Five years of my Day One Journal books.
Author: Patrick Rhone
You don’t have to be there – The Homebound Symphony
People: you don’t have to “watch the destruction in Los Angeles through the prism of our fractured social-media ecosystem.” Nobody is making you. And it doesn’t do you any good to watch.
But when Twitter became intolerable people decamped first for Mastodon and then Threads and then Bluesky, or went all-in on Instagram. The Twitter habit, it seems, will long survive Twitter.
An important reminder (with some useful suggestions).
This week has been a long month already.
Friday is in March, right?
Took care of the other wall of tile today. Apart from a single tile I’ll need to find a ceramic hole saw for, this part of the project is complete.
Finally some progress on the walk in shower at the Summit House today…
Shoveling Pro Tips
Everything you need to know about shovels (the non-snow variety).
A chair built for your half-dirty clothes
This is awesome. I’ve been thinking about a solution to this same problem and, while I doubt I’d have the gumption to build such a solution it has spurred me to think of coming up with my own solution to this problem.
(also via Jack Cheng)
Opinion | In Defense of Messiness – The New York Times
The parts of my brain that allow me to produce handmade Renaissance costumes are the same parts responsible for a dining room bursting with fabric scraps and sewing supplies. It’s time we admit that what makes us shine can’t be divorced from what makes us scattered.
(via Jack Cheng)
The problem with common sense is that it isn’t all that common and many people think they have way more sense than they really do.
What we (Minnesotans) believe in.