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I'm planning on flying to Belgium a week from today. This bottle is from my last trip this past January. It's a bracingly bitter beer saison like the ones I used to homebrew. Very peppery character. ♥️

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I didn’t choose to be born in a country collapsing under its own weight.

But I do choose how I respond to it.

I reject rage.

I reject despair.

I choose clarity. I choose dignity.

Public transit here is broken.

Infrastructure is crumbling.

Everything feels rigged for profit, not for people.

That’s not my fault — and it won’t define my character.

I won’t be ashamed of taking the bus.

I won’t be ashamed of living simply.

I won’t be ashamed of caring.

Shame belongs to those who created this mess.

I prepare.

I adapt.

I stay calm.

And I help where I can.

That’s resistance. That’s Stoicism in action.

The empire may decay.

But I will not.

“Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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A couple of malt bombs. Training for visiting Europe later this month.

An old favorite. A double cream stout made with lots munich malt and fermented like a bock. At least that's what I heard years ago.

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Chicago's southeast side from near the 95th Street Bridge from earlier today.

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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

-- Maya Angelou

(Ascona, Switzerland)

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Atari Arcade concept art by Regan Cheng

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Gordon Walters

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The sunsets are mad orange fools raging in the gloom.

-- Jack Kerouac

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Delica L300 Car Light / Side Table, Mo_&_A 

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Gustav Klimt, Tannenwald II

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I saw Peter Hook and the Light for the fourth time in 11 years this past weekend. Fantastic show. Super-enthusiastic GenX crowd.

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Misty trees

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Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, 2022

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Weronika Dudka

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"Okay, just one beer."