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Saturday night's alright for juggling.
I'm really not sure what the point of Bluesky is since 99% of us get close to zero engagement. I'm willing to talk and make friends/acquaintences (while refusing to be a "follow" farmer), but it just feels like I'm writing in a private diary. I might as well confess to all the murders I've ... ahem.
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Early results are available from my ongoing experiment on Reddit, and the overwhelming consensus is that Bill Rutherford is an unprofessional, pretentious asshole and Joel Goodson needs to report him to Princeton University immediately and demand a new interview with a different interviewer.
January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Apparently, there's a Larry Fine species of humanoid in the universe, the Larrians.

Wife is giving me her Ralph Kramden "to the moon, Alice!" look (it helps that she has a strong resemblance to Jackie Gleason). OMG! "Bang, zoom!" she just said. Apparently (that word again), I'm ruining TV for her.
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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“I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism; but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization.” —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Hvem var Harald Sigurdsson, og hvordan havna han midt i en blodig tronstrid i Konstantinopel? Hør den første av to episoder om krigerkongen Harald Hardråde.

Gjest i studio er historiker og forfatter Tore Skeie, som har skrevet en ny bok om Hardråde.
Harald Hardråde og keiseren i Konstantinopel - Tore Skeie | Alt var bedre før
shows.acast.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
"Risky Business" popped into my head today, and this is my favorite scene.
Looks like University of Illinois!
YouTube video by Don Nichols
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Bookmark this page: european-alternatives.eu

(My stack: Proton Jottacloud Vivaldi and Bitwarden with EU server)
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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«Grønland er ikke til salgs!»
«Grønland er ikke til salgs!»
Lørdag er gatene i Nuuk fulle av mennesker som demonstrerer mot Trumps krav om å overta Grønland.
www.vg.no
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Listened to a painful conversation between two of my co-workers about going to the dentist. Basically, they don't go — unless something hurts. They don't do the biannual check-ups that their insurance completely covers, the rational being that their teeth don't stay clean after the "cleaning"... 1/3
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Godt nytt Bokselskap-år! Årets første #ebok er nå lagt ut: Ragnhild Jølsens *Efterlatte arbeider* - www.bokselskap.no/boker/jolsen...
#lesetips #bokselskap #lesesky
January 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Ord for dagen.
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Hurra! Gjør det, og ikke send lag til VM.
January 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
TIL hvem Ilia «Quad God» Malinin er, og at favoritten til gullmedaljen er født og oppvokst i fylket der jeg vokste opp. Foreldrene hans, Tatiana Malinina og Roman Skorniakov, er trenere/lærere i skøyter i barndomsbyen min.

Jeg kommer fortsatt ikke til å se et eneste sekund av OL.
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Yesterday's work project. 4x4x20-inch wooden posts in the ground, encased in 100-plus-pounds of concrete, with 10-inch TimberLOK screws connecting the legs to the posts. The bench is in the woods, only visible to people on the trail, more than a mile from the parking lot.

Someone's gonna steal it.
January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This appeared on my office door overnight.

Jan. 12 holiday party? That's even too late for Orthodox Christmas, which is Jan. 7.

I have no idea what's happening. Has the Trump Administration done something weird and stoopid with the calendar?
January 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Work on Monday took me to one of our cypress ponds, then one of our non-cypress ponds where the disc golf baskets grow. Then it was off to a boat ramp that lacks cypress trees and disc golf (we're working on it) but has views of a shipyard that builds small cruise ships.
January 6, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Thank you, Lucy Lawless, in "My Life Is Murder," for the book suggestion, Ngaio Marsh's "Photo Finish."

I've read the first book in the Inspector Alleyn series, and PI Alexa Crowe (Lawless, which would be a great name for a police investigator; opportunity missed) is holding the 31st book.
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Jeg chiller til «Hurtigruten — minutt for minutt» (2011). Nordmenn, hvor er dette? Det ser ut som en gigantisk Muppet som har falt død om. Vær så snill å fortell meg at det faktisk heter Død muppetøya. Det er greit å lyve til meg.
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
First Day "Bike" in the woods.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My 2025 in reading.

This year, I resolve to read fewer Christies (easy enough, because I'm running out of Agathas on my library apps) and more ... I don't know.
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I like this quote from Agatha Christie's
"Cards on the Table," which I'm currently reading. (Mrs. Oliver is a mystery writer and suspiciously resembles Christie herself.) Reminds me of the poorly plotted timeline we live in.
December 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What's behind the snowmen? If I receive a thousand guesses, the answer will be revealed.
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Christmas day stroll, downtown, standing in the middle of the main intersection, 6:21 a.m. This is the correct amount of traffic.

Alternative universe Christopher Walken says it could use more bike bell. 🚴
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Jippi! Noe morsomt å gjøre på jobben i dag ... mens kona, @gwenng.bsky.social, nyter livet hjemme under en to ukers ferie.

Du har min tillatelse til å trolle henne.
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM