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Here is a list of “101 Additional Advices” from Kevin Kelly, the 74 year old co-founder of Wired magazine. It’s a good mix of practical and psychological:

Three situations where you’ll never regret ordering too much: when you are pouring concrete, when you are choosing a battery, and when you are getting ice for a party.

Don’t work for a company you would not invest money in, because when you are working you are investing the most valuable thing you have: your time.

Avoid making any kind of important decision when you are either hungry, angry, lonely, or tired (HALT). Just halt when you are HALT.

 To tell a good story, you must reveal a surprise; otherwise it is just a report.

Get good at being corrected without being offended.

(Do we think the plural on “advice” is a typo or an homage to Arnold in Pumping Iron? Let’s hope it’s a typo and Kevin isn’t giving us … “the wrong advices.”)

We’re at the point in the season where I realize it probably isn’t going to snow again, and a “cold” day means it’s in the 50s. Hooray! Here are some shots from Red Butte yesterday; it was so warm that I think the bulbs will be done after this week.

In the five years since my mom died, Easter has been one of the hardest holidays. It was her favorite; we’d get together and she’d cook up a storm and generally go all-out. For whatever reason, we just haven’t tried to adapt any Easter celebrations since she’s been gone. But not doing something just made the day feel wrong.

So this year I made reservations for brunch, decorated decorated five dozen cookies, and even baked pre-brunch hot cross buns. I ate crab Benedict and delivered sugar to friends and family and wore a new Easter “dress” (shirt). And it really worked! The day felt special.

It isn’t lost on me that I made the day feel celebratory by…cooking up a storm. I’m sure my mom would approve.

I saw this tweet last week before we went to the hot springs and while I’m sure it was the hot springs that cured my malaise, the way this made me wheeze also really helped.

A video game dev posted this on a Reddit forum. It’s his idea of how a “feminine” character moves. I couldn’t stop watching it.

laughing my ass off at these feminine animations posted to the unreal engine subreddit pic.twitter.com/fUweQiHyvv

— Urser (@urserer) March 20, 2024

I mean, how? why? the HANDS?! I lost it. Tell me you’ve never seen an adult human woman move without telling me you’ve never seen an adult human woman move.

The replies to the tweet are also gold:

And the one that got me wheezing all over again:

I took Friday off and did so much sewing over my long weekend, which was great…but I also flooded the floor when watering plants, forgot two cups of flour when making cookies, and sewed the waistband of my gym tights on backwards. But I didn’t mess up my other two projects so I’m still calling it a good weekend.

Plus I started arranging quilt blocks; pretty sure I will be able to tweak the layout indefinitely.

I had a long weekend and did many things, including going to the botanical garden and looking for bulbs and playing with my art supplies (we are in the “collage” section of the mark making class).

I also went to Park City to teach my friend how to use her new serger and ended up staying most of the day, which Toby was NOT happy about. I came home a kitty who had torn his bed apart and apparently spent most of the day yelling for me to come back, because he was tuckered out.

Truly, I can never have an office job again. “My cat won’t like it, sorry.”

Our friend turned me on to the TikTok account of Mateo Brown, an electrician, union guy, and lunch rater. He and his buddies started a “Lunch Off” comparing what they brought each day and it’s just delightful: the catcalls for the tasty things! The sad “That’s not it, papa” for the new guy who brings, like, plain chicken! (Also, who knew heated lunchboxes were a thing?)

@mateo.brown Cajun pasta with steak recipe@jewliariv #OhhPappa #HappyFeet #MexicanStandoff #fy #fyp #fypシ #LunchOff ♬ original sound – Mateo Brown

@mateo.brown #HappyFeet #OhhPappa #fy #lonche #wifewars #ibew ♬ original sound – Mateo Brown

It was rainy in the valley last week which meant that Millcreek had fresh snow. It’s still winter, I guess… but the sun is definitely getting stronger.

Inside, I have a cymbidium orchid reblooming for the first time (!). This guy was a gift from Doc’s friends after Mom died so it took five years to do it. I think the trick was putting it in the basement for the last year so it got the cooler temps it apparently needs (yes, I only looked that up today). Only one spike but it’s been fun to watch!

(Pseudo)science tells us Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year, is on the third Monday in January, but I think this year it’s the fourth. Things are gray and time is slow.

I might have to start thinking of the start of the year like this, though. Lunar New Year can be another fresh start, right?

I found Etymology Nerd on Instagram and his reels are fascinating — under a minute but diving into history and technical terms and, in this case, giving Saussere a run for his money:

 

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He’s on YouTube if you’re not an Instagrammer and he makes some cool infographics, too: