Happy New Year's!
I'm writing this post in late November because my scheduled blog posts are now backed up to New Year's, and I thought, "I wonder what a good New Year's post would be?" So, here we are.
I recall reading that Mr. Beast
Curtis Jones
You're Running a Race (a riddle of sorts)
A question – a riddle of sorts – to ask your friends:
* You're running a race.
* You pass the 2nd place person.
* What place are now in?
Every. Single. Person. I've asked (in my family, that is), has answered this incorrectly.
WTF is a Thunderbolt?
WTF is a Thunderbolt, and why is everyone pretending that’s a perfectly acceptable word and product name. What does it even mean?
Thunder is a sound. It is not a bolt.
Lighting comes in bolts.
How is everyone okay with this?
PayPal Fail
In the grand scheme of things, it isn't the biggest possible corporate failure imaginable. It seems like PayPal took a list of states, sorted them alphabetically, and then converted them to 2-character abbreviations – which are then not sorted alphabetically.
So, yeah, state names and state abbreviations don'
Swap On!
I've never had stability issues with my VPS provider of choice ... until I started using Ghost. As soon as I started publishing posts, the whole VPS would freeze up and I'd have to force reset it. It felt as though if I were gentle with the
The Vision Pro I Want
What is most irksome is that I know Apple could make this here and now if they wanted to; they’ve got all the requisite tech ready and available.
The biggest shortcoming of any beautiful monitor is that you can’t take it with you. If I want peak productivity
License to Trim
I had a chance conversation with a guy who has spent forty-something years working as a barber. I’ve always thought it baffling that hair cutting is licensed by the state. I’d really like to know the history of this gross over reach. There was once a time when
One Time, Long Ago…Cheez-It
One time, long ago, I wrapped up a significant bike ride (six mountain gaps and maybe 70 miles, if memory serves). I treated myself by purchasing a box of Cheez-Its from Walmart. Now, I’ve bought Cheez-Its many times — they’re my favorite snack, after all — but this was the
Unexpected Advent Reading
10:58am (two minutes until church starts)
Pastor: Curtis, are you guys ready for this?
Me: Yeah.... Wait. Ready for what?
Pastor: The advent reading. (He motions over to the candles.)
Me: ???
Pastor: This week it is your family's turn. See, it's right here in the
Children and Communion
When fencing the table, the minister will call on unbelievers to not participate ("lest you eat and drink condemnation upon yourself"). Why do we exclude baptized children of believers, along with unbelievers?
This isn't something I put much thought into until I tried and failed to