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Today’s been a little more emotional than expected, but… FREE BOI SPRING STARTS NOW!! Concerts, camping, travel, and tinkering til Memorial Day. First stop: Chicago.
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Try finding beauty in everything. It’s hard, but it’s worth it.
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Ever wonder if pineapple upside down cakes came from swinger parties?
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Google ending the production of Nest Protects is so frustrating. It’s such a good product, with nothing comparable on the market.
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January Reset. No Gluten. No Alcohol.

I've been dealing with some minor, intermittent skin issues for years. It's been treatable, but last year the eczema came hard, spread further and was a little gnarlier... so I started seeing a dermatologist and allergist. They tested for chemical allergies, environmental allergies, had me change everything that I put on my skin or clothes and none of it helped. I suspected a food allergy or something, but the allergist disagreed, and wanted me to come in weekly to get shots. Yeah right.

Despite everything else they suggested, things got worse toward the end of the year... peak gluttony season.

In December, we did an "advent calendar of beer" from Confluence, so I was having at least half of a craft beer every day for nearly a month - probably my longest consecutive drinking stint ever, haha

Combined with all the heavy food and parties, I sorta ... read more

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Hi, I'm Derek Brooks

I'm a 43.78 year old midwestern American who enjoys engineering, traveling, partying, and extremish sports.

Most of my life's latest happenings are on this page, but you can also check out what I'm up to today and what I did yesterday.

If you'd like to know a little more about me you can check out my bio - and don't forget to check out my photos!

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anonymous: yeah the labeling and spam features do come in handy but i bet you are probably using the labeling in ways i havent even thought of lol

broox: i’m unsure. thought about using icloud with my custom domain… but they’re missing a couple gmail features i like, like labeling.

anonymous: where will you center your webmail and such?

broox: yep. i stopped buying google phones and all of their other products long ago because of this… and i’m looking to get off of google hosted email and calendars as well. it’s a bummer ho... (more)

anonymous: this has been their way for a how long though. we are lucky that gmail is still around

broox: also, the team we played tonight had enough players, but knew we’d beat em… so they took a forfeit and brought in a couple ringers so that they could beat us on the rink. lol. fun.

mark ashton: i’m excited about the papal conclave too

zack steinkamp: maybe she'd be cool to duet sadness part 1?

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