Wife just realized her paychecks haven’t included the raise she got back in September. And this is why I handle the finances folks.

Tried watching His Dark Materials last night with Shar and was absolutely bored out of my mind. Having a dry spell with shows capturing my interest.

Do we know how large the Micro.blog community is?

Conversation with my 3-year-old son:

“Dad, can we get a lollipop after my shot?”

“Yeah, we can stop at 7-Eleven afterwords”

“Is 7-Eleven a name because I thought that was when they were open?”

Several times now, I’ve written and posted updates with Gluon and the posts have just disappeared into the ether, never to be seen again.

People can be so small, lying for personal gain. I had a falling out with a long-time friend this year and found out our relationship was discussed on their (extremely obscure) podcast. If only their listeners knew what I know about them. Meh.

Is there no way to know who follows your Micro.blog?

Seems to be about a 20-30 minute delay before replies to Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog become visible on Mastodon itself.

When I respond to someone’s post on Mastodon with my Micro.blog account, I can only see my replies in Micro.blog itself (and Gluon), but not on Mastodon. I’ve looked for my replies with both the Mastodon web client and various apps, but no dice. What gives?

Updated the bridge and neck on my Custom Player Jazzmaster. Took the adjustomatic off in favor of a Halon, and replaced the MIM pau ferro neck with a American Professional II. Still needs a few tweaks, but so far so good. 🎸

Struggling lately with career vs. living a fulfilling life. Wishing me and my family could use our Italian passports to spend a year abroad without sacrificing the stability I have here in Portland. Government jobs don’t readily lend themselves to fully remote work.

After all the shopping for others was done, papa got a couple gifts for himself this year. Upgrading my MIM Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster with a Halon Bridge and a MIA Jazzmaster Professional II rosewood neck. 🎸

Santa had a lot of fun this year.

How do people integrate their long form blogging with their micro blogging? All on the same platform or somewhere else entirely? Still trying to figure out micro.blog.

Snuggled up on the couch watching Mickey’s Christmas Carol with my family. It’s not that often we get snow days here in the Willamette Valley. Hoping anyone that has to traveling today takes it slow and gets there safely. #pdx #snowday

TriMet offers free rides on New Years Eve: https://katu.com/news/local/trimet-offering-free-rides-on-new-years-eve-bus-max-streetcar-holiday-free-fare-intoxicated-safe-celebrate-drinking-portland-multnomah-clackamas #portland #pdx #trimet #nye #2023

Today my dad would’ve been 64 had he not killed himself drinking and driving at age 44. Don’t be like my dad this holiday season.

School lunch in 1999 was $1.25, so that’s what I used to get from my mom everyday. I used to blow that every single day on either Starbursts or a bottle of Coke from the vending machines. It’s no surprise then that I weighed 139 lbs at 6 ft tall. So my New Year’s resolution is to eat nothing but a pack of Starbursts and a Coke before 4 PM everyday to lose the 100 lbs I’ve gained since the late 90s.

Thought I had macular degeneration for a few weeks there until I discovered that it was just my LG TV’s backlight dimming energy saving feature that had been turned on, either by accident or firmware update. Whew.

The 90s clothes I wore in my teenage years back on full force. I tried on some Levi’s of that ilk this past weekend just to see if I could pull them off, but as a frumpy suburban dad in his early 40s, they just sort of emphasized my worst physical attributes. And anyone under 60 just looks ridiculous in a goatee. #90s #wompwomp

Having lived in the PNW for going on 8 years now, it’s pretty jarring whenever I hear someone from back home in the Midwest speak. The accents are super thicker than I remember, and I can easily pick one out in a crowd now, usually to the speaker’s surprise. Most can’t hear it themselves. #michigan #language #accents

I would like to know why you still have to go digging deep into file trees in Microsoft Windows every time you go to open a common file in various programs. You know I just created this screen capture and the location of where I saved it, why isn’t this the first option that pops up in the Explorer dialog box? Countless other examples. I swear, there is just way too much unnecessary friction in Windows. #endrant #microsoft #windows