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Advent 2024
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Advent is about anticipation, but it’s not a celebration. To the contrary, Advent is a season declaring things are not right. Advent is a season declaring we are not okay. Advent is a cry for help. So, if you’re coming into this season hopeless and threadbare, if you’re not feeling the cheer, you’re not ‘doing…
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On Easter
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Shouting “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” requires an emotional crescendo my melancholy temperament can’t easily manage. Esau McCaulley, New York Times
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Finally Caught
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Almost 3 years in, I finally caught covid. Or maybe I should say, covid finally caught me. Interestingly enough, I found out I have a plant that has super-empath powers. I’ve had her since college. I call her my “Rest in Peace Lily” but nothing will stop her. However, she did mirror my covid week.…
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The Daily
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People say “I know how you feel.” No, you don’t.
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More Than I Can Handle
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Christians love to say God would never give us any more than we can handle. I think maybe God and I should discuss the disparity between his definition of my limit and my definition.
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THIS Changed My Bagel Game
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I love bagels. I’ll eat them with different toppings like cream cheese, lox, butter (only for onion bagels), or avocado. I got a huge container of Everything Seasoning from Costco, which helps with flavoring the bottom half of the bagel. But this video changed how I toast my bagels. So good.
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Block YouTube Ads with One Small Workaround
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I haven’t been willing to pay for YouTube’s premium service to avoid ads yet. I’ve mostly just put up with it, although I was extremely annoyed once when I was trying to follow a workout with some friends during shelter-in-place, and the ads kept interrupting our workout every few minutes. A redditor found out you…
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Desktop Vanitas (aka Memento Mori)
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Vanitas are closely related to memento mori still lifes which are artworks that remind the viewer of the shortnes and fragility of life (memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’) and include symbols such as skulls and extinguished candles. However vanitas still-lifes also include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine…
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Stream the Met Opera for Free
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If you’re working from home and tired of watching news about the coronavirus, you can stream past performances of New York’s Metropolitan Opera each night. The performances go live at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be active for 20 hours. Here’s the lineup for this week: Monday, March 16: Bizet’s Carmen (from January 16, 2010)…
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Everyone is Entitled
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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My new favorite chips
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I think I’ve found my new favorite chips.They’re called Ghost Pepper Potato Chips. I found them on the bottom shelf at Trader Joe’s. They sound spicy but they’re actually not that bad. Hot Cheetos are much more spicy. They do have a slight kick. They’re pretty crunchy (I’m assuming because they’re “kettle cooked.”) The lattice…
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The Killers singer Brandon Flowers revealed how the track “Rut” was inspired by his wife’s battle with a mental health condition. In an interview with NME, he said, “My wife has PTSD. She has a version called Complex PTSD. It’s when a person has had multiple traumatic experiences. Her whole life, she’s been covering it,…
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Sphero Spider-Man
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I saw this Sphero Spider-Man on sale at Amazon. (Sphero is the company that makes those app controlled Star Wars toys.) So I immediately text my friend Myron, who loves all the Spidey things. His response made me chuckle. I’ve got silly friends.
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Craigslist Scammers
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I sell quite a bit locally and online. I use different websites, depending on the item. But Craiglist is my go-to for local transactions. I use the built-in email relay that is supposed to protect your email address and I also use a Google Voice number for text or calls. As soon as I put…
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White House photographer Pete Souza
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“The unasked question on Samsung Note 7 explosions and why tech journalism sucks” on YouTube
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Finally. This was my question exactly. Btw, I really like this guy’s channel. Entirely nerd-tastic. Also watched how lithium ion batteries work: https://youtu.be/VoJKn50YLuQ
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Care Bear Comes Out of Hibernation
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My care bear from childhood has been discovered.
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Anti-Super Bowl Adele Cover
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There’s no shortage of Adele covers, but this one’s perfect for San Francisco and this weekend’s Super Bowl. “Hello, Mayor Lee I’m in San Francisco dreaming about how things used to be when I could pay rent… and eat.” The video includes the homeless encampment along Division Street, anti-eviction rallies in the Mission, the Dropbox soccer…
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Recent Snap
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An Extra 30 Secs For My Birthday? Nope.
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There’s supposed to be an extra 30 seconds on my birthday and I still get ripped off. That’s what we get for having December birthdays.