#3GoodThings:
- Bringing old used perfectly good tech back to life. Waste not, want not.
- Being wrapped in a soft blanket with the ceiling fan on low.
- Going to bed earlier than usual.
#3GoodThings:
- Free coffee today courtesy of the new 7Brew soft opening 😍
- Recovering better between workouts.
- Got to introduce someone to the story of the email that could only go 500 miles. If you don’t know this one, it’s here: www.ibiblio.org/harris/500mi... . Excellent tech tale.
#3GoodThings:
- Keeping my sense of humor and finding ways to laugh even when everything sucks. It’s the only way to maintain sanity sometimes.
- Talked to an 80 year old dude with a bright blue beard & hair today.
- Joy as rebellion. Hope as defiance. Kindness as the road to personal liberty.
#3GoodThings:
- Getting back into this habit. Depression feeds on depression when not actively countered - and sometimes, parrying is hard.
- Lifting weights again. Haven’t since I broke my foot some years ago.
- Researching cottage industries for after we move.
today, I learned about the musical “Chess” from my youngest employee.
I can see why he recommends it so highly. This is *good*.
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#OneGoodThing
What does it mean if you won’t give up on others, but you’ll let others give up on you?
#3GoodThings:
- Unexpectedly saw a past colleague today. It was great to get to say hi 🙂
- Fly By Jing chili crisp. I’d heard good things: the heat is a slow build and flavor is fantastic. I’ve started putting it on everything.
- More books to add to my book list.
#3GoodThings:
- theraflu style cold medicine
- jigsaw puzzles
- new altheya episode
#3GoodThings:
- Enjoying little things, and being thankful that Maslow’s hierarchy is being well enough met to permit that enjoyment.
- Recognized publicly at my job for my hard work.
- Big giant kitty loves scritches. Alllll the scritches.
#3GoodThings:
- Holding hands with my husband. It’s the little things. 🙂
- Seaweed snacks.
- Spent time catching up on crosswords. I do try to keep ahead of the game.
#3GoodThings:
- Easy day at work today, and now 2 days off.
- Inversion therapy continues to be beneficial. I’ll be interested to see where pain and mobility sits in a month.
- Going to bed earlier than necessary.
#3GoodThings:
- Good score on the discounted bread cart today, they had pretzel bites and muffins :)
- Added 3 more books to The List. I may never get through them all but I may also never run out.
- Rush of joy at finding the story I’m reading has a part 2, and it’s finished.
#3GoodThings:
- Moved the inversion table to a usable place. First time in quite some time my lower back has been without pain.
- Having fun catching up on puzzles.
- Starting my planner for the year.
#3GoodThings:
- That feeling when you realize past you did present you a solid.
- Really good really long stories.
- New paths opening up.
#3GoodThings:
- Have had a really excellent visit with the mother in law over the holidays. It’s always wonderful to see her.
- Making good progress on Eat The Rainbow. Implemented a ton of design notes, have a ton to go.
- Feeling the year wind down. Feeling hope for the new one.
“Now let me fix the extractCoreIngredientName test for baby spinach. It should extract ‘spinach’ not ‘baby’.”
Actual quote from project. AI can be useful, but this is why it requires oversight. Spinach is a salad ingredient; babies, generally, are not.
#VibeCoding #ClaudeCode #GithubCopilot #AI
3GoodThings:
About halfway through crocheting a tree skirt.
Checked a number of things off my cleaning list today.
Saw a stream of a hacker Christmas party I used to go to.
#3GoodThings:
- Some good friends gave us a giant jar of locally roasted unshelled peanuts for Christmas and they are delicious 😁
- Got shopping done before the college football playoffs come to town.
- Collecting data to find out how much dry cat food BigCat eats. (about 0.25 lbs per day.)
#3GoodThings:
- Big giant cuddly empathetic kitty who wants to be your bestie and purr on you with the volume of a small jet engine.
- The Reverse Coloring Book. It’s a nice change of pace when I’m feeling abstract.
- Finding correlations between “make do and mend” and “reduce reuse recycle”.
#3GoodThings:
- Sussing out some fight/flight/freeze/fawn reactions and triggers. I might not be able to stop it, but I can spot it.
- Figuring out some Christmas gifts.
- Started the new season of Stranger Things.
#3GoodThings:
- Finally getting back to a human sleep schedule.
- Much less dust, much less sneeze.
- Watching my new hires start to mesh with the team. I really enjoy bringing folks together and seeing them learn to support each other.
#3GoodThings:
- Dry sherry with aged cheddar.
- Taking time for self care today, and recovering from overnights.
- First successful home dip manicure with a smile line (forest green tips, French style).
#3GoodThings:
- Barring any complications or turnover, I should be off of overnights for the foreseeable future 🙏
- Tasty cheeses. A bit of double Gloucester pleases me immensely.
- It’s snowing!!
#3GoodThings:
- Finished my book. Not bad, not one of King’s best, but still worlds better than The Tommyknockers. Worth the read. Now to decide what next…
- Had an easy time getting the ice off my windshield.
- Started decorating for Christmas in the hope one of our family can come to stay. 🙂
#3GoodThings:
- Thankful for the folks I work with who bring a good attitude to work. They warm my heart.
- Unexpected extra sandwiches.
- Finally getting round to reading some of the books on my list. Right now I’m on The Outsider, by Stephen King.
#3GoodThings:
- Recognizing the transience of emotion.
- Flashlights on mobile phones. Thank you to whoever had that idea.
- Thankful to live indoors.
#3GoodThings:
- Playing with nail colors for Thanksgiving.
- Making time to just read and listen to music.
- A meal shared with family.
#3GoodThings:
- Peanut butter and dark chocolate.
- Good, solid rainstorms. The kind that make you sleep like a rock.
- Crochet. It’s very relaxing.
#3GoodThings:
- Successfully rolled a resistance check against impulse spending based on Black Friday markups.
- Really compelling stories. -1 to sleep health, but +2 to soul health.
- Stretching regularly. Hey you young whippersnappers, do future you a solid - start yoga. Trust me.
#3GoodThings:
- 600 day streak on Duolingo!
- Saw a banger of a DJ set last night with Violet Chachki and Gottmik 😁
- Thought I worked at 6 this morning. I work at 2 this afternoon. Yay more sleep.