Chuck Grimmett

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  • I have two creation modes:

    1. A good enough 80/20 version will take a fraction of the time I expect, so I need to get out of my head and do it.
    2. The best version will take as long as it takes. This mode is all about the process and consistently showing up and making progress.

  • I noticed a nifty “This week also appears in [year]” section at the bottom of Jeremy Felt’s weekly post. Cool idea! Looks like the code for that feature is here.

    I might adopt it.

  • Telephones were a mistake. Any technology that allows scammers and political campaigns to disrupt you at any time is a mistake.

  • Reminder that the grass is greener where you water it.

  • In reply to MariaDB breaks every time I upgrade it via Homebrew and this will save me time one day by Jeremy Felt.

    Oh gosh, this has happened to me, too. I don’t remember exactly what I did, but I remember that I had to nuke, reinstall, and restart services. Thanks for posting. Bookmarking this for future me.

  • I bought a bunch of fly fishing stuff (hooks, tying vise, a net, wading boots) on Amazon in the last month. Now I’m getting MAGA hats in my recommended products 😬

  • I’ve come to my senses and I threw away my Apple boxes this morning. AMA.

  • Huh, apparently it is “unwieldy”, not “unwieldly”. No l before the y. I’ve gotten this wrong for 25 years.

  • Superglue bottle leaked and I almost glued four of my fingers together. That stuff is no joke.

  • Tied eight more flies tonight. All Futsū kebari. Five with thread bodies in various colors (my favorite combo was cream thread and grizzly hackle), three with wool yarn bodies (Shetland Spindrift Paprika) and grizzly hackle. I also used some size 12, some 14, and some 16 hooks.

  • Ugh, looks like my Twitter blocks and keyword mutes no longer work. Why do I even use that app?

  • Trying my hand at tying flies. Here are my first two, with brown rooster hackle and brown sewing thread. Trying to get the basics down: Keeping tension while wrapping, lashing on feathers, and whip finishing.

  • While playing Duplos with Charlie, I made a Marimekko house.

  • Organizing my jumbled mess of flies from five different containers.

  • Tonight’s drink is the Elusive Dreams. I infused the pineapple rum via sous vide, made the banana liqueur, and used cassia chips for the cinnamon syrup. Garnished with his & hers nasturtiums from the garden.

  • When I was younger I never read the local newspaper, preferring the NYT, WSJ, and FT. Now I’m the exact opposite. I always open and go through the weekly roundup email from the Peekskill Herald and mostly ignore the big newspapers.

  • Went out for BBQ tonight. I got Charlie some pulled chicken, but he surprised me and ate most of my brisket instead. I’m excited to have a little BBQ buddy!

  • Made some Haitian pikliz.

  • We made pizza sauce with our garden tomatoes.

  • The early makings of banana liqueur. Macerated banana with Demerara sugar in the bag to make banana syrup, peels with dark rum in the jar. Will strain and combine both in a couple days and dilute with water.