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The state of our country is really angering me today. I dunno why today. But I am needing a lot of very loud metal.

I would really love to see Elon Musk get punched in the face

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.

The endless phone ringing on the last track of the Balloonerism album is pretty heavy.

I’m starting to think that the camo hat that I ordered from the Harris Walz campaign isn’t coming.

I decided to try cutting gluten and alcohol from my diet for the month of January. Halfway through the month, being alcohol-free is much easier than being gluten-free… but I’ve not really noticed any changes in my body or mind state.

We’ll see how the rest of the month goes.

I got some walnut and built some speaker stands for my desk.

derek.broox.com...-speaker-stands

Just played my first game of Broomall in a year… My team won and I scored all of our goals. Oh yeah, baby.

Has anyone ever fucked up as hard as SONOS has?

I want social apps that truly help me stay close to and meet up with the people I care about. This is not what social media is accomplishing today.

Ev’s blog well articulates a ton of things that I’ve been stewing on for years (the new platform is pretty cool too): ev.medium.com/m...in-0126fa5c6ce8

A buddy of mine described me as a sheep in wolf’s clothing today, lol.

I’m not really sure what to do with that.

My Apple Watch recognized my Covid by noticing that my wrist temperature and breathing rate were elevated in my sleep. Kinda cool.

WE HAVE COVID

My 2024 stats, footprint, and some pics: derek.broox.com/in/2024

I guess it’s time to get my fat holiday butt up and play some hockey.

I rebuilt the front end of my website (with Nuxt 3). It’s not a whole lot different, but should be faster and less buggy… or at least differently buggy. Give me feedback!

derek.broox.com

Critics of social healthcare often talk about wait times for care and to see specialists.

In the US, my partner with a chronic condition waits weeks to months for specialists to diagnose worsening symptoms and often gets no answers.

Our healthcare system isn’t better. It’s actually quite terrible.

That pop tart trophy was pretty ridiculous, lol.

Follow your dreams.

"Also, as a style note, you might want to consider removing or changing that log message (8=====D) to something more professional."

... Claude AI does not approve of my log line visibility hack.

I put together 2,651 legos today. The new set kinda consumed me… so anyway, Merry Christmas or whatever.