My name is Derek Brooks

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There’s not a whole lot better than eating a cold slice of pizza at 4am, wondering where the fuck the time went after enjoying the company of 50+ friends hanging for your birthday.

A woman backed out of a parking spot right into the side of my Bronco today. Fucked her whole bumper and day up. Didn’t phase mine.

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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 - …

Last seen in Des Moines, Iowa

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There’s not a whole lot worse than waking up after eating a cold slice of pizza at 4am, wondering where the fuck the time went after enjoying the company of 50+ friends hanging for your birthday.
making tangible things has been a big theme of my sabbatical…sometimes u gotta make something fr
I just want to tell it how to pronounce my wife’s name correctly.

Well, and 100 other things while driving. It’s seriously comical how bad it is.
siri asking do you want me to ask chatgpt for you?” is basically twitter reply guys asking “grok is this true?”

impressively bad tech