The Fluffbucket Diaries

Found out yesterday that our new parish rector still has a flip phone. I found myself envying him.

‘Dumbphone’ sales rise as people seek to disconnect and be more mindful (Independent UK)

Okay, maybe too late to post for my friends staring down Florence right now, but it’s a good list for the next monster storm or other natural disaster.

Skip milk and water: Here are better ways to stock up for Hurricane Florence (Charlotte Observer)

Random photo: Austin, MN, October 2003. We did a Midwestern road trip for our honeymoon, and drove aimlessly until we saw signs for Austin and the Spam Museum. So, naturally, we stopped. And it was glorious. Not romantic, but glorious. 📷

Apparently I’m the only person on Micro.blog who didn’t watch the Apple thing. ;)

“It was this competition of who’s the happiest. Participating in that is not something I’m interested in.”

Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media (Guardian)

It’s the first night since Saturday I don’t have a looming deadline that forces me to work into the wee hours. Plus, the kid has a late start at school. I can sleep in, even if only for a wee bit!

I haven’t looked this forward to a good night’s sleep in weeks. Maybe months.

Random photo: Shackleford Banks, NC, August 2017. Thinking of my friends in the Carolinas as Hurricane Florence bears down on the coast there.

“Everything Bagel With Cream Cheese And A Tiny American Flag, Eaten With A Fork: You are trying too hard, Sen. Cruz.”

What your bagel order says about you and your fitness to govern (Washington Post)

“Right now I’m watching a lot of Walker, Texas Ranger and turning a lot of Smirnoff into urine."

White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson on his impending retirement (Chicago magazine)

“They are the kinds of places where the public, private and philanthropic sectors can work together to reach for something higher than the bottom line.”

To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library (N.Y. Times)

Random photo: Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA, September 2013.

Random photo: Broadview, IL, June 2016. Had lunch here after church today. Starches and cabbage rule. 📷

I always appreciated Major Healey and Howard Borden.

Bill Daily, Major Healey in ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ dies at 91 (Variety)

Beautiful, gut-wrenching read.

“After Teddy died I heard the phrase: you will learn to feel the love more than the loss. For me, that’s exactly what saying his name aloud enables us to do.”

My baby died. Please ask me his name (BBC News)

Detail that made me laugh out loud: Even Pinterest has banned Alex Jones.

Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich. They May Bring Him Down. (New York Times)

Long weekend ahead (funeral, work projects, proofreading for a friend), but what I look forward to the most: setting up my new personal website/blog.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a personal site, and I don’t know if I’ll blog much beyond microblogging. But this place and the IndieWeb movement have inspired me to go back to my pre-social media roots. Looking forward to it.

Bookmarking this for when I get the dreaded update.

How to Return to Chrome’s Old Look—and Fix the Blurry Text on Windows (Lifehacker)