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I am constantly looking for a better sound experience (likely to my detriment) and I feel like Sonos has righted itself enough in the past year with Tom Conrad at the helm. Do I make another investment in upgraded gear from them finally?

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Finally managed to catch a home game with the Blue Jays where they won. And it was against the Yankees. Huzzah!

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Go Jays go! ⚾️

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All the WWDC stuff announced this year suggests my new desktop purchase might be worthwhile. I just need to make all the new stuff purposeful for me. That’ll be the trick. It always is.

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Managed 666 pounds on the leg press today. 👹

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Took the plunge and purchased a Mac Studio. They’ve been relatively hard to come by lately (at least a refurbished one) and figured I might as well finally jump up a few generations from my MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) for some more punch.

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The YMCA was super hot this evening. Got hot yoga in during my weights.

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This game seven between the Habs and Sabres is quite the show. Overtime has been nothing short of exciting!

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The act of leaving my last job and starting a new one has felt so foreign to me, but everything has gone smoothly so far. I took some time between jobs to decompress, which was all too necessary.

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The last few weeks has been on-boarding tasks. Again, foreign feeling. I will get there.

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Flying is an interesting test of human patience.

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Getting back to the old days of gaming: bt.micro.blog

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Children of Time: bt.micro.blog

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Finished reading: Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison 📚

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Just finished this up last night and had a wonderful time reading it. I wasn’t familiar with his work, but he seemingly kept coming up in my wanders recently. I will have to seek out more of his work this year.

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Somehow we’re already a week into the first month of the new year. If this is any measure of how the year is going to go, I think it may be faster than the last. Is that what I’m left with as I get older? Years just keep moving faster?

\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2026/01/07/somehow-were-already-a-week.html","date_published":"2026-01-07T22:50:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Todd","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1611501.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-07 22:50","date_timestamp":1767826239,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81115280","content_html":"Finished reading: I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee [백세희] 📚\n\nThis was a very interesting read for me. A lot of the author’s conversations with her therapist felt all too familiar to me. It pains me that she passed earlier this year at such a young age. She clearly was a brave sort p... bt.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/31/finished-reading-i-want-to.html","date_published":"2026-01-01T03:41:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Todd","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1611501.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-01 03:41","date_timestamp":1767238887,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80433747","content_html":"

We live in a truly surreal time. While I was walking home the other day, the reality of the fact that almost anything is available at my fingertips really struck me. I know it’s not novel by any means, but it really sunk in. We clearly weren’t designed for this reality.

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I think I am just about over this cold. It’s been quite the hanger on.

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Finished reading: On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu 📚

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This was an interesting read. Not sure how well I am designed for philosophy books, but I took one for a spin. Worth a read if you’re curious about psychedelics.

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The poetry of getting sick going into the weekend isn’t lost on me.

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Not sure what this is for, but it’s hard to argue with.

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I have spent the last few nights doing that whole revenge sleep procrastination thing. Work has been a little too much the last few days and certainly last week.

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Just picked up MusicBox for my Mac devices. I think this will be an interesting way to track my music listening habits as I try to migrate away from the Google Sheet I have been keeping for the longest time.

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Tenth anniversary at the tiki!

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Early in the week, but I think I’ve had enough bad luck. Thanks, universe.

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Finished reading: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss 📚

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This was an interesting read as I start more of a meaningful spiritual… journey? Look around? Exploration? Whatever I’m doing.

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I Heard It's A Mess There Too: bt.micro.blog

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