Year: 2022
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I’m not creative
Last year I hear my son say “I am not creative”. I think he is wrong. I think what he really meant was that he is not that interested in traditional art projects like drawing and painting. Since he doesn’t enjoy them, he doesn’t do them often, and therefore he is not particularly good at…
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Don’t walk around with empty hands
In the winter of 1999, I worked as a rough carpenter for about 5 weeks. I was going to be studying in Germany for a semester, and I had a couple months off before I left. My dad used a connection at church to get me a job for a little while to earn a…
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Design details
I just moved into a new house. Much of the furniture from my old apartment didn’t really fit in the new place, so I ended up getting quite a bit of new stuff. Actually, my wife and I mostly got new-to-us used vintage furniture, mostly very cheap. We have been scouring the local classifieds for…
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Weeds?
The neighbor across the street from my apartment planted some Fox Glove , which some people consider a weed. This is actually a pretty common practice in Germany, where people will plant some flowers right up against their building. Before it started flowering, another neighbor was kidding him about not weeding by his house, and…
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WordCamp Europe
Last week I was in Porto, Portugal for WordCamp Europe. It was my first time at a big WordCamp, and my first time in Porto. I wasn’t expecting that I would get much time for sightseeing, and I was right. I spent almost all of my time either at the conference center or out with…