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Good to know that if I ever need to refresh my appreciation for Oregon urban planning, all I need to do is visit suburban Boise.

I don’t need ketamine therapy I need a walkable city and 20 hour workweek.

Three social media posts humorously expressing a desire for a walkable city and better urban living conditions.

Yours truly, at a basement bar in Nampa.

A person stands on a staircase next to a lifelike wolf figure, with animal heads mounted on the walls above.

Idaho Christmas.

A festive arrangement of Christmas ornaments and decorative greenery is lit with soft white lights.

Zoey girl.

A black curly-haired dog with a patterned bandana sits on a patterned rug next to a white curtain.

Eastern Oregon en route to Idaho.

A vast, open landscape features a grassy field, distant mountains, and a partly cloudy sky.

If only I had a dollar for every time I heard “enjoy them now, they grow up so fast” from the generation whose men spent one third as much time with us as we do with our own children.

Accidentally recorded Christmas morning in 4k and the file is 45 gigs. Hm.

My wife, a blond middle aged woman on a deck after a rain, some blue in the sky, and the Colombia River off in the distance.
Columbia River with a partly cloud sky and evergreen trees in the foreground.
Columbia River with a partly cloud sky and evergreen trees in the foreground.

This is going to be a terribly unpopular opinion, but I don’t think ZGF delivered on the promise of the new PDX airport design. I was wowed by renderings, but it didn’t turn out as nice as I thought it would because of how they faked the natural lighting. It’s dark and gaudy in my opinion.

My five-year-old son, while putting together a realistic space shuttle Lego set, asks “why would astronauts need a shovel, dad?” Great question 😆

I was awarded some pretty big grant $$ to install EV chargers at my place of work (public). Comparing pricing schemes and noticed the city we’re working in charges by the hour for theirs. However, the kWh changes based on whether one or two people are plugged in to that machine. Such a scam, lol.

Currently reading: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 📚

This looks neat.

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Having one of those down and out sorta days. Ordered Shake Shack and snuggled up with my dog, watching The Bear. Might hit the sauna later.

Currently reading: Street Design by Victor Dover 📚

Finished re-reading: Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler 📚

Might be a little late to get before the big day, but if anyone is looking for a nice little gift, I love my Fox Vulpis Italian made Swiss Army knife. A little spendy, but the blade is M390. Comes in a 5-in-1 configuration, too.

A multifunction pocket knife with a folding blade and various tools is laid open on a wooden surface.