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update: taking the tree down today, playing “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” on loop. sneering and tiptoe-ing around in a capering style as i un-decorate.
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mike susz
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since this is the first year we've had an artificial christmas tree, there is no inherent constraint with how long we can leave it up (a real tree would be bare sticks by now with my dogs stomachs full of pine needles).
what arbitrary date should i take it down? valentines day?
🤔
what arbitrary date should i take it down? valentines day?
🤔
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i left my iced tea in the car.
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i resolve in 2026 to start posting more. but of course this requires me to start doing interesting things so i can share them.
i guess i could just lie.
anyway, i have to get back to my spaceship. later!
i guess i could just lie.
anyway, i have to get back to my spaceship. later!
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my wife baked apple pies this morning and i made chex mix this afternoon so our house is smelling festive as heck
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nice one tonight.
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now is the time of year where i will become unreasonably angry at trees.
(no, not like Spring. i have very valid reasons to be angry at them in the Spring).
(no, not like Spring. i have very valid reasons to be angry at them in the Spring).
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tonight I sat out on my patio in an Adirondack chair, watching for shooting stars from various meteor showers and I saw a few of them and my family who joined me later saw a few also, and this was absolutely amazing
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that thing where you pick up your coffee cup, find that is already empty, and look at it like is has betrayed you.
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actually Starbucks, “that first sip feeling” is pain. the fiery burning pain as if you handed me a cup of molten lava and it just immolated my tongue and the roof of my mouth.
the burning hot fire of a thousand suns.
plus nuttiness and a hint of caramel
the burning hot fire of a thousand suns.
plus nuttiness and a hint of caramel
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since i hurt my back, i’m not able to go to PAX East this year. but i am excited that my wife got to take the kids, this will be her first time attending!
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don’t get too excited, but today i’ve spent some time going back to old crosswords (from before i subscribed) in apple news so i can do more crosswords
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that thing where it’s like seeing the same cat twice in The Matrix except it’s that some apps on your phone are in different places
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i'm trying to get better with checking in here, but honestly without a client that remembers where you left off (why does the native client not do that?) it's tough to get traction. looks like tapbots is working on it, though!
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sometimes I say dumb things and I don’t know why. Example: “should I make more coffee?”
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things keep happening so quickly it's difficult to keep up with what to be terrified about
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i try to hide how difficult life is from my kids.
but sometimes…
sometimes i slip.
but sometimes…
sometimes i slip.
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new year, decided to procure a replacement computer for work (to replace my 2019 intel macbook pro) and they sent me a 2021 m1 mbp. not bad, glad to be on apple silicon, and haven’t heard a cooling fan yet.
no time to set it up though as several “challenged” projects are vying for my help. sigh.
no time to set it up though as several “challenged” projects are vying for my help. sigh.
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wait you have to win a popularity contest before you’re willing to make a principled decision? sounds like you should stay on twitter.
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my family arrived home expecting that i had recorded a hip-hop cover of a blink-182 song. i had to explain - no - while they were out, i was planning to _wrap_ All The Small Things.
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this morning i took my bucket of salt & sand to spread on a part of our cul-de-sac that’s always in the shade and currently glare ice. and i realized, my transformation is complete.
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big upgrade today. er, small upgrade today.
…significant upgrade today.
…significant upgrade today.
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if you’re the kind of person who compares your own physical conditioning to the other people at the gym, and maybe feel bad about yourself - good news.
today i set the bar really low for you.
real, real low.
today i set the bar really low for you.
real, real low.
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moved a ton of stuff today.
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2hr delay for school here tomorrow, aka i do not have to wake up at 6am.
i might have to deal with snow removal several times throughout the morning, however.
i might have to deal with snow removal several times throughout the morning, however.
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last day of 4 days off. i haven’t had 4 days off in a row since last christmas. looking forward to all my vaca time in december, and vowing (once again) to use it more throughout the year in 2025.
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my thanksgiving trip with the boys fell through and we’re home and joined in my wife’s plan to get cook-at-home thanksgiving dinner from the local bbq smokehouse and my goodness we’re eating smoked turkey all weekend and taking naps (okay i’m the only one napping because they’re not smart enough)
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may your holidays be as peaceful as mine is starting out to be.
(this won’t last, i’m enjoying it for as long as possible)
(this won’t last, i’m enjoying it for as long as possible)
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a bit of graupel here tonight.
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when i was getting up to use the bathroom, my elbow cracked so loudly that it woke up the puppy. and that’s why i was up before 6am on a saturday.
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in the past two days we’ve gotten 1.5 inches of rain, and that’s most of what has fallen in november. and nearly half of what fell in october. it’s been astonishingly dry here. glad the pattern is changing.
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the biggest lesson i’ve learned from the latest project i was parachuted into (when it was already on fire), is to call b.s. on project scope and timelines. _Especially_ when the people who wrote the proposal completely ignored the estimates provided by devs.
in fact, run the other way, maybe.
in fact, run the other way, maybe.
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it’s been a heck of a week.
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my septic tank pumping company sends me an email suggesting i need to get the septic tank pumped out before upcoming holiday parties and i wonder how much food they think i’m serving to my guests
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apparently today is “international men’s day” but most of the guys i know are from around here.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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one of my toughest adjustments to “checking in” on bluesky is the tooling. with (other networks and 3rd party apps that spoil me) i can open the app on mac/iphone/ipad and it scrolls to my last-viewed item in timeline. with the bluesky app i have to scroll and remember what i’ve already seen or not
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today is an administrivia day. my current portfolio of domain names, email hosting, web hosting, etc. is best described as “a terrible mess.”
working on straightening that out. and stretch goal - finally get some content up on most of my (checks notes… gasps) 28 domain names.
working on straightening that out. and stretch goal - finally get some content up on most of my (checks notes… gasps) 28 domain names.
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spent another day yesterday hauling truckloads of leaves to the transfer station. we should be just about done with fall yard cleanup.
it’s been incredibly dry here in the northeast, and the leaves are “fluffy” and “crispy” which means they do not compress well.
it’s been incredibly dry here in the northeast, and the leaves are “fluffy” and “crispy” which means they do not compress well.
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so i’ve talked about it some on Masto, since i was last active on twitter, i’ve moved into Consulting at IBM. while i am able to build a lot more stuff now and use new technology (versus my previous role in Software, managing and extending an established product) i do miss deeply caring about things
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while going back to that other site to opt out of training their AI, i spin through my following list and searched for friends who may have come over here. hi! 👋
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took yesterday as a “personal choice holiday” and today is a very mondayish tuesday
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carrie and i stopped watching Ted Lasso a while back, i think we knew it was going to end and we didn’t want it to end. watched one this morning. 4 episodes left.
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i just finished reading The Three Body Problem (just the first book) and my brain hurts i’m gonna have to palate cleanse with something lighter before i tackle the second book.
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i see some friends making their way here. things must be getting worse over in that other place, what with the chief executive idiot doing his idiot things.
i’m still more active on mastodon but i’ll try to check in here also.
i’m still more active on mastodon but i’ll try to check in here also.
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so i suppose i’ll try and make a go of this. i hope my old friends from that other network are finding new ground and somewhere safe to connect.