And, of course:
Hope you did, too. I noticed, and folks working at the polling place confirmed, there was a larger-than-normal turnout. I actually had to wait for a few minutes. Hopefully a good sign! Now the waiting begins…
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Two in a Row
Damn, another one down! Patrick Stewart died last Wednesday, so now I need to create a new commemoration meme:
We’re starting from the top this time.
Bitter Battle with BofA
After 26 years as a good and fully satisfied customer I find myself caught in an extended ‘he said; she said’ back-and-forth battle with Bank of America. Though it’s not what he (let alone she) said, but what they claim I did despite clear and obvious evidence I didn’t. In fact, couldn’t have.
What’s aggravating is that the investigators don’t appear to be actually investigating. They won’t contact me or the merchant, so I’m not sure quite what they’re investigating.
This has been going on all summer, since late May…
One-and-a-Half Decades
On this day fifteen years ago, in 2011, I started this blog and published the first Logos con Carne post. Since then, I’ve published 2,118,480 words comprising 1,503 posts (plus 42 pages) — an average of 1,375 words per post.
The anniversary means it’s time for the biannual extract and analysis of the blog’s content and page views. It’s time for lists and charts and stats (oh, my). And a bottle of champagne tonight.
These posts tend to be a bit dry and uninteresting to anyone but me, so, dear reader, you’ll be forgiven for skipping this one.
New and Old Stuff
In the last two Friday Notes posts [one and two] I mentioned spending March and April in getting stuff done mode (a change from my lazy retirement) but, other than a picture of my new couch, haven’t written much about it.
In part because I keep boundaries between online and Real Life™; in part because much of it is trivial (except to me); and in part because I didn’t have room in those Notes posts. (I am a man of many parts.)
However, one new thing is the opposite of trivial.
Streets of Minneapolis
2026: Happy New Year!
And now we find ourselves in 2026. It’s a bit surreal on several counts, but I hope you all have been enjoying your:
Remember, the Twelve Days of Christmas go from December 25 to January 5, so take this winter solstice time to chill and relax — Chillaxmas.
Stay chill, my friends! Go forth and spread beauty and light.
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Wednesday Wow! (Dec 31, 2025)
I started Wednesday Wow posts back in 2012. Three posts in one month (Sept 12, Sept 19, and Sept 26). Then nothing for two years. More like nothing for six years as there was only one post in that time (a tribute to John Venn and his famous diagrams).
The 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption on Hawai’i really wowed me. Since then, a trickle of Wow! posts — 32 in 14 years. The number of years invested in this blog is becoming its own small wow (a topic for next month’s annual roundup).
The Wow! today is making it to 2026. And to 70+ revolutions around the local star — the party for that was beyond awesome.
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