Author: Ben
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Further Corrections
In yesterday’s correction, I neglected to include a link to the article being corrected. This is poor form, as it’s important to make sure that the context of the correction is clear. The editorial department regrets this additional error.
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A Follow Up Note About Peace
Yesterday I wrote about a few of the various kinds of peace. I don’t have kids, which is important context. If you have children, it’s possible that peace isn’t available to you in any form. The editorial department would like to apologize for this oversight.
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2023 Christmas Season Review
If you want to know why people start putting up their Christmas decorations in October, some of the answers are in this picture. I took this on a random day in early December. Here we see Luna sitting in one of her favorite sunny spots. In the background, unwrapped Christmas presents for our family are…
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My Favorite Gift This Year
I’m nuts about peanut butter cookies. When I was growing up we were very poor. When Christmas time came around, rather than spend money that didn’t exist, my mother used to make large batches of cookies as gifts for her family and friends. Her sugar cookies were very popular and always in high demand, but…
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A Well Thought Out Post
It’s more about getting the habit going at this point. Here’s a random picture.
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Photo Phone In
Today was very busy, by which I mean today was a normal workday after a break and I’m building my work week stamina back up. I am therefore proud to announce the creation of Photo Phone In, where I post a photo instead of really writing anything substantial. For our inaugural PPI, I give you…
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Back At It
I’m back at my desk after a lovely holiday break. On one hand, this is great because I’m happy to be back and ready to take the new year head on. On the other, I’ve forgotten nearly everything I once knew about what was going on, so a lot of that clear-headed optimism will be…
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2024 Updates
I did not die in 2023. Optimistic about keeping that streak going in 2024. In order to encourage that sort of behavior, I’ve committed to checking in everyday. It’s a proof of life sort of thing. By committing to daily posting, I’m accomplishing several things at once. Will I make it a whole year without…
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Thanksgiving Vacation Day 1
I’m on vacation for the Thanksgiving holiday, and decided to spend some time learning about generative AI in Photoshop. If you work long enough refining what the AI prompt first generates, you can eventually produce some really specific and fairly impressive results. I asked it to give me “classic holiday cartoon scene, thanksgiving vacation, mad…
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