Life of Bryan

Kids are watching Scooby-Doo and I’m over here playing the first game video game I ever owned, at age 6.

I’ve noticed a trend recently where the older posts link on blog themes points to the right. This feels very unnatural to me. Gonna have to fix that.

The largest REI in Oregon just opened yesterday, about 5 minutes from my house. This is the closest thing to Christmas for outdoorsy adults in the #PNW.

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

I know there are strong opinions about pineapple on pizza, but has anyone ever tried fig? Today I had my first pizza with fig on it, along with ham, Gruyère, and chèvre. Subtly sweet yet sparse enough to compliment the savory without overpowering it. I’d definitely go for it again.

Sitting in a coffee shop next to this building, which was one of the last affordable housing developments I was involved in as a funder. The nonprofit let me name it.

Recently connected with a half-aunt that no one in my family knew existed until a DNA test. If there’s anything I’ve learned from these tests, it’s that many more families than I ever would’ve imagined have big, dark adultery secrets. Reddit groups are full of these stories.

Removal of street trees in all but absolutely essential circumstances should be punishable with prison time.

Could someone explain the “buy me a coffee” thing among bloggers/tech crowd? Did this grow out of FOSS developer etiquette, or maybe people “borrowing” front-end code, or?

It is stunningly gorgeous outside today in Portland, Oregon, USA @ 67° F (19° C) / sunny. I’ve been relieved of parenting duties for a couple hours and it’s time to hit a sidewalk picnic table somewhere for a beer. Wish me luck.

I’m very pro walkability/bikability, and in fact got into urban planning due to my interests in walkable communities and public transit. Still, it feels a bit strange seeing the terms “urbanism” and “urbanist” completely co-opted by the cycling community. It’s overshadowed all nuance.

Saddened to learn of my cousin’s passing yesterday after a short but valiant battle with cancer. Although it’s only been in recent years that I have become close with her dad, I feel so much sorrow for their family losing her so young. Praying they find some peace during this difficult time.

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

Awesome idea, but so help me God, if I’m your accountability partner and you wake me up more than once, we are no longer friends.

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