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My personal blog about my life and my interests.
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"The Price of Friendship" - My First SciFi Short Story
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Published: May 25, 2026 20:09
$14.95. Change back on a 20. A reasonable fee for an hour of conversation. An hour should be all I need. There hasn't been a lot going on lately, but the apartment has felt a little lonely. After a long day of QCing 873 different variations of virtual…
Graduation Day
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Published: May 21, 2026 11:34
Today is graduation day for my twin girls, Moxie and Clarity. They've gone through a lot of things I didn't have to go through when I was a kid: divorce, moving, changing schools, going back and forth between two parents. Yet they turned out much wiser…
Vikings and Mead
https://cool-as-heck.blog/vikings-and-mead
Published: May 3, 2026 19:45
I've been thinking a lot about Vikings and mead lately, probably because I've recently started two batches fermenting in the basement: a spiced pomegranate and a pineapple coconut. It's funny how much mythology surrounds this drink versus what actually…
Weekend Happenings
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Published: February 23, 2026 13:19
Friday night, my wife had book club here. Only a few of the ladies were able to make it. They brought their kids, most of whom are the same age as our youngest, 13, so they had a good time taking silly selfies and playing the Switch. One of our twin…
Boob Tube Activity
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Published: February 3, 2026 19:17
My wife and I are still watching a lot of the Taskmaster back episodes. We've slowed down a bit so we don't go through them so fast. We are watching the seasons in ordered chunks, but the chunks are out of order. We started with series 19 because of Jason…
Completely oblivious people
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Published: January 31, 2026 20:34
We just went to Wild Hare cider in Berryville. We usually love going there, but today we got there a few minutes before they opened at 2pm. We're sitting in the parking lot, and we see a car rush into the parking lot and a guy jumps out of the car and…
New music in 2026
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Published: January 4, 2026 13:59
A lot of my favorite bands released new albums in 2025: Sleep Token Spiritbox Eidola Thrice Dance Gavin Dance Architects Dayseeker Thornhill Gore Novelists Ankor But there are a few artists that haven't dropped a new album in a while who I'm looking…
Musicorum 2025 Rewind
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Published: December 30, 2025 14:52
My Favorites of 2025 - Music Edition
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Published: December 11, 2025 16:03
Albums: Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea Eidola - Mend Architects - The Sky, the Earth & All Between Lauren Babic - Too Much and Never Enough Poppy - Negative Spaces Dayseeker - Creature In The Black Night Thornhill - Bodies …
App Defaults - 2025
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Published: December 5, 2025 17:48
Here are my default or primary apps and services of 2025: Email: Fastmail Calendar: Fastmail and Google Calendar Notes: Obsidian and Google Keep To-do Lists: Obsidian Terminal: Warp Browser: Vivaldi Search Engine: Kagi Text Editor: VS Codium Passwords:…