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Bike lane ends, so I’m on the sidewalk. Lightpole planted here why? Because &@“* you, that’s why.
Much better than it used to be, but still a long way to go.
Much better than it used to be, but still a long way to go.
February 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Bike lane ends, so I’m on the sidewalk. Lightpole planted here why? Because &@“* you, that’s why.
Much better than it used to be, but still a long way to go.
Much better than it used to be, but still a long way to go.
Got to sail an American 18 on Sarasota Bay today. I am inordinately happy to have sailed on salt water for the first time. Thank you, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, and my instructor, Jay.
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Got to sail an American 18 on Sarasota Bay today. I am inordinately happy to have sailed on salt water for the first time. Thank you, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, and my instructor, Jay.
I am a temporary Florida Man! How do I get used to this view?
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I am a temporary Florida Man! How do I get used to this view?
This is pretty cool, and good news. Heart disease was how every man died when I was growing up in the 60s.
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Pretty extraordinary to think about how much cardiovascular researchers figured out, and how that turned into public health campaigns, medicines, surgeries, and emergency care that changed millions of people's lives.
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February 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is pretty cool, and good news. Heart disease was how every man died when I was growing up in the 60s.
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Right across MAGA- land. Let’s see how FEMA* responds to all those outstretched hands on Monday.
* Oh wait, I forgot, the official Trump administration posture toward disaster relief is: “fuck all y’all.”
* Oh wait, I forgot, the official Trump administration posture toward disaster relief is: “fuck all y’all.”
January 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Right across MAGA- land. Let’s see how FEMA* responds to all those outstretched hands on Monday.
* Oh wait, I forgot, the official Trump administration posture toward disaster relief is: “fuck all y’all.”
* Oh wait, I forgot, the official Trump administration posture toward disaster relief is: “fuck all y’all.”
Finally traded in my steam-powered iPhone 8-plus for a new 17 Pro Transcendent Max Ultra Extreme. I feel so rizz, so happening … you know, “with it.”
My first act with this bleeding-edge, ultra-sophisticated, communications device was to essentially disable the phone. We live in a very weird time.
My first act with this bleeding-edge, ultra-sophisticated, communications device was to essentially disable the phone. We live in a very weird time.
January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Finally traded in my steam-powered iPhone 8-plus for a new 17 Pro Transcendent Max Ultra Extreme. I feel so rizz, so happening … you know, “with it.”
My first act with this bleeding-edge, ultra-sophisticated, communications device was to essentially disable the phone. We live in a very weird time.
My first act with this bleeding-edge, ultra-sophisticated, communications device was to essentially disable the phone. We live in a very weird time.
Two days ago, I was there. Now I am here. Sigh.
January 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Two days ago, I was there. Now I am here. Sigh.
This heretofore O-scale model train guy is digging the HO, thanks to a beginner-set Xmas gift from my son.
I guess I’m *that* guy now.
I guess I’m *that* guy now.
December 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This heretofore O-scale model train guy is digging the HO, thanks to a beginner-set Xmas gift from my son.
I guess I’m *that* guy now.
I guess I’m *that* guy now.
Chicago seems to have a professional football team. Like with touchdowns & stuff. Huh.
December 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Chicago seems to have a professional football team. Like with touchdowns & stuff. Huh.
Sunday dinner: sloppy joes by candlelight.
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Sunday dinner: sloppy joes by candlelight.
4-5” of snow so far in SW Chicago suburb of Naperville. Snowblower got an actual workout — 1st time in two or three seasons!
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
4-5” of snow so far in SW Chicago suburb of Naperville. Snowblower got an actual workout — 1st time in two or three seasons!
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.
LLL 1,1
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.
LLL 1,1
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.
LLL 1,1
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.
LLL 1,1
That’s a lotta bugs.
“[Over the contiguous United States] on a typical summer day approximately a hundred trillion (10exp14) flying insects are present in the airspace, representing millions of tons of aerial biomass.”
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
“[Over the contiguous United States] on a typical summer day approximately a hundred trillion (10exp14) flying insects are present in the airspace, representing millions of tons of aerial biomass.”
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States
Systematic remote sensed monitoring of insect density in the air shows fewer insects above warming landscapes in the United States. We estimate insect density at continental scales for the first time....
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That’s a lotta bugs.
“[Over the contiguous United States] on a typical summer day approximately a hundred trillion (10exp14) flying insects are present in the airspace, representing millions of tons of aerial biomass.”
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
“[Over the contiguous United States] on a typical summer day approximately a hundred trillion (10exp14) flying insects are present in the airspace, representing millions of tons of aerial biomass.”
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Fun times at Wrigley today. Gophers played us tough, but my Cats won!
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fun times at Wrigley today. Gophers played us tough, but my Cats won!
“Let none admire / That riches grow in hell – that soil may best /
Deserve the precious bane.”
Yep, I’m rereading Paradise Lost for the first time in many years. I think I’m finally old enough, and patient enough, to reap its rewards.
Deserve the precious bane.”
Yep, I’m rereading Paradise Lost for the first time in many years. I think I’m finally old enough, and patient enough, to reap its rewards.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“Let none admire / That riches grow in hell – that soil may best /
Deserve the precious bane.”
Yep, I’m rereading Paradise Lost for the first time in many years. I think I’m finally old enough, and patient enough, to reap its rewards.
Deserve the precious bane.”
Yep, I’m rereading Paradise Lost for the first time in many years. I think I’m finally old enough, and patient enough, to reap its rewards.
Jeez, Monday Night Football. Opening song could have been Nazareth’s “Love Hurts.” It was *right there*.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Jeez, Monday Night Football. Opening song could have been Nazareth’s “Love Hurts.” It was *right there*.
Also, President Trump will have a great medical insurance program ready for you in a matter of weeks. As long as you buy your life-saving drugs through Trump RX. And your Sun-God Trump will not skim most of profits off of all of this, no he won’t.
October 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Also, President Trump will have a great medical insurance program ready for you in a matter of weeks. As long as you buy your life-saving drugs through Trump RX. And your Sun-God Trump will not skim most of profits off of all of this, no he won’t.
Good news, everybody! We’re going to improve your health insurance by doubling your payments!
October 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Good news, everybody! We’re going to improve your health insurance by doubling your payments!