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Quarterly 101 Things Update: June 2024

July 1, 2024 by Dan Bailey

Hey, it’s the return of the 101 Things in 1001 Days! Shit has been chugging along, as usual, and I’m making pretty good progress. My only concern at this point is time. I definitely bit off more than I could chew on this list, and it’s going to bite me in the ass. Items completed … Read more

Closing Out 2023

January 1, 2024 by Dan Bailey

I used to do a recap post every year, going all the way back to my early involvement with Livejournal. This seems like a good year to pick up the habit again, given that 2023 was the longest decade ever. Additionally, I’m also going to massively change the format. It used to be that everything … Read more

Accomplishments: September 2023

October 4, 2023 by Dan Bailey

So September has come and gone, and thank god, because it was exhausting. I knew that I was losing half the month to my European vacation, so this month’s big to-do tasks were going to be substantially truncated. To that end, my goals were: So how did it go? College Course The downside to the … Read more

Rebuild Underway

April 27, 2023 by Dan Bailey

So I’ve finally gotten my shit together with regards to the rebuild of this site. I’ve nuked a significant percentage of my old posts here — mostly the inane bullshit — and that’s knocked me down from ~1400 or so posts down to 180-something. I’ll be going through those a second time. I’m also going … Read more

Holy Shit…Really?

June 9, 2021 by Dan Bailey

So things are a bit crazy right now. Okay, a lot crazy. I haven’t really updated much lately, and this will probably be my last real blog post before I completely rebuild this site from scratch. Should we get down to it? We should. I’ll probably break it down by categories, as usual, but first…

Parental Failure: Books

February 2, 2021 by Dan Bailey

One of the hardest things for me to deal with as a parent is that neither of my boys likes to read. Language has always been difficult for Eddy, as I’m sure I’ve detailed elsewhere in this blog, and Sam had a good chunk of kindergarten and first grade curtailed by COVID-19, and that’s impacted … Read more

Well, Fuck

January 19, 2021 by Dan Bailey

This will be my first update of any sort in months. I’m not going to blather about the following topics: the pandemic the Minneapolis riots the elections the insurrection my marriage/separation the kids First off, let me just say that 2020 was fucking weird, yo. What would otherwise would have been the Shittiest Year on … Read more

What I Believe (2020 Edition)

May 4, 2023April 8, 2020 by Dan Bailey

I believe — with evidence — that the Cars movies are set in the same universe as Maximum Overdrive. I also believe — without evidence — that The Golden Child and Big Trouble in Little China are set in the same universe. I believe in beer. I believe in persistence. I believe in the concept … Read more

Awesome Web Reads: February 2018

February 28, 2018 by Dan Bailey

GQ had a great interview with Quincy Jones. John Perry Barlow, founder of the EFF died early in the month. Kottke shared his 25 Principles of Adult Behavior In saecula saeculorum was a thought-provoking look at the eras of an empire. Tim Ferriss has a great (and short) podcast called The 9 Habits to Stop … Read more

Five Things Worse Than Gas Station Sushi

August 5, 2016 by Dan Bailey

Gas station sushi was a topic that came up frequently with an old friend. It’s still the first phrase that pops into my head when I see something horrible. For this list, I decided to come up with things that were even worse.