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I’ve been blogging at my blog since 2005. in 2018, a work colleague used a phone app to create this character, with a frowning face. they used it on the work Slack as their profile picture, and each time we saw the colleague type in chat it looked like they were angry due to the…

a strange entity just followed me on twitter banner image: a vintage photo of the iconic Gwangju People’s Uprising for Democracy in South Korea, which happened in 1980 profile photo: generic old white guy twitter name: “Justice for Yeaji and Every Yoja” (is this.. parody?) twitter handle: @revdralanspanek (okay, continuing on the generic old white…

my daily routines are so space-monochromatic that they probably are the best recipe for an early alzheimers the only thing saving me is the daily cooking this vegetarian fried rice was amazing Blue Apron continues to be top tier in the meal kit industry getting out delicious recipes and experimenting with new styles week after…

Some wonder whether the first dozen generations of whites in the Americas had too many allergic reactions to the new plants and ended up adopting the habit of breathing with their mouths instead of nose as a cultural group some even going to speculate whether different groups of humans throughout history just randomly breathed with…

I lost almost 30 pounds in 5 years, without controlling calorie intake, just doing some exercise 2018-2021 and cooking at home! nice. also dropped BMI from 34 to 30.

Saturday 5am Woke up too early and couldn’t fall back asleep as usual. looking at stuff on my phone… 8am breakfast. it’s kinda cold outside. 10am Arrived at Rite Aid. Unlike 4 weeks ago for my 1st shot, I’m first in line! Nice. 11am Back home, not feeling much yet. Took a shower. Playing Northgard…

at one point the way our group of friends would “show off” how buff we were was by going to the school soccer field, jumping on the soccer goal post, hanging upside down using your legs from the goal post bar, and then doing abs crunches. So during our lunch break we went to the…

My second Moderna shot is scheduled for Saturday morning. I’m trying to get ready. That involves trying to get back in shape a bit, doing workout and trying to pace it throughout the day before. Also, catch up on all these late work projects, in case I am down for a long period after the…

i’m gonna study korean grammar so i can explain better when intermediate level people ask q’s wish there was a book or document that 1) is written in english (so that I know how to explain grammar in english) 2) only explains grammar rules, and is not structured in a learner-friendly format where you are…

so in the 2020 Dem Presidential Primaries there was a candidate named Mike Gravel from somewhere up there in the midwest, Governor of North Dakota or something. He didn’t do well, dropped out very early. Apparently during the campaign he created a YouTube channel to promote the campaign but then repurposed it as the “Gravel…

so a month ago I came across this super interesting video about mount baekdu: It is a new channel that just skyrocketed with extremely high quality vids. I came across another vid about volcanoes, and turns out that this is the same guy’s previous channel. The guy published videos for 2 years, racked up 500k…

posted as a comment on this YouTube vid: Did you know that Windows 10 has a ceiling on how many resources it can assign to USB devices? Beyond that, you can’t plug more USB devices, even using hubs. Also, bandwidth-intensive devices will clog up your USB hub, making the other devices “stutter”, which you can…

i’m watching westworld and this scene caught me by surprise so the protagonists get into this structure, walking away from the villains in style and they activate this super high tech device that neutralizes any nearby electronic equipment to disable security Dolores is like “watch me, it’s magic” and walks past “security”. Very badass, very…

it seems like the microchips are working. reddit read my mind today: Is anybody else never satisfied with sweets/junk food "in moderation"? byu/Remote-Turn2614 inloseit

“In breaking news, a group of DACA patriots are calling for the resignation of President José María Jesús, claiming that he didn’t properly complete form I-821D, making him ineligible to call himself the first dahcuh president of the United States. Constitutional concerns also plague the debate. Fox reports with an in-depth story at 9”

i didn’t have anyhthing to watch after subscribing to hbo max so i started watching big bang theory for the first time i had seen it referenced it in politics debates here and there but never got to see it because i don’t watch tv and it sounded a lot like “american culture” like friends…

lol calm down newsom

I’m remembering how Trump in Late March 2020 said “we are gonna reopen the first week of April 2020, just in time for Easter. You are gonna have a beautiful Easter” Yeah because piece of shit cares about religion so much

i saw a question on r/askhistory about Pytheas, an ancient greek who sailed from northern Italy to various regions in northern Europe, British isles, and somewhere very far up north “six days sailing from the main British island” where the guy saw and recorded the effects of the arctic, ice covering the ocean, etc looked…

I made a spreadsheet with automated formulas to pull data from mint and my credit card to track income, taxes, business deductions, expenses budget and forecasting. Super excited at how sophisticated it is. It easily beats Mint.com’s budget functionality. Well, probably because I made it customized for my needs.