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Paul J. Learning
@mrpaulsbs.bsky.social
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Made in Detroit.
Retired Software Engineer.
Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, Dog Dad, Geek, Coder, .NET, C#, SQL, Music, Coffee, Cooking, Gardening, Food, Fitness, Cannabis, Hockey, Pool, Darts, Corvettes.
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The most comfortable❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
Brandy stretched out awkwardly and twisted on the basement floor, with her head wrapped around a table base and a paw resting on the upper leg of the table. Comfort at its finest!
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I'm pretty sure this is what comfortable looks like❣️🤓❤️
Brandy, a 100lb American Bulldog, is wearing one of her winter hoodies, cotton candy-themed, stretched out and comfortably sleeping in her home office bed (yes, she has a bed in every room of the house) while dad works on the computer.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I couldn't wait any more since it smelled so good in here, haha!😋
I slow-cooked beef tips, gravy, mushrooms, and onions for about 7 hours on low, then used to cover some fresh garlic mashed potatoes❣️🤓❤️
10/10
A bowl filled with fluffy garlic mashed potatoes, and topped with fresh scallions. A bowl filled with chunks of slow cooked beef, gravy, mushrooms, and onions. A plate of garlic mashed potatoes, covered with slow-cooked beef, gravy, mushrooms, and onions.
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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My own concoction brewing in the Crockpot.
Steak tips mixed with cream of mushroom soup, beef gravy, onion soup mix, fresh garlic, sweet onions, and baby bella mushrooms.
Slow cooking for 6-7 hours on low.
Making my garlic mashed potatoes to cover when the steak is done, too❣️🤓❤️
A Crockpot slow-cooking and filled with steak tips, beef gravy, mushroom soup, onion soup mix, freshly sliced garlic, sweet onions, and baby bella mushrooms. Baby gold potatoes, garlic, avocado oil, and black pepper seeds for garlic mashed potatoes with roasted garlic. Some assembly required!
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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A fried egg with melted american cheese on a toasted everything bagel with mayonnaise, pineapple juice, and coffee was breakfast❣️🤓❤️
A toasted everything bagel with a fried egg, melted American cheese, and mayonnaise, sliced in half, with pineapple juice and a cup of coffee on the side.
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Another win, although a margin call today as the snow was extremely wet and heavy, so I got beat up pretty good, too, haha.
We've already seen quite a bit of snow accumulation this year, considering we're not even halfway through December!
I think it's going to be a snow-filled Michigan winter❣️🤓❤️
A snow-covered driveway, walkway, and truck from last night's snow. The snow has been removed from the driveway, walkway, and sidewalks; it was extremely wet and heavy this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Another round of Mother Nature losing her snowy battle!
My driveway, sidewalks, and truck have all been cleared of this morning's snow❣️🤓❤️
A snow-covered driveway and truck at my home today in Michigan. The driveway, truck, and sidewalks have all been cleared of snow.
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The flavor of my mini pecan pies didn't come close to Grandma's tarts, but wasn't too shabby either😋🤓❤️
A mini pecan pie cut in half on a plate with a fork next to it and a glass of milk in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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My sweet tooth is cranking today!
My grandma used to make pecan tarts, so I decided to try something similar with these mini pecan pies.
While the flavor was not even close to grandma's tarts, the anticipation and resulting memories were absolutely delicious❣️😋🤓❤️
A bowl filled with homemade pecan pie filling. Puff pastry filled with pecan pie filling, wrapped and twisted at the top and covered in decorative sugar. Four mini pecan pies fresh out of the oven and cooling in a muffin tin. A mini pecan pie, fresh out of the oven, on a paper plate with a fork next to it, and a glass of milk in the background, all ready for tasty consumption.
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I recently started making my own Hershey bar with almonds and love them.
It probably costs me less than $0.75 to make one.
A Hershey bar with almonds at the store currently costs $3.50🤔🤓❤️
Wax paper formed into a square and filled with melted chocolate and almonds for a homemade chocolate bar. Wax paper formed into a square and filled with melted chocolate and almonds for a homemade chocolate bar.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I get the feeling that I'll be doing a lot of snow this year😉🤪🤓
My driveway and truck are covered in a light coat of snow from last night. My driveway, truck, and sidewalks have been cleared of snow.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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It's undoggedly the mostest comfortable way for a good girl to sleep❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
Brandy, sleeping on both the couch and the ottoman, with her nose being supported exclusively by the ottoman.
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The first snowfall of the season, and like a good neighbor, MrPaul is there, haha❣️🤓❤️
It's one of those days where the snow was too wet for the snowblower, yet too heavy for a shovel, but I got through it❣️🤓❤️
First Michigan snowfall of the season, and it was very wet and very heavy. Thanks, Mother Nature. Driveway and walkways are done. Thanks, Mother Nature for the workout. I do the sidewalk for the whole block so I can walk Brandy without her boots. I do the sidewalk for the whole block so I can walk Brandy without her boots.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I've owned this trailer for almost 20 years with no issues. This was the first time, and hopefully the ONLY time, that I forgot to raise the trailer jack before using it, and boy, I sure did 'jack it up', haha.
Thankfully, replacing it was an easy swap, with the on-site supervisor approval❣️🤓❤️
A damaged trailer jack bent backward from impact due to not being raised properly. A damaged trailer jack bent backward from impact due to not being raised properly. The old, damaged, bent trailer jack has been removed, and the new jack has been installed. The new trailer jack has been approved by the on-duty supervisor.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Hugz rule❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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A couple more of Brandy relaxing in her 'Rock N Roll' hoodie❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
Brandy, stretched out on the floor, relaxing in her 'Rock N Roll' hoodie. A close-up of Brandy's 'Rock N Roll' hoodie.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I pulled out Brandy's hoodies this week since the temperature is close to freezing on our early morning walks.
She's wearing her 'Rock N Roll' hoodie today❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
Brandy, relaxing on the couch after a cold morning's walk, still sporting her warm 'Rock N Roll' hoodie!
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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French bread pizza with bbq sauce, roasted chicken breast, mushrooms, red onions, jalapeños, and pickles, topped with a five-cheese blend.
I may or may not have eaten the whole thing❣️🤓❤️
French loaf bread, stuffed with shredded roasted chicken, mushrooms, red onion, jalapeños, and pickles, ready for a blended 5-cheese topping before the oven. French loaf bread, stuffed with shredded roasted chicken, mushrooms, red onion, jalapeños, and pickles, topped with a 5-cheese blend, fresh out of the oven and steaming hot.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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My home office configuration for the winter coding season now includes secondary and tertiary monitors to maximize real estate and productivity, in addition to a great view for daydreaming and deep thoughts🤔😉

It's time to write some code❣️🤓❤️

ASP.NET, C#, HTML, SQL, JavaScript, JSON, CSS...
Wide shot of my home office winter coding configuration, which now includes secondary and tertiary monitors to maximum real estate and productivity. My home office winter coding configuration, which now includes secondary and tertiary monitors to maximum real estate and productivity.
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Brandy is watching a buck eating some carrots behind the shed in the backyard❣️🤓❤️

Brandy, she's a fine girl❣️
Brandy is standing on the back porch, watching a smaller buck eat some of the carrots that we dumped behind the shed in the backyard. A closer view. Brandy is standing on the back porch, watching a smaller buck eat some of the carrots that we dumped behind the shed in the backyard.
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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A half-pound mushroom & Swiss burger on a toasted onion roll was for dinner❣️😋🤓❤️
A half-pound mushroom and Swiss burger on a toasted onion roll. A half-pound mushroom and Swiss burger on a toasted onion roll, sliced in half for consumption.
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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A couple of big bucks feasting on some carrots🦌🥕🥕🦌
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I bought this stereo right after I bought my first house in Detroit, circa 1987, along with a "big screen" TV, which I recall being a whopping 21 inches.
I still use this stereo every day❣️🤓❤️
An original Technics stereo system that I purchased in 1987 which is still used daily. It includes a tuner, amplifier, dual cassette deck, multi-disk CD player, and a graphic equalizer.
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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They don't make 'em like they used to...

I bought my first stereo at around 12 or 13 years old, and it has followed me faithfully through multiple apartments and houses over almost a 50-year period!

It finally stopped working this week... may you continue to rock out in peace old faithful❣️🤓
This is me at ~13 years old with my very first stereo that I purchased with money earned from working at the local party store. Me at 61, saying goodbye, from one old faithful rocker to another. Rock on in peace!
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I grilled some skewers using chicken thighs basted in Grillo's pickle juice, with Grillo's dill pickle chips, chunks of baby bella mushrooms, and red onion, covered in a garlic-ranch-butter glaze, with air-fried seasoned potato wedges for dinner last night, and it was absolutely❣️🤓❤️😋
Potato wedges covered in avocado oil, garlic powder, onion powder, and dill ready for the air fryer. Chicken pickle skewer using chicken thighs soaked in Grillo's pickle juice with Grillo's dill pickles chips, baby bella mushrooms, and red onion ready for the grill. A grilled chicken pickle skewer fresh off of the grill, covered in a garlic-ranch-butter sauce. The whole meal.. a tray of chicken pickle skewers, a plate of air-fried potato wedges, and a plated chicken pickle skewer covered in a garlic-ranch-butter sauce, steaming hot and ready for consumption.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM