For my Birthday/Christmas, my wonderful wife got me a Ninja Slushi machine. This was quite the coveted viral gadget in 2024 so I was quite pleased and surprised to finally get one. Some of the recipes are actually a fair… Continue Reading
I decided to spend big on my new phone and get the largest Google Pixel. It was a good choice because I use my phone all day and the larger screen is definitely easier with my tremor. I didn’t buy… Continue Reading
When we bought a new house a few months ago, the tree-enclosed back yard was an instant draw. There are countless birds chirping in the trees and some of them even come down to visit. I’ve refurbished my busted BirdBuddy… Continue Reading
This week I was astonished to learn the history of a Civil War regiment that hailed from my old stomping grounds in north Alabama. These volunteers mustered in Huntsville, AL in October 1862 to fight for the Union. I know… Continue Reading
I’ve had a lot of fun this weekend getting some taking some Docker containers on my NAS and making them publicly and securely accessible from anywhere. I was able to figure out the Synology NAS’s builtin reverse proxy capability, associate… Continue Reading
When playing Pai Gow Poker at a casino, I love the feeling I get when I spread out my 7 cards and try to collapse the infinite possibilities into one. There’s that momentary thrill when I try to figure out… Continue Reading
This is an aggressively pink tree in our backyard.
My first memory of Spider-Man was the Sunday funny pages strip. Or maybe I don’t directly remember it, but I’ve seen a picture of me “reading” it upside down. [Not pictured: toddler me reading Spider-Man upside down] The strip ran… Continue Reading
I really love the 7-part TV series The Sympathizer on HBO. As wacky as it could be, it filled in some of the context from when I worked at a Vietnamese-owned clinic with a large number of Vietnamese patients. It still humbles me some of the adversity people have been through. Spoilers after the break. Continue Reading
I’m a big fan of having a winter holiday full of lights and shiny things just as the daylight shrinks to a minimum.This Saturday we went to Hillsboro’s drive-thru Lightopia. It was free, so a pretty good value. I’m going… Continue Reading