I managed to be both surprised and unsurprised.

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Some people walk to the 560 in the rain. I do it in the hail.

My wish has always been for Apple to partner with some of the dress watch makers to integrate the chip hardware and health sensors into a nice dress watch so that it can pass data to your phone, and so I don't have to look at a digital screen.

Fresh off his trip to Hungary where he begged Hungarians to back Viktor Orban, J.D. Vance has decided world leaders shouldn't meddle in other countries' politics.

It takes a lot of forgetting to post that.

Needs more Putin, but yes.

Too bad the Scavenger Hunt team doesn't seem to be here.

The terminals at Dulles feel very similar. I remember flying in during the first Trump Administration and seeing a bunch of otherwise staid ads referring to "the cyber".

I can totally feel myself sliding toward something like that, probably on the digital side because of film costs.

And finally, I’ll leave us with a comment that certain parts of the urban environment can bring you into close proximity. This was taken at the Ballard Locks in 2024.

We ran across a sea lion spot on the Sonoma coast in 2024, and the photo turned out as "Look at this spit by the water with dots on it."

On my Wednesday walk, I ran across a man in what I took to be Buddhist monk's robes sitting on a bench with an SLR w/300mm lens. That's how you Seattle.

Oh, that's a nice catch.

Fighting fascism with a Last Alliance of [waves hands] whatever the hell this is.

Last week's long walk in West Seattle included sea lions and river otters, neither of which are effectively photographed with a phone.

It really does feel like a privilege to be a 40 minute walk from the water.

Seattle waterfront crane between two piers at dusk.

Seattle ferry at the downtown terminal at dusk

Household entry gate in South Seattle during our Sunday walk. The gate is covered with vegetation.

Close up of flowers during our Sunday walk. There is a small bee on a flower in the top right corner.

Here’s some spring in Seattle for your perusal.

Behind every extrernally lauded ‘disruptor’, there seems to be a half dozen (minimum) actual subject matter experts shaking their heads “no” and grimacing dramatically. Good to keep in mind, for those of us prone to a bit of epistemic…moseying.

Makes sense. All these worlds are ours except that one.

homesick texan carnitas Carnitas — those tender bits of pork with caramelized edges and flavor for miles that are the king of taco fillings — are ridiculously easy to make.

We make these carnitas and my other half suggested putting them on nachos. It's a holy shit discovery.

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if you are this dude PLEASE message me on signal

I can't for the life of me with the shadows above Trump's head. Is that SOCOM troops escorting Sauron to Heaven?

I don't know, guys. The president started a war with no plan and crashed the world economy, is building immense monuments to himself, is making billions off the presidency, and is now attacking the Pope while presenting himself as Jesus. Maybe the political class should abandon the inside voice.

we will have to see how well he follows through but so far the rhetoric from Magyar is a pitch perfect model for what we need from the next Dem administration

no mercy, no reconciliation

The freezer is the way.

All I’m saying is that the University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt 2026 list is going to be *amazing*.

If some University of Chicago kid doesn’t print up a bunch of “The Pope is weak on nuclear weapons” shirts in the spirit of the old “U of C: Where the end of the world began” t-shirts, I will be disappointed.

the republicans have, for the last decade, transformed into a party whose animating concept is contempt for virtue and character, these values are simply incompatible with a political party led by donald trump

You know, I really don’t know about the political breakdown of American Catholics (or White Sox fans), but that doesn’t seem like the way to make them an ally.

We finally got to try the Highland Park Corner Store (Tip Top Ice Cream) today and liked it a lot. Solid sandwiches, too.