Long weekend ahead (funeral, work projects, proofreading for a friend), but what I look forward to the most: setting up my new personal website/blog.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a personal site, and I don’t know if I’ll blog much beyond microblogging. But this place and the IndieWeb movement have inspired me to go back to my pre-social media roots. Looking forward to it.

Bookmarking this for when I get the dreaded update.

How to Return to Chrome’s Old Look—and Fix the Blurry Text on Windows (Lifehacker)

Random photo: Raleigh, NC, August 2017 📷

Didn’t take long to see my first tweet about Burt Reynolds' passing with a photo of Tom Selleck. I imagine it won’t be the last.

I guess I’m going to have to find other ways to make myself smarter.

(But I love the “Argument Clinic” sketch; does that count?)

Why becoming more argumentative will make you smarter (BBC News)

Random photo: Littleton, NH, July 2017. 📷

Random photo: Shackleford Banks, NC, August 2017. 📷

(Also, posted this with Sunlit; interesting how this posts with the text under the photo. I kind of like this.)

1 in 5 U.S. teachers works a second job to survive.

In related news: Teacher pay drops 5% in last decade – despite better qualified staff (Guardian)

It’s been a day. And the work day is still going.

You know it’s bad when an entire country leaves Twitter. ;)

Muted all political and religious feeds on Twitter. All I have left are baseball, weather, and dogs. Life could be far worse.

Random photos: San Diego, CA, July 2014. 📷

I’m more of a dog person, really. But we have a cat who seems to like me. Still filing this away as we contemplate getting a second cat.

How to get a cat to like you (Lifehacker)

We checked out a working farm operated by the county park district today. It’s preserved much of the original residence and offers tours.

Highlight for me: learning about coffee brewed with egg, which I promptly Googled. Itching to try it! Anybody heard of this?

Best. Idea. Ever. 📷

Labor Day morning.

Me: I forget. We restarting the (intermittent) fasting thing today?

C: Are you nuts? Tomorrow.

Me: Good. (Breaks out Frosted Flakes, almond milk, and Coke Zero)

For my first Micro Monday post, I recommend @eli and @cheri. I’m really enjoying getting to know these two prolific and welcoming members of this community!

The Sunday night of a three-day weekend with a Monday holiday is the best night ever.

Random photo, “Don’t Go Back to …” edition: Rockville, MD, July 2018. 📷

I deleted Apple News from my phone. I’m free! FREE, I tell you!

From punishing to pleasurable, how cursive writing is looping back into our hearts (Washington Post)

Anybody out there have a “morning pages” habit? Do you keep it up in an analog fashion, or do you do so digitally (say, on a website like 750words.com)?

I’m terrible with disciplines like this, but I’m considering giving this a shot for the possible therapeutic benefit.

Libation on a cloudy evening: Lithuanian honey liqueur and soda water. Tastes faintly like ouzo, but a bit sweeter. 📷

Went to the city for brunch with friends I haven’t seen in years. Almost backed out because I feel so old and pudgy. I mean, I am old and pudgy. But it turns out we’re all old, and only some of us are pudgy — but it turns out that’s okay.

Random photo: Rome, ME, June 2018. After a long work week, wishing we were there. 📷