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.
\nThe last few weeks has been on-boarding tasks. Again, foreign feeling. I will get there.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2026/03/14/flying-is-an-interesting-test.html","date_published":"2026-03-14T14:45:39+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":"2026-03-14 14:45","date_timestamp":1773499539,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84894906","content_html":"Getting back to the old days of gaming: bt.micro.blog
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\nFinished reading: Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison đź“š
\nJust 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.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2026/01/17/finished-reading-greatest-hits-by.html","date_published":"2026-01-17T16:49:47+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":"2026-01-17 16:49","date_timestamp":1768668587,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81576540","content_html":"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,"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,"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.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/20/we-live-in-a-truly.html","date_published":"2025-12-20T17:29:07+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":"2025-12-20 17:29","date_timestamp":1766251747,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80169921","content_html":"I think I am just about over this cold. It’s been quite the hanger on.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/16/i-think-i-am-just.html","date_published":"2025-12-16T22:26:01+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":"2025-12-16 22:26","date_timestamp":1765923961,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79557259","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781324094982/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu đź“š
\nThis 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.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/08/finished-reading-on-drugs-by.html","date_published":"2025-12-08T05:26:28+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":"2025-12-08 05:26","date_timestamp":1765171588,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79471965","content_html":"The poetry of getting sick going into the weekend isn’t lost on me.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/06/the-poetry-of-getting-sick.html","date_published":"2025-12-06T17:33:02+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":"2025-12-06 17:33","date_timestamp":1765042382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79438083","content_html":"Not sure what this is for, but it’s hard to argue with.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbt.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fb7a87e4ca6.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/05/not-sure-what-this-is.html","date_published":"2025-12-06T02:42:10+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":"2025-12-06 02:42","date_timestamp":1764988930,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79216183","content_html":"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.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/02/i-have-spent-the-last.html","date_published":"2025-12-03T04:53:38+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":"2025-12-03 04:53","date_timestamp":1764737618,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79007845","content_html":"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.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/11/29/just-picked-up-musicbox-for.html","date_published":"2025-11-30T01:06:00+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":"2025-11-30 01:06","date_timestamp":1764464760,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78953417","content_html":"Tenth anniversary at the tiki!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbt.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F1819e4e100.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/11/28/tenth-anniversary-at-the-tiki.html","date_published":"2025-11-29T02:25:57+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":"2025-11-29 02:25","date_timestamp":1764383157,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78278984","content_html":"Early in the week, but I think I’ve had enough bad luck. Thanks, universe.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/11/18/early-in-the-week-but.html","date_published":"2025-11-19T01:08:45+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":"2025-11-19 01:08","date_timestamp":1763514525,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78128735","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780671657864/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss đź“š
\nThis was an interesting read as I start more of a meaningful spiritual… journey? Look around? Exploration? Whatever I’m doing.
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","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/11/12/i-heard-its-a-mess.html","date_published":"2025-11-12T16:31:50+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":"2025-11-12 16:31","date_timestamp":1762965110,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77402924","content_html":"I find it personally interesting when someone you think of one way reveals something about themselves totally counter to your mental image of them. People are complex and can’t be summed up so easily. I think that extends to most, if not all, people.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/11/06/i-find-it-personally-interesting.html","date_published":"2025-11-06T15:09:21+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":"2025-11-06 15:09","date_timestamp":1762441761,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76782550","content_html":"Pretty rough day at work today. Ending the evening with a very late visit to the dog park. Bree was so patient as I toiled away today at the computer.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/27/pretty-rough-day-at-work.html","date_published":"2025-10-28T01:33:03+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":"2025-10-28 01:33","date_timestamp":1761615183,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76498333","content_html":"Just watched Good Fortune with the better half. Good movie with a great message. Lots of fun, laughs, and heart. 🎞️
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/23/just-watched-good-fortune-with.html","date_published":"2025-10-24T01:12:23+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":"2025-10-24 01:12","date_timestamp":1761268343,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76144682","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593701522/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Searches by Vauhini Vara đź“š
\nThis was a random pickup from TPL. Amazing read. After a few chapters, I realized I heard an interview sometime ago with the author on NPR. Happy intersect running into it again.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/19/finished-reading-searches-by-vauhini.html","date_published":"2025-10-19T16:49:59+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":"2025-10-19 16:49","date_timestamp":1760892599,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75993587","content_html":"Today in my continued adventures of God, I Hate Excel: Why don’t sheets connected to forms just update? Such drama. The sheet threw seemingly random errors yesterday. Today? Had to force a refresh. Acted like data it said was received wasn’t there.
\nGod, I hate Excel.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/17/today-in-my-continued-adventures.html","date_published":"2025-10-17T12:38:53+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":"2025-10-17 12:38","date_timestamp":1760704733,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75882246","content_html":"Probably no shock to anyone, but I feel happy outside of work. Work just feels like stress most of the time. There are things I do there that make me feel proud. Usually though? Just stressed.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/15/probably-no-shock-to-anyone.html","date_published":"2025-10-16T01:52:37+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":"2025-10-16 01:52","date_timestamp":1760579557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75544968","content_html":"The new macOS has all these little changes that I think are really great. I know a lot of people have been less than enthusiastic about the release, but as a day-to-day user who doesn’t rely on it for business or delivery (at least not on my home Mac) it’s been a nice little quality of life change.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/10/11/the-new-macos-has-all.html","date_published":"2025-10-11T15:19:24+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":"2025-10-11 15:19","date_timestamp":1760195964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}