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First ripe tomato
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL
After 2 seasons of no scores, the Sharks (Lily’s soccer team) finally scored a goal, in the last game of the second season. And it was Lily that scored it! “Elation” falls short of the screaming! If there are any Sharks that see this, Thea’s name is Lily, but we called her Thea (short…
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Solstice Garden
Starting to fill in nicely!
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Boulevard garden
Finally replaced the giant elm that the city removed last year. The ginkgo is looking good, and we’ve covered the huge dirt patch. Rabbits ate my dwarf dogwood so we had to add some fencing. I hope we’re done with it for a while!
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Lonely goalie
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Wanting to believe doesn’t always mean you can
kottke.org/18/05/you-dont-have-a-right-to-believe-whatever-you-want-to
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This is so powerful
kottke.org/18/05/the-respect-of-personhood-vs-the-respect-of-authority
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I love data!
Pretty much everything you think about the wealth-race dynamic is wrong.
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Don’t complain about your taxes!
https://kottke.org/18/04/how-bill-russell-stopped-charles-barkley-from-complaining-about-taxes As I’ve been fortunate to be reasonably successful in life, I am looking more and more for ways to give back. And not being a jerk about the most fundamental way to do that is, literally, the least anybody can do.
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We’ve known this for a long time
And it makes me pretty angry. We talk about “crime” and “inner city problems” like they are inevitable. Well, they are when you cultivate them. Please read.
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