I’ve have had two back-to-back, pretty nasty illnesses this month. This caused me to abandon my photo a day project. I thought that it would encourage me to be creative and get out more, but I decided it wasn’t serving me the way that it would and I didn’t like how it was making me feel.
Notes
A little over halfway through the nerdiest book I’ve read in years. Of course I love it.
I have cancelled and deleted my omg.lol account.
Grandma Deb coming through with the clutch Lions themed winter gear for kiddo’s 6th birthday!
What a truly terrible day for America and the world.
“Historically, driving has come with very few costs for the driver — in fact, most of it, from road infrastructure to free parking, is actively subsidized by the government.“
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24344732/nyc-congestion-pricing-tracker-data-google-maps
What’s the typical life expectancy of a towel? Just realized I bought these from BBB when I first moved here in 2015.
Can’t sleep. Memory lane.
Claire de Lune by …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
On the enshittification of the Internet from CNN:
First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
You know, I think life is an embarrassing, soul crushing marathon. But then I remember: (gasp) there’s cinnamon toast!
-Bruce McCulloch
13/365 📷
True story, my wife sleeps with this tattered quilt every night because she likes the way it feels. It was her dad’s when he was a kid.
Glad y’all are having a “normal” winter back in Michigan. After the last couple of years, I was starting to think that maybe the climate had changed enough for me to start thinking about move back, but…I’m good. ☔️
12/365 📷
Same, kid. Happy 3rd birthday. Love, dad.
I had my dentist appointment on Friday to get my teeth scanned in preparation for clear aligners. I’m excited but a little nervous. I have a deep bite, there’s a gap on the top, and crowding on the bottom. The correction of a deep bite can change the face. Should be interesting.
A satellite map compares the areas of the Palisades Fire and the Great Chicago Fire, with color-coded overlays and size measurements.
On NYC congestion pricing:
New Yorkers Have Little Data but Big Feelings About Congestion Pricing
One more from today.
I’ve always been a late bloomer. I wonder what will bloom next.
11/365 📷
I went to a meetup today and we visited several art galleries around the Pearl District. I found the prayer wheel with the octopus uncanny given the book I just finished. The artist allowed us to place a piece of paper with a prayer inside, which I delighted in doing.
Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚. Brilliant book.