π Microcosm 2026 - Mar 16-23
πΏ MAR 22 20:57
Is This Thing On? π With his marriage to Laura Dern dissolving, Will Arnett stumbles into stand-up comedy as a means of coping with his issues. Impressed with how believable Dern and Arnett were in playing a married couple at least a decade younger than their actual ages.
β½οΈπ‘ MAR 22 09:24
Spurs lose 0-3 to Forest and drop below them on the edge of the relegation zone. Gray and Tel were good in the first half, but it was all downhill after giving up the late first-half corner goal to go behind. Udogie did nothing of note when he swapped for Van de Ven. They might just sack Tudor after this one.
β½οΈπ MAR 22 08:09
Spurs lead 8 corners to 2 and trail 0-1 to Forest. So frustrating, but they're playing well offensively.
ππ MAR 21 18:34
Zags inexplicably let Texas dribble down the last 30 seconds of the game while down 1, then give up yet another dagger 3. I would have fouled early in the shot clock to prevent a 3 and have possession with time at the end of the game.
πΊ MAR 20 22:51
Paradise S2E6: Jane ππ Every time I'm ready for Paradise to answer some questions I have they seem to do it in the next episode. I'm guessing we're going to have to wait a little longer to learn about the "Killer" texts, but I'm bettings it's related to the mystery company Billy helped Sinatra acquire.
ππ©π»βπ¦° MAR 20 19:18
Test drove a really promising car with Mary this afternoon, but financing is a little tricky because it's a repaired insurance auction car. Figuring out if we have some different options with our credit union.
ππ MAR 20 07:43
On a happy note, my bracket in the group contest we have at work, is tied for second after yesterday. I'm the only person who has picked Houston. A lot of people have Arizona as their number one choice because of the Tommy Lloyd, Gonzaga connection. 6 people picked GU. I would love that, but just getting to the Sweet 16 will be a major accomplishment if they can pull it off.
π€§π MAR 20 07:23
I'm working from home today, but still miserable with this cold and cough I've had all month. At least I'm taking the afternoon off.
ππ€ MAR 19 21:52
Zags get it done in the final couple of minutes and win 73 - 64 over a very tenacious and physical Kennesaw State. It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it.
ππ‘ MAR 19 21:33
Refs and commentators are killing the vibe with the Kennesaw favoritism at the end of the game. 69-62 Zags with 1:45 to go.
ππ€ MAR 19 20:22
Solid offensive push in the final couple of minutes allows the Zags to go on a 10-0 run and take a 33-27 lead into the half. No real surprise that the Zags also completely flipped the rebounding margin during their run.
ππ MAR 19 20:00
Kennesaw State is crushing the rebounding battle, particularly on the offensive glass. Now I'm going to check the stats to confirm my evaluation. 19-13 with 6 OR vs 3 for GU.
ππ MAR 19 19:47
7 - 14 Kennesaw St at the 11 minute mark. Mark Few calls timeout. Pretty disappointing start.
ππΊ MAR 19 19:33
Got a Sling 3-Day pass so I can watch the Zags play today and hopefully Saturday. Zags started okay defensively with a lot of deflections, but trail 2-6 early.
πβοΈ MAR 18 20:43
I was pleased to discover that Passwords auto-filled my GitHub token when I set up the admin.html page on a work computer that I've never posted from before today thanks to iCloud keychain.
π€§π MAR 18 20:38
I'm feeling better and improving, but still completely fed up with this congestion, nagging cough, and sore back muscles that are very uncomfortable when I cough.
β½οΈπ€ MAR 18 17:05
Spurs 3-2 Atleti (5-7 aggregate) Satisfying win at home even if our Champions League run is over, Spurs need to build on this one heading into the crucial Forest match on Sunday.
π MAR 18 08:42
βItβs timeβ: After 44 years, iconic Spokane event Pig Out in the Park comes to an end
It's wild to me that this has been dependent on one guy, Bill Burke, the entire time. A long-established and successful community event like this should have transitioned to a sustainable model with multiple contributors and shared governance that could continue on indefinitely years ago.ππΉ MAR 17 08:20
Handsome is the weekly comedy podcast Tig Notaro does with Mae Martin, and Fortune Feimster, and I find it to be a pretty fun and funny watch/listen. They've got a nice cross-generational rapport and riff about whatever for a while before they discuss/answer an interesting question submitted by a fellow celebrity like Stephen Colbert or Jennifer Aniston.
βοΈπ MAR 17 08:02
I've used the carousel horse emoji to represent Spokane in at least a few microblog posts, but unfortunately I forgot to add it to the emoji picker yesterday when I was revising it.
ππ©π»βπ¦° MAR 17 07:59
Impressed to see that Tig Notaro is doing two back-to-back shows in Spokane on June 12th at the Bing Crosby Theater at $70 a ticket, and the first show is already sold out! I would love to see her in person, but $200 for a night out with Mary would be a pretty big hit on the monthly budget.
βοΈπ©π»βπ¦° MAR 17 07:37
One of our family St. Patrick's Day traditions that Mary started is making snake-shaped calzones. We eat a ton of homemade pizza at our house, so we're all expected to be able to shape some pizza dough and toppings into a credible snake shape!
π MAR 16 22:45
One kind of surprising thing about 2026 (to me) is that Iβve started getting more interested in comedians, standup comedy, comedy albums, and comedy podcasts.
βοΈπ€ MAR 16 22:10
Emoji handling is hard, flags need special code. Had to do a quick bug fix to get the US flag to resolve in the holidays section.
βοΈπ€ MAR 16 21:30
Just took my first crack at updating
emoji_data.jsonsince factoring it out ofadmin.html. Definitely not the final form, but it should be an improvement. Can't actually test and take advantage of it until my next post.π§οΈ MAR 16 13:44
Cold, rainy day today, and it didn't help that I was feeling under the weather. Ended up working the first half in the office. and now I'm finishing the day working remotely from home.