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Review: Astra Lumina

We went to Astra Lumina in early February on a Friday night. They must have a good team placing their ads because I think I am the exact target audience for this and I got lots of ads in Instagram and Facebook telling me about this Garden Walk / Evening Light

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Review: HubbuHubbuH tandem bike from Rivendell

Quote from a recent Rivendell newsletter: We made the HubbuHubbuH to fill that gap. It's a thoughtfully designed, strong, safe, and beautiful tandem for, essentially, goofing around with your friends and whichever family members are willing to pilot it with you. Put some big tires, upright bars, and

5G

Is 5G Ultra Wideband a scam?

The more testing I do with Speedtests at different times and locations the more I think the whole thing is a scam. There is a cell tower near where I live that was one of the first towers I found to have 5GUW. I believe it is there because a

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Review: iamcoreyb

I can't get enough of these videos. 10/10 https://www.instagram.com/iamcoreyb/

Travel

Wonders of Street View Website

This website shows you interesting street views from Google. I clicked "Random" in the corner about 10 times and found the Large Drawers I visited in 2022 in High Point, North Carolina. So I wondered how many places they have that I have visited. It took me 19

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Review: Olipop

I was in Gelson's and the Olipop cans caught my eye so I tried three of them. Vintage Cola: Awful. Tasted like a horrible diet soda. Could not finish more than a few sips. 2/10. Classic Root Beer: Almost as bad as vintage cola. Had a few

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Wiccans are more popular in America than Mormons

At least according to this YouGov poll. It is bizarre that Unitarians are so far down the list too. Americans’ views on 35 religious groups, organizations, and belief systems | YouGovBelief systems that encompass the largest shares of Americans — including Christianity, Catholicism, and Protestantism — are among the ones the most Americans

NYtimes crossword editors are nerd-bigots

I guess they don't like D&D or math. And this from crossword people. "Hey kettle, you are black."

Big Sky

Big Sky Webcams I Like

I check these out once a day. Golf course cam Gallatin River cam Moonlight Basin Cam Nice view of Lone Peak and Fan Mountain. Book Big Sky Cam Town Center cam Snow stake cams if you scroll to the bottom you can see the Andesite cam and the Headwaters cam.

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Review: Hamburger Habit Ahi Tuna Filet

Habit claims their Ahi Tuna Filet is 390 calories. And the photo on the menu board looked pretty good so I gave it a try. This thing is really, really good. The tuna was cooked just about perfectly done. The shredded lettuce and mayo and tomato were perfect. This is

Dentists

Are dental hygienists full of it?

The dental hygienists main job is to criticize you for not brushing your teeth enough. Frances brushes her teeth and flosses better than anyone. And at a recent appointment her hygienist told her she needs to brush and floss more. So that is proof they just say that no matter

IT

Bring Back Blogs Movement

Seems like more movement is happening in trying to get people to bring back blogs. https://bringback.blog/ A collapse of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram can bring back the core of what was/is great about the Internet: decentralized publishing.

Internet

I think Google and others are hiding under Section 230 and it is wrong

Google says Supreme Court ruling could potentially upend the internetGoogle filed a Supreme Court brief case hoping to keep a liability shield that would keep them immune from lawsuits if content they recommend causes harm.Fox BusinessThe Wall Street Journal Google and other "interactive computer services" claim they

Christmas

Taking down Christmas lights math

I estimate that taking down the Christmas light show is 8 to 10x the speed of putting it up. The last two days I took down: 1. Arch tunnel 2. Arches 3. Wall lines 4. Lawn lines 5. Stairway lines 6. Trees 7. Tree trunks 8. Bushes 9. Megatree &

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elder Rydell has been gone for 1 year

He has been gone exactly one year. I didn't really think about the 1 year but noticed it when looking through my photos at some stuff from a year ago. Cal looks pretty small compared to 1 year ago. I imagine Eddie will be most surprised by how

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Review: Night Skiing at Big Sky Resort

We did a night skiing session on Friday, December 30, 2022. Our guide Sean texted me a few days before to confirm how many people we would have and if we skied or snowboarded. We had our family plus cousin Charlie. Five skiers and one snowboarder. You are allowed seven

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This is not a marketing email

Don't give Experian your email address. You will get subscribed to email updates that you cannot remove yourself from. They say this isn't a marketing email. I think I would rather be the judge of that. If it isn't a marketing email then why

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Review: Woof Fish Skis

I bought these skis for Calvin for $40 on Facebook Marketplace in 2020. The only thing I have ever bought on Facebook Marketplace. They served him very well in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and he grew quite attached to them. I don't think we know what the design

Food

Cup Noodles??

Recently Cal was telling a story about how we were stuck in the cabin in Montana in June 2022 during a snowstorm and couldn't drive away because all we had was a minivan without 4 wheel drive. So he explained that we had to eat whatever we had

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Blog upgrade!

You can now see all the tags I have assigned to posts. And you can also see previous and next links to the previous and next posts.

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Review: Jelly Belly Holiday Favorites

Santa delivered these Jelly Bellies to my stocking. They have five flavors: 1) Pumpkin Pie 2) Egg Nog 3) Cranberry 4) Candy Cane 5) Hot Chocolate They really aren't bad. Each tastes like the flavor it claims to be. The egg nog is the strangest and I would

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Review: Happy Salmon card game

This game is a little like the game PIT where everyone plays at the same time. Every player has about 12 cards and they each have an action on them. You can see one of your cards at a time. You try to find another player that currently has the

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Review: Sidewinders in Bozeman

Wait staff is always really nice. Pizza is excellent. Appetizer pretzels are amazing. I give it 8/10. If they brought back the ABC shake (almond butter and chocolate) I would raise rating to 9/10.

Apple

Unhappy new year from Apple and Dark Sky

Our favorite weather app was acquired by Apple. Now Apple claims they integrated all the features into their weather app. They haven't. And now they stopped the Dark Sky app from working as of 2023. 😾

Skiing

Is skiing with a Bluetooth speaker playing your music or talking on the phone on a lift worse?

It is close. Both are bad but I think the bluetooth speaker playing music is worse.