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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,"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.

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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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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.

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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.

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