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Tag: Thoughts

  • Morning Coffee: The Local Flavors

    Morning Coffee: The Local Flavors

    There’s a certain amount of hassle involved with eating on vacation, at least when needing to eat out. There’s hurdles that become especially irksome when parenting fatigue is in full bloom after a robust day of activities, and that’s also when the battle between trying the local fare or going to a place where you…

  • Morning Coffee: The Great Shazam Mystery

    Morning Coffee: The Great Shazam Mystery

    There is still time and opportunity to reinvigorate my natural curiosity and hopefully add another wrinkle or two to the ol’ gray matter. I don’t know if this is the start, but my crosshairs in this endeavor landed on everyone’s favorite song-identifying app: Shazam.

  • Morning Coffee: The Big Game?

    Morning Coffee: The Big Game?

    Anyone watch the big game? If you’re checking the calendar or the weekend’s scores and getting ready to ask, “What big game?” I don’t know.

  • Morning Coffee: Coffee Badging

    Morning Coffee: Coffee Badging

    “Coffee badging” warms my heart. It emphasizes the innate desire for flexibility and the obstacles people will overcome (or work around) to undermine a foolish policy.

  • Morning Coffee: Novel Sounds

    Morning Coffee: Novel Sounds

    I enjoy listening to music whilst reading, like creating a soundtrack for the images playing in my head. The music doesn’t distract much, if at all, from the words, especially if I find the perfect musical accompaniment.

  • Morning Coffee: Everything Is A Subscription

    Morning Coffee: Everything Is A Subscription

    Everything has a “subscribe and save” or membership attached to it, and if you’re paying for it, you need to pay more for the actual convenience of having a paid service. At some point, abstaining from ubiquitous conveniences no longer feels worth the hassle. It’s too much of a fight.

  • Morning Coffee: Chill

    Morning Coffee: Chill

    I’ve always considered myself easygoing and calm. That mindset usually serves me well – no fuss, no muss. While thinking I’m this laid back, calm operator, however, I missed the changes. Chill was no longer my foundational modus operandi.

  • Morning Coffee: Summer’s Setting Days

    Morning Coffee: Summer’s Setting Days

    May and June hold the promise of forthcoming months of freedom, fun, and opportunity. School is out and summer break begins. July is the main event where summer activities hit their stride. The previous school year is a memory and the upcoming year is not yet a thought. August can be cruel. Summer is still…

  • Morning Coffee: Cassette Dreams

    Morning Coffee: Cassette Dreams

    Set between vinyl and compact disc, the beautiful cassette tape, in any of its iterations, may hold special memories for certain generations. Whether recording or listening, the cassette provided an accessible medium for creating and collecting music.

  • Morning Coffee: Languishing LEGO

    Morning Coffee: Languishing LEGO

    Once upon a time, LEGO inspired magnificent and limitless imaginative world building. Today, LEGO markets those sets to adults and collectors, only offering them if they are voted into existence by nostalgic fans. LEGO has strayed from offering the tools to create worlds and instead sells sets tied to IPs and targeted at fandom economies.