I work from home quite a bit and take transit when my schedule allows, but I admit to regularly doubling my commute length in miles when I’m required to come into the office. I do this to avoid the ugly strip-mall nowhereness that developed when people cared more about convenience than place.

It’s gotta come with an app or ship with the Mastodon API so we can use existing apps. I’d prefer it have its own app for long posting, but I’d settle for either at this point. #ghost

The longformers

The timing of these messages from two completely unrelated businesses was uncanny.

Few things bring me as much joy as seeing the adult children of conservative parents go no contact once they are old enough to think for themselves.

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality

• The Clash

Nice little Saturday.

Mud Run Day has arrived! Before photo 😉

Heading downtown to tour a large civic project in preparation for leading our own similar effort. I feel privileged and grateful for access to these resources, and to get to meet and work with the public servants who manage major projects. The people cutting ribbons for photo ops don’t do the work.

Over 10 years ago now, but some days I just miss Detroit something fierce.

What will the YIMBYs (aka the Home Builders Association’s propaganda arm) have to complain about once there’s another housing crash?

iOS liquid glass must be for the kids because my 40+ y.o. eyes just cannot.

I’ve been spending a lot of time in Rayon designing floor and site plans lately and it’s just a joy to use.

Rayon - The Fastest Software to Create Perfect Architectural Drawings

I think some of us must be shadow banned from the Micro.blog discover page. I see mostly the same people over and over.

Still the worst possible location conceivable for a MLB stadium in PDX. While I do want a pro team, I’ll go on record as saying this will never be built.

Bill to help fund ballpark in bid to bring MLB to Portland passes House, heads to governor’s desk

Hudson’s Detroit and its moods.

As the only tall glass curtain building in the middle of a sea of historic beauties, Hudson’s in Detroit stands out. The lines feel deliberate and intentional, working with the surrounding structures to heighten the effect. Sure, the Renaissance Center looms off to the side, separate and hulking, looking dark and foreboding. But it always looks like that.

Hudson’s is different. Its appearance shifts with the weather. It’s a chameleon. When the sky is heavy and gray, it’s a moody teenager in the backseat on a road trip with her …

When I look at my own childhood photos, it’s often the Polaroids that fill me with the most joy. So when my wife got me a Polaroid camera for my birthday earlier this year, I got excited. It’s a brick, but I’m trying to get in the habit of taking it out with us more often.

My friend Chris just released his fifth album under the banner of Love Axe. If you like politically and socially conscious acoustic and indie rock, you should check out Optimism Paranoia Desperation Abolition.

Finished reading: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson 📚

Why do I have to talk myself out of buying every enameled cast iron pan that crosses my feed? Le Creuset? Staub? Hell, even Lodge. Be still my heart, your 9-quart cocotte has got you covered, with room to spare…ribs.

Spotted on a leisurely walk this evening: “Trump is a rapist and a racist.”