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  • I put together 2,651 legos today. The new set kinda consumed me… so anyway, Merry Christmas or whatever. posted 12 months ago - 2 comments

  • Went to get a Christmas Eve bloody with Kari and someone at the bar just tested out their bottle of mace. Now we’re all just chillin, randomly coughing with the doors wide open for airflow. posted 12 months ago - reply

  • CHRISTMAS BREAK BABAYYYYY posted 1 year ago - reply

  • Anyone still using RSS readers? If so, what are you using? What are you subscribing to? posted 1 year ago - 4 comments

  • Just listen to some Devin the Dude and chill out. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • “Missy Elliott is the original hawk tuah. Please.” - Kari Brooks right now posted 1 year ago - 1 comment

  • Trying to decide between the Big Doinks and the Comfy Pants. posted 1 year ago - 1 comment

  • Someone that I work with just said, “I have FOBI... Fear of being included.” posted 1 year ago - reply

  • It really grinds my gears that Sonos got rid of the last.fm integration. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • I removed nearly all the news and social media apps from my phone a month ago and wrote about it: derek.broox.com/blog...-detox posted 1 year ago - 2 comments

  • I listened to music on Spotify this year. posted 1 year ago - 1 comment

  • My website has been slow as shit. My DB, along with many of its definitions are literally 20 years old, so I revisited it. 95% of the issue was poorly defined indexes and a couple bad query patterns that haven't scaled with my data. Duh. So, remember to revisit your indexes every once in a while. posted 1 year ago - 3 comments

  • My neighbor is out here in a dumpy old snowplow, clearing the 1” dusting of snow off his driveway while blaring Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. #FirstSnowOfTheYear posted 1 year ago - reply

  • I’ve reached the age where I need a good session of stretching and foam rolling my back before bed. Feels pretty good tho. posted 1 year ago - 2 comments

  • I’ve been abusing my bod this holiday season and it’s barely begun. bodymelt.gif posted 1 year ago - reply

  • It’s remarkable how much better my mood is while driving in holiday traffic in a vehicle with adaptive cruise control. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • Getting to say that we’re skeetin on the skyline is reason enough to be on Bluesky, imo. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • I just spelled the word “crashed” like “crached” … and now I’m going to step away from my computer for a bit. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • My therapist pointed out that my self esteem is pretty directly tied to how productive I am… and I’ve been having a ton of productivity failures lately. Feels bad, man. posted 1 year ago - reply

  • I kinda regret choosing to build my website with Nuxt. I want to love it, but it’s just too easy to get into buggy states, hard to troubleshoot, and so many things that should be straight forward are not. posted 1 year ago - reply