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It was so wonderful to go back to FNM and play Mavic again. I get to indulge my hobbies after a month and a half.
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
It was so wonderful to go back to FNM and play Mavic again. I get to indulge my hobbies after a month and a half.
And with Chess Story done, I have read 74 new books this year. From romantic trash to sci-fi epics to turn of the century weird fiction to narrative history non-fiction to literary classic I failed to read in college twice.
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
And with Chess Story done, I have read 74 new books this year. From romantic trash to sci-fi epics to turn of the century weird fiction to narrative history non-fiction to literary classic I failed to read in college twice.
I did not have Uber screwing me out of 30 dollars on today's bingo card, but here we are.
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I did not have Uber screwing me out of 30 dollars on today's bingo card, but here we are.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Merry Christmas!
Did the annual watching of Muppet Family Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Did the annual watching of Muppet Family Christmas.
Happy Birthday to me.
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy Birthday to me.
Took off 40 minutes late, but landed 4 minutes early. Scheduling, what's that? ;)
December 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Took off 40 minutes late, but landed 4 minutes early. Scheduling, what's that? ;)
Only taking off 40 minutes late.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Only taking off 40 minutes late.
Thought I might have been sick last night, but maybe I strangled it before it hook its claws in me with Airborne, Tylenol and a throat losssnge along with 7 hours of sleep.
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thought I might have been sick last night, but maybe I strangled it before it hook its claws in me with Airborne, Tylenol and a throat losssnge along with 7 hours of sleep.
And with that my 15 hour days are done. One more shift tomorrow.
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And with that my 15 hour days are done. One more shift tomorrow.
Palestine is in Worldle.
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Palestine is in Worldle.
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Friends, the final hours of the #TYIVGB25 submission period are upon us! If there's anything you've been holding back, submit it now! www.critical-distance.com/2025/12/01/c...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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I opened this app and this was thr first thing I saw. I knew because of this and how social media now works. For a second I hoped he won something like that time with Bob Dylan and the Nobel, but no.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I opened this app and this was thr first thing I saw. I knew because of this and how social media now works. For a second I hoped he won something like that time with Bob Dylan and the Nobel, but no.
To everyone who made fun of Hallmark movies where the woman leaves a six figure investment job for a guy who runs a Christmas tree farm, now you feel stupid, don't you.
Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers:
"Everybody needs to get on board."
"Everybody needs to get on board."
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
To everyone who made fun of Hallmark movies where the woman leaves a six figure investment job for a guy who runs a Christmas tree farm, now you feel stupid, don't you.
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So all the talk about loose women stealing their money or about blues singers leaving sometimes is less an observation of Black life under Jim Crowe but attacks on their bosses. Frequently sounds operate on both valences.
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So all the talk about loose women stealing their money or about blues singers leaving sometimes is less an observation of Black life under Jim Crowe but attacks on their bosses. Frequently sounds operate on both valences.
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The Scorsese documentary about the Blues is not a very good introduction to it, but in what I watched there was this in retrospect obvious but startling to me observation: When old blues singers talk about women, they are frequently talking in code about the white plantation owners.
December 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Scorsese documentary about the Blues is not a very good introduction to it, but in what I watched there was this in retrospect obvious but startling to me observation: When old blues singers talk about women, they are frequently talking in code about the white plantation owners.
Hey I heard @jacobgeller.com on NPR. That was a trip at work this morning.
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hey I heard @jacobgeller.com on NPR. That was a trip at work this morning.
Is it the game awards tonight? Well I won't be watching. I'll be eating some homemade soup and catching any sleep I can before work.
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Is it the game awards tonight? Well I won't be watching. I'll be eating some homemade soup and catching any sleep I can before work.
Last week's paycheck came in on the system. The taxes I paid innit were larger than my usual weekly pay. Almost makes the 75+ work hours and 3 and half hours of sleep a night worth it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Last week's paycheck came in on the system. The taxes I paid innit were larger than my usual weekly pay. Almost makes the 75+ work hours and 3 and half hours of sleep a night worth it.
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Thank you all for the submissions to #TYIVGB25 so far! We've got one week left; keep em coming!!
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December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Start times this week were supposed to be 1 am everyday, but today. That lasted no days as they went whoops, every day starts at 12:30. Which means I have to leave by 11:50 and I get home from work around 5:30-6pm.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Start times this week were supposed to be 1 am everyday, but today. That lasted no days as they went whoops, every day starts at 12:30. Which means I have to leave by 11:50 and I get home from work around 5:30-6pm.
Everytime I make a stop with a cart full of boxes, I take one and carry it in before returning for the next in a continual pathfinding cycle of manuel labor. Back and forth, back and forth until the pile is depleted and all I can think to myself is: "Zug Zug."
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Everytime I make a stop with a cart full of boxes, I take one and carry it in before returning for the next in a continual pathfinding cycle of manuel labor. Back and forth, back and forth until the pile is depleted and all I can think to myself is: "Zug Zug."
I need to explain what my December looks like.
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I need to explain what my December looks like.