At its best, long-term travel functions as a sort of sieve.
It filters out the parts of yourself which are just not as important as you fancied them to be, which then allows the essence of who you really are shine forth all the more clearly.
I have been surprised now that I’m several months into the #NomadLifestyle just how much I “don’t care” about certain things which were really gnawing at me, and at the same time how much I still do care about other things. Seeing how my priorities have shifted has been incredibly illuminating, and while sometimes you can get a taste of that effect with short-term travel (a weekend getaway for example), I really do think “directionless travel” over an appreciable length of time (so not a “vacation” in the strict sense of the word) is unparalleled in its ability to reshape your mind, body, and soul.
I highly recommend it. 😊
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Today’s forgotten album: Pacific Standard Time by Stairwell.
“Hearts and Chevys” youtu.be/beBTpV-N7xk
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I've seen a lot of complaints about how MCP isn't ready for the enterprise.
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/slate-auto-crosses-100000-refundable-reservations-in-two-weeks/\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Slate crossed the milestone over the weekend, just a little more than two weeks after coming out of stealth mode and unveiling the truck at an event in Los Angeles, California. The company has said the truck will start below $20,000 after applying the $7,500 federal EV tax credit and plans to build the vehicles at a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250424/slate-truck-shows-real-ev-innovation\">recent post</a>, I shared my enthusiasm for the newly announced <strong>Slate Truck</strong>, and apparently I wasn\u2019t alone! As the article emphasizes, online buzz and a modest influx of cash doesn\u2019t guarantee the final product will be good (or even get made\u2026there is a long line of dead EV companies in Slate\u2019s wake), but I still say this is a good sign they\u2019ve hit on a winning formula with broad appeal.</p>",
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"html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/new-seattle-waterfront.jpg\" /><h2>Messy as hell, yet thoroughly delicious!</h2>\n\n<p>Where <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/a-nomads-pnw-travelogue-part-i\">last we left our intrepid hero</a> (that\u2019s me, in case you were wondering), I had survived a hailstorm in Portland, spent a weekend with my kids in Corvallis, and was ready to hit the road to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day and stay a couple-ish weeks with my brother Shayne in the languorous hamlet of Kent, Washington.</p>\n\n<p>The drive up I-5 was uneventful, yet quite pleasant. I arrived in Shayne\u2019s neck of the woods in the early afternoon, while he was still at work, so I headed to the library in nearby Covington to get some work of my own done.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6826.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6826.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6826.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Naturally, it was nestled in the woods\u2014cozy fireplace and all<p>Once back at Shayne\u2019s abode, I unpacked and got settled in a bit, then we hightailed it over to Kent\u2019s premier Irish pub, <a href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-harp-bar-and-restaurant-kent\">The Harp Bar and Restaurant</a>.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6830.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6830.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6830.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Sl\u00e1inte! The White Brothers are in the house!<p>Despite the loud festivities and the jostling of too many patrons in too small of a space, our time there was grand. I had the bangers & mash, and Shayne had a lamb stew if memory serves. Though I myself haven\u2019t been back to Ireland since 1998, I felt like the cuisine here had a truly authentic flair and was very tasty.</p>\n\n<h3>An Aside About Mood Swings</h3>\n\n<p>Feel free to skip this section if you are here mainly for the fun pix. I want to be as honest as I can about both the good and the bad of living as a nomad. The good is\u2026incredible experiences traveling, duh! \ud83d\ude05</p>\n\n<p>The bad is something I wasn\u2019t really prepared for, and to be honest it hasn\u2019t completely gone away even though it\u2019s significantly less acute than at first: <strong>frequent mood swings.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Maybe this is a me thing. Maybe other travelers don\u2019t experience this. I don\u2019t know, but I wish someone had warned me that numerous times throughout the course of a single day I might go from some pretty high highs to some pretty low lows and back again. One minute, you\u2019re beholding a breathtaking vista at a time of day you\u2019d never normally be there (perhaps it\u2019s early morning or late in the evening when otherwise you\u2019d be \u201chome\u201d). The next minute, you feel like crap and wonder what in the hell you\u2019re doing wandering across the face of the earth when normal people are enjoying a respite in their secure abode.</p>\n\n<p>Let me be clear: <strong>this is really not a comfort issue.</strong> I have <em>enjoyed</em> the physical activity of traveling and sleeping in my car or at times a hotel room or AirBnb (or in this case, my bro\u2019s place), and I have rarely been bothered by that aspect per se. It\u2019s more of a mental/emotional thing. Sometimes it\u2019s really stressful trying to figure out where you\u2019re going to land, and if you\u2019re going to feel \u201csafe\u201d falling asleep wherever that might be. Other times, it\u2019s more about the status\u2014my \u201cplace\u201d in this world. If I am technically houseless, doesn\u2019t that make me a loser? Aren\u2019t losers the people who don\u2019t have a place to stay other than their vehicle? (Never mind the fact that <em>I freely chose to do this!</em> I wanted to do this. I dunno, brains can be real weird sometimes\u2026)</p>\n\n<p>At any rate, like I said I\u2019m doing much better now on this front than the first couple weeks or so. Spending lots of quality time with Shayne on this particular trip probably helped a lot as well.</p>\n\n<p>Speaking of which, let\u2019s return now to our story!</p>\n\n<h3>Hello Seattle!</h3>\n\n<p>It\u2019s mandatory <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uvc46jujn8\">you play the Owl City song</a> as you read this section. <em>Mandatory, I tell you!</em></p>\n\n<p>The day after St. Patrick\u2019s\u2014once sufficiently recovered\u2014I drove to the Angle Lake train station and took the Link light rail into the city. Shayne had another day of work, and I was planning to meet up with a friend I met on Mastodon. But not before some adequate sightseeing!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6833.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6833.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6833.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Pike Place Market, of course!<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6838.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6838.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6838.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The all-new waterfront is simply gloriousYeah, I think not having a freeway blasting through here is pretty swellSeagull cries and all<p>Once I\u2019d played the tourist and ridden my e-scooter up and down the new Alaskan Way bike path enough times, I headed on up to Capitol Hill to meet my friend for lunch. He had selected <a href=\"https://www.oddfellowscafe.com/\">Oddfellows</a>, and like a good Millennial I ordered the avocado toast with a side of poached egg.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6845.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6845.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6845.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Holy pepitas!<p>After our lengthy and delightful camaraderie, I wandered around the neighborhood a bit and made a mental note to come back to this combo bike shop and caf\u00e9 one day!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6850.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6850.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6850.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Cycles AND a cuppa! What will they think of next?<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6848.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6848.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6848.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6851.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6851.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6851.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: It was at the end of this picturesque alleyway <br />Right: Yours truly, waiting to hop aboard the Seattle Streetcar<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6852.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6852.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6852.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Destination: Caff\u00e8 Umbria in Occidental Square<p>After spending a while remote working and imbibing on some truly excellent coffee, it was time to grab a train ride back to my car. <em>Or so I thought!</em> I was starting to get hungry again, so I got off at the Beacon Hill stop and rode my scooter down various steep and winding roads to get to the bottom. Fun! But I wasn\u2019t sure where I might partake of a snack. Then I saw <a href=\"https://www.theoriginalphillys.com/\">the most hole-in-the-wall place</a> you\u2019ve ever encountered. I decided to give it a try. Despite it being oriented around the philly cheesesteak I ordered something vegetarian with lots of peppers. It was messy as hell, yet thoroughly delicious!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6853.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6853.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6853.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The Original Philly's. I believe it!<p>Back on the train again, I returned to Kent for some much needed R&R and hanging out with my bro.</p>\n\n<h3>Issaquah and Bellevue</h3>\n\n<p>It was free Washington State Parks day, so while Shayne was at work I decided to meander my way up to a park not too far away. That turned out to be Squak Mountain State Park, just south of Issaquah. I wasn\u2019t sure I\u2019d get much out of this particular trip at first\u2026the day was pretty gray and moist, and initially the trail just looked like firs and ferns\u2014aka pretty much anywhere in northwestern Washington.</p>\n\n<p>But then I got a little ways up the mountain and started to feel those glorious moody forest vibes. <em>Noice!</em> I even shot some \u201cprofessional\u201d photos with my fancy camera (the Nikon Z fc):</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3632.JPG\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3632.JPG\" alt=\"_DSC3632.JPG\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3617.JPG\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/_DSC3617.JPG\" alt=\"_DSC3617.JPG\" /></a>\n \n Left: Yep, that's a temperate rainforest alright<br />Right: Tree guesses what this is<p>Eventually my forest time came to its logical conclusion and I was back on the road headed for Bellevue. I\u2019ve been here a number of times in the past, and despite the very \u201ccorporate\u201d vibes in parts of downtown, I really do enjoy this city. The very large downtown park square is quite a worthy destination.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6863.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6863.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6863.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Ponds and waterways<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6862.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6862.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6862.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Fancy skyscrapers\u2026probably all thanks to tax dollars from Microsoft or something<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6873.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6873.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6873.jpg\" /></a>\n \n It might be even better at night. Imagine walking under this!<p>That evening I went out to have drinks with Shayne and a buddy of his at a <em>very highfalutin rooftop bar</em> in Bellevue. For some reason I didn\u2019t get any photos of the view, but <a href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ascend-prime-steak-and-sushi-bellevue-9\">you can check out their Yelp page for examples</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The next day wasn\u2019t particularly eventful and the weather wasn\u2019t too good, so mainly I got a bit more work done and hung out with Shayne at home\u2014among other things <a href=\"https://cyan.com/2025/03/18/press-release-new-age-brings-additional-intrigue-to-2020-myst-remake/\">playing the latest \u201cRime\u201d update to Myst</a>.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6881.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6881.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6881.jpg\" /></a>\n \n I did grab this lovely bit of moss when out on a walk though!<h3>Point Defiance, and the Reason I Was Here at All</h3>\n\n<p>On Friday, it was time for us bros to go exploring (before the big event of the evening\u2026stay tuned for the fabulous details)! First, we stopped to have a delightful lunch at Marlene\u2019s Market & Deli in Federal Way.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6888.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6888.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6888.jpg\" /></a>\n \n I'm always a sucker for tasty olives<p>Then we headed on out past Tacoma to a point of land northwest of town and arrived at our destination: <a href=\"https://www.parkstacoma.gov/place/point-defiance-park/\">Point Defiance Park</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The entire coastline of the Puget Sound from here down to Steliacoom or thereabouts is absolutely jaw-dropping. The Tacoma Narrows bridge spans a particularly dreamy area, and you can see that from the southern side of Point Defiance. But the park encompasses many other attractions, some of which we didn\u2019t even get to see such as a zoo. We primarily walked through the gardens, along the shore, and across various woodland trails.</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6898.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6898.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6898.jpg\" /></a>\n \n One section of the gardens is Japanese themed<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6910.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6910.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6910.jpg\" /></a>\n \n A much-appreciated moment in the sun<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6918.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6918.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6918.jpg\" /></a>\n \n In the distance, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6919.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6919.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6919.jpg\" /></a>\n <a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6895.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6895.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6895.jpg\" /></a>\n \n Left: Attitude! The Sky is the limit when your heart is in it! <br />Right: Jared & Shayne, squinting in the unfamiliar PNW light<p>Eventually the rain came back with a vengeance, and we returned to Kent in the nick of time to attend the <strong>main attraction</strong>. You see, I was destined to be here with Shayne long before I had actually decided to do the nomad thing this year, and that was because he had purchased tickets for us to attend an Irish music concert by the band <a href=\"https://www.lunasamusic.com/\">L\u00fanasa</a>. Yes indeed!</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6928.jpg\">\n <img src=\"https://intuitivefuture.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/travelogue/2025/IMG_6928.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6928.jpg\" /></a>\n \n The lads warming up and tuning their instrumentsL\u00fanasa getting into the swing of things with some Irish soulL\u00fanasa playing a rousing Irish reel<p>And with that taste of wondrous Emerald Isle merry-making, <strong>I now bid thee farewell</strong> until my next installment of the Travel(b)logue series. Come back soon and join us as we visit a variety of Seattle museums, each more thrilling than the last!</p>\n\n\n\n <br /><p>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/nomadlifestyle\">#nomadlifestyle</a>\n \n </p>",
"text": "Messy as hell, yet thoroughly delicious!\n\nWhere last we left our intrepid hero (that\u2019s me, in case you were wondering), I had survived a hailstorm in Portland, spent a weekend with my kids in Corvallis, and was ready to hit the road to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day and stay a couple-ish weeks with my brother Shayne in the languorous hamlet of Kent, Washington.\n\nThe drive up I-5 was uneventful, yet quite pleasant. I arrived in Shayne\u2019s neck of the woods in the early afternoon, while he was still at work, so I headed to the library in nearby Covington to get some work of my own done.\n\n\n \n \n Naturally, it was nestled in the woods\u2014cozy fireplace and allOnce back at Shayne\u2019s abode, I unpacked and got settled in a bit, then we hightailed it over to Kent\u2019s premier Irish pub, The Harp Bar and Restaurant.\n\n\n \n \n Sl\u00e1inte! The White Brothers are in the house!Despite the loud festivities and the jostling of too many patrons in too small of a space, our time there was grand. I had the bangers & mash, and Shayne had a lamb stew if memory serves. Though I myself haven\u2019t been back to Ireland since 1998, I felt like the cuisine here had a truly authentic flair and was very tasty.\n\nAn Aside About Mood Swings\n\nFeel free to skip this section if you are here mainly for the fun pix. I want to be as honest as I can about both the good and the bad of living as a nomad. The good is\u2026incredible experiences traveling, duh! \ud83d\ude05\n\nThe bad is something I wasn\u2019t really prepared for, and to be honest it hasn\u2019t completely gone away even though it\u2019s significantly less acute than at first: frequent mood swings.\n\nMaybe this is a me thing. Maybe other travelers don\u2019t experience this. I don\u2019t know, but I wish someone had warned me that numerous times throughout the course of a single day I might go from some pretty high highs to some pretty low lows and back again. One minute, you\u2019re beholding a breathtaking vista at a time of day you\u2019d never normally be there (perhaps it\u2019s early morning or late in the evening when otherwise you\u2019d be \u201chome\u201d). The next minute, you feel like crap and wonder what in the hell you\u2019re doing wandering across the face of the earth when normal people are enjoying a respite in their secure abode.\n\nLet me be clear: this is really not a comfort issue. I have enjoyed the physical activity of traveling and sleeping in my car or at times a hotel room or AirBnb (or in this case, my bro\u2019s place), and I have rarely been bothered by that aspect per se. It\u2019s more of a mental/emotional thing. Sometimes it\u2019s really stressful trying to figure out where you\u2019re going to land, and if you\u2019re going to feel \u201csafe\u201d falling asleep wherever that might be. Other times, it\u2019s more about the status\u2014my \u201cplace\u201d in this world. If I am technically houseless, doesn\u2019t that make me a loser? Aren\u2019t losers the people who don\u2019t have a place to stay other than their vehicle? (Never mind the fact that I freely chose to do this! I wanted to do this. I dunno, brains can be real weird sometimes\u2026)\n\nAt any rate, like I said I\u2019m doing much better now on this front than the first couple weeks or so. Spending lots of quality time with Shayne on this particular trip probably helped a lot as well.\n\nSpeaking of which, let\u2019s return now to our story!\n\nHello Seattle!\n\nIt\u2019s mandatory you play the Owl City song as you read this section. Mandatory, I tell you!\n\nThe day after St. Patrick\u2019s\u2014once sufficiently recovered\u2014I drove to the Angle Lake train station and took the Link light rail into the city. Shayne had another day of work, and I was planning to meet up with a friend I met on Mastodon. But not before some adequate sightseeing!\n\n\n \n \n Pike Place Market, of course!\n \n \n The all-new waterfront is simply gloriousYeah, I think not having a freeway blasting through here is pretty swellSeagull cries and allOnce I\u2019d played the tourist and ridden my e-scooter up and down the new Alaskan Way bike path enough times, I headed on up to Capitol Hill to meet my friend for lunch. He had selected Oddfellows, and like a good Millennial I ordered the avocado toast with a side of poached egg.\n\n\n \n \n Holy pepitas!After our lengthy and delightful camaraderie, I wandered around the neighborhood a bit and made a mental note to come back to this combo bike shop and caf\u00e9 one day!\n\n\n \n \n Cycles AND a cuppa! What will they think of next?\n \n \n \n \n Left: It was at the end of this picturesque alleyway \nRight: Yours truly, waiting to hop aboard the Seattle Streetcar\n \n \n Destination: Caff\u00e8 Umbria in Occidental SquareAfter spending a while remote working and imbibing on some truly excellent coffee, it was time to grab a train ride back to my car. Or so I thought! I was starting to get hungry again, so I got off at the Beacon Hill stop and rode my scooter down various steep and winding roads to get to the bottom. Fun! But I wasn\u2019t sure where I might partake of a snack. Then I saw the most hole-in-the-wall place you\u2019ve ever encountered. I decided to give it a try. Despite it being oriented around the philly cheesesteak I ordered something vegetarian with lots of peppers. It was messy as hell, yet thoroughly delicious!\n\n\n \n \n The Original Philly's. I believe it!Back on the train again, I returned to Kent for some much needed R&R and hanging out with my bro.\n\nIssaquah and Bellevue\n\nIt was free Washington State Parks day, so while Shayne was at work I decided to meander my way up to a park not too far away. That turned out to be Squak Mountain State Park, just south of Issaquah. I wasn\u2019t sure I\u2019d get much out of this particular trip at first\u2026the day was pretty gray and moist, and initially the trail just looked like firs and ferns\u2014aka pretty much anywhere in northwestern Washington.\n\nBut then I got a little ways up the mountain and started to feel those glorious moody forest vibes. Noice! I even shot some \u201cprofessional\u201d photos with my fancy camera (the Nikon Z fc):\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Left: Yep, that's a temperate rainforest alright\nRight: Tree guesses what this isEventually my forest time came to its logical conclusion and I was back on the road headed for Bellevue. I\u2019ve been here a number of times in the past, and despite the very \u201ccorporate\u201d vibes in parts of downtown, I really do enjoy this city. The very large downtown park square is quite a worthy destination.\n\n\n \n \n Ponds and waterways\n \n \n Fancy skyscrapers\u2026probably all thanks to tax dollars from Microsoft or something\n \n \n It might be even better at night. Imagine walking under this!That evening I went out to have drinks with Shayne and a buddy of his at a very highfalutin rooftop bar in Bellevue. For some reason I didn\u2019t get any photos of the view, but you can check out their Yelp page for examples.\n\nThe next day wasn\u2019t particularly eventful and the weather wasn\u2019t too good, so mainly I got a bit more work done and hung out with Shayne at home\u2014among other things playing the latest \u201cRime\u201d update to Myst.\n\n\n \n \n I did grab this lovely bit of moss when out on a walk though!Point Defiance, and the Reason I Was Here at All\n\nOn Friday, it was time for us bros to go exploring (before the big event of the evening\u2026stay tuned for the fabulous details)! First, we stopped to have a delightful lunch at Marlene\u2019s Market & Deli in Federal Way.\n\n\n \n \n I'm always a sucker for tasty olivesThen we headed on out past Tacoma to a point of land northwest of town and arrived at our destination: Point Defiance Park.\n\nThe entire coastline of the Puget Sound from here down to Steliacoom or thereabouts is absolutely jaw-dropping. The Tacoma Narrows bridge spans a particularly dreamy area, and you can see that from the southern side of Point Defiance. But the park encompasses many other attractions, some of which we didn\u2019t even get to see such as a zoo. We primarily walked through the gardens, along the shore, and across various woodland trails.\n\n\n \n \n One section of the gardens is Japanese themed\n \n \n A much-appreciated moment in the sun\n \n \n In the distance, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge\n \n \n \n \n Left: Attitude! The Sky is the limit when your heart is in it! \nRight: Jared & Shayne, squinting in the unfamiliar PNW lightEventually the rain came back with a vengeance, and we returned to Kent in the nick of time to attend the main attraction. You see, I was destined to be here with Shayne long before I had actually decided to do the nomad thing this year, and that was because he had purchased tickets for us to attend an Irish music concert by the band L\u00fanasa. Yes indeed!\n\n\n \n \n The lads warming up and tuning their instrumentsL\u00fanasa getting into the swing of things with some Irish soulL\u00fanasa playing a rousing Irish reelAnd with that taste of wondrous Emerald Isle merry-making, I now bid thee farewell until my next installment of the Travel(b)logue series. Come back soon and join us as we visit a variety of Seattle museums, each more thrilling than the last!\n\n\n\n \n\n \n #nomadlifestyle"
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"text": "This post is about a month overdue. As compensation, I will waive the customary subscription fee to read it.\nEvery month, Blake Andrews hosts a 2-hour game jam at Brooklyn indie arcade / bar / awesome place Wonderville.\nI attended as my first in-person game jam on April 12th, where we were jamming on Bitsy. With Bitsy's browser-based editor, a bunch of great learning materials, and Blake's thorough live intro, it was easy to dive in!\nJam themes are chosen by asking Wikipedia for a random page. In this case, it was Town of North Fremantle, an Australian municipality that became a \"town\" in July of 1961, only to be amalgamated into the city of Freemantle, across the river, in November of the same year.\nI kind of fixated on the idea of civic bureaucracy, going through a political process, and finding out that it was a pointless exercise. So, I decided to make a little game about collecting and filing signatures.\nWhile Bitsy is lovingly simple, I have very little game jam experience and few skills, so I reused a lot of the default game assets, as I worked to just figure out how things are wired up. The base engine can do some pretty fun and complex stuff, but I found it confusing to find some concepts in the base editor. For example, an \"if / else\" block for dialog is under \"Lists\" because it is a \"Branching List\". My programming background expectations misled me several times.\nIn the end, I made a little thing, and even got to demo it live along with about a half-dozen other folks there.\nYou can find my jam entry here: Civil at Last, on itch.io. (I have my own itch.io page, now!)\n\n \n Some screenshots of this work of art.You can also play it right here!\n\n Bitsy exports games as a single HTML file suitable for iframe embedding!You can find more details about the jam, and links to all the entries, at the 2 Hr Game Jam Club April 2025 page at itch.io.\nLet me know if you play and enjoy the game! Can you find all two endings??",
"html": "<p>This post is about a month overdue. As compensation, I will waive the customary subscription fee to read it.</p>\n<p>Every month, Blake Andrews hosts a <a href=\"https://wondervilleprojects.org/programs/game-jams/\">2-hour game jam</a> at Brooklyn indie arcade / bar / awesome place <a href=\"https://wonderville.nyc/\">Wonderville</a>.</p>\n<p>I attended as my first in-person game jam on April 12th, where we were jamming on <a href=\"https://bitsy.org/\">Bitsy</a>. With <a href=\"https://make.bitsy.org/\">Bitsy's browser-based editor</a>, a <a href=\"https://make.bitsy.org/docs/introduction/tutorial/\">bunch of great learning materials</a>, and Blake's thorough live intro, it was easy to dive in!</p>\n<p>Jam themes are chosen by asking Wikipedia for a random page. In this case, it was <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_North_Fremantle\">Town of North Fremantle</a>, an Australian municipality that became a \"town\" in July of 1961, only to be amalgamated into the city of Freemantle, across the river, in November of the same year.</p>\n<p>I kind of fixated on the idea of civic bureaucracy, going through a political process, and finding out that it was a pointless exercise. So, I decided to make a little game about collecting and filing signatures.</p>\n<p>While Bitsy is lovingly simple, I have very little game jam experience and few skills, so I reused a <i>lot</i> of the default game assets, as I worked to just figure out how things are wired up. The base engine can do some pretty fun and complex stuff, but I found it confusing to find some concepts in the base editor. For example, an \"if / else\" block for dialog is under \"Lists\" because it is a \"Branching List\". My programming background expectations misled me several times.</p>\n<p>In the end, I made a little thing, and even got to demo it live along with about a half-dozen other folks there.</p>\n<p>You can find my jam entry here: <a href=\"https://schmarty.itch.io/civil-at-last\">Civil at Last, on itch.io</a>. (I have <a href=\"https://schmarty.itch.io/\">my own itch.io page</a>, now!)</p>\n\n <img src=\"https://media.martymcgui.re/65/48/58/17/64c84b0ddbb3b5a2705e8c636d56a4cdcaaf781834322e8e407c6d3e.png\" alt=\"A human figure faces a long and winding yellow and brown desert road flanked by boulders and houses too close together for comfort.\" /><img src=\"https://media.martymcgui.re/0a/5f/ae/49/a7689da9b6cbe41aa456daf27770c13c0b894093b95ec5c3ff2397d6.png\" alt=\"I can't collect signatures without my trusty clipboard! Dialog over a scene in a small room with a closed door and a document on the ground. Outside the room is a winding corridor with another figure and two cats.\" /><img src=\"https://media.martymcgui.re/d2/b7/24/56/d045b7b6aa0c91f5789df40c325dd83a42302ad332a7b82920793012.png\" alt=\"But I wish you luck! Dialog from a stick figure along a desolate and rocky desert road.\" /><img src=\"https://media.martymcgui.re/71/40/7d/e3/8e646f9202ec1cc27cc4c5c235a04f81edb8137b0c178c8aa151cca9.png\" alt=\"Stick figure in a green and white office building corridor surrounded by locked rooms. At the far end is an open office with another figure at a desk.\" />\n Some screenshots of this work of art.<p>You can also play it right here!</p>\n\n Bitsy exports games as a single HTML file suitable for iframe embedding!<p>You can find more details about the jam, and links to all the entries, at the <a href=\"https://itch.io/jam/2hrgjc202504\">2 Hr Game Jam Club April 2025 page at itch.io</a>.</p>\n<p>Let me know if you play and enjoy the game! Can you find all <em>two</em> endings??</p>"
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📗 Want to read Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer ISBN: 9780226837970
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"html": "<p>As a child\u2026well, <strong>I did not yearn for the mines.</strong> \ud83d\ude09 But as a father of kids circa early 2020s, I have many fond memories of playing Minecraft (Java Edition) together as a family for hours upon hours upon hours. I\u2019m also a huge fan of the Minecraft soundtrack by C418\u2014<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIEo_74L-Q\">Aria Math</a> is sheer perfection.</p>\n\n<p>I was hoping to see the new Minecraft Movie with my kids, but they beat me to it with another group of friends/family. So I finally went by myself to see it (don\u2019t feel bad for me, I <em>love</em> going to the cinema alone).</p>\n\n<p><strong>CHICKEN JOCKEY!</strong></p>\n\n<p>You just knew I had to say it. \ud83d\ude02</p>\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know what beef some critics had with this movie. Maybe it just doesn\u2019t land if you\u2019re not a massive Minecraft nerd. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m totally a nerd (<a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/117/\">my game franchise of choice is Myst</a>), but I have enough experience with it that I had an absolute blast (TNT of course) watching this very weird and goofy take on the game. Everyone seemed to be acting the hell out of themselves and having great fun, and while it\u2019s fair to say the film is thin on plot and very intent on a-meme-every-second pacing, I was totally there for it.</p>\n\n<p>Plus who doesn\u2019t love a few very comedic moments with Jennifer Coolidge. She is every bit as delightfully wacky as you might expect!</p>\n\n<p>Am I excited for the inevitable sequel, given the fact they\u2019ve raked in an eye-watering amount of dough from this one? <em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPnZLTZRYw\">Heh!</a></em></p>\n\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>4.5 out of 5 stars.</strong><br /><a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#movies</a></p>",
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"text": "The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.\n\nCome support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for these exciting indie teams:\nTriceratops\nThe Cats Cradle Ensemble\nWe Are All Named Sara(h)\nI\u2019ll be playing in with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!\nLooking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)\nFriday May 9th, 2025 @ 10:30pm\n\nMagnet Theater\n\n254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)\n\nNew York City, NY 10001\n\nTickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/tickets/59604/",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/08/rent-stabilization-parking-reforms-become-law-in-washington/\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Senate Bill 5184, sponsored by Senator Jessica Bateman (D-22nd, Olympia), represents one of the most comprehensive parking reform bills enacted in any US state. In any city with more than 30,000 residents, builders will be prevented from being required to add more than one off-street parking space for every two units in an apartment building, nor more than two spaces for every 1,000 square feet of commercial space.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I love many places <em>in</em> the State of Washington. <strong>I do not particularly like Washington.</strong></p>\n\n<p>It feels like the kind of place that <em>would</em> be much farther ahead of the curve than, say, California when it comes to crowded, fast-growing dense urban areas weaning themselves off of car dependency. And yet whenever I try maneuvering my vehicle through Seattle and even smaller farther-flung towns, I feel like the traffic is absolutely off-the-charts insane. Most days I can drive through downtown Portland more easily than I can get through \u201csleepy\u201d Washington urban areas which might not even be within Seattle city limits. <em>Frankly I refuse to drive in Seattle ever again. Period. I will take the train in instead.</em></p>\n\n<p>All that to say, I am glad that Washington is really starting to turn things around. Bills like this\u2014which aren\u2019t even about <em>forbidding</em> housing developers to build lots of parking but rather <em>not legally mandating</em> so much damn parking in the first place\u2014are a most welcome improvement. Fewer car-owning city dwellers means even more pressure to build world-class transit, encourage <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/micromobility\">#micromobility</a> use, and design <strong>pedestrianized central spaces</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>There\u2019s also\u2014FINALLY\u2014major new light rail lines opening up on the east side of Lake Washington, and <a href=\"https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/east-link-extension\">the big one connecting Seattle to Bellevue</a> is slated to open early next year. I am losing my mind with anticipation of being able to flit back and forth between two of Washington\u2019s great urban centers on a train.</p>\n\n<p>None of this is enough to make me want to leave Oregon, mind you, but it <em>definitely</em> gives me more incentive to head on up and enjoy playing the tourist. Oh, and I did I mention <a href=\"https://www.knkx.org/transportation/2025-05-08/seattle-pike-place-market-tests-car-ban-pilot-downtown-overlook-walk-flowers-vendors\">Pike Place Market is now closed to most automobile traffic</a> as well? <strong>Heck yeah!</strong></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>\u201cThere\u2019s some real beauty about all those interconnected pieces that just make for a really inspiring and pleasant journey,\u201d Rachel Ligtenberg, executive director of the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, said. \u201cIt is vastly more walkable.\u201d</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><em>Finally.</em></p>",
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Bridges crossing the Crooked River Canyon in central Oregon
#OregonExplored #NikonZfc
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Wy’east (aka Mt. Hood) overlooking the Anjou pear fields south of Hood River.
#OregonExplored #NikonZfc
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I’ll never get tired of waking up to views like this. 😍 #NomadLifestyle
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Mind-blowing yellow color on the road from Sublimity to Silverton
#OregonExplored
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Sailboat on the Willamette River
#Portland #OregonExplored
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It was like a video game…in real life! 🤯
“Trees of Mystery” in Northern California
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Looking out at Cape Lookout
#OregonExplored
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In two weeks I'll be speaking at the MCP Dev Summit in San Francisco! It's going to be a great day packed with back to back sessions.
In less than a year, the MCP project has quickly reshaped how developers are building AI agents. My talk, "Intro to OAuth for MCP Servers", will cover the basics of the new MCP authorization protocol and set the stage for building secure MCP servers.
https://mcpdevsummit.ai/#agenda
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