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  • For me, public reading is the act of cataloging the things I’m reading, sometimes so I can find said things later and sometimes for the sake of those times once every year or two when I page back through posts to get a personal glimpse of what’s been going on, how I’ve changed or my thoughts have changed, ETC.

    I think performance can come into play, (I’ve read x number of books or x number of words, for example), but it doesn’t have to.

    Keeping track of these kinds of statistics can serve ths personal journey retracing purpose, or as documentation of competition.

    I think that in order for performance to come into play, there have to be people to watch/witness the performance, and that brings up whether or not personal websites serve the same purpose as your typical social media profile.

    For me, my personal website serves the purpose of a social media profile only to the extent that, if someone asks why I’m not posting on Twitter, Facebook, ETC. because they’re interested in what’s going on in my life, at which point I’ll direct them to my website.

    But other than that, if people follow, that’s great, and I enjoy the bits of conversation that can happen as a result of the following. If they don’t, that’s fine too, and I’ll keep posting/logging things.

  • I’ve read 27% of Anathem by Neal Stephenson.

  • I’ve read 33% of The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy.

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  • I’d be lying if I said I hoped Lawrence Lessig wins this lawsuit.

    Fact is, I hope he loses, if for no other reason than I’m sick and tired of powerful guys like this go on and on about free speech (TM), and then get all butthurt when someone exercises their right to same by saying mean things about them.

    Or when they go on and on about free association, (as they necessarily do when advocating on behalf of the Firist Ammendment), only to then get all buthurt when others choose not to associate with them after they defend the indefenseable.

    People like Lawrence Lessig are more than welcome to defend pedophiles, taking money from same, ETC. But those defenses aren’t free of social consequences, and that’s what they’re suffering here, social consequences.

    And if you don’t like the social consequences, maybe don’t defend pedophiles or taking money from same.

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    They’re playing Bonjovi on the classic rock station. God I feel old.

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    First party of 2020 commencing.

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  • True love is your boyfriend spotting that you made a mistake when typing HTML and helpfully correcting it for you.

    Every nerd needs a person like this in his or her life.

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    This is a longer post because we’re expecting our first snow storm of the winter, (rumor has it that we’ll see somewhere around twelve inches), we made chili in the crockpot yesterday and I got to play with sharp objects, and, as an early birthday present, I got a pair of Bose QC35s and I absolutely love them.

    First, the snow storm.

    We’ve been lucky so far this winter, and haven’t gotten too much snow, maybe three inches at a time at most, and for the most part it hasn’t stuck.

    This weekend is supposed to be different, and I hope to get some pictures, and yes, build my oft-promised snowman.

    As mentioned above we made chili yesterday, and I got to play with sharp objects, otherwise known as using our brand-new huge knife to cut up the chicken before cooking.

    We invested in a new set of knives along with a cutting board late last year, and I got to use it for the first time yesterday since we’ve started putting the crockpot to some serious work since the first of this year.

    And it was awesome.

    I’ve never had an easier time cutting up raw meat, and the resultant chili turned out amazingly.

    Next is homemade chicken alfredo with the chicken being either marinated in Italian dressing or just baked in it. I haven’t decided which yet.

    I should post all these recipes.

    And now, time for a mini review of my early birthday present.

    John got me a pair of Bose qC35 II Wireless Quiet Comfort Noise Canceling headphones, and they arrived yesterday.

    I love them.

    They came with a sixty percent charge, so I’ve been putting them through their paces. The noise canceling is lovely,and they’re now replacing the old headphones I used for the computer since they’re much more comfortable.

    I still haven’t ran down the battery yet. I’ll need to work on that.

    I’m trying to run them down because I want to see how long it takes to charge them and then how long I can use them before they need to be recharged.

    I love these things and will get a metric ton of use out of them.

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