: Perception Is Fluid Previous and recent eye surgeries have shown me something that should have been intuitively obvious …

: This Still Hurts When I got back from my Portland road trip. I was excited to review the images of all the places my …

: Serious Cracker Addiction Recent trips to Costco left me momentarily hooked on a snack cracker that objectively was not good …

: Las Quatro Milpas (November 2024) Las Quatros Milpas is an old-school mexican restaurant in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San …

: Amboy (April 2025) My son and I took a drive to Amboy, CA in March 2025. Interesting story of a stalled town …

: Forgiveness vs. Permission It is better to ask forgiveness than permission — US Admiral Grace Hopper One of the things that I …

: My son and I had the “120 pepperoni” XL pizza at Burattino Brick Oven Pizza in Carson, CA. Not sure …

: Revised Obsidian Dataview Substring Queries in Monthly Notes A couple of weeks ago, I posted about using Obsidian dataview queries to populate sections of my …

: I am grateful that my local library provided access to LinkedIn Learning long enough for me to get …

: It appears that my access to LinkedIn Learning via my local library will disappear after September …

: Cortina’s Italian Eatery in Orange’s rustic take on a Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich. Toasted bread and …

: I am still amazed that a 2022 RAV4 (an SUV) is capable of 39 MPG while running 87 octane gas. I …

: Long Form Posting in a Microblogging Environment Over the years, I have hopped from publishing platform to platform in search of the best solution …

: Oreo Coke Zero Sugar When my wife invited me over for dinner this past weekend, she handed me a Oreo-flavored Coke Zero …

: Health Insurance Error It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while, health system mistakes happen in my favor.

: Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. ― …

: I am aware of and working on getting the colors changed for the conversation login window on …

: Dataview Queries in Automated Notes I have had some people ask me about the obsidian dataview queries I use in my weekly and monthly …

: Obsidian Automated Review Notes In January 2024, I was trying to figure out what to do with weekly, monthly, and perhaps annual …

: Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork. — Sam Ewing

: Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. …

: True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. — Charles …

: I’m not going to lie. Cross-posting from micro.blog to Masto is a bit confusing. In an ideal world, …

: Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. — Abraham …

: Time Management Fundamentals Sometimes, truly useful information appears in unexpected places.

: Small Community Support After having been around support communities for products with large amounts of users for many …

: Sometimes, shots appear at the most innocuous of places. The screen of my mobile phone provided one …

: Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, CA is an excellent example of the ongoing gentrification …

: I have an unusual attraction to the Niland, CA area (east of the Salton Sea). Even as somebody that …

: My wife and I went to Hawaii in October of 2006. During the trip, we went to the USS Arizona …

: First! So… This is the latest incarnation of my website. It is hosted by micro.blog and it has some nifty …