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Finished reading: Football by Chuck Klosterman 📚

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Finished reading: The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O’Brian 📚

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Finished reading: The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian 📚\nOne of the best of the series so far!

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Finished reading: Treason’s Harbour by Patrick O’Brian 📚

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Finished reading: Command and Control by Eric Schlosser 📚

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Watched: Wind River 🍿

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Finished reading: … Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen by Viktor E. Frankl 📚Man’s Search For Meaning. Really good book I had somehow never come across before.

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Finished reading: Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker 📚\nEasily my least favorite of the series so far.

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Finished reading: In Harm’s Way by Doug Stanton 📚

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@jaheppler Looks nice! Also saw you made an update to your Obsidian workflow which is interestingly enough how I first came across your work. Been using Obsidian now for work and personal notes and once you get everything dialed in its a great system.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/niffnay/81645731","date_published":"2026-01-08T20:58:29+00:00","author":{"name":"niffnay.org","url":"https://blog.niffnay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F32%2F1811595.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"niffnay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 20:58","date_timestamp":1767905909,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81645494","content_html":"Reading Notes From Truman by David McCullough\n\nGreat quote from Roosevelt mentioned in the book: “To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected.” About sums up my feelings about the baby boomers and younger generations.\nUpon leaning that Roosevelt had died as Truman was being int... blog.niffnay.org","summary":"","url":"https://blog.niffnay.org/2026/01/08/reading-notes-from-truman-by.html","date_published":"2026-01-08T20:55:22+00:00","author":{"name":"niffnay.org","url":"https://blog.niffnay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F32%2F1811595.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"niffnay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 20:55","date_timestamp":1767905722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81496422","content_html":"\n

Finished reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚

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Finished reading: Truman by David McCullough 📚

\n

I’ve got notes for a full post, but what an interesting and delightful read.

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Finished reading: Peace of Mind by Seneca 📚Second time reading through this and still super dense to me. Need to watch some Sadler lectures on it.

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Finished reading: Killing Floor by Lee Child 📚\nMeh, it was OK. I’ve heard good things about the series so may try one more book.

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Finished reading: Walking the Old Road by Staci Lola Drouillard 📚

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Watched: Edge of Tomorrow 🍿I’ve been wanting to see this for years! Fun movie I’m glad I finally got to watch.

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Finished reading: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content) by Michael Chabon 📚What a fantastic book. I’ve never read a bad Chabon story yet.

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WeeWx 5.2 Upgrade Woes: blog.niffnay.org

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Finished reading: The Miracle Morning (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Hal Elrod 📚\nThis book was awful. I’d rather face a lifetime of unproductive mornings than to have to read this tripe again.

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Watched: Inside Man 🍿Fun little movie, good cast.

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Watched: Spy Game 🍿weird movie but happy to watch a Redford flick.

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Finished reading: New York to Nome by Bonanza Publishing 📚what a fun read! Starting a major research project on this book now that I hope to have a finished website for.

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Watched: Idiocracy 🍿

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Finished reading: The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey 📚\nWhat an odd read. It’s like someone tried to make a novel out of jokes. It was definitely funny at times though!

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Charles H Mertensotto Camping Meals \"\"\"\"\"\" : blog.niffnay.org

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.niffnay.org/2025/10/06/charles-h-mertensotto-camping-meals.html","date_published":"2025-10-07T02:31:21+00:00","author":{"name":"niffnay.org","url":"https://blog.niffnay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F32%2F1811595.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"niffnay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-07 02:31","date_timestamp":1759804281,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"74350100","content_html":"

@jaheppler In a similar vein, but one I enjoyed much more was “Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv.

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