendron garden in Sellwood for the first time. Today, me and the wife …

  • Shaved my face for the first time in maybe a decade and people keep looking at me strange…including …

  • First day of seasonal depression.

  • I have very evidently entered the phase of adulthood where everyone I know in the Northwest is …

  • Weekly Update, Sept. 22 The kids are watching a movie (Spy Kids: Armageddon) and my wife is off with her girlfriends paddle …

  • Every once in a while, a lyric so profound hits you in the face so hard that you never forget it: …

  • Day 22: Road. Snapped this while walking from 10 Barrel Brewing to Pioneer Square for the Built to …

  • Eastern Oregon is as backwards as anywhere.

  • I see that Nikon has released a retro camera called the Zf. Looks neat. I wish Canon would do the …

  • I think I was going into overload trying out all the various federated platforms and blog options. …

  • Some thoughts today: Sometimes a breakfast burrito can reorient the direction of a bad morning and …

  • Some jaggoff has a trombone at the neighborhood park, and you know what? I’m here for it.

  • Every time I hear Joe Biden say ‘Bidenomics” I cringe.

  • Having one of those types of days where you kick a whole lot of ass but now it’s 7:30 and time to …

  • You don’t need to be a land use planner to figure out there are probably some untidy loose ends …

  • 20 ounces of coffee down, 20 more to go. ☕️ #monday

  • Finally got my first “but you can’t be X years old, you look so young!” Karma really is a b, folks.

  • Get things done around the house or go on an adventure, that is perpetually the Sunday question.

  • Tore out a cabinet soffit from the ceiling and ripped out the side wall to replace some leaky …

  • Does Micro.blog defederate with abusive or racist Fediverse instances?

  • You ever been so mad at a family member that you don’t think you can ever forgive them? That’s where …

  • Finished watching Foundation Season 2 tonight. I guess I’m going to have to read the books because I …

  • Lunch break heaven @ Thunder Road

  • Considering shaving my face today for the first time in perhaps 10+ years.

  • Growing some pumpkins for my munchkins. 🧑‍🌾🌱

  • To be perfectly honest, I thought Sidecar for iPad was sort of gimmicky when it was first announced. …

  • Occasionally I erroneously think that I’m not that out of touch with music. Then I randomly come …

  • September photo challenge: statue.

  • Next week marks the 20th anniversary of my father’s death. This is a weird one for me in so many …

  • Anxiety as a parent and raising good humans As a parent with anxiety, I can already tell that raising two young children to have confidence in …

  • The spirit begins early around here.

  • Today’s hike.

  • I started reading a book in Italian last night called Short Stories for Beginners. I was pleasantly …

  • One of my favorite songs of all time. Windows by Angel Olsen.

  • I learned something over the weekend. After a lot of research and forum browsing, I learned that my …

  • Beautiful day at Cape Lookout.

  • Today I played some higher end small body guitars trying to see what might sound similar to my Art …

  • It’s fun watching Zoomers misattrubute things to millennials. Just saw a meme complaining that …

  • Mood. But they’re playing “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton. And just like Phoebe Bridgers said, I …

  • That whole 7-year itch thing is very accurate for me. I start to get really bored with wherever I am …

  • Walking back from a coffee shop in Nob Hill this afternoon, I saw this beautiful home and decided to …

  • It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

  • We’re getting a little taste of fall this morning in the Portland area, with the overcast skies and …

  • Personally, I think Google’s best product is News, by a long shot. After 20 years of harvesting my …

  • Pumping my own gas for the first time ever while in Oregon. #pdx #oregon

  • When your old 1st Gen iPad Pro is commandeered and de facto inherited by your children.

  • My only criteria for friendship is an ability to use “its” or “whose” properly. Apparently I’m …

  • Autobiographical: Twenty-Year Anniversary of a Course Correction I had a flashback this morning as I was getting the kids ready for school that reminded me of a time …

  • It’s a Waylon & Willie kind of morning.

  • One of the many things we do as planners…connect neighborhoods with bike/ped facilities for safe …

  • I’ve always been left of center politically, but there’s a quote often credited to Reagan that I’ve …

  • I’ve thought about making video content as a side gig but I don’t think I can look at my own face …

  • I think I need a new method to organize my favorite locations. Ugh this gives me anxiety lol.

  • Summertime and the livin’ is easy.

  • Whenever I feel like I don’t have enough, I try to meditate on the thought that my maternal …

  • Japanese Breakfast at Pioneer Courthouse Square. #pdx

  • Built to Spill at Pioneer Courthouse Square. #pdx

  • One thing the Portland region should absolutely be embarrassed about is how many of our light rail …

  • Arizona Bay I was having a text conversation with my brother this evening. He hadn’t heard of ChatGPT yet, so I …

  • Got my cheap-o guitar back from Portland Fret Works. I had some Waverly tuners installed that I had …

  • Some days I absolutely feel like the subject of ‘Once in a Lifetime’ by Talking Heads. How prescient …

  • One of those Halloween stores opened up at Cedar Hills Crossing on or about August 1. What a time to …

  • Last year we lost our neighborhood Indian restaurant, our favorite. We were pretty upset when it …

  • It’s still 90° out at 10 p.m.

  • Likely heat island effect, but ugh. It certainly feels like 110°F. #pdx

  • I despise LinkedIn, but they get at least one thing right. There’s a setting to allow or disallow …

  • Happy birthday to my lovely, compassionate, hardworking, thoughtful, fun, and caring wife. My best …

  • Unfortunately, I have noticed my attention span being whittled away at slowly over the last 10 …

  • Follow-up visit to get the permanent crown fitted. I swear, these glasses they give you are purely …

  • We were talking to a young family at the park tonight who lives at some apartments in our …

  • For some reason, I am still experiencing disappearing text while writing posts using the official …

  • I dropped the cheap folk guitar off at Portland Fretworks last week to have them install the Waverly …

  • My favorite Paul Reubens character will always be Derek Foreal in the movie Blow. Thanks for the …

  • Since picking up that cheap Canadian folk guitar last week, I have been seriously considering …

  • Every time I walk by this giant redwood in these people’s front yard, I can’t help but chuckle a …

  • I have 6 invite codes to Bluesky. Not sure if anyone is actually still waiting on one, but let me …

  • Just noticed you can cross-post to Pixelfed now from Micro.blog. Nice!

  • The neglected cuttings I took into the office right before Covid: thriving. The plants I took them …

  • Sinopah Mountain from Two Medicine Ranger Station in Glacier National Park, July 24, 2021.

  • So, if I set up cross posting from Micro.blog to Mastodon and then set Micro.blog to import my …

  • Sometimes I feel bad when I’m a little late for work on in-office days. Then, invariably, people …

  • On our walk this afternoon. When the earth just starts taking things back. Reminds me of the World …

  • Lately I have been struggling deciding if I want to keep posting to my Micro.blog. There are parts …

  • Big Thief and Lucinda Williams didn’t disappoint. Hard to believe yesterday was our first full day …

  • Grateful to have this Japanese bakery nearby. Treated ourselves to some donuts this morning.

  • A memory popped up in my photos today of the time I sumitted South Sister, Oregon’s third tallest …

  • I’ve dealt with anxiety all my life. Despite this, I have a job that requires me to present to …

  • Hear me out: curry scalloped potatoes…

  • I hope the person who gets my job after I leave appreciates that I took 95% of the monotony out of …

  • Y’all ever had a peach so good you start reconsidering your nonbelief in god?

  • Dealing with hair loss is pretty emotionally uncomfortable in itself, but add scalp psoriasis to the …

  • Very excited to see Big Thief and Lucinda Williams at Edgefield this Friday! I haven’t been to a …

  • What bedtimes often devolves into in my household.

  • I never felt much like a country boy while growing up in rural Michigan, but sometimes I feel like …

  • Walked to the school playground for a bit and then to the nature park. Son was really interested in …

  • The whole fam aside from me has been sick for most of the week, so the house is a snotty mess from …

  • Thinking about volunteering as a bartender trainee in order to have a social life again.

  • It’s taken forever, but finally getting some ripened tomatoes.

  • My sleep game has improved so much over the last 6 months. After my younger brother died in 2021, I …

  • As I finished my last two staff reports today and sent them off for review, I realized the person …

  • Looking at all these 30-somethings with kids eschewing their childrens’ college savings in favor of …

  • There is this weird habit of planners and other urbanists to rag on suburbs in the Portland area, …

  • I get real weird vibes from people expressing interest in musicians only after they’re gone.

  • More and more, we live in a know-it-all culture where professionals are doubted and disrespected. …

  • Tonight’s dinner was mac ‘n cheese from a box and canned Hormel chili. Ain’t proud of it, but it’s …

  • Brady Bunch-like house on my walk around the neighborhood this morning.

  • We just found out our neighbors, who rent a townhouse behind us, are moving to Texas because they …

  • That feeling when you work for the government and the network serves up Acrobat instead of it being …

  • There is certainly something to be said about practice and hard work in music, but sometimes it can …

  • We got a little bit of rain today, which is out of character for this time of year, but always …

  • A beautiful deer we saw on our hike this morning at Cooper Mountain Nature Park.

  • Had a lot of fun celebrating my wife’s cousin’s wedding last night. Longest we’ve both been away …

  • Controlled chaos

  • Hanging out with my kids on a slow morning while listening to this absolute classic. 🎵 Turn on the …

  • Staying up far too late, watching S2 of The Bear.

  • A couple years back, when life was a little lighter. Lincoln City, OR.

  • Excuse the crude drawing, but when did it become socially acceptable for drivers turning right to …

  • It’s sort of hard to follow a Micro.blog account if you don’t have a link to your actual m.b page on …

  • One of the craziest things I never expected to experience as an adult is being part of a two-earner …

  • Still trying to exercise the negative thoughts out of my brain. Walked 3 miles this morning. Maybe I …

  • July can go to hell Normally I try to keep things fairly light and impersonal here. I may tend toward the dark or …

  • Some people will just never understand how much harder us folks with resting bitch face have to work …

  • I’ve been waffling between getting a Leaf and a small hybrid truck as my next vehicle. The answer …

  • Ironically, things really went downhill with my health since quitting smoking nearly 7 years ago, …

  • Apparently we also have our own See See Coffee now, too. So many changes lately.

  • Newest Breaskside Brewery location has officially opened. Still wish Matt’s BBQ hadn’t pulled out, …

  • Started watching Season 2 of Foundation not realizing they didn’t release the whole thing at once …

  • I did something a little strange today. I visited the place I’m considering as my final resting …

  • I dislike the phrase “emerging artist”. It seems to imply that you aren’t an artist until you’ve …

  • My neighbor, who has one kid, looked me dead in the eye and asked me how we afford to send two kids …

  • I have only one conspiracy theory: The makers of Q-Tips put crack cocaine in their cotton.

  • My main problem with cycling activists and lay urbanists is that many think it’s all about sidewalks …

  • I have my suspicions that the Apple Watch artificially lowers your VO2 Max if you’re a frequent dog …

  • “In the 70s, my interest rate was 17%” Ok, but…it was on 30k. Average home price here is $544,000. …

  • Whoever told me about the Japanese micro seasons calendar, you’re on my shit list. I copied them …

  • I think the reason it’s harder for me to make music is the same reason it’s hard for me to find …

  • Been trying for two days to explain what the word ‘Español’ means to my 4-year-old.

  • Is it as good as a Yeti? No idea. But I put this ice in at noon on Thursday.

  • Likely selling my mirrorless camera after this trip. I haven’t taken it out once, and it’s just an …

  • Went on a nice hike today, but my kids really tested my patience. 1.5 and 4.5 year old kids, day …

  • If a restaurant doesn’t have a baby changing station in their men’s room in 2023, they can be sure …

  • Camping the Southern Oregon Coast, Cape Blanco State Park.

  • Walked to the edge of the earth today with my dog. Well, the lower 48, anyway.

  • “What’s this one say dad, they must’ve been really good.”

  • Made it, and set up camp just before sunset.

  • The Firth of Forth, Scotland. More than a handful of years ago. Edinburgh definitely left an …

  • Vigo di Cadore, BL, Veneto: where my paternal great grandparents were from (Laggio). This is where …

  • Recovering after adventuring with my boy Long couple of days, but feeling more alive today after some rest and lots of coffee. Got in about 2 …

  • New Grand Central Bakery(!), Sizzle Pie, and Backwoods Brewery locations dangerously close to my …

  • Beautiful sunset in Seattle.

  • My step dad turns 60 this weekend, which is why I’m in Michigan from Oregon. My brother just got …

  • 16 years ago, London.

  • Feel free to add me: https://www.threads.net/@bryanrobb

  • Cross-country boys’ trip. This kid has probably been on more flights before he’s 5 than I did before …

  • Something that really bothers me about my Canon RP mirrorless is that the bokeh in the digital …

  • First ever solo trip with my son tomorrow, heading cross country back to the Great Lakes State. …

  • Did a good bit of cleaning up around the front garden beds this morning and fixed a sprinkler that …

  • I may have messed up my Micro.blog? Am I still showing up in the feed? Can someone comment if you …

  • One of the best things about journaling is that you can start off on a path thinking you know where …

  • Looking at the LinkedIn profiles of people I went to grad school with can be incredibly deflating. …

  • Currently reading: Incognito by David Eagleman 📚

  • Connected my Micro.blog bookshelf to Libby. Can you tell I have a 4-year-old? 📚

  • Perhaps I’m being a little too sensitive, but yesterday a superior of mine told me to tuck in my …

  • So looking forward to watching Season 2 of The Bear when I get back from my Michigan trip next week. …

  • Thank you, Andy!

  • 6 years ago, I proposed to my wife on a hike at the top of Cape Perpetua. The Oregon Coast is full …

  • Waiting for a the doctor to fit us in.

  • Someone is tuckered out.

  • We have an annual pass for the Oregon Zoo. We can hop the train from our house to avoid the parking …

  • Farmers Market. Gorgeous day out here.

  • One super shady practice by Oregon realtors is the almost universal inclusion of unfinished basement …

  • My property abuts two roads that don’t connect. My yard is often the shortest path between two …

  • I’ve never been much of a pop music fan, but I can’t help but rock out when Try Sleeping With a …

  • I grew up in a very poor neighborhood in Saginaw, Michigan. I lived in a 900 square foot house with …

  • Apologies for swapping instances, yet again. My waffling stemmed from an inability to cross-post to …

  • The final piece of the puzzle on my guitar build: a flipped Telecaster control plate with push-pull …

  • I didn’t get to drywalling the kitchen ceiling yesterday. As I was squaring up some existing drywall …

  • Me: Stands for 6 straight hours working on drywall and plumbing in a ceiling Apple Watch: “Time to …

  • “Sympathy for the Devil” is kind of a mess, musically. A beautiful mess.

  • I was never much into serated pocket knives, but I love this Little Native. My first Spyderco.

  • My 18-month-old sleeps great at night, but she has a hard time napping by herself during the day. My …

  • Just got home a little bit ago from a barbecue at my in-laws’ house. They had a Costco size bag of …

  • It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to conquer anything this big in terms of home projects. …

  • Exposé, Mission Control, Stage Manager…. I still use Hot Corners. Nothing can break me of it!

  • Here’s a photo of me (center right) and my brothers with my stepdad (~1992), rocking an undershirt …

  • I don’t know if it’s a result of my upbringing, or just a desire to do something with my …

  • Given the weather at the coast was questionable today, we decided to head out to the Columbia River …

  • Few things bother me more than land use planners peddling the same ideas or practices over and over …

  • Fun fact about me: I was named after my dad, but he left my mom when I was 2 years old. Later, he …

  • NYTimes: Your special introductory rate is changing from $6/mo to $25/mo NYTimes after I start the …

  • Doing my meal planning, I decided it’s been too long since I’ve had poutine. A lot of places in …

  • Started the gardening year late, but I think we’re gonna be okay. My tomato plants have grown quite …

  • One thing I really wish Apple would do is force in-app browsers to follow rules you’ve setup within …

  • Rule No. 1 as a land use planner: be very careful what you tell real estate agents.

  • Remember that the biggest predictor of work happiness is nonwork happiness. I have witnessed this …

  • Despite getting a lot of rain 8 months out of the year, the PNW gets virtually zero precip during …

  • People are often surprised to learn that I have Italian citizenship because I don’t look like a …

  • I created some iOS shortcuts awhile back that check Pitchfork’s Best New Music RSS feeds, presents a …

  • A peaceful morning walk with my first-born.

  • Current home improvement project: removing a soffit in my kitchen. It only took me 7 years to get …

  • Any other eldest siblings of the 80s and 90s wish they would’ve had some musical guidance during …

  • What do you want to be when you grow up? On the drive to school this morning, the kids were being unusually quiet, so I asked my 4-year-old …

  • Hard to believe I’ve had my car for 10 years, almost a quarter of my life. Just waiting for that …

  • Can someone create a guitar tuner app that’s accessible from iOS control center?

  • I did a Barre3 class with my wife this morning and it really helped me understand how my personal …

  • I’ve started selectively blocking JavaScript with a Safari extension, mostly on news sites. Just …

  • Is participation in the Micro.blog timeline an all or nothing affair? I saw the update about …

  • Yesterday at the park.

  • I experience this thing where people talk over me all the time at work and it causes me to not want …

  • I had some issues with incompatible pickup screw sizes, but I got most of my Telecaster build put …

  • Every once in a while, that sentimental feeling creeps in, and I miss the friendships and …

  • Folks on the East Coast are getting a small taste of what the West Coast has experienced every year …

  • This is what I mean about men’s sizes not making sense to me anymore. This is a 2XL. I realize I’m …

  • As humans, we get so easily accostomed to things. Whether great or awful, almost anything can become …

  • If I could talk to my teenage self If I could talk to my teenage self, I would try to convey just how much value there is in being in a …

  • One bummer about not being an early adopter of Micro.blog is that my first name is taken as a …

  • One of my favorite lyrics: A good woman will pick you apart A box full of suggestions for your …

  • Trying to remain grateful for what we have despite feeling like we're outgrowing our house. I bought my house in 2016 before I was married or had kids. Coming from the Midwest, housing prices …

  • After napping on me for 2 hours, she was all cheery this afternoon.

  • Having been on Bluesky for a couple weeks now, I can see that it’s turning out to be a carbon copy …

  • There are few things I miss more than summer weekends on a lake somewhere in northern Michigan. …

  • You folks who put links to longer blog posts in your timeline posts, how do you do that? I know if I …

  • What’s one band you used to listen to (or still do) that never got any traction in terms of …

  • One rabbit hole I find myself in sometimes is looking up bands who disbanded or who had one or two …

  • That Bill Burr bit where he talks about his wife finding open days on the calendar and filling them …

  • First harvest.

  • Just learned there’s a Zappa documentary from a couple years back on Hulu. Guess I know what I’m …

  • I sat in a fast food joint for an hour recently because our wifi was out and it is shocking how many …

  • In today’s algorithm headaches, three artists Apple Music just won’t stop trying to play for me as a …

  • People at 80% area median income spend 20% of their monthly budget on cars in the U.S. #cnu31

  • Spotted a pretty good dust devil at the ball fields.

  • It’s been too long since I’ve had one of Barb’s burgers at the Polish Hall in Grand Rapids, …

  • I keep getting these Uber notifications not related to me ordering a ride. Uber Eats, discounts, …

  • @monday In keeping up with the Micro.blog trend, I have just one state left to visit: Alaska I’ve …

  • Spent a good chunk of the weekend cleaning the house and making the yard look presentable because we …

  • My week in review - An Elephant in the Delta Waves …

  • Tomorrow is my 8-year work anniversary. Total time warp feeling.

  • Ended up having so many healthy tomato starts that I gave a half dozen to my neighbors. I have too …

  • Our roses are looking pretty good this year.

  • I’d like to thank our janky office printer for helping me hit my step count today.

  • I almost never see replies in my timeline. Are people really that diligent about changing replies to …

  • Years ago, an old coworker taught me to always save those kudos you receive from coworkers, business …

  • A friend started talking about the old Kmart on State Street in Saginaw. Got me thinking about all …

  • Today I start working on a task I asked someone else to do a year ago.

  • I need to put a self ban on looking at Zillow listings in the Midwest.

  • Beautiful day on the Oregon coast.

  • Remembering my brother today and every day.

  • And while I’m old-man ranting, have you seen the eye rolls they give you nowadays when you refuse …

  • Has anyone seen the price of deodorant lately, or are we all collectively ignoring that along with …

  • Perhaps the biggest difference I’ve noticed between suburbs in the Pacific Northwest versus those in …

  • Yesterday was hard to beat.

  • I almost always feel awkward taking videos on my phone. But I have never regretted having even just …

  • Sick kids again.

  • All you folks who eat fish and seafood, were you born without tastebuds? I can barely stand the …

  • Mac ‘n cheesin’

  • An annual zoo membership is the best bargain in town when you have a couple little ones.

  • Is there no way to mute keywords on #bluesky?

  • I’ve been thinking about new volunteer opportunities I could do and I think Habitat for Humanity …

  • I should know better at this point to never wear light colored shirts. My kids are always using me …

  • It’s been a couple years now and you’d think Apple would’ve fixed their weird glitch where the Apple …

  • I had to quit certain social media sites long before a certain dude took over, simply because of …

  • An absolutely perfect Portland evening for some back porch lounging.

  • Sometimes I think it would be cool to have a Jeep or a Bronco to take to the beach. But let’s get …

  • Never thought I’d say this, but I’m ready for my son to be past the Scooby Doo phase. Watching every …

  • Took a chance on the Grammarly plugin for Outlook. Verdict: the free version is unusable. Anyone …

  • Nothing quite like the feeling of scrimping and making smart choices to put away over 50 grand into …

  • Got my tomatoes planted outside yesterday. Really wish I had more space because I only have room for …

  • Had kind of a weird day. Broke the news to my coworkers that I had taken a promotion in a different …

  • One crazy thing about taking stimulant medication as a person with ADHD is that it paradoxically …

  • I have neighbors who bought the house two doors down from us over 3 years ago now that I still have …

  • I swear, men’s shirt sizes are meaningless anymore. I can wear anything from a large to an XXL, …

  • S is away for a few nights for some much needed girls’ time, perhaps the longest she’s ever been …

  • PSA: Despite what the athletic and “athleisure” wear industry wants you to believe, underwear made …

  • I’ve been chewing a bit on the saying: “[don’t take] the path of least resistance.” Knowing full …

  • The first rose of the season. The Rose City isn’t just a fancy moniker.

  • This must be the place You ever look in the mirror and wonder, “who the hell is that?” Seems every day my beard gets a …

  • I know whenever my wife says we’ve got to put the kids to bed early it means she’s got some …

  • What started off as a trip to the library…

  • Anyone on Micro Blog run their own Mastodon instance and run into trouble authenticating for cross …

  • My 4 year old yesterday: “I’ve had a really hard day mom, I just need to lay in the hammock for …

  • Met up with an old friend downtown yesterday. It was nice to get out of my bubble.

  • Watching Silo on Apple TV+.

  • It’s every parent and pet owner’s favorite night of the year: the air show. /s

  • Not really sure why I wear an Apple Watch anymore when it’s just sort of a daily reminder of how out …

  • Just washed my car today. Pollen.

  • One of the most unfortunate things about public sector urban planning is that we tend to farm out …

  • Still hoping to check out Bluesky if anyone has an extra invite.

  • We’ve had a couple of car break-ins over the last year. I caught them on the security cameras but …

  • My wife asks me at least once per week if the shirt I’m wearing is new, even when I’ve owned it for …

  • I wonder about those in my industry who hire people who have bounced around to a new job every 1-2 …

  • Who needs ChatGPT when Google Photos randomly creates slideshows of pizzas I’ve eaten over the past …

  • “Okay daddy, I’ll go to sleep but I’m NOT tired.” Truth be told, my favorite part of the day is …

  • One sad thing about getting older is that now when I wear a polo on a 90+ degree day, I just look …

  • 3 of the ‘best lake towns in the U.S.’ are within driving distance of Portland - …

  • Waiting for a haircut today, I decided to grab a quick lunch. With so few choices, I figured I’d …

  • Sometimes I initially feel bad when I’m a few minutes late to my job in the morning. But then when …

  • It’s crazy to me that the only apparent way to circumvent the product-steering happening on Amazon …

  • I have a Strava account that I started pre-kids when I was a lot more active and going on lots of …

  • Got all the yard work done. Got a new-to-us lawn mower from my wife’s coworker who is moving into a …

  • Definitely going to have some tomatoes this year.

  • Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers. Hope you get pampered today.

  • An awesome day. Got out to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge before it got too hot and hiked a …

  • Off to do a little hike with some friends in Ridgefield, WA. There’s a nature reserve there along …

  • I ended up accepting the promotion yesterday and I’m actually pretty excited about it. Initially I …

  • I recently switched over 100% of my microblogging from Mastodon to Micro.blog. I thought I would …

  • In a reflective mood tonight. Just 14 years ago I graduated during the Great Recession and landed in …

  • Somehow I missed that Michael Hurley is opening for Horse Feathers on Sauvie Island later in the …

  • Fun fact: I applied for and received a grant a few years back for a 3,200 gallon cistern that …

  • Is it just me, or is SMS spam getting out of control?

  • I was offered a promotion today in a different department but I’m not sure if I should take it. …

  • Planted my zucchini starts outside last week and I worried it might be too cold for them. Now we’re …

  • We had some pictures taken over the weekend and I’m really happy with how they turned out. Jenkins …

  • One perk of taking the kids to preschool/daycare every morning is that on the way home I …

  • These clearer, warmer, longer days are everything right now.

  • Rocking my daughter sleep, listening to some chill music. Looking forward to seeing Lucinda Williams …

  • Although the view from inside a car may be perfectly clear, glare obscures us from outside. We know …

  • I can’t believe I’m raising my kids in a country where, in just a few years, they will be …

  • A coworker lost her mother over the weekend. It wasn’t completely unexpected, but that still …

  • Went to the post office today to mail a package to my mom. I’m always struck by just how shabby our …

  • We’re training her for the X Games.

  • We had our friend Alyssa watch our kids for a few hours today so we could have some time to …

  • Spring is still being moody but the redbuds are in full bloom.

  • Four food carts just opened in an underutilized industrial spot within walking distance of my house. …

  • This month marks 8 years since I moved to Oregon, and the same for my work anniversary. Time flies!

  • Just realized I think I put half and half instead of milk in my daughter’s sippy cup for daycare. …

  • I guess our house is the one all the neighborhood kids like to crash.

  • Middle Age Experience My wife and I are watching Fleishman Is in Trouble on Hulu and I’m really impressed by the writing. …

  • I have this habit of planting too many veggie starts because I think I’m going to kill them all. But …

  • One of the occupational hazards of being an urban planner is that you’re constantly being critical …

  • Went down a rabbit hole tonight reading my first blog on Livejournal, the first entries of which …

  • Watching the Tigers on TV and it’s cool to see the Hudson’s tower begin to rise over the outfield. …

  • Some unusually nice days this week in Portland. Decided to get up early and head over to the Oregon …

  • What’s one thing you used to love that you just don’t anymore? For me, I used to love staying up …

  • Have to applaud Cursive for performing their Domestica album two days in a row at one of Portland’s …

  • 90°F in my 2nd level office today. Ashamed to admit I broke down and turned on the air conditioning. …

  • Had a scammer try to buy $600 in nonsense from a pharmacy 2,000 miles away this morning. Glad I got …

  • Getting back into Duolingo lately and thought I was doing so well that I’d try watching foreign …

  • It’s a point of pride for me that I treat people with kindness and respect. However, I get a kick …

  • As a man of above average height, it will never stop being funny to walk into a restroom and see a …

  • Not exactly sure why, but I get some sort of strange gratification pulling up next to Teslas and …

  • Why yes, those are my frozen corn dogs in the office freezer. I am an adult, I swear.

  • Overheard my kid today while working from home: “Mom, I need to see if there are any Weird Al …

  • I’m having a difficult time learning Italian possessive adjectives (my, hers, his, theirs, etc.). I …

  • Sometimes I like to watch old interviews with musicians. Often I’m surprised by how different my …

  • In addition to our outdoor winter garden, I planted some starts a week and a half ago with my son, …

  • Say what you will about how technology has ruined this or that, here’s a list of places where I’ve …

  • I’ve been learning Italian and I love how Italians say okay…..like “okayee”.

  • Got tired of replacing the batteries on my mouse, so I got this thing - not sure if anyone has seen …

  • Weeded the second garden bed yesterday, feeling like I got hit by a truck today. Love getting older.

  • My child (left) having a full on meltdown after watching Super Mario Bros. because the arcade only …

  • My 4 y.o. son kept referring to “goose tape” this past week and I had no idea what he was talking …

  • Finally getting my garden into some sort of shape. Weeded this box, added some compost, soil …

  • A mural I spotted in New York last week. #nyc #streetphotography #mural #einstein #cycling #love …

  • Had such a wonderful time in New York. Can’t wait to go back. #nyc

  • What a great city. #philly

  • “And did you know the Liberty Bell is a replica Silently housed in its original walls And while its …

  • Jeff Bridges is 73. Not sure why that surprises me, but it does.

  • I don’t think I can forgive Polar Seltzer for switching form 12 packs to 8 packs and keeping the …

  • West coast consumer price index is up 15% since January 2021, yet my place of work decided to reduce …

  • I wonder what the growth impact will be in the long term.

  • Realized today that between quitting smoking a little over 6 years ago, and not having a car payment …

  • As a parent, I’m horrified by mass shootings and live in fear for my kids. What perplexes me however …

  • We’re starting to think about our plans for Portugal and Italy next year with the ultimate goal of …

  • Today was one of those days where all of my next steps on a project are awaiting other people to …

  • It’s 2023 and I still have male coworkers whom only ever talk about sports when interacting with …

  • Two shower thoughts tonight: 1) I have an absolutely awful memory for celebrity names and I don’t …

  • Life would be a whole lot more entertaining if we could comment on Zillow and Redfin listings.

  • You ever realize someone is still alive that you thought left this world a long time ago? Noam …

  • More often than not anymore, I find myself foregoing bringing my mirrorless camera due to the …

  • I wonder how much of the day-to-day grind famous and wealthy people do for themselves. Like do they …

  • Started taking a new ADHD med again, which means I have slept a total of about 2 hours the last 3 …

  • Just asked ChatGPT to rewrite Paradise City in iambic pentameter. I’ve never been so impressively …

  • Really would love to have an activity tracker that fits completely hidden below a regular …

  • One hazard of taking stimulants for ADHD is that I’ll sometimes get sucked very deeply into podcasts …

  • Until recently, I’d always thought that the question “what is the meaning of life?” was used solely …

  • Witnessing a conversation unfold online about how more men need to support women’s college sports. …

  • Had an architect friend recently crap on neo-traditional home designs, calling them pastiche. This …

  • Hillsboro has nice stuff. Spent the morning and early afternoon swimming at Shute, played at the …

  • Finished modding my Jazzmaster a few weeks ago, so I was on the lookout for my next project. I have …

  • Quite a few years ago now I used to listen to the Minimalists podcast, but stopped when they started …

  • Someone please make this winter stop.

  • Here’s a fun one. Ratio of Median Sale Price of Single-Family Homes to Per Capita Income, by Metro …

  • You know the old saying, “better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and …

  • Back home in Portland after a week in San Diego. We rented an amazing mid-century modern ranch in …

  • #Today was a good day.

  • A few years back, I hadn’t even heard of Dave’s Killer Bread. And now that it’s ubiquitous, I have …

  • Picked up tickets to see Lucinda Williams and Big Thief at Edgefield this summer. Can’t wait! I’m …

  • We’re flying out of PDX on Wednesday to meet my Michigander parents for a week long vacation in San …

  • One of the more embarrassing things for me about getting older is finally “understanding” something …

  • Sometimes, when I start to get sad toward the end of winter, I just pull up driving tours on YouTube …

  • Just helped my neighbor, who is a Spaniard, chain up his car to go retrieve his stranded girlfriend, …

  • Thinking back to my first sociology class at University of Michigan in 1999. It was a social …

  • Yesterday I thought I lost one of my favorite pocket knives. I looked all over for it, retracing my …

  • My photos app reminded me I saw Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Loving Touch in Ferndale 9 …

  • I swear, anytime I’m anywhere near Scappoose, some redneck shit happens.

  • Watched the Unsolved Mysteries episode tonight about the UFO sitings by over 300 people in Michigan …

  • Just saw a lifted Prius with mudders in Washington.

  • My dog will eat fossilized cat poop out of a flower bed but won’t touch a pretzel to save her own …

  • Ford Motor Company not making the Ranger look more like a Bronco was a failure of epic proportions. …

  • Drove up to Bonny Slope in the western suburbs of Portland today. Had a hearing on a property …

  • As someone who went into 6 figures of student debt to get a graduate degree just to allow me to get …

  • I used to think I was either very good at washing my hands to avoid illness, or that I had an …

  • Environmental psychology is the study of how the natural and built environments shape us as …

  • Today I was thinking back to some conversations I had with my grandmother before she died. I was …

  • People sometimes seem like dogs in that we will gang up on a weak member of the pack. Even my …

  • Two settings iOS Safari still needs in 2023: 1) auto deny all but necessary cookies; and 2) block …

  • Although not quite on the same level as Salt & Straw’s Berry Slab Pie ice cream flavor, I just …

  • Always throws me off whenever I see anyone over 30 wearing children’s mall brands like American …

  • As much as I like Apple, I enjoy Google News’ content suggestions better than Apple News. Still, …

  • Keep seeing these videos of people being recovered from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. It’s all …

  • Just realizing I can mute people I don’t even follow. What a blessing!

  • Dunno if I’m just a jaded planner these days, but even being in the line of work that I’m in, …

  • I noticed that Warby Parker sells readers. Are people really spending a hundred bucks on the glasses …

  • Nice and sunny PNW day. Had to hit the food cart pod near my house for a beer and some grub. #today

  • Tried out #ivory and #mammoth the last couple months but I’m loving the #icecubes iOS client the …

  • How many more artists’ depictions of exoplanets and other space junk could we possibly need? I’m …

  • Maybe I’m weird, but I think Raisin Bran as a nighttime snack is underrated.

  • Our grocery loader had a ulilikilt this morning. First time seeing one in the wild. I don’t blame …

  • “In an odd twist, Astoria Chief of Police Stacy Kelly tells KOIN 6 News that the man, identified as …

  • My wife and I have read 3 to 5 books per night to our son since he was about 18 months old. Every …

  • I don’t eat Taco Bell very often, but when I do, you can bet it’s because there’s one located in the …

  • One of my favorite lyrics of all time: I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first …

  • TriMet is inviting local artists (#pdx) to submit their qualifications to design a full-color …

  • If it weren’t for bills and the occasional email from long lost friends, I’d probably just get rid …

  • Are there folks out there who actually leave their email notifications ON? Given that the vast …

  • It’s strange that I’m in my early 40s and I still have to pretty regularly remind people that I’m in …

  • Closing in on 8 years in this town and the only lasting friendships I’ve made are a couple of prior …

  • "You're living this very bare, stripped down life, and you're with your thoughts, and …

  • It’s sad to click on the Wikipedia page of an artist you’ve just discovered, only to have the first …

  • Sometimes I think about all of the incredible music created in the 80s and how I managed to be born …

  • Hate to see the economy suffer, but man, I hope home prices fall as a result of all these cuts. …

  • Not sure when middle age officially begins, but for me I think it started with refusing self …

  • Sure, the comment sections are bad. But what gets me is that each of those comments represent a real …

  • Not gonna name names, but imagine being the kind of celebrity who is only known to anyone because of …

  • It’s wild that I went so many years thinking Portland didn’t have any decent radio stations simply …

  • Why yes, those are my Totino’s pizza rolls in the office freezer.

  • 23° in Portland this a.m. This kind of weather gets west coasters acting all sorts of weird. Even …

  • Even as we approach our 5 year anniversary, my heart still sometimes skips a beat.

  • Did you know you can look up where you milk comes from with the code on the carton? I was curious …

  • Why I’ll never move to the country again. “Opinion | Can Anything Be Done to Assuage Rural Rage?” …

  • I guess Mr. Bungle is on tour. Everyone used to talk about the feud between Mike Patton and Anthony …

  • Looking at real estate in #Texas just for fun. As a Portlander, the housing there is cheaaaaap. This …

  • Being a parent has forced me to reevaluate so much of my own upbringing, in ways I don’t think I …

  • Don’t really understand the explosive growth of cordless power tools the last couple of decades. …

  • People today: “Something is just off about society after COVID. Can’t place my finger on it.” Also …

  • Someone is blasting Coheed & Cambria on the train like it’s 2003. #pdx

  • Google and #umich are taking away my unlimited cloud storage for alumni. This, after 10 years of me …

  • Any #hamradio operators in western Oregon? Just getting into #shortwave and was hoping to pick up on …

  • One day the world will see plank flooring like we now view linoleum over hardwood. Can’t stand it, …

  • Shake Shack really be like “Hey, go ahead and put in your own to-go order. That’ll be $50, how much …

  • Single-use plastic is awful, but we have got to figure out a middle ground between paper and metal …

  • Snowing in #pdx. Full on wtf this a.m.

  • Why do refried beans smell exactly like wet dog food?

  • Wow, guess I’m done using #ivory. That was short lived.

  • In 5th grade, me and my classmates in Midland, Michigan were each assigned a state and were tasked …

  • Finally made it into the Chef Store for the first time and my eyes are at long last awakened to …

  • Habitat ReStore will always be my happy place.

  • Will never understand people who do Zoom meetings and work calls at coffee shops. That should be a …

  • One positive about today is that I almost never see anyone smoking anymore. Maybe it’s just an …

  • When I was about 12, my parents took me and my two brothers to Niagara Falls. The cigarettes in …

  • I dunno if the title of this article made me feel better or worse: “A 5 p.m. sunset is just around …

  • Booked 4 nights at one of the last remaining campsites on the southern Oregon coast for middle of …

  • I’ve had the same Gmail address for going on 19 years. This is by far the longest digital …

  • Followed one conservative on the bird site this morning and within 10 seconds I saw a promoted tweet …

  • Every day while I’m standing at my standing desk. #applewatch #apple

  • Sometimes I have a really hard time not thinking that the entire hiring process for men is really …

  • “But one problem with pinning everything on Elon is that it leaves open the possibility that maybe …

  • Do I have to use my employer-sponsored FSA administrator? I get that it’s pre-tax deductions from my …

  • Last night I found this photo from 1986 in my grandmother’s belongings. It’s of me and my brother. …

  • Now that the Big Bang Theory is drawing greater scrutiny as observations from the James Webb Space …

  • I imagine for most people, watching video walking tours on YouTube is about as interesting as …

  • I wish there was a wearable activity tracker that looked more like the old Jawbones. So tired of …

  • I don’t know that I’ll ever fully adjust to the fact that you’ve gotta reserve campsites 6 months …

  • “I just feel like there must had been a time when the world had more...you know? Like mystery or …

  • Finished The White Lotus on HBO last night. Surprisingly, it sucked me in and held my attention to …

  • 52° and partly sunny. We’ll take it for January in Portland. #pdx

  • Really trying to reign in my gear acquisition syndrome (GAS), but heck if I don’t want a Fender …

  • Power went out last night, so I woke up trying to suck air through a CPAP hose that wasn’t providing …

  • Hanging out with my daughter on this #mlk day.

  • 4yo getting out of the tub: “Dad, can you unwet me?” “You mean dry you?” “Yeah, dry me!”

  • My household also pays double our mortgage on childcare every month.

  • No village here, can verify. “It takes a village to raise children. Millennial moms say 'there …

  • At the guitar shop and a teenager is playing Spoon Man by Soundgarden on an SG. I was a teenager …

  • How are there no Dr. Z amplifier dealers in Oregon? #guitar #guitaramps #oregon

  • Got my locked and dead car opened up and the battery on a charger. Battery had died last weekend bc …

  • My first disappointment with #ivory is that there’s no filter for media on profile pages. One of my …

  • I’m having one of those very rare days where my wife is away with both kids but I’m having trouble …

  • When you save a meme with Jesus in it and Google Photos asks if your deceased brother and Jesus are …

  • Is there anyone whose voice you heard for the first time just absolutely threw you? For me, it was …

  • Waiting on that unlikely phone call after 2 interviews for a job I was actually excited about. I was …

  • Skincare is not really a topic I’m accustomed to talking about as a dude, but I’ll be damned if my …

  • My car’s battery has been dead since Monday, likely because my son left the dome light on. On the …

  • I still have and occasionally use a couple of #MiniDisc recorders, strangely enough. Mostly …

  • Me opening #ivory for the first time: “My god, why is the text so large? Oh…that’s my system …

  • I think I’ve reached my quota for # of software developers I follow. Now accepting for social …

  • Well this is fun. Full list of license plates rejected by the Oregon DMV in 2022 …

  • Just made the mistake of putting on HBO’s Velma for my 4-year-old Scooby-Doo addict. Pretty sure he …

  • Our meal delivery service just sent us Hamburger Helper and billed it as French Onion Beef.

  • Can any Galaxy/Android users help me understand why, when I text short videos to my parents from my …

  • Alaska is the last of the 50 states I need to visit. Hard to fit that one in for a weekender, …

  • I hope the Matter standard someday supports security cameras. Would be nice to not have to cobble …

  • You know a site has problems when they still have links to Google+

  • I wish Redfin took better care of Walkscore.com after buying it. I remember being so excited about …

  • My 3100 gallon rain cistern is finally full as of this week. Last year it was full by the end of …

  • It’s been such a joy to watch you grow, witness your wobbly first steps, listen to your frequent …

  • The turnaround I’ve seen in Portland since moving here in 2015 is pretty dramatic. …

  • Finally saw my first in-line Apple Pay button on a paywalled news article. Now give us the option to …

  • As I cooked dinner tonight, I was struck by the fact that I have almost no memories of my dad …

  • Truly wondering if half my coworkers are using mouse jigglers today. #wfh

  • I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s the merging party’s responsibility to slow down or …

  • I like how we all just collectively ignore the fact that yoga studio ‘new student specials’ are …

  • One great thing about living in an oceanic climate: growing food year-round. Just pulled these out …

  • Dentistry feels like such a racket at times. My 70-something-year-old ex dentist said I definitely …

  • I was never able to get Portland Radio Project to come in over the air on my car stereo or at home, …

  • There’s a guy in CA with the same name as me who keeps trying to use my Gmail account as an alias …

  • My car is seemingly getting close to its last leg and wouldn’t start this morning. My wife and I are …

  • Sometimes when I’m milling about Metro #Portland I think about how shoddy some of the suburban …

  • We’ve been looking at real estate a little bit. I don’t understand how people afford Multnomah …

  • Every morning is like a game of whack-a-mole trying to make the phone notifications go away. I …

  • A little over a month until I’m 42, which happens to be how old Elvis was when he died. I just …

  • Looking back at my science classes growing up, so much stuff was taught like religion. Recently even …

  • If the condition in which our post offices currently exist is any indication as to the health of our …

  • Was thinking today that by the time my mom was my age (41), she already had one kid in college, …

  • At Kaiser Permanente in Beaverton bc my kid cut the webbing on his thumb with a tape measure. …

  • Was having a conversation with some coworkers and they said that their kids, who are adults, can’t …

  • At this point of the winter, I’m just looking forward to the middle of March when sun sets after 7 …

  • My 4-year-old: “Zoey just said ‘uh-oh’! “What? Dogs can’t talk dude!” “Yes she can! I heard her say …

  • Detroit is truly one of the greatest cities in the U.S. Living in the PNW the last 8 years, I miss …

  • If I had a Time Machine, I’d go back to the 60s and early 70s and fill it with pre-CBS Fender …

  • Speaking of movies, the first one I ever saw in theaters was The Boy Who Could Fly, in 1986 while I …

  • As a guitarist, the most disappointing part about watching Wayne’s World is when Wayne picks up the …

  • Took my 4-year-old to the taco truck tonight. Kid was bugging me about it all week. Definitely my …

  • New Outlook out of office reply: Sorry I missed your message. My wife is on another Every Plate kick …

  • Wife is on an Every Plate kick again (like Hello Fresh), and currently we’re on week 3. Someone …

  • Neat little detail in the #mammoth client.

  • How do some tech jobs get away with using #architect in their title? I remember some dude who was …

  • Anyone thinking about going to the APA conference in Philadelphia this year? I’m interested in …

  • Got a flu shot and a Covid booster today, one in each arm. 5 hours later, still no ill effects. …

  • I understand hashtags don’t work on M.b but what I don’t understand is why they don’t work when a …

  • Wish they made the Nissan Leaf in an AWD format. Front end is ugly but I can live with that. Too …

  • Watched White Noise on Netflix last night. Sort of a strange one, but I ended up googling one of the …

  • On a forum I follow, someone posted the ranking of large metros by urban density based on recently …

  • Finished reading: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Emil Frankl 📚

  • Quick outing today to shake off the lethargy, and Annie’s first hike as a walker!

  • I started going to the gym a couple months ago to improve my mental health. My times are not at all …

  • Not sure how I ended up following mostly programmers, maybe they’re overrepresented on the indie …

  • Sometimes I look at professional musicians who have small children and just wonder “how?”

  • My wife made the mistake of telling me the song to which she lost her virginity. There’s no limit to …

  • I’ve noticed that the cuter my 1-year-old daughter gets, the more people say she looks like my wife. …

  • Fun fact: my dog will eat almost anything but will not eat a pretzel if her life depended on it. …

  • I ended up leaving the Urbanists.Social Mastodon instance. Even though I’m an urban planner by …

  • Not sure where they get their artillery, but Aloha, OR sounds like a war torn country. Happy new …

2022

  • Wondering if I’ve got kidney stones or if it’s just gas 😳

  • Anyone have any good podcast recommendations that talk about guitar gear, particularly about the …

  • Not that I would ever even consider buying a Tesla, but I used to at least think they looked kind of …

  • My first guitar (1995). Japanese made Lotus strat. My mom’s taste in home decor was also chef’s …

  • Wife just realized her paychecks haven’t included the raise she got back in September. And this is …

  • Tried watching His Dark Materials last night with Shar and was absolutely bored out of my mind. …

  • Do we know how large the Micro.blog community is?

  • Conversation with my 3-year-old son: “Dad, can we get a lollipop after my shot?” “Yeah, we can stop …

  • Several times now, I’ve written and posted updates with Gluon and the posts have just disappeared …

  • People can be so small, lying for personal gain. I had a falling out with a long-time friend this …

  • Is there no way to know who follows your Micro.blog?

  • Seems to be about a 20-30 minute delay before replies to Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog become …

  • When I respond to someone’s post on Mastodon with my Micro.blog account, I can only see my replies …

  • Updated the bridge and neck on my Custom Player Jazzmaster. Took the adjustomatic off in favor of a …

  • Struggling lately with career vs. living a fulfilling life. Wishing me and my family could use our …

  • After all the shopping for others was done, papa got a couple gifts for himself this year. Upgrading …

  • Santa had a lot of fun this year.

  • How do people integrate their long form blogging with their micro blogging? All on the same platform …

  • Snuggled up on the couch watching Mickey’s Christmas Carol with my family. It’s not that often we …

  • Preparing for all of metro #portland to be brought to its knees tomorrow due to freezing temps and a …

  • TriMet offers free rides on New Years Eve: …

  • Today my dad would’ve been 64 had he not killed himself drinking and driving at age 44. Don’t be …

  • School lunch in 1999 was $1.25, so that’s what I used to get from my mom everyday. I used to blow …

  • Brought my #Fender Jazzmaster into Portland Music Company yesterday. It desperately needed a setup …

  • Thought I had macular degeneration for a few weeks there until I discovered that it was just my LG …

  • The 90s clothes I wore in my teenage years back on full force. I tried on some Levi’s of that ilk …

  • Having lived in the PNW for going on 8 years now, it’s pretty jarring whenever I hear someone from …

  • I would like to know why you still have to go digging deep into file trees in Microsoft Windows …

  • Happy that we got down to California and back for Thanksgiving before all the precip hit in the …

  • My son is going on 4 years old and we’ve kept his hair at a medium length for a couple years now. We …

  • Good lord is it hard making lasting friendships as a 40-something male. Doesn’t help that almost …

  • Almost conducted a poll asking where most people do their Tooting, but decided against it. #mastodon …

  • When someone says “get out of your comfort zone once in awhile,” but you live with chronic anxiety …

  • Just baked another loaf of rustic white. I love carbs. #baking #bread #dutchoven

  • We get to see Santa today and he asks my son what he wants for Christmas, to which he responds: “a …

  • Why is there no U.S. government run electronic payments system? It’s weird that we are heholden to …

  • Here’s the recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

  • I’ve never been much of a baker, but I am a bit of a rustic bread addict. So I decided to give this …

  • Test 1 2

  • TIL Dr. Dre is only about 3 years younger than my mom.

  • I finally spent a few hours over the last several weeks going through the 400+ password security …

  • I finally spent a few hours over the last several weeks going through the 400+ password security …

  • The clouds and rain bother some people, but living in Portland as a former Midwesterner is pretty …

  • The clouds and rain bother some people, but living in Portland as a former Midwesterner is pretty …

  • Is this...normal? Seems like a lot of activity in the Pacific.

  • Lingering place trauma : https://inthedeltawaves.social/2022/12/09/lingering-place-trauma.html

  • Lingering place trauma It was what feels like a lifetime ago, but I still have some lingering trauma left over from my …

  • Invariably, when I'm watching clips of the Rich Roll podcast, I find myself not even listening …

  • I’ve been keeping an eye on the housing market in metro Portland and I don’t think prices are going …

  • Environmentally unconscionable or not, paper plates might just save my marriage.

  • We just booked a family trip to San Diego in March to visit my sister-in-law. Having a trip in the …

  • Must be solidly in the middle aged marketing category now based on how many ads for insurance I’m …

  • Snapped this photo of Glacier National Park last summer as I rounded out states 46 through 49 on a …

  • Snapped this photo of Glacier National Park last summer as I rounded out states 46 through 49 on a …

  • Oops, figured something like that might happen. Imported my posts AND replies through RSS and then …

  • So…I know how to cross-post from Micro.blog to a Mastodon account, but what about the other way …

  • What are some of your go-to self care habits or treats to help you get through the darkest depths of …

  • A friend with no kids recently added me on Apple Watch to challenge each other and he was shocked by …

  • One thing I’m relearning as a parent of two young children is how to take better care of myself. As …

  • I’m Bryan and I live in #pdx #Oregon. I’m new to: #microblog / #mastodon / #fediverse. Never cared …

  • After literally weeks of trying to get the ActivityPub and WebFinger plugins to work on Wordpress, …

  • Early sunsets

  • Found some manzano / orange rocoto peppers at a local mercato. Figured I’d better try fermenting …

  • Tech support getting philosophical on me #ziply

  • Mercedes T2 811D fire engine spotted in the wild.

  • Just a couple cue ball headed punks. #minime

  • Had to break out the 20 oz hammer to get these open, but Pax had fun today with these Dino fossils …

  • The artist at work

  • This is where he requested to sit and eat his strawberries.

  • How easily life’s needless things pass to your periphery when purpose comes into focus. …

  • This weather.

  • “What I think is this: You should give up looking for lost cats and start searching for the other …

  • A boy and his mama

  • Sleepyhead

  • Nice day on the lake.

  • Bonding leave status update.

  • Baby Annette, 1.12.22

  • Sweet park

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  • Memorial Day Weekend Since I have Fridays off, I had a four day weekend due to the holiday today. I could use more of …

  • A Weight Being Lifted I find myself coming back to this place when I'm in transition. Now that I have some extra time, …

2006

  • September already and the nights are getting cold. I got the new TV on the Radio record and I'm …

  • End of Summer, End of Crap I've found my way back here because of an old friend who always has the right things to say. The …

  • One year left. Feels good to say that.

  • Turn, calendar, turn. What month is it, anyway? Loved and lost. Alive, but grown fat. Got a haircut, …

2005

  • my backyard today

  • so yeah, i'm leaving. did you know that?

  • Just a couple pictures from my trip Los Angeles, I’m yours But Newport is where the heart is

  • So this Tuesday I'm going to LA, and I'm pretty excited. I was a little bummed that we didn't have …

  • another one bites the dust Yet another contributor of Bryan's DNA in a long line of Barnette and Robb dead-beats, has died. …

  • it's felt so good to distance myself from this techy shit. i have 4 really crazy classes. i'll be …

  • I got an awesome quilt and pillow cases today from Target. <img …

  • guess who? <img src="img.photobucket.com/albums/v4… alt="Image hosted by …

  • 1988-1991 Did you ever “french roll” their pants when you were a kid? I just thought of that and …

  • I'm pretty much freaking out as to where I'm going to live after summer is over. Should I rent a …

  • struck by a thought while in bed A simple Google search for the terms "defense spending" (in quotes) returns 477,000 …

  • Those damn Nigerians... Do some people actually fall for these scams? Is there really that one guy out there who logs into …

  • fresh ink I'm finally doing it. I'm attempting to write again, and not just in a rambling, psuedo-poetic sense …

  • getting drunk on a monday tuesday. weird. we were supposed to take the boat out on the lake today …

  • i want some netflix friends. if you've got it, let me know.

  • i would really like to hang out with someone today. maybe go to a park if it's nice out. swings! …

  • everything in its right place four hundred pages into crime and punishment in two days. it's been sitting in my library for about …

  • journal of an american psycho, part 2 been a while, old friend.  clean slate?  tell that to the ghosts.  they've been …

  • so two nights ago i got my ass beat by four dudes. life rules.

  • you know it crisp grace notes like a flowing falsehood flavored to taste after brazen attempts to pare film on …

  • 32 Previously unrecorded Jackson Pollocks announced by Alex Matter check it out

  • Today I volunteered my services (and my truck) to a girl that was moving and hadn’t a way to …

  • After last night's disappointing SNL, I decided to make a cigarette run. I pulled out from the fill …

  • Various shots taken on my road this afternoon

  • "life isn't a bitch, life is a beautiful woman/ you only call her a bitch 'cause she won't …

  • education is overrated   Finals week is always a blessing. I'm apparently the reigning champion of …

  • My baby brother is a <b>bad ass</b> Everybody, do me a favor and: a)go to google b)copy this—-> Camp Striker Iraq "Bradley …

  • <b>i could only dream that this become a reality</b>

  • My brother is coming home on leave from Iraq in a couple of days. It's going to be nice to see him. …

  • It’s so cold in this house. This weekend is supposed to be nice. Exams will be over. Sunny and …

  • I shaved off my head like a monk today. Liberating.

  • So I have been reading Bluebeard; thank you for that. I'm taking it in chunks because I like to read …

  • walls painted, floor 85% installed cleaning out/throwing away all of the boxes i left here from before i moved to florida. funny, i …

  • journal of an american psycho, part 1 today i woke to the sound of my focus-challenged, seventeen-year-old brother, and my 43 year-old …

  • <b>Like eating glass</b> It's times like these that I'm glad that I don't keep a lot of personal possessions. I'm moved out …

  • As I lay in bed this evening trying desperately to fall sleep I happened across two thoughts: A) …

  • wouldn&apos;t it be wonderful if everything was meaningless (pedro&apos;s title, bryan&apos;s prose) i spent the afternoon and much of the evening right here much of the morning too the sun hid for the …

  • only three days left!

  • today is so so gorgeous. just thinking this is what people of san diego get everyday is motivation …

  • <font size=&quot;+1&quot;>uh oh, bryan</font> derek: I went to listen to a Salsa station on my radio derek: lazy mexicans derek: it's not up and …

  • what it&apos;s like to croak through everlasting winters, siding with escape Last night the fill station attendant wore a thigh-length, faux fur coat, a garment whose strands …

  • I returned from a trip a couple of weeks ago only to find something written on the living room wall. …

  • I've been a bit worried as of late, worried for myself, maybe something that has never existed …

  • I had this bizarre dream last night. It's funny because I don't normally remember my dreams, but …

  • when women stop carrying mirrors it's not everyday that i'm drawn to someone's personality and demeanor just as strongly as i'm …

  • ...right where you&apos;re standing I'm dreading my return to Lansing. I'm absolutely 100% tired of my roommates. 2/3rds of them are …

  • save me from this retchedness! lend me your couch! lend me your reference!

  • If there is someone on your friends list you would like to take, strip naked, tie them to a bed …

  • I had a dream that I was driving in someone else's car, and that person was with me telling me bunk …

  • i'm officially 24, thus officially old. actually my birthday was yesterday but i worked that day. …

  • The self is overrated What's the big deal with individuality? If you ask me, it's more just a means to an end, a reason to …

  • <u>Who I&apos;m.</u> I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I'm completely, utterly afraid of commitment, almost …

  • Today is a beautiful day. I love it when I rise with the sun, fully rested and in high spirits. I've …

  • the days go in and out like the alarm clock in my room... …trial separation from the life i once knew man, i never update anymore. i should start …

2004

  • I feel like I'm a robot.  Not in the trendy way, either.Routine. Zeep. Zip. Beep. …

  • The last few days its been inhumanely cold. 0 degrees, 3 degrees, -4 degree windchill, etc. today …

  • Will The Last Hipster Please Turn Out The Lights? New York cool dies its thousandth death. A satire He flicks his cigarette over the ledge. “It’s one of those things you think couldn’t happen here, …

  • I've moved so much, and moving around is degenerative to my goal. But the idea of a Hindi sannyasi …

  • i wanna jump, jump, jump! back like stargazing a rhythmic thump. thump. with a plastic-soled shoe …

  • OKAY. HI. Can anyone empathize with this: when things are going really well you just feel like …

  • people, please answer: who is your cell phone provider? are you satisfied with your service? …

  • a michigan drive [bullet holes] [the orchard out my bedroom window] [backyard west] [backyard east] [an all …

  • so this is where boredom takes you: so i'm looking through history pages to see what has happened on my birthday, february 20th, …

  • "I have an existential map.  It has 'you are here' written all over it." …

  • "He found that he was often angry…that they were satisfied with their lives which had …

  • had a pretty damn good weekend at the new place. can't wait to move down for sure. started painting …

  • today i went to ABC warehouse and asked them how much it would be to install a car stereo. they said …

  • habit m akes us happy h.abit makes us ///// …

  • it&apos;s not funny when a skunk dies on your road. at night. in the summer. with the windows open. But in the morning on the sober dawn of Sunday you're not sure what you have done Who told you love …

  • on this day in history... 1965: US orders 50,000 troops to VietnamPresident Johnson has commited a further 50,000 US troops to …

  • So, I'm applying for a student loan through my credit union.  It's for a car, but …

  • and you thought we had it bad with pinocchio in office. China convicts baby traffickers By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC correspondent in Beijing There …

  • has anyone really mastered the art of being alive? with this i mean, to live entirely unscathed by …

  • ^moving somehow i don't have an arm in this picture.

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  • oh detroit, lift up your weary head why i was not aborted, i do not know. bryan barry robb II, born to bryan barry robb sr. and deborah …

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  • taking everything out of my room and ripping the carpet up. next will be filling in the holes in the …

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  • my car died yesterday. it was sad to see leon the neon on the side of the road, smoking out of the …

  • havin&apos; a good day. happy fathers day.

  • today was the day i swallowed the lump in my throat, walked in and gave her my number. oh, julay.

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  • I'm sorry that you are feeling so depressed and I'm sorry if I contribute to that. My life has more …

  • oh, man, the motivation it takes to leave when every weekend pumps out the same old …

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  • apathy is a cold body I don't like giving up on people, I really don't. When people hang by a thread, I try my best to …

  • A Prayer for Owen Meany If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to have the courage to live it. I …

  • With so much drama in the Mount of P, it's kinda hard bein' Bryan R-O Double-B.

  • life slides by. today, today. before today i'd never been in a funeral procession. are you supposed …

  • Whether I found the gold, I never told. Hrm, the sounds of last summer are starting to be recirculated. Anyone know what I'm talking about? …

  • hi. guess i haven't updated in a while. i've been feeling weird since i got back from california. i …

  • I still don't have hardly anything done. and to top it off, benzmas is tonight [ben's …

  • whoa, i'm just totally worn out. i've decided to not go to class today and just stick around here. …

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  • I can't believe it's almost been a year since I moved home from Florida. I haven't been single for …

  • I've always thought of myself as more of an introvert. but today I figured out that it's not so much …

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  • i should seriously ask my anthropolgy teacher out on a date or somethin' i can't walk into the room …

  • appearances That will be some other tribe, some other me. You'll hold it like it should be held. A glowing …

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  • off to the truck stop to get coffee with trevor. you know, for such a freaky little place, they make …

  • well the whole abby situation just kind of collapsed before it even started. funny, one minute we're …

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  • Is-ness as usual: an impenetrable rind behind a counter, going through a routine thoughtlessly; …

  • courtesy of nytimes.com i don't care who started what, this is just absolutely distrubing. i could vomit. ^ "Children …

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  • Y: we are going to freddy's to celebrate trevor and chris making the BFA Z: ugh. alright. i'll go. …

  • perhaps it's time for a real update. i've actually been a real busy-body for the first time in ages. …

  • this has been the wierdest couple of weeks. ultra highs and mega lows. gotta love it.

  • oh my abby

  • five things music–to have a working band again…don't even need to be playing for the public..just …

  • 1:Steal this from someone's journal 2: Open your MP3 player 3: Put it on random 4: List the first …

  • omgawd, my little brother is getting married tomorrow.

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  • brad's on a flight home right now. he gets married Wednesday. my birthday is Friday– so maybe …

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  • oh damn. thom just killed himself over jenn. i swear, what is this world coming to.

  • haha. one of the best profile's i've read in a long time : Here are some updated pointers for a …

  • 2 weeks until i'm 23. yuck.

  • chearbayb: you there? spirainfinitas: yeah chearbayb: wanna hear a funny story? spirainfinitas: yes …

  • So I guess I better do an update on this past weekend because it was truly stupendous. Trev and I …

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  • spirainfinitas: what's up this weekend? chearbayb: ummm, nothing that i know of. My brother might …

  • i'm going to coachella this year. here are some of the bands said to be going: radiohead the pixies …

  • why do i delay? got so much shit to do and i always wait until the last minute. guess that's the way …

  • check this shit out: y.20q.net fun. in a nerdy sorta way.

  • i got my guitar out today. dusted it off. i think that's part of what's missing. trevor is going to …

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  • what happened? i'm really confused about today. and i have an accent? hahahaha.

  • two crazy-ass toe-heads back in &apos;85

  • Though I've always enjoyed the style of Whitman and Ginsberg, I've never really toyed with it on my …

  • stole this from thisdamngirl bold the places you've visited: Alabama, 2) Alaska , 3) Arizona, 4) …

  • my backyard, today after much snow…

  • pencil sketches and makeup on the passenger seat visor. driving home. from wherever, so long as home is my destination. i catch myself looking around my …

  • so i had an interesting week/weekend. the week started out kind of weird with maria and i hanging …

  • from sea to shining sea. or some bullshit like that. Live At Ibiza: what's up man? spira infinitas: heya. just posting some pictures online. spira …

  • the brothers robb my brothers and i out front of my grandmother's house before brad left to go back to iraq. he had …

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  • this has been the laziest weekend of my life. i've basically just sat around rolling cigarettes, …

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  • hope everyone has a wonderful night. goodbye 2003 :*)

  • rock the casbah "This Coastie is ringing in the new year on patrol down here in the Carribean. I'll be with you …

  • i was just thinking how much i can't wait for spring to come 'round. "sentimental shit. love, …

  • it's almost 2004. i should have graduated this year. fuck.

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  • *somewhere in the system theres an open-ended list of all the lies we tell...* what an interesting month this has been! i wish all of you could see the scene out my back window! …

  • say what god and i had the best make-up sex ever, today. oral report for government went extremely well and i …

  • government can plumb suck my ass. i'm so tired of this semester, i just want it to be kiss kiss bang …

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  • sound the arms and make them believe it's for a good cause. i don't need it in the first place. what …

  • OH MY SNOW.

  • merci no matter how cliche it may sound, i really do have a whole lot to be thankful for…

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  • maybe everyone died?

  • blah blah blah blah blah blah Once again we ride these beasts to the said tributary of un-originality, where we will watch them …

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  • two words i need to get more comfortable with are a)god and b)dad. new york is so expensive. i could …

  • I just burned a cd that makes me feel like I'm living in a dream. Godspeed You Black Emperor-Slow …

  • gray. gold. more like. gray. darkness. sunlight. light rays. majestic. we lie. satis- fied. field's …

  • "Now you're bragging, darling. Please don't brag. You're so sweet and you don't have to …

  • I have people I know. Some are good to me. Some are good for me. Others are kind of like back drops, …

  • cleaning out boxes. the nostalgia is overwhelming.

  • went to grand rapids last night. almost forgot how much i love that town. ended up at liz's loft, …

  • knock knock yes? who is it? WINTER!!! MUAHAHAHA! damn it be cold. Also, I love it when pretty people …

  • HEY ALL! Yesterday was my brothers Brad's 21st birthday but he's over in Iraq so we couldn't …

  • this place is a prison these people aren't your friends and hailing thrills through twenty-dollar …

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  • the chill goes all the way to the bone tonight. hemingway in a dull corner of my room with my …

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  • hrm. studied the night through. no sleep yet again! that's alright. i own psych.

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  • what a long damn day. i didn't go to bed last night so i could actually get some sleep this evening. …

  • another one of those days. partied too much friday and saturday and now i'm all down; home alone. …

  • yes, this is my real hair.

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  • distance is a killer.

  • right now i feel good in a bad way. kind of like finding out your enemy just died. i have so much …

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  • So my parents just got back from visiting my uncle [the one I was living with] in Florida and they …

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  • 6 days smoke-free. w00t. most wonderful seeing ashley tonight [love the leg warmers!!]. i'm so glad …

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  • went to a pretty damn good show last night with adam, adrian and a couple of randoms. Tuba and …

  • fuck everything. fuck everyone.

  • Been pretty busy, and when I'm not being busy, I'm being lazy. Brad has been home on leave from Iraq …

  • WOW~! Just woke up a little bit ago. Fell alseep around 11am because I really didn't get any sleep …

  • I can't help but feel a bit cheated. Pissed off. Half of me is you, though I don't know which half. …

  • So yeah. Just found out my dad died in a car accident while evacuating from Isabel.

  • some random shots of detroit on the way to the cursive show–out of a car window. ^interpol at …

  • Well, the show was pretty good last night. Eastern Youth and Cursive were amazing but I don't care …

  • Who is going to Cursive, Blood Brothers and Eastern Youth tonight? Ashley, I think you should find a …

  • Today I spent my time reading "The Drawing of the Three" and then spent most of the night …

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  • My brother Brad just called from Iraq. I tell you, I’m really starting to miss that kid. He …

  • There is a misty rain outside. The first day of this type weather I’ve seen since summer …