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Where the Wild Things Are

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Finally caught Coda last night, and it was a pleasant surprise! While it had a predictable plot reminiscent of hallmark movies, the film was thoroughly enjoyable with plenty of touching moments. Highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t already! 📺🍿

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May the Fourth be with you, always. Happy Star Wars Day! ✨🚀

On Corgi Snores

The sweet and gentle lullaby of a corgi’s soft snore is the most sublime soundtrack for a lazy weekend morning. It is the perfect moment to forget the worries of the week and bask in the unadulterated love and warmth that comes with the presence of a beloved pet. In my case, it is the presence of my dear corgi, Tilly, that turns an ordinary weekend morning into a moment to treasure. Tilly,…

AI-Powered Creativity: How GPT-4 Helped Me Build DripArt.io

Introduction In my spare time, I love to explore my creative side. Lately, I’ve been having a blast working with GPT-4, ChatGPT, and other AI language tools. They’ve helped me create everything from funny poems to collaborating on code projects that once seemed out of reach. A Spark of Inspiration My journey began with a fascination for Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings. I…

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Fall-ing in love with nature, one waterfall at a time!

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Escaping to a cabin with my wife for a much needed vacation, we woke up to a stunning view of a mountain covered in wispy fog. Sipping coffee together, we felt grateful for the beauty of nature and each other’s company. Excited for the adventures ahead! ☕️🏔️

Adventure Time with My Girls at Lake Apopka

Today my wife and I decided to take a spontaneous road trip with our beloved corgi, Tilly. We decided to drive out to the Lake Apopka Wilderness Trail and take in the fresh air and wildlife. The drive was beautiful, as we drove through lush greenery and marshes. We arrived at the trailhead and began our journey. The path is a driveable wilderness trail that takes about an hour and a half to get…

Enjoying the Little Things in Life Again

Life can be full of stress and pressure, making it hard to enjoy the little things in life. But it’s important to remember that these moments are often the most precious, and taking time to appreciate them can make all the difference. This weekend, I had the opportunity to do just that. My wife and I had a homemade pizza night, and then went to Epcot for a date night at the Festival of the…

Making Homemade Edible Cookie Dough

Today, I experimented in the kitchen with the sous vide circulator to make edible cookie dough! I have always been a fan of homemade cookie dough, but the fear of consuming raw eggs always held me back. With the sous vide method, I was able to safely pasteurize the eggs and enjoy the cookie dough without any risk. To start, I set my sous vide machine to 135 degrees and placed the whole eggs in a…

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Got a lot of big stuff happening in my life in 2023, so spending this last day off work to build some systems to keep me organized and sane throughout the new year!

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Revolutionized my Kindle reading experience with a Popsocket ! I had read about this before and finally decided to pull the trigger and wow has my reading experience has improved!

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Finished my first run with just my Apple Watch and Airpods (no phone) and felt so damn nice being more disconnected than usual!

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The baby got her shots and a good checkup! Looks like we’re doing good on health!! Got her weight down to where the vet is happy! If only I could do the same 😂😂😂

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😞 RIP Kevin Conroy. I feel like I just lost a significant part of my childhood. He will always be the definitive Batman voice for me.

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What to blog about

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Had a blast this weekend testing out the new truck tent!

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Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

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Trying to Figure out the best way to start studying for my Board Certification exam that I applied for. Everything I’ve been told makes this feel like another bar exam except this time I don’t have a “bar prep” course to follow. Need to structure this out myself.

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Testing out our new harness before we go camping next weekend!!

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The face of “I’m about to get a French Fry!!”

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⛺️Just purchased a Truck Bed Tent for my new truck and reserved a camp site at Florida’s first Dark Sky Park! Excited to go see the stars! ✨⭐️🌌🌠

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Does anybody have any good software recommendations for reading thousands of saved PDFs, highlighting them, and quickly exporting the highlighted text for quick reference later? Preparing to study for Board Certification and have to read a couple thousand PDFs of case law for it

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My board game buddies while the power is out post-Hurricane Ian (Scratch that. Power was just restored while I was typing this! Still finishing this game haha)

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Considering ourselves lucky. Hurricane Ian feels like it’s pretty much past us now. Currently without power and had a small leak above one of our windows when the rain was being blown into the window but otherwise we are safe and secure!