Mark Dziak
@markdziak.bsky.social
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Cleveland native now living in Bremen, Germany. I used to swim and run. I still do, I used to too
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Cliff Battles

A year or two after I left, Joe Montana's son played QB for a season
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I always love seeing an article penned by you.

I coached swimming for 5 years at West Virginia Wesleyan - the school has produced two NFL hall-of-famers, one of which is Greasy Neale
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Me walking outside:

Ahh, Mist

(This works in either English or German)
markdziak.bsky.social
We've had Green before, right?

Connections
Puzzle #857
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Also, I helped my wife earlier and guided her into the red herring so I put it in myself
markdziak.bsky.social
This may be an "old person thing"* but I much prefer using Windows [File] Explorer than OneDrive/SharePoint to access files

*I'm not yet 47
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How much would you pay for a "I just want an operating system so I can work" version of Windows?

No Co-Pilot, Cortana, Edge, One Drive, Microsoft Store, To Do, Candy Crush, ads, or data collection. Your start menu will be installed programs only.

I honestly feel like $999 would be fair for this.
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Rollie Massimino (RIP) coached at Keiser for a not-insignificant number of years
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Raising my American born kids in another country means teaching them valuable things such as 1-2-3-4 I Declare A Thumb War
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An 80s training montage of me preparing for a thumb war.
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This was a curious one today. But hey, Purple first

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markdziak.bsky.social
And then there are the Browns
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Parity in the NFL is so fun. Feels like this year if anyone can get hot going into the playoffs they can make a deep run
markdziak.bsky.social
Something something about building the immune system as the people who live in these climates swear by it.

I spent more time in the water than her as I had to increase the sea level a bit 😉
markdziak.bsky.social
You know, I used to like you. Between this and the Ohio comment the other day, I'm questioning things now
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My wife convinced me to go for a dip in the North Sea (temp 57F) for "health reasons." On the way to find a suitable location, we saw this little one
A baby seal coming out of the water onto a beach
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Yeah today was pretty no-nonsense
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I'm currently on an island in the North Sea. We went to lunch yesterday and a guy working there saw my Browns hat and asked if I'm a fan. Turns out his kid is a big fan and they're flying to Vegas in November to see them play.
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Yes, because I try to figure them all out first before putting in my answers
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Looking good!

Is this a regular yeast loaf or sourdough?
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I found Green the toughest today

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After I lost my recent streak recently, I decided to live dangerously today

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I guessed it on three but didn't want to risk a Tetris doom spiral, so did a throwaway round instead.

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markdziak.bsky.social
Oh man Doves*, loved that album 20 years ago.

*No "The" with this band
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IDK man, that one New Radicals song still bops
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I've become so much aware of both of these as a driver, which makes me more cautious, and everyone safer. This is good!
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Yeah this was a way they separated themselves from the West
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My wife and I watched a true crime doc (American Murder - The Family Next Door).

We've watched enough of these to know that it's mostly always the dad and he's probably had an affair.

I've also seen enough cop shows to know you always ask for a lawyer
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I pulled a jacket out last week that I hadn't worn "in a while." Folks, it had a cloth mask - not an N95 they started mandating for everyone
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I love "discovering things I left in coat pockets six months ago" season.