A fun, full day in Washington, D.C., in the Union Market and NoMa neighborhoods. I walked and walked, visited coffee shops, a bookstore, a brewery, then was joined by Malia for dinner and concert by Katelyn Tarver at Songbyrd.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/05/13/a-fun-full-day-in.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T03:35:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 03:35","date_timestamp":1778729736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89859527","content_html":"Great student speeches and a phenomenal address by Samantha Power (“be an empathy optimist”) at commencement ceremony for American University School of International Service. Our daughter Malia will soon walk the stage for her bachelor of arts diploma—and then become 3rd-gen Peace Corps Volunteer!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/348/2026/691c56bb06-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/05/09/great-student-speeches-and-a.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T19:17:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 19:17","date_timestamp":1778354240,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89853770","content_html":"@AndySylvester i tried to do this for NIH feeds last year but didn’t get many. Mostly my inexperience with AI.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/89853770","date_published":"2026-05-09T16:21:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 16:21","date_timestamp":1778343702,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89805098","content_html":"@KimberlyHirsh I’m reading this now. Easy and fast read and making me think about giving myself more constraints.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/89805098","date_published":"2026-05-08T12:34:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 12:34","date_timestamp":1778243669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89790049","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374619572/cover.jpg\")
\nI wrote a blog post about my experience reading The Wayfinder: A Novel by Adam Johnson 📚
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I know I’ve mentioned it before, but if you need to know how to need a hug, give a hug, accept a hug, or make a hug count, watch Ted Lasso Season 1 (and all the episodes that follow). There are so many hugs throughout the show, and when you watch them, you will want a hug tonight.🍿
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/05/07/i-know-ive-mentioned-it.html","date_published":"2026-05-08T01:34:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 01:34","date_timestamp":1778204071,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89788028","content_html":"@todd Very much enjoyed it. Helped that my time in Hawaii and Vanuatu gave me some knowledge of kava, Polynesian language, and the wisdom of traditional navigators.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/89788028","date_published":"2026-05-08T00:55:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 00:55","date_timestamp":1778201741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89787904","content_html":"@danielpunkass over in the Textpattern forum, one of the devs is asking some technical questions about MarsEdit that are way above my use. Any chance you could connect with Stef? I’d love for my favorite CMS to have even better connection to my favorite editor.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/89787904","date_published":"2026-05-08T00:48:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 00:48","date_timestamp":1778201333,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89761030","content_html":"Somehow, never mentioned to @amerpie that the day I met him for lunch in Fayetteville, NC, I drove past a truck hauling a live camel. Just one detail on a good day. Grateful to @manton for building Micro.blog, which connected me to Lou.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/05/07/started-this-on-christmas-day.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T12:02:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 12:02","date_timestamp":1778155360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89347778","content_html":"\n![\"Logo](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/348/2026/peace-corps-logo16.svg.png\"){kind=logo}
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/30/serve-today.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T22:13:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 22:13","date_timestamp":1777587205,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89212554","content_html":"Always surprising, at first, to hear the first squawk of a young owl in the forest, then a comforting sound to know another generation is growing up. Speaking of which, a certain son of mine turns 16 tomorrow.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/28/always-surprising-at-first-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-29T01:41:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 01:41","date_timestamp":1777426876,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89165926","content_html":"Nice way to start this morning, with a cup of coffee and the latest Tabula Rasa short essays by John McPhee in the New Yorker. (I see that the editors have done away with The Mail section.)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/28/nice-way-to-start-this.html","date_published":"2026-04-28T12:30:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 12:30","date_timestamp":1777379416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89037749","content_html":"Skipped pick-up soccer this morning as I have much to accomplish today in advance of an all-day team retreat tomorrow and four performance reviews to give this week. It’s been raining for last 12 hours, so I took early walk through woods in search of turtles, though none in sight.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/26/skipped-pickup-soccer-this-morning.html","date_published":"2026-04-26T13:23:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 13:23","date_timestamp":1777209810,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89037653","content_html":"@amerpie Thanks for alerting me. I’ll listen. Alzheimer’s disease sucks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/89037653","date_published":"2026-04-26T13:21:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 13:21","date_timestamp":1777209694,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88967759","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FkfriW9qcOIUQCfUJnl3nM6HNNjO.jpg\")
When I need to be in the moment, I rewatch The Bear S2E7, Forks. I love it when Richie is singing to Taylor’s Love Story as he speeds through the late-night Chicago streets. (Was at wedding recently and that song had the younger folks so happy.) 🍿
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/24/when-i-need-to-be.html","date_published":"2026-04-25T01:47:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 01:47","date_timestamp":1777081667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88956483","content_html":"Fabulous day. Started at the dentist for a cleaning, then met a dear colleague for our occasional coffee chat, then drove to Fayetteville to meet @amerpie@social.lol for lunch (delicious Colombian chicken soup), and now just out of my coaching session with yet another reminder to breathe and be in now.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/24/fabulous-day-started-at-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-24T21:08:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 21:08","date_timestamp":1777064927,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88795671","content_html":"In my morning meditation yesterday, as the room lightened, I found myself looking at the allium flowers and thinking about a favorite movie, Arrival, and I heard the universe speaking to me.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/348/2026/6f8517ee7d-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/22/in-my-morning-meditation-yesterday.html","date_published":"2026-04-22T17:31:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 17:31","date_timestamp":1776879084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88452508","content_html":"I played so well in Wednesday night’s pick-up soccer game that I was reminded about my skills and strengths not just on the pitch but also at work, and yesterday I showed up in my suit, did what I do best, felt confident and good, strengthened relationships and made new connections. #goal #goals
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/17/i-played-so-well-in.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T15:53:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 15:53","date_timestamp":1776441198,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88443546","content_html":"Drove son to school early. Sat in sauna. Now on porch with coffee and Seth’s The Dip. Sunshine. Birds. Hospital helicopter. Spring.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/17/drove-son-to-school-early.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T12:39:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 12:39","date_timestamp":1776429550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88438907","content_html":"@amerpie and great song. We listen often in our car.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/88438907","date_published":"2026-04-17T11:08:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 11:08","date_timestamp":1776424102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88438886","content_html":"@amerpie appreciate you renamed the park for me but Zilker should get the credit. ;) i did buy a tshirt fron Zilker Brewery because it’s such a close fit.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker/88438886","date_published":"2026-04-17T11:07:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 11:07","date_timestamp":1776424063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88262331","content_html":"This incident at Carrboro High School was quite upsetting today.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/14/this-incident-at-carrboro-high.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T22:48:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 22:48","date_timestamp":1776206904,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88234173","content_html":"Last night, on my way to Raleigh for music, I saw a bald eagle fly over the highway toward Jordan Lake.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/14/last-night-on-my-way.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T14:20:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 14:20","date_timestamp":1776176405,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88207597","content_html":"Drove to Raleigh tonight to catch a show at Kings: first Dust, Aussies and very loud, and then Belair Lip Bombs, also Aussies snf not as loud but still loud. In between their sets I went downstairs to Neptune to listen to some youngters. That place smelled like teen spirit.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/2026/04/13/drove-to-raleigh-tonight-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T03:17:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Anton Zuiker","url":"https://smol.zuiker.com/activitypub/mistersugar","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F12%2F562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"antonzuiker"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 03:17","date_timestamp":1776136650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88131324","content_html":"My turn for grocery shopping. I went to the larger Harris Teeter store down the road from Chapel Hill in Chatham County. In a habit of 25 years, I checked the canned fish section to see if there was anything like the chili tuna I subsisted on in Vanuatu. Bingo! I’ll eat with steamed rice. Simple.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/348/2026/chilituna-m.jpg\")
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gilest.org: AI and the human voice
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Was in car after dropping son at soccer practice so got to listen to this heartwarming Fresh Air interview with Arsenio Hall. I watched his late-night talk show when I was in college. The day after Magic Johnson was on his show talking about HIV, Erin and I were interviewed by local TV news.
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