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"text": "Believe it or not, I was not the bleepiest or bloopiest on the Bleeps and Bloops ride. These are some amazing rigs!"
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Today I had a crew come and replace the water heater! The old one was from 2008, and apparently at the end of its expected lifetime. Rather than wait until it blew up and turned into an emergency, I had it replaced.
The new one is a heat pump water heater! And since it's in the same room as my servers, it acts as an air conditioner for the space too! It will always have an abundant supply of warm air from the servers in the room, and I will always be happy to have it cool the space down.
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Doing the very important work of testing if the slushie machine works on the battery and how long it will last in prep for the Grilled by Bike ride this weekend
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"text": "At the end of the week, I take all the CSA veggies left and turn them into a giant soup and freeze it. This will pay off in the winter!"
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"text": "Show me a creature who does not enjoy a breath of fresh air, and I will show you a stinky fish, yes?",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-mule-foundation-season-3-episode-7-pilou-asbaek\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>The Apple TV+ version of Foundation, Season 3, has finally revealed the Mule, as played by Pilou Asb\u00e6k.</p>\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s probably one of the best-written villains if you ask me,\u201d Asb\u00e6k tells Inverse. \u201cHe\u2019s right up there next to Voldemort.\u201d But, with Season 3, specifically, Episode 7, Foundation is twisting the Asimovian origin of the Mule. Or is it?</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I never read the <em>Foundation</em> books by Issac Asimov, but ahead of season 3 of the Apple TV+ show I\u2019d been hearing all the chatter about bringing one of the book series\u2019 big bads to life: <strong>The Mule</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ll admit I was rather nervous; something I\u2019ve loved throughout my watch of <em>Foundation</em> is that many of the \u201cbad guys\u201d are complex and nuanced, and you don\u2019t necessarily appreciate everything the \u201cgood guys\u201d are up to either. There\u2019s a lot of gray area. Now suddenly I\u2019m expected to believe some heinous madman will come waltzing into the picture, bending everyone\u2019s minds to his evil will while unraveling <em>psychohistory</em> in the process? Sounded all a bit silly\u2026infantile even.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I needn\u2019t have worried.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Pilou Asb\u00e6k is <strong>crushing it</strong> in this role. He\u2019s a scenery-chewing bad dude who doesn\u2019t steal the show due to eloquent monologues or brooding underhanded villainy like we often see in these sorts of roles. Rather, he overtly perpetrates despicable violence\u2014at times truly grotesque\u2014as he gleefully guffaws at the supposed frivolity of it all. He\u2019s quite clever <em>and</em> completely unhinged, and I can\u2019t recall seeing a character quite like this since that most excellent villain of <em>Jessica Jones</em> season 1, the Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave, played to perfection by David Tennant).</p>\n\n<p>Season 3 of <em>Foundation</em> thus far is every bit as good as the first two, which results in this continuing to be one of the greatest <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/scifi\">#scifi</a> <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/tvshows\">#tvshows</a> of all time in my estimation. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/my-top-5-scifi-tv-shows-of-2023#1-foundation-season-2\">Season 2 catapulted Foundation to my top show of 2023</a> and I wrote at the time:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I was riveted every moment\u2014and I can\u2019t wait to rewatch this show again and again. Might we dare to hope that season 3 will be as good as the first two? <strong>I do! Bring it on.</strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And so they are.</p>",
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Purity Ring is requesting that fans wear high-quality masks at their shows and they’re providing them if you need one. Grabbed a ticket so fast!
“we kindly request that fans please wear high filtration masks at our shows. n95 or kn95, and we'll have them at the door if anyone needs. thank you!!!”
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I know if you turn on the news, you can point to a wide variety of individual scenarios which seem to indicate that we are all completely and totally fucked.
And yet…I feel like we’re right at that point in the movie when the tide seems to be turning; that elusive tipping point where the good folk seem to be winning.
From slop-infested Big Tech shenanigans to the gross project of converting America into a fascist oligarchy, the people are rising up. Our freedoms and our values aren’t going to be eradicated without a fight. And I’m feeling good about where we’re at in that fight.
I won’t go all Pollyanna on you and say it’s time to relax and stop worrying. Far from it! But I’m far more pumped today about the future than I was six months ago. 💪 We got this. ✊
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"html": "<p>Current mood: <strong>strangely optimistic!</strong></p>\n\n<p>I know if you turn on the news, you can point to a wide variety of individual scenarios which seem to indicate that we are all completely and totally fucked.</p>\n\n<p>And yet\u2026I feel like we\u2019re right at that point in the movie when the tide seems to be turning; that elusive tipping point where the good folk seem to be winning.</p>\n\n<p>From slop-infested Big Tech shenanigans to the gross project of converting America into a fascist oligarchy, <strong>the people are rising up.</strong> Our freedoms and our values aren\u2019t going to be eradicated without a fight. And I\u2019m feeling good about where we\u2019re at in that fight.</p>\n\n<p>I won\u2019t go all Pollyanna on you and say it\u2019s time to relax and stop worrying. Far from it! But I\u2019m far more pumped today about the future than I was six months ago. \ud83d\udcaa <strong>We got this.</strong> \u270a</p>",
"text": "Current mood: strangely optimistic!\n\nI know if you turn on the news, you can point to a wide variety of individual scenarios which seem to indicate that we are all completely and totally fucked.\n\nAnd yet\u2026I feel like we\u2019re right at that point in the movie when the tide seems to be turning; that elusive tipping point where the good folk seem to be winning.\n\nFrom slop-infested Big Tech shenanigans to the gross project of converting America into a fascist oligarchy, the people are rising up. Our freedoms and our values aren\u2019t going to be eradicated without a fight. And I\u2019m feeling good about where we\u2019re at in that fight.\n\nI won\u2019t go all Pollyanna on you and say it\u2019s time to relax and stop worrying. Far from it! But I\u2019m far more pumped today about the future than I was six months ago. \ud83d\udcaa We got this. \u270a"
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