My friends are often surprised to find out that cannoli are one of my favorite desserts. In their defense, I talk about ice cream far more frequently. Still, I'm always on the lookout for cannoli when eating at Italian resturants and am often left disappointed. I had some fantastic cannoli…
Yeah, I burned out from wiki things. I flew too close to the sun, tried to take on too many projects and cool ideas and then crashed and let people down. I'm sorry. I participate in wiki communities because, aside from believing in free knowledge, etc., it's really fun. And…
I tend to spend a lot of time reading. When I was a kid it was as many books I could carry home from the library; later it would become newspapers, blogs and online things. I never bothered to track what I was reading, because there was so much of…
The first time I heard the song Welcome to New York, my reaction was something along the lines of "Eh, decent song, except she's wrong. West Coast Best Coast." I would like to formally apologize to Taylor Swift for doubting her and state for the record that she was absolutely…
I set some goals for myself at the beginning of the year. Here's how it went: Move out of my parents' house.✔️ I live in New York City now. This was definitely my biggest goal and accomplishment of the year. Contribute something meaningful to SecureDrop.✔️ I think so. I need…
Very glad to learn that Gov. Newsom signed AB 1800, "Charlie's Law", yesterday: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/13/opinion-charlies-law-would-save-lives-of-with-blood-cancers/If you're under 40, you can join the Be the Match registry pretty quickly online: https://my.bethematch.org/s/join?language=en_US and they'll send you a swab kit in the mail.