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the most addictive video game i have played in some time (and it's free)

December 9, 2022

i'm thankful that vampire survivors, the most addictive video game i have played in some time, which was already available in a full-featured free browser...

December 8, 2022

made all the jira cards for the epic by the end of the day

a superb supermarket ice cream

December 7, 2022

d and i had a silly spat this morning because i teased her too much about the appropriate place to temporarily hide our drugs and drug paraphernalia but we...

that she did not get hit by a car

December 6, 2022

i'm thankful that at the end of my lunch break when i was moving our left-in-the-rain-too-long target patio furniture from the back patio to the garage...

December 4, 2022

if you are like me and your spotify wrapped, which on an intellectual level as a content creator and software engineer you respect as an ingenious and well-...

vacuum cleaner battery

December 3, 2022

had "learn something" day at work on friday which is a monthly day where i do not have to meet with or respond to anyone about anything and can just sit in...

a promotion she deserved

December 1, 2022

manager i love got a promotion she deserved

[falsetto taylor swift voice]

November 30, 2022

fell asleep too early trying to read after getting in bed instead of staying on the couch “because it’s more comfortable” (i’m thankful for our new mattress...

story of my life

November 29, 2022

the cereal was satisfying if not as transcendent as i had imagined it might be (story of my life).

November 28, 2022

tomorrow for breakfast i am going to have reese’s puffs cereal with sliced banana and milk

October 2, 2022

i'm thankful that for the second year, d is doing a comic about our dog miso everyday for the month of october, starting today with a hand-drawn taurus meme...

like i was softly glowing from inside

September 18, 2022

i'm thankful that i did not have a bad DMT trip. i'm thankful that a few weeks ago [redacted] procured for me a DMT vape cartridge, which came with its own...

September 14, 2022

i’m thankful that godard was able to choose to die.

as a linkin park fan

September 9, 2022

i'm thankful for this mashup e sent me of "YMCA" and "in the end" by linkin park, which i found very beautiful, and i'm thankful that i was just listening to...

the dying breaths of leo season

September 5, 2022

i'm thankful that last week d wrote an issue of her newsletter about the dying breaths of leo season.i'm thankful for all the good peaches and nectarines i...

chocolate chip cookies

August 30, 2022

i’m thankful for chocolate chip cookies

August 27, 2022

i'm thankful for licorice pizza, which we watched last night and which, aside from two brief, jarring, totally unnecessary, and unfunny "historically...

things i have been consuming lately

August 25, 2022

i'm thankful for things i have been consuming lately, including:- perfect late summer cherries, peaches, nectarines, watermelon, and mangoes; ghirardeli box...

korean reality dating show

August 24, 2022

i'm thankful for the korean reality dating show change days, which is currently in its second season streaming on netflix and which d and i have been avidly...

"a self-portrait of a man trying to reach past his relentless solipsism"

August 21, 2022

i'm thankful that while it's still properly summer it hasn't been as painfully hot lately, that there have been days where we haven't had to have the air...

August 14, 2022

i'm thankful that lately i have been trying to find new routes for my runs. i'm thankful to recognize what a difference novelty in terrain and environment...

tapatio doritos

August 11, 2022

i'm thankful for the running water bottle i got which has so improved the quality of my runs this summer. i'm thankful that i did some work in typescript...

August 10, 2022

i'm thankful that though today was a very draining day at work when i try to step back and start to segment it into moments as is usually the case there were...

i'm thankful d and i meditated for ten minutes this morning after breakfast, which was a thing we were managing to do most mornings for a while and then...

i’m thankful that though i thought i had lost my credit card and could not find it anywhere and was going to have to deal with that tomorrow i remembered...

i'm thankful for the hotness game that ec started playing with her partner one day recently, where she would name two male actors and have him pick which one...

korean zombie movie

i'm thankful when coding comes easy and you're able to go with speed and grace from the ideas in the abstract of what is to be accomplished and what are the...

really good peach

really good peach

i'm thankful for how much miso enjoys getting her scalp massaged when she is in the right mood.i'm thankful that instead of a weed tolerance break i just...

a salad i make a lot

i'm thankful to have learned that cleaning the air conditioners did not have a huge impact on their effectiveness, even though it was hot enough the last two...

i forgot to say that i’ll also add a drizzle of honey or agave or maple syrup or something of that ilk; adds a nice layer

a hot summer 10 million years ago

i'm thankful that it was d's birthday last tuesday. i'm thankful every day that d was born. i'm thankful that our relationship is better than it has ever...

my favorite photographer

i'm thankful for the instagram account of my favorite photographer, ashley gates.

i'm thankful for a nice pasta d and i made for lunch; a sauce from anchovies, shallots, garlic, tomato paste, some leftover cherry tomatoes, red pepper...

the marks in the concrete of life

i'm thankful that i sat in the backyard after work yesterday and had a nice zoom call with ka while smoking a joint. i'm thankful for my friendship with her,...

i'm thankful for fran meneses' vlog "reading at the park and painting my flat ☼ Brooklyn summer vlog"

one of the best wikipedia entries i've ever read

i'm thankful that ec, when asked the other day about the most interesting fact she knew, immediately went into telling the story of tarrare, which may or may...

invisible things

i'm thankful for the sunrise alarm clock that d got us during the depths of winter, which gradually increases the amount of light like the sun rising and...

joint that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it

i’m thankful for this joint i bought walking home that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it (and feels like it).

remember that thing that miranda july did

i'm thankful to share the notes i sent to my group chat about last night's love island, which, out of context if you're not watching the show live, are...

i just turned around and went home

i'm thankful that i left the house for a run and a block later it started raining and rather than seeing if i could wait it out two blocks later i just...

all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue

every summer when i receive the new yorker fiction issue, i’m thankful for all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue.

a summer cocktail of a playlist

i'm thankful for geoff dyer, whose work i love and reread a lot and whose book paris trance i always reread every summer since the first summer i read it in...

drowning practice

i'm thankful for drowning practice by mike meginnis which if you like the show the leftovers (and not just the premise but the general texture and vibes)...

plums, peaches, and nectarines

i'm thankful we got to celebrate t's birthday the other night.i'm thankful when i make people laugh. i'm thankful for plums, peaches, and nectarines.i'm...

my feet didn’t hurt

i’m thankful that my feet didn’t hurt at all during my run today.

i'm thankful, since i think i failed some conversational tests and/or my sociocultural profile seems to have disqualified from me ever getting prescribed...

air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far

i'm thankful for air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far. i'm thankful, growing up in the south, that we always had central air. i'm thankful...

a piece of fancy chocolate

i’m thankful e texted and asked me if i had an old video of her smelling and tasting a piece of fancy chocolate very stoned and i did.

i don’t have to get up early tomorrow

i’m thankful that though my body is sore from activity and age i don’t have to get up early tomorrow because there are no meetings.