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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Jeg ved godt det ikke er søndag, men jeg havde simpelthen ikke tid før i dag.

    Jeg startede sidste uge på fagforeningens kongres, arbejdede et par dage med tempo for at indhente, og sluttede ugen med konfirmation.

    Og nu, mandag, kommer jeg, efter en travl arbejdsdag, hjem til et hus hvor den yngste har inviteret sine venner med hjem, mens min kone og ældste er på blå mandag, så jeg står alene med oprydningen og en flok børn som efterhånden er blevet trætte af hinanden.

    Det har været hektisk. Men… vejret redder dagen. Jeg smed ungerne ind i bilen, kørte hen til skate-banen, med mit eget brædt under armen, og kørte den alle sammen i sænk og hjem lidt for sent.

    Nu sidder jeg i haven og venter på at ovnen bliver klar med aftensmaden, mens jeg nyder det gode vejr og det efterhånden vilde dyreliv, som er opstået i min have mens jeg har glemt at klippe græsset.

    Ja ja, det er jo nok mest vejret, men lige nu, så føles det som om livet er perfekt.





  • I think of it more like the classic half full or half empty glass, but with a little extra twist.

    • I can’t do anything right and that’s okay because no one can.
    • I can do things just as good as everyone else.

    The first is funny, but it’s a poor excuse to avoid responsibility and accepting that nothing gets done. The second is better, but it can dangerous if it over promotes self confidence.

    It’s a saying that pops into my head whenever I have the option to take responsibility for something. It’s okay to “fake it till you make” if the alternative is worse .

    More often than not, taking responsibility for stuff I only barely know about has given me a much better understanding about it than just sitting back and letting some other person half-ass it. It’s very rare that anyone knows everything in advance, and I’d be very cautious when someone claims that they do.

    Anyway, this joke has sometimes helped me in those leap of faith situations and it has lead to a positive experience everytime.


  • Perhaps the paradox is that if you find someone who actually knows what they’re doing, then who of all the people who don’t know what they’re doing will even know that the first person knows?

    People will tell you that you’re right or wrong based on their own experience which is likely to be even more wrong than someone who is actually right.





  • News on car sales are always presented as monthly or by quarter.

    That way, everyone gets a participation trophy by breaking the records in the period that they actually deliver a new model to the tarmac.

    I don’t blame the news outlets. Reporting on record car sales is kind of boring when the 1966 Toyota Corolla is still the most sold car.

    I have no doubt that Tesla actually managed to peak for a while in the category “American sales of electric pick-ups trucks”.



  • Driving manual is not difficult, but unlike the opposite scenario, it’s not something you can learn with only short instructions.

    It does take time to develop the motor skills in order do it without thinking about it. The practice wlll take maybe an afternoon or two if you do nothing else. I’d advise you to do it over more than one day to allow yourself to sleep on it and come back at it

    Once you’ve learned it, you’ll never think about it again though.


  • All military parades are ridiculously embarrassing.

    I remember when they used to air the annual Scottish tattoo on tv.

    I mean, it’s probably fun for anyone who participates or has a hard on for bagpipes, but for the rest of the world, it’s a ridiculous event where an audience shows up to watch men in uniform walk in beat and show their rifles in sync. It’s like square dancing, but only for men, and longer guns.

    Good thing that I can switch channels, so I can watch syncronized swimming from the Olympics instead. I like their uniforms better.