Category: Daily Life
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Epic Rap Battles, Culture War, Yet More Problematic Politics, Some Interesting Decor, and the Requisite Number of Cat Posts
My sleeping and eating schedule this weekend was even more off from what most would consider “typical” than normal. But, that’s what I get for going out to an 80s mega dance party on Friday, partying with rock stars on Saturday, and spending most of Sunday recovering and trying (failing!) to get back on a…
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Blasts from the Past, Signal Knowledge, Private Police, Big Brother Buzz, and Just Some Darn Funny Stuff
Today did not start out well. The bus I normally catch to make it to work on time just plain didn’t show up. The second bus on that route–the one that will get me to work just a little late, as long as we don’t hit any long traffic lights–was late. Since that first bus…
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Innovation Squashed, Bigotry from the Bench, Hacking Hackers, Science Rap, and Work-life Balance
As I mention frequently (perhaps too frequently), my own natural flow doesn’t fit exceptionally well with the standard 40-hour work week setup. I’ve also said for years that we’ve become victims of our technology instead of masters of it. Instead of allowing our advancing technology to give us modest gains in both free time and productivity,…
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Political Progress, Severe SWAT, Riotous Raccoons, Diminutive Dwellings, and Interest Intelligence
In the feed today is a totally adorable video of people feeding a whole passel of raccoons in a parking lot. It’s one of the stupidest things I’ve seen people do on the Internet today. (That’s saying a lot.) I grew up in the woods. I’ve had numerous “close encounters” with raccoons. They’ve all been…
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Star Wars Stuff, Perspective on Numerous Levels, Cool Looking Hobbies, and (of course) Politics
I’ve spent far too long reading stuff and watching YouTube videos. Between that and hitting a meeting down in Silver Spring proper after work tonight, my “free time” has all but vanished, leaving me, once again, at the “Oh, crap, I should probably be going to sleep now-ish” point. My “normal” sleep schedule really doesn’t…