Accomplishments: April 2025

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With the house closing and the big move already scheduled for April, getting all that done was first and foremost on my list. Anything else was going to be just extra icing on the cake. My goals were: Finish the Move Without Dying This was a success. Didi and I loaded up our cars on … Read more

Accomplishments: March 2025

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February was nuts. At first glance, March wasn’t going to be much better. With the impending move and the ongoing job hunt, a shit-ton of projects, and a desire to get back to working out, March turned out to be way worse than February. My planned “big tasks” were: Get Ready to Move Man, we … Read more

Accomplishments: February 2025

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I came into February expecting to be wildly unproductive with my brother’s passing at the end of January. That seems to have sparked a feeling of “I don’t have a lot of time left on the planet, let’s get shit done.” So I got shit done. My goals for the month were: Find a House … Read more

Accomplishments: January 2025

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So I came into January feeling pretty bummed. The dark, the cold, the post-Holidays ennui, etc. etc. I was feeling pretty underwhelmed about the start of 2025. Thus, I set a basic list: Get a Job…or at Least Get Pretty Close So I did a whole bunch of interviews at a local software shop. They … Read more

In Memory: Paul David Bailey

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Paul passed away on January 30th, 2025 at the age of 49, from Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Born on a U.S. Army base in West Germany, in October of 1975, Paul moved to Minnesota with his family a few years later and grew up and lived his life there. He is survived by … Read more

Closing Out 2024

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I’m a pretty forward-looking guy, but that doesn’t mean I’m above being retrospective about the past and both taking pride in what I’ve done right and learning from what I’ve fucked up. Throughout my history of blogging (here and elsewhere), I’ve tried to always look back at the end of the year and recap what … Read more