Liz and I have spent a lot of time sleeping in my Honda Fit. We’ve been to DC, Mammoth Cave, Chillicothe, Caesar Creek, and Patapsco State Park. Surprisingly, my diminutive car has just enough room for me to lie down… almost. We tried an air mattress for the last couple of years, and it has been OK. Air mattresses are […]
I don’t regret the money I spent on making my homelab. First of all, it is hosting this very website. All sites, and the whole internet, runs on computers just like this. Well, not exactly like this, most are much newer and nicer. My site runs on a container (essentially a virtual computer that is only powerful enough to run […]
“I can’t wait until I get married,” I emphatically say while barely squeezing out a legible scribble. This has become a running joke (just between me and myself) every time I have to sign for anything. My last name is long. 10 letters. Pair that with a first name that’s 9, and you’ve got yourself a headache. My name has […]
Some days it feels like I am not allowed to complain because a) there are bigger problems in the world, b) I should be grateful for what I have. Yes, I have a full-time job. Yes, I have a house. Yes, I am not constantly logging into my bank account, worrying when my next paycheck will hit. Yes, I am […]
Our first garden project. With the greenhouse installed, and lots of seedlings on the way, we thought it would be nice to have a raised bed for a small vegetable garden. Trying to decide what to build it out of, we settled on brick. There is already a low retaining wall in the backyard, so I thought it would look […]
I hate social media. At least I hate what it has become. We’ve built an anti-social society where we feel obligated to share our disparate lives with one another in the digital realm only. Companies exploit and exacerbate this problem by providing addictive platforms for us to share our curated life stories. Unfortunately the dark side is that every little […]
