An image of Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina walking on a baseball field with the text
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Opening Day.

A screenshot showing the date, March 31, and a weather alert of a freeze warning

BOOOOOOOOOO.

Glass goblet full of maroon bubbly liquid and ice in front of a laptop computer on a stand and other computer equipment

Drinking my cherry cola out of a glass goblet makes me feel classy.

Banded rockhounding find

Posted on March 24, 2021

bjones

A rock irregularly cube-shaped, a couple inches on a side. White top and bottom with banding in various shades of gray and black, with one prominent black band.
Another view of a rock irregularly cube-shaped, a couple inches on a side. White top and bottom with banding in various shades of gray and black, with one prominent black band.

Yesterday I made the 2-hour mostly 2-lane-road drive between my teaching job and home and I noticed for the first time this phone booth sitting all by itself in a tiny town (pop. ~300). The sign on top was lit and it had a light inside. I wonder if it works.

Build tools when it's quiet
Five years ago this advice at a data journalism conference caught my ear. See, “Quiet” was a thing we had sometimes, back then.