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Old Fashioned

February 27, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

I’ve never been much of a cocktail guy. I don’t mind the odd one, but I usually can’t be arsed to order one, and certainly not to make one. However, […]

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Food / drink
Cover photo by Ray Muzyka, used under Creative Commons license

Torpor

February 21, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Yesterday was a bit of an exercise in staying still. Sleeping in ’til 9. Staying in bed until noon, save grabbing coffee from downstairs. Walking across the hall to the […]

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Daily life, TV

NAS

February 13, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

As I type this I’m waiting for my new Synology DS220+ Network Access Storage device to set itself up. Of course I named it Illmatic. I’m excited to get all […]

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House, Movies, Music

Jules Bistro

February 7, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

At least once each weekend we try to set aside an evening as date night — fancy delivery, dinner table, proper place settings, music, etc. — and our go-to dinner […]

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Daily life, Food / drink

No skips

January 30, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

My new favourite podcast is called No Skips. It’s my friend* Lisa and her husband going deep on some classic albums: Music fanatic and his skip-happy wife take on the […]

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Music
Cover photo by Farzad Nazifi on Unsplash

Fun with screens

January 24, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

While normally we find it exhausting to look at screens, yesterday they were the underpinnings of a pretty good day. Somehow yesterday I became aware that Bar Volo, and its […]

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Daily life, Food / drink, Friends
Cover photo by Tran Mau Tri Tam on Unsplash

Comparing my discretionary spending pre- and post-COVID

January 16, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

[Cross-posted from LinkedIn, with some revisions] Prompted by my colleague Kat’s post “How COVID-19 changed my spending habits“, I decided to piggyback on her idea. Here’s what I found. [But first, the […]

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Daily life, Me
Cover photo by r d h, used under creative commons license

Our thriving boy

January 9, 2021by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Some visual examples of how well Kramer is doing in the house. .:. Cover photo by r d h, used under creative commons license

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Pets
Cover photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

2020 Annual Report: Containment

December 31, 2020by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

After the pummeling that was 2019, I was really looking forward to a return to normalcy in 2020. Lindsay, it should be noted, was always skeptical: at a New Year’s […]

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Annual report
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The best of everything from 2020

December 30, 2020by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

To the great surprise of no one on planet earth, this is a weird year in which to do a list like this. Or, anything else. When I started prepping […]

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Annual report

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  • Dan D. is drinking a Decadence - Salted Caramel Latte by Rorschach Brewing Co at Untappd at Home February 19, 2021
  • Dan D. is drinking a Malevolent Benevolence (German Chocolate Cake) by Rorschach Brewing Co at Untappd at Home February 19, 2021
  • Dan D. is drinking a Hedonism (Peach/Mango Strawberry Pineapple) by Rorschach Brewing Co at Untappd at Home February 19, 2021
  • Dan D. is drinking a Hedonism (Blueberry Strawberry Guava) by Rorschach Brewing Co at Untappd at Home February 19, 2021
  • Dan D. is drinking a Decadence - Pecan Sticky Bun by Rorschach Brewing Co at Untappd at Home February 18, 2021
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