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Pretty Good Hat

I’m watching “A Quiet Place” and the sound editing makes it utterly gripping.

Photo of a glass espresso cup being filled under a portafilter.

I have lately been really loving this espresso roast from Spotted Cow Coffee in Seattle – sent to me as a gift. It makes a great espresso, and the cappuccino I make with it tastes like candied blueberries. So great and delicious.

Photo of a red vinyl album on a turntable — Josh Ritter’s “Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter.”

My wife got me a turntable for a Father’s Day present. I’ve accrued a small set of albums in the last few years but haven’t actually had a turntable since playing on my dad’s when I was a kid. I am utterly and inexplicably cheered by playing records again.

Working on a new measure of summer weekend quality: ratio of sunscreen applications to showers. This weekend is about a 2.0, which seems solid, but the metric needs further validation before we put it into prod.

Glass of iced espresso and ginger beer on a wooden xounter

Felt like an espresso tonic this afternoon but I didn’t have tonic, so I made it with ginger beer. Friends, I may never go back.