I wish I had paid attention sooner when they said that American Sign Language is lots of fun. I am really enjoying the #Lingvano app.

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Hey @marsosudiro.bsky.social , looks like shoppers here agree with your contention that Rufina brand is the best

Still not fluent in Spanish! My non-owl tutor says that #Duolingo, in these 1000 days, has gotten me to B1-B2, which ain't bad. Because soon I will be done with Duolingo Spanish, I recently started learning #ASL with #Lingvano, which I love.

I get this a lot. Apparently there is something wrong with me

My high school, the North Carolina School of Science and Math, meant a ton to me. Because NC, its annual giving campaign is in March and called "March Madness," and I try to participate every year. giving.ncssm.edu/2025-march-c...

Usually the Wordles are studiously not-topical, but today’s sure felt relevant

Because I live in a nerd-burg, I see more than my share of Cybertrucks. Today I saw one that had been painted my favorite color. Am squicked

Because of taking the kiddo to his favorite boba shack, I’ve become an avocado-smoothie fiend. I make them at home, which is a little less profligate, but frozen avocados are pricey and only available at the foofoo grocery stores. So I did a price/weight comparison! Drumroll please…

I’m getting close to finishing Duolingo Spanish. Two things it is definitely NOT helping me with, though:

Well this is right purty

Turns out Walter Sobchak was incorrect in his assessment of the threat posed by nihilists

Low winter sun over Saratoga Passage

The teenager did not like what I cooked for dinner because the carrots were too consolidated

One of the things I still enjoy Facebook for is following Spanish-language meme accounts. They are teaching me all the idioms the owl isn’t, and they are either very funny or very dreadful or both. This one though is perfect academic Castellano. Translation in the alt text

One of my favorite things to cook is chicken adobo, and the Instant Pot makes it easy and super inauthentic. 🤷‍♂️

Ever since the pandemic I’ve been baking granola. I first encountered granola that didn’t come out of a box while I was at Oberlin College, a fact many will consider hilariously on-the-nose.

Here we are in 2025. I am still semiretired although doing contract curriculum-development projects for fun. Edmonds WA continues to have the best sunsets.