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Look, I like Christmas music, okay? Fight me.

Van Gogh immersive exhibit #vangogh

I feel this is accurate :-)

Definitely not alone. I'm sure everyone had seen this already, but it's too appropos not to share: https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/

I don't think I've ever felt quite as old as I felt when, last year, I discovered the IndieWeb, an online community of people dedicated to resurrecting the personal website.

This makes me feel old because I've maintained some sort of personal web presence/site/blog since around 1998 or so, when I made my first hand-coded HTML pages available online at U of T. Apparently, enough time has past not only for the concept of a "personal website" to have become quaint and old-fashioned (displaced by a cluster of much more convenient social media sites) but also for it to have been picked up again by an enthusiastic band of hobbyists with a taste for the retro and a fondness for old-school fan pages.

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I think I was listening to "Episode 11: Germanic Ancestors"  but I'm not sure how much of it will make sense if you haven't listened to the previous episodes (unless you have a background in this stuff?)

Well, as the title suggests, if you are interested in the history of English and other Indo-European languages, including Farsi, then yes :)

There would be a dramatic bit where some Indo-European suddenly decides to say an "F" instead of a "P" and is henceforth know as "Proto-Germanic-Man".  Or some random sheep herder develops a speech impediment and starts saying "S" instead of "K" and they are henceforth "Satem-man".

It's like, you know how superheroes have catchphrases, and a superhero origin movie will always have a bit where the hero gets to say the catch phrase and that's how you know they're for real now?  We need a movie like that for the origin of German or Sanskrit.

"And here we have the origin of the Germans! Over here we have the very first ancestors of the Celts and the Romans!". I feel like each branch needs a character sheet with all their different powers.

Learning about Indo-European migration on  @englishhistpod and it sometimes feels like I'm listening to DnD prep or superhero origin stories

Also, that is supposed to say "salt" :-)

#MarcellaHazan 's famous (infamous?) tomato, butter and onion sauce is actually a surprisingly good, rich sauce, considering what went into it - four ingredients, including the salt. No garlic, no basil, no olive oil.

I...guess that means it sounds good? :)

This is Marcella Hazan's "Famous tomato sauce" , in progress.  Only four ingredients: tomatoes, butter, sky, onion. You don't even chop the onion. I will give a full report.

I really don't care.  Not a fan. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/don-cherry-podcast-launch-1.5364771

Seeing Mythic! #mythic @segalcentre

Closely followed by a thrilling escape on the Razorback.

The high point of any #Expanse novel is Bobbie Draper saving the day in power armour.

Who's Dana Schwartz I'll bet she's funny I should find out more about her

"There was absolutely, totally, positively, 100% no quid pro quo...and if there was, it was absolutely, totally, positively, 100% not an impeachable offense!"

Something I never thought I would have to do in my life: look up why "hymen" is appearing in my Twitter feed with greater frequency than one might normally expect.

Tonight I made salade nicoise, which is actually more work than I thought. Tastes great, but I suspect I'd enjoy this more if I were paying someone to do it.