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Studying for my driver’s permit. Hoping to take the test next week. I haven’t driven a car in 30 years. Wish me luck. The road should be nervous, not me.
I’ve been a geek my whole life. I just didn’t always have the word for it.
It started early. It survived a Tandy, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and decades of blogging across more platforms than I care to count. Eventually it even became the name of this blog.
Which made me start wondering where the word actually came from — because it clearly didn’t start as a compliment.
“Three central components of subjective well-being were considered: life satisfaction, positive emotional states, and negative emotional states.” - Dr. Susanne Bücker
Research points to the 70s as the happiest decade of all.
But for me, at 50 is my happiest time of my life, living in a tiny house in the Appalachian hills, working a side job on my own terms, sitting on my porch watching the mountains do nothing fast — I think I’ve already found it. Maybe happiness isn’t an age. It’s a life that fits.
But I’ll check back in at 70. Just to see.
Those sliding doors are everything. I’d love something like that in my own place — maybe it’s finally time to replace that old door I’ve been holding onto. Future project? I think yes.
If I were short, I wouldn’t mind a Hobbit-style house, but at 6'0", I’m more like Gandalf. I’d spend most of my time tilting my head just to navigate the place. 🙄
Check the video out on Facebook.
Disclaimer: I suspect it is AI-generated, but you never know if they actually did this house.
I’m enjoying my Iced Mocha latte with Almond milk—it’s so delicious! But I might be due for a new espresso machine. I’ve had this one for about 5 years now. It’s still working well, but I’d love a machine that offers more pressure to bring out a richer, more aromatic espresso flavor.
I just had sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast, but it wasn’t homemade like my family used to make on Sundays when I was growing up. I missed that, but it was still a good breakfast!
I didn’t plan to build an AI writing stack. I just kept getting curious.
That’s usually how it starts with me. One tool, one question, and one thought that won’t leave me alone: could this actually help?
Over the past year, I’ve messed around with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Notion AI. Not because I wanted to hand my writing off to a robot, but because I wanted to know where these things actually fit into my process. Could they help with research? Wrangle my notes? Or would everything start sounding like it came out of a corporate press release?
Decided to build my own Micro.blog theme. A couple of days of tinkering in, still working through a few minor issues, but progress is being made. More tweaks coming soon.
I don’t do documentaries. But Dancing with the Birds intrigued me enough to stay. That Flame Bowerbird built an entire architectural masterpiece out of sticks — just to impress a date. Curated decor and everything. Nature’s original creative director, and he did not miss.
