Beatrix officially hit the “commit” button today.

We’ll worry about the declines over the weekend.

Oh look! It’s me on People and Blogs! Very honored to be included.

The Last Quiet Thing | Terry Godier

One of these is a product. The other is a relationship.

File under: One of the many reasons I wear an analog watch.

As I’ve said before, the fullest picture of our lives can come from reading my wife’s blog as well as this one. She’s much better about relating the day-to-day.

The People of the Twin Cities, Minnesota | JFK Library

Courage.

Meditation, Language, and LLMs — Roden Newsletter Archive

Really enjoyed today’s letter. Especially the tie in to meditation. Difficult to encapsulate “why” with any particular quote. But it very much resonates with my practice and provides new avenues to ponder.

If you have a long enough vacation, it’s important to factor in a day of rest. Especially if the vacation includes a lot of activity.

A vacation from the vacation if you will.

Stella Foster – Connect to What Matters

Access iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram. On any phone. Stella connects to your messaging apps and lets you access them from a second device — flip phone, feature phone, any phone.

An interesting idea for folks that make the switch to a not-so-smart phone.

Small Project Sunday: Successfully troubleshot and repaired the non-functioning wipers on my 1993 Chevy Pickup. A time when cars were built in a way that one could do such things on their own.

I need to introduce you to this band. I feel like they’re a secret I’ve been needlessly keeping for far too long. Incredible harmonies, beautiful song structure, inventive instrumentation, but/and I know them and they’re also lovely humans. New album soon. Buy it.

April 1st: Digital Sabbatical Day – Rhoneisms

It’s almost that time again…

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform the first two songs from their set for the opening night of the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour live in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 31, 2026.

I too am proud to be called “Old School“.

Wow. Interesting fact of that day: Louisiana, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland: The only 5 US States that have ever had an African-
American Governor

I’m creating some jukebox playlists.

Two songs per artist (okay George Jones gets six). If possible, the actual a and b sides go on the playlist (not critical). 200 songs per playlist.

I’ve been noodling on stealing this idea ever since Kurt posted it.

Paul Cantrell’s Mastadon Thread on how Minnesota responded to Operation Metro Surge is an absolute must read

Only one thing was crystal clear: nobody, absolutely nobody, was coming to save us… We’re it. We’re all we’ve got. If we don’t stop fascism from completely engulfing the US, then nobody stops it.

Thanks so very much to Jarrod for sharing it.

One of America’s last true secret societies: The Mardi Gras Indians | 60 Minutes – YouTube

True NOLA natives know this is where and how the real Mardi Gras happens.

Ever wonder what the song Iko Iko is about? It’s about this.