Perils (and joys) of homeownership. 25+ year old oven finally dies, 4 years into my ownership. But the 25+ year old cabinents were not built to spec, and required some attention to fit the new one. (The new one cooks much better.)
It arrived early! @ayjay did a marvelous job. Beautiful layout, typography, binding. Looking forward to a good slow read of it just as classes and the hectic pace of finals ends.
I finally pre-ordered Auden’s Shield of Achilles, back in print thanks to the hard work of @ayjay — it is top of my summer reading queue.
Finished reading: Nation Builder by Charles N. Edel 📚
Finished reading: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 📚
(Finished in January, but didn’t realize I had not yet moved it over.)
Finished reading: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian 📚
A flawed book, but comprehensive overview of the entire war. Recommended, esp if you’ve read other books on the subject.
🎥 Deadpool and Wolverine (Trailer), YouTube.
LFG
How to ruin a pair of shoes, for $90, my Google Review
Moral of the story, always keep your receipts. Sigh.
Currently reading: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian 📚
Finished reading: The Diplomacy of the American Revolution by Samuel Flagg Bemis 📚
Finished reading: Finding Faith in Foreign Policy by Gregorio Bettiza 📚
Flawed, and I wouldn’t recommend starting with this one—but it’s essential for the topic.
Finished reading: King Henry IV Part 1 by William Shakespeare 📚
A Psychiatrist Tried to Quit Gambling. Betting Apps Kept Her Hooked, WSJ
Betting companies “…can track when customers last used the app and offer credits and other incentives to persuade their most-valued gamblers–by definition, the biggest losers–to return.
I’m giving up social media for Lent, inter alia. While I will still be posting (from Drafts or MarsEdit), I will not be interacting much or at all until Easter. My choice has more to do with other platforms than MicroBlog ::coughYouTubeTwittercough:: but I want to be earnest all the same. 🙏🏽
Finished reading: Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 📚
Been a while since I’ve had an afternoon coffee and just read. (In this case, to prep for my class tomorrow.) ☕️ 📚
Help my niece, Gemma Wichmann, win best software girls basketball in Northeast Ohio. She was winning, but slipped to second today.
Social-media companies are embracing this new type of push because people are posting and interacting less publicly on social media… While the number of notifications on any given app fluctuates over time, they have risen on nearly every major social-media app since July 2023…
Finished reading: The Histories by Polybius 📚
If you don’t accidentally nick the palm of your hand with a block plane, are you even doing your job helping your son with his pine wood derby car?