Driftless: Part 2

I quite enjoy dill pickle sunflower seeds

Beyonce is actually pretty talented

"Hello" is the only Adele song I like

I have an iPod which I use every day, but I don't have a single song on it. (I love podcasts)

Writing for National Review is kind of a pipe dream of mine - I still have a lot of practicing to do.

I only watch about 3 movies a year.

Punk Rock: if you're in by 25 you're in for life

Lettuce heads are really into lettuce heads

I have over 800 reputation points on Board & Card Games Stack Exchange

I have under 400 in Stack Overflow

Maybe that's and indication that I'm bad at programming

Or maybe I'm just better at board gaming.

I've never had the chicken pox

I had blonde curly hair as a baby

What do prisons, certain progressive mid-20th century psychiatric hospitals, and the social web all have in common? The answer is token economies. Token economies are systems in which select behaviors are rewards with an institutional currency negotiable for benefits. Cigarettes, privileges, and Facebook friends are all forms of currency awarded to the obedient. - Christopher McKinlay (Optimal Cupid)

March 2016

Emily thinks that we watched some movie called The Tourist when we were dating, but I don't believe I have ever seen such a movie in my entire life! I think I would have remembered Johnny Depp's ridiculous hair.

Emily has been doing some web design work for a couple people which is helping her gain experience. In order to further augment her portfolio she's also working on some personal projects including Michelangelo's blog (Yes I know Michelangelo is dead). I'm excited about all this, if nothing else than if I die or something than Emily will be able to make sweet money at a sweet job (aside from a million dollars from life insurance)

One day after church we decided to just drive for a while and see where we ended up. Somehow we ended up on top of a mountain. This happens ALL THE TIME, it's uncanny.

We've been using a pressure cooker. I attempted Cincinnati style chili. That's right, chili on top of noodles. As soon as I heard it I said "that's weird I want to try". Cincinatti, I applaud you.



We're taking advantage of the weather before summer hits by hanging out on our patio.



Guess what? We're sadly announcing that we're moving. We really like our ward and our apartment but we're moving to a condo that is really close my work. I mean REALLY close. It's about two doors down and my commute is going to be awesome!!! Eventually we're going to get the heck out of the city but we're going to sacrifice for at least another year and live in the concrete jungle. In the words of Jesse Michael from Operation Ivy (he liked one of my tweets one time so we're officially best friends):

It's like a giant mechanical brain
And the people are cells and the streets are veins
It thinks only of itself
A thousand limbs crawling as it expands and grows
And still the concrete sits there
Sits there stark grey and cold




Things we watched - Moneyball, 1 episode of Fixer Upper
Things we're reading - Basic Economics, Heaven on Earth: the Rise and Fall of Socialism, Bowie (about David Bowie)
Places we ate - Ted's Hot Dogs (decent for a hot dog place), Venezia's Pizza (delicious), In-N-Out (probably the 50th time I've eaten there and it was delicious), Raising Cane's (best chicken place I know of).