Bryan Robb

Category: Notes

  • Just realized RNs at OHSU make up to about $90/hr. If I didn’t know how crazy some of those jobs can be, I might consider a midlife career change.

  • I’m required by my employer to put 6% of my salary into a retirement fund (401a) I do not control. I also have an old 401k from a previous employer that had a nearly identical balance several years ago, but I haven’t contributed anything to it. The account I control has a higher balance.

  • Anxiety pro tip: cut your fourth cup of coffee with decaf.

  • [Portland City Council approves $176M streetcar extension, new mixed-use neighborhood in Northwest](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-northwest-montgomery-york-streetcar-expansion/283-03c65e1e-b391-4180-a513-ea92e3c07305)

  • Flashback!

    A smartphone displays a nostalgic mockup of an AOL Instant Messenger chat interface against a cloudy sky background.

  • From the morning.

    A rural road stretches into the distance under an overcast sky with fields and a house on the horizon.

  • This whole I-used-my-credit-card-at-your-business-one-time-and-now-you’re-spamming-me-daily-with-offers crap has got to stop.

  • Met this fancy lady at the park the other day, who was gracious enough to paws for a photo.

    A bulldog wearing a pink sweater and harness is sitting on a park pathway.

  • The periodic fog on the way in this morning was lovely.

    A vast, tranquil landscape features a green field under a cloudy sky with distant trees and buildings.A foggy field stretches into the distance with a few trees silhouetted against the gray sky.

  • Working on an article for my planning blog about pop. density and doing some research. For all the flack the west side gets from Portlanders, there are some very dense nodes. Elmonica Station has 10k ppsm and will soon have over 16,000, denser than ANY neighborhood on the east side of Portland.

  • Grateful we don’t get much snow in the valley, but I wouldn’t mind a white Christmas this year. 🤞

  • On the lookout for a new Mastodon server with longer post character count. Let me know if you have a recommendation.

  • TIL Michigan was the first state to abolish the death penalty. 1847.

  • Just finished The Madness on Netflix. Loved the cast and storyline. Kept me interested and the pace was perfect.

  • I’ve been having this issue with the new Apple Mail where it becomes unresponsive sometimes when I open it by clicking an email notification. I have to force close to get it to work again. Very strange.

  • One reason so many people have an aversion toward attached housing is the uniformity and blandness of it all. Uninspired finishes that an HOA controls with no hope of evolving character. I wish we had more examples of fee simple attatched housing. Even some 80s hoods are looking decent these days.

  • I did not see a single soul on this TriMet MAX Red Line train going west at 8:25 a.m.

  • I’ll be tinkering with this when I have a moment.

    [Adding Bluesky-powered comments to any website in five minutes](https://www.coryzue.com/writing/bluesky-comments/)

  • I love the look on Republicans’ faces when I tell them the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program was signed into law by George W. Bush.

  • Chilling out for a moment while the kids play with magnetic tiles.

    A young child plays on the floor near a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath.

  • Turned off Fediverse sharing on Threads. No point, and it kneecaps reply controls/moderation.

  • We’ve got a few weeks left of the year, but I’ll post my 2024 fuel consumption “wrapped”. $188 in electricity in 7.5 months, which can be extrapolated to about $300/yr (vs $1760/yr for gas at 25mpg). I’ve driven 5383 miles. This is equivalent to 121 mpg. My wife’s ‘22 Sienna hybrid averaged 32 mpg.

  • Me and my son went to OMSI today to see the Exquisite Creatures exhibit.

  • Raindrops cover a window overlooking a serene waterfront scene with bare trees and a bridge in the background.