When I was a kid, the rumor was that the school district superintendent would decide to have a snow day based on how fast his dog came back to the door when he was let out for his morning constitutional. I could see that being true in the early 90s. If it were true now, we’d have a livestream cam on that dog to see if he’d take a shit or run back inside.
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Gas Station Math
We spent a week in El Paso (without solid Internet, thus the radio silence here) and spotted this on the way. I like gas station math. Per the top banner, I can get a 32 ounce fountain drink for 89¢ or per the red sign in the window. I can get a 16 ounce drink…
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Serious Decisions
Someone thought long and hard about their priorities over the next couple of days!
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It Begins…
If this is what we get on the door of a room shared by a 6-year old, a 4-year old, and a 3-year old, I’m a bit scared of when it’ll be a room shared by a 16-year old, a 14-year old, and a 13-year old.
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There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.
A deep dive into the unbearable whiteness of brewing. Source: There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why. An interesting read on an aspect of craft beer that I hadn’t thought much about previously. I hadn’t read about the racial undertones of Prohibition before either. h/t Derek Springer for sending over the…
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Hot Dogs Across America—Flash Talk Edition
In October, I joined 400 coworkers in Park City, Utah, for the annual all-hands Automattic Grand Meetup. During the weekend, everyone gives a 4-minute flash talk on any subject they would like. This year, Hot Dogs Across America. Hot Dogs Across America is my quest/challenge with Fischer to see who can eat a hot dog…
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20 Kids Wasn’t Enough
In the last few years, I keep it light around here. Mostly I write about blogging, WordPress, silly stuff about my kids. The heavy stuff is usually something about fatherhood and losing my own dad before I was a teenager. I haven’t written about politics since early college, as far as I can remember. And…