Wednesday, February 19, 2025 →
Great snowfall in Chapel Hill today. I went for a 4-mile run at 4pm, passed cars spinning on the steep hill, then along the Morgan Creek Trail. Now making chocolate chip cookies and listening to Josh Ritter (The Animal Years on vinyl) to cope with this crazy country.
This morning, I received from @ningkantida the design package for a new Zuiker Chronicles logo and I am delighted by the result. I’ve been writing my personal/family blog for nearly 25 years, and this is brand will be perfect for the next phase of the site. (h/t @pratik for the referral)
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 →
Need a diversion? The Robots ht font from Huerta Tipografica looks fun. 242 modules to make your own little robot icon.
From the Athletic: Adidas unveils 2025 Club World Cup ball: ‘The design pays homage to the United States’. Looking ahead, with the Trump tariffs about to blow up relations, will there be a World Cup in Canada/USA/Mexico?
Back now from the Uwharrie Mountain Run, in national forest west of Asheboro, NC. We had big rains across the state last night, but when the 8-mile race started, the day was clear and cool and perfect for a run through the forest. I feel good.
I’m watching the Apple TV+ series Prime Target, about a mathematician about to uncover the law of prime numbers–and gain power over all the word’s encryption? It’s a cliché, a caper, there’s murder, intrigue, and chases. But also awesome views of Cassis, that heavenly place we visited in 2016.
Friday challah habit.
So easy to make. Such a tradition to it. Perhaps I can make this a Friday habit.
I did watch inauguration and listen to that awful speech. (I’m rereading Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, after all.) Better yet, I started the day with pickup soccer, great game, scored goals. Also spread wood chips on walking path, relished sun and cold air, warmed hands over fire. Watching a game now.
Just canceled my Washington Post subscription. Erin and I have agreed to wind down our Amazon Prime account. I’ll never give again to ACLU until it stops hiring people to force handshakes on street corners.
Congratulations to the Atlantic, restored to a monthly printed magazine after crossing the million-subscription threshold. I’m holding the Feb. 2025 issue in my hands and reading the Note from the Editor in Chief. I’m proud to have been a subscriber for most of the last 30 years.
My night to make dinner. Went for a run first, saw amazing full moon. Came home, showered, started curried red lentils. Put Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. on the turntable. Such a great album. Music of my youth.
I’ll need supplies and advice for this photo project. Instead of supporting Amazon any more, I’ll head to our local camera shop, Southeastern Camera in Carrboro.
Commencing photo project, using flatbed scanner to begin digitizing many of the thousands of slides, transparencies, and prints that I have collected from my father, grandfather, and others. Testing scanner, picked at random these 120 medium format slides.
Just listened to On the Media show Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) on our local public radio station, WUNC. My brother-in-law, Tom Michael, was interviewed about Marfa Public Radio, which he founded before he moved to Boise State Public Radio.
Now I’m listening to Melt on the turntable mingled with the sounds of melting ice sliding off the metal roof above.
A beautiful post-storm morning. Went for a run on the snowy trail along University Lake. Saw a juvenile bald eagle over the water. Now home eating an omelet made with eggs from our hens. Plenty of housekeeping and cleaning to fill the day ahead. Just put Son Volt on the turntable. Windfall my fav.
Sunrise meditation is nice.
I see a silver lining to the chaos of another Trump presidency: Chances might be good that he’ll say or do some shit on June 3, the world will be distracted, and I’ll be able to snag tickets to the BohemiaFC-Rovers Dublin derby.
Kevin Drum on the latest misinformation from Elon Musk:
In addition to having an audience about a thousand times the size of mine, it took him only five seconds to repost that comment. It took me two hours to write this one. It's not possible to keep up with his firehose of lies and misinformation.