2023

Started at Brooks' Dead End Ranch and ended at The Locust Tap.
I turned 42 years old and celebrated 18 years with Kari

20
states visited
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wisconsin
71
days away from home
62 outside my state
1,945
miles walked
averaging 5.3 mi per day
110
miles biked
averaging 5.5 mi per ride
181.3 lbs
average weight
ranging from 177.7 to 184.6 lbs
7.3
average hours asleep
and 8 hours in bed
6
shows/concerts
4 more than 2022
2,643
photos taken
across 291 days
1,642
check ins
averaging 4.8 per day
291
microblog entries
averaging 1.5 per day
6
blog entries
1 more than 2022

Big remarks

I hope everyone remembered to leave milk n cookies out for Tim Apple last night

My 20 year old php site is still up and way more performant and stable than my modern(ish) vue + node frontend backed by a python REST API. All hitting the same MySQL DB that I’ve been maintaining since college.

House. Firewood rack. Foundation. Yard. Golf. Work. Weekends. Camping. Bronco. Selling Jeep. Driveway expansion. Patio. Staining cedar. Friends. Dog. Website. Drywall. HVAC. Paint. Weddings. Landscaping. Spring cleanup. Taxes. Bills. Global entry. Repeat.
- my brain. all night.

Well @8035 day 1 certainly didn’t disappoint. Ramona was fun as shit, Deerhoof was loud af, Tayls partied hard, Sudan Archives was v talented, and Ric Wilson sounded incredible. The highlight though, was seeing Maxilla Blue back on stage. I had forgotten how good those shows are.

I just went to an event where a dude gave a talk on tracking, capturing, and hacking weather balloons. It was effectively nerdier and trickier geocaching. Seemed pretty fun tho.