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What was I thinking? Posts, Notes, & TILs?
Jul 20, 2025 · Why did I make posting more complicated than it needed to be?

Fitness is not a project
Apr 25, 2025 · Us project-oriented folks like to see things as come to an close. Sadly, fitness is not one of those kinds of projects.

Music as a pain reliever, post-op
Mar 26, 2025 · I've discovered that listening to music is a marvelous way to reduce pain sensation after knee replacement surgery.

If you're considering knee replacement surgery
Mar 13, 2025 · Here are a couple of resources that have helped me to prepare for knee replacement surgery.

11ty Meetup - How I built my Books page
Feb 6, 2025 · I presented at the 11ty Meetup on how I built my Books page. Here's the video and a link to a PDF of the slides.

What the fuck is happening in our country?
Feb 1, 2025 · We're on the cusp of a serious decline of the country. We all need to remain aware of what's going on.

11ty Bundle Moved to Cloudflare
Jan 25, 2025 · I've bitten the bullet and moved the 11ty bundle from Netlify to Cloudflare Pages.

I might make a Today I Learned / Linked section
Jan 20, 2025 · I'm considering making a Today I Learned / Linked page. Inspired by Simon Willison's link blog.

Playing Poosticks
Jan 16, 2025 · We played Poohsticks on this bridge today.

Music is replacing my self-talk
Jan 15, 2025 · Ever since I started listening to music while working out, I've noticed that my self-talk has been replaced by the songs I listen to.

Number 24, a powerful WW II movie
Jan 6, 2025 · We watched Number 24 on Netflix. It was a very moving portrayal of an incredibly brave Norwegian.

I'm really not enjoying these afib episodes
Dec 28, 2024 · I had my 7th afib episode of 2024. It took longer that usual to convert back to normal sinus rhythm. I'm really not enjoying these afib episodes.

Look Ma, I've styled my RSS feed
Dec 26, 2024 · I'd seen this done by several people and decided to give it a go.

No cochlear implant...yet
Dec 26, 2024 · Due to the lack of Medicare coverage for single-sided deafness, I've opted out of getting a cochlear implant.

Final Christmastime Fiddling
Dec 24, 2024 · I spent the last several days fiddling with this site. I changed the microBlog terminology to call them notes and I built a bookshelf page.

Trying to develop a new reading habit
Dec 21, 2024 · My book reading has been all over the map. I'm going to try to develop a more consistent habit.

This site now lives on Cloudflare
Dec 19, 2024 · I migrated this site to Cloudflare to reduce the bandwidth demands on my Netlify account. Details later.

Tagging posts and 'futzing' with my site
Dec 8, 2024 · I've spent some time adding some more descriptive tags to my posts. I call this phase of blogging "futzing."

Happy Thanksgiving 2024
Nov 27, 2024 · Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Be safe, be grateful and enjoy the day.

A tweak to how I use Pagefind
Nov 27, 2024 · I use the Pagefind package to add search to my personal site. It was returning way too many result for simple words. I made a small tweak to fix that.

Is there an echo in here?
Nov 26, 2024 · I'm trying out Robb Knight's Echofeed service

What will I do next among the many things I want to do?
Nov 23, 2024 · I've got a lot of things I want to do, but I can't do them all at once. What will I do next?

I'm finally unvexed by microblog post dates
Nov 23, 2024 · I recently had a problem on this here microblog. It has to do with dates. But it's all ok now.

My circle of friends on Bluesky
Nov 23, 2024 · There's a very cool service called Skircle that generates an image of your circle of friends on Bluesky. Here's mine.

Issue 61 is shaping up
Nov 18, 2024 · We're still in Italy, but Issue 61 of the 11ty Bundle is shaping up to be a doozy.

We're in Italy at the moment
Nov 14, 2024 · Vacationing in Italy has its upsides, especially following the US election.

The day after...and we're in Italy
Nov 7, 2024 · The day after the election. The results are in. The country is divided. The future is uncertain. And we're in Italy.

Anxiety officially reduced
Nov 5, 2024 · After an eventful day, I'm feeling much better...for several reasons.

I'm currently anxious about way too many things
Nov 4, 2024 · On the eve of the election and international travel, I'm worried about a lot of stuff.

Is it really a new design?
Nov 2, 2024 · I've "redesigned" my personal site.

The first microBlog post
Nov 2, 2024 · I've set up a microBlog on the site and this is the first post in it.