02.28.2026
These are the things currently occupying my attention in no particular order…
- We have pretty much locked in all of our itinerary for our spring break trip to Greece in a couple of weeks. As we were figuring out our schedule and where to go there and I was lamenting the fact that travel agents were no longer really a thing, I decided to dump our proposed itinerary into ChatGPT and see if it could make suggestions for improvement. I have to say, it was a fairly good assistant in that it helped us see holes in our plan, which forced us to offer alternatives, and it was able to validate the pros and cons of the various choices.Basically, what a travel agent would have done in the days of old.
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Greece was chosen as a destination in part because Beatrix is a fan of the musical and films, Mamma Mia. We’ll be flying into Athens, driving up to Volos, taking the ferry to Skiathos and Skopelos (the Mamma Mia islands), then back again through Volos and back to Athens for a few days before flying back. This will allow seeing Delphi and, likely Corinth and Hydra as well.
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It’s March tomorrow so I expect the remainder of Beatrix’s college applications will get decided on this month. There’s a couple of long shots in that bunch, and she’s pretty much made up her mind already, but since she did the work might as well see what her full range of choices will be. I’m very proud of her for how well things have turned out this far.
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Work started again on the Hague House this week. I feel like we’re in the home stretch. The bathroom is the last really major interior room to tackle. Everything else is pretty cosmetic. Boy would I like to get that done and sold this year.
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This is a reminder that ICE is still very much active here. The “drawdown” was a ruse for people who can’t perform math and a news cycle that needs new squirrels to chase. People are still being abducted, with no rights given and no due process, and either indefinitely detained outside of the state or disappeared to a country not of their origin on untraceable flights. About 150 cars with multiple agents each left out on their regular rounds from their base here today. This is not over. Fuck ICE.
Inspired by Derek Sivers.