TIL Chicagoland has its own Punxsutawney Phil knockoff. Goes by the name Woodstock Willy.

Apparently, they filmed the movie Groundhog Day in Woodstock, so I guess it makes sense we'd spawn a local offshoot.

Here's a picture of my favorite comic book character holding a Pomeranian to get you through the day. (Google Bard AI testing)

It’s really John 20:22-23 that cinched it for me years ago (outside of studying the history of Christianity, when I was baptized but essentially atheist). The ability to forgive and retain sins via apostolic succession prior to the Ascension is a pretty good indicator of precisely what these men went forth and did, and what they assigned their bishops (and later priests) to do as well.

In the early days of Christianity, we actually did; Mass would not start ca. 1st Century without the entirety of the community confessing sins; the priest would offer absolution, and on the Mass went.

Obvious problem with that: Molly might hold a grudge against Mary for emptying her slop bucket on her stoop. Community resentment ran pretty high, as you can imagine. So the Irish engineered a private penitential system, one at a time, with a priest (who represents the community). The priest in turn then went to another priest in the community for confession, and this is the system we have today.

Obsidian. Love it.

I keep a log of movies I’ve watched (because nerd) in a Wiki I keep (because bigger nerd), and upon review, Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is my highest rated film in two years.

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The chance is higher than is good for any of us.

One thing I appreciate about Nostr is that I’ve encountered zero dialogue about Taylor Swift. Thank you, everyone.

Excited to see Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color tonight. Saw the original release and was skeptical that this is a cash grab, but the color grading looks great and I’ve heard positive things.

Bravo to Team Damus for the transition to Purple. None of this stuff develops itself, and I’m glad to be supporter 27.

Got #27, not bad!

Still not impressed by anything I see about the Apple Vision Pro. It's that classic device you buy for the cool factor, but are in reality too busy to use. It's like an iPad for your face.

In fact, Nostr is the best social network out there. You can nitpick and post grievances -- Lord knows I do -- but make no bones: nothing comes close to the spirit of an open Internet like Nostr does.

Remember when Google's motto was "Don't be evil?" Sooner or later, such a motto becomes nigh impossible to maintain when your supposed moral duty is to maximize profits for shareholders.

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Yep, and also: bitcoin. The enthusiast dreamer must reckon with the absolute fact that people don't give two squirts about your bitcoin enthusiasm.

What holds us back here isn't the tool: it's the fact that we've made it all about the tool.

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Wanted it for the Lions, but the 9'ers were there to capitalize on their errors.

Two of my childhood favorites to square off in the Super Bowl, so I reckon I can't lose.

$680 to fix the blower motor in my car. Turns out, while at a conference in a wooded area in November, a woodland creature decided to inhabit this particular space in my car.

I presume this creature died a glorious death.

What I love about evangelical cringe is that it can often come across as completely sincere. I watched this video a few days ago and actually laughed out loud.

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Primal Wallet has been a joy to use, no bullsquash in between. Thank you for including it in Android, which I also run!