Just getting back from a big trip (more on that in a future post) and I had limited access to the internet. My RSS feeds were a great way to keep up with interesting happenings.
Anytime I find a blog with even mildly interesting content, I add it to my feed list. Most days I only have ten or so posts to sort through, and many of them are fascinating reads. This signal to noise ratio is a thousand times better than anything I have ever found on Twitter.
Traveling always makes me appreciate Colorado water so much. It’s always so fresh and wonderful right out of the tap. Everywhere else has water that just doesn’t taste quite right.
I keep coming back, over and over again, to the recently released pictures of the Carina Nebula. Simply spectacular. It’s hard to imagine this beauty exists “out there” in the depths of space.
Joey Cofone has a free time menu that he uses to help narrow his focus during his free time.
I love this idea and am going to attempt my own version of it. Here’s my current free time menu:
Just got back from my last physical therapy appointment. Been feeling so much better since I started going. I’m always impressed at their knowledge of biomechanics.
They had me ring a bell. I laughed because it’s not like I beat cancer but I am glad to be back in a spot where my leg doesn’t hurt anymore.
Okay, sunset paddle boarding might be my new favorite thing.
Finally produced enough power to run our electric meter backwards!
I was super curious how this would show up. I was hoping it would show a negative sign, but instead it just counts down from 99999.
I’m a little anxious mess today, so I missed Friday but let’s celebrate with five things I’m happy for:
We got a new Bosch dishwasher a few weeks ago and the hype for these dishwashers is spot on.
I love the third rack, we wash all our silverware up there and it’s large enough for small bowls and Tupperware lids which otherwise would blow around a bit on the other shelves.
Washing the silverware in the third rack frees up so much space on the main rack for larger pots and pans.
More than anything, it’s so great to have clean dishes. Our old dishwasher was super inconsistent about cleaning, but the Bosch has been super reliable.
I swear I’m not an ad for them. Just didn’t know a dishwasher could be so great.
The 1/6 Committee posted a powerful compilation video of the events of January 6th on Twitter.
It was hard to watch. Many of these videos I had never seen before. It brought up so many memories of that day. I was working and Alissa and I had been watching the news coverage off and on, wondering what would happen as the former-President steadfastly refused to concede.
I remember pulling up live YouTube coverage and seeing a riot unfold. I called down to Alissa to pull up the video. We watched in stunned helplessness. I was glued to everything I could watch. It reminded me of watching September 11, 2001 unfold live when I was a freshman in high school.
Horror turned into relief as everyone rallied around the idea this was not ok. The country, briefly, was united that THIS IS NOT DONE. Not in America.
Through the years, I have been upset at the outcomes of various elections, or the action (and, more often, inaction) of the Federal government. But we take the wins and the losses together. We aren’t Democrat or Republican, primarily, we are Americans. And we can (and should) fiercely debate and disagree, and leave it to the voters. Sometimes what we believe is selected by the voters, sometimes it isn’t.
Every politician, every election says this is the One. This is the last great hope for our country. They stir up fear and concern to hopefully get people to the polls.
But it feels fundamentally different to me that we would go from that to this. That a mob of people would storm our government because this election didn’t go your way. That they would bring violence into our disagreements. That they would shout about assassinating our elected officials. And I have little doubt they would have if they were not thwarted.
And now, half of our political establishment seems to have decided that’s ok?
It’s not Ok. It would not be Ok no matter what side did this, and our Democracy faces a serious test. I hope we pass but I have exactly zero confidence we will.