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I saw this at a local toy store, The Toy Store (😀), and immediately fell in love with how adorable and awesome it was!

Photo of the "Super Robot" LEGO set, number 31124. Features a very cool looking robot with fists posed on hips and wings extended on its back.
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Here’s an oldie from the archives! Unknown from this photo is his full food bowl. He’s just staring at me all catlike. Indignant because he’s apparently put food in the water bowl. Jerk. 😂

Photo of our cat, sitting next to his water bowl. In the full water bowl is a few pieces of his cat food, that he has so helpfully put there.... Because he's a cat.
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Not that I really needed to be talked into picking this one up, but I decided to grab a copy of it for the shelf and future reading. I’ve glimpsed through the first couple of chapters, so far it’s just as good as the first book.

Photo of the book "Change is the only constant: The wisdom of calculus in a madcap world" by Ben Orlin.
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Backed this on Kickstarter last year and I’ve been playing it quite a bit of late. Good stuff, in my humble opinion.

Screen shot of my media player, currently playing "Kill a Toon", from MC Lars and Schaefer the Darklord's recently released 999 album.
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Evidently I got bored last night. It’s time to delve once again into the world of Guix. This was my Debian 12 system, it may be that again, who knows. This is following the System Crafters install setup for Nongnu Guix, since I need the nonfree drivers here.

Photo of a Dell Latitude E6540 laptop, on the screen is a running installation session for Guix.
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My Valentine’s Day gift for my wife. I figured these would last a little longer than the real thing. I’ve actually got another six that haven’t been put together, but ran out of room.

Photo of a dozen red roses built out of an interlocking brick building system. Displayed in a clear glass vase.
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Yeah, I didn’t need these. I’ve got older versions of them somewhere. But, come on! When I initially saw this new edition of Dune in a bookstore a couple of years ago, I knew that I had to get it eventually. The six canon books are one of the few series that I’ve read multiple times.

Photo of the three core Dune books from Frank Herbert. Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. This set is the new special edition cover hardback set with beautiful artwork and blue (spice blue, of course) edging on the pages.
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This was my view for a little while yesterday while the youngest kiddo enjoyed a birthday party for a friend.

A view from the upper level of a local gymnastics center, overlooking children at play during a birthday party. There is a long trampoline to the left, ending in a foam block pit. There are ramps and bars in the central area. At the far end is another trampoline and bar, to the right of the foam pit. The main feature on the right side is a bounce house. Situated immediately in front of the viewer are the metal railings to keep one from falling.
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I’ve had this book for a number of years, actually purchased it both because I wanted it and because we have kids who love math, but never actually dove into it. Started going through it last night, love it!

Photo of "Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the ideas that shape our reality" by Ben Orlin. The cover is filled with whimsical hand drawn (the author of the book would describe it as badly drawn I'm sure) artwork of various items (tic tac toe, graphs, equations, etc). A stick figure holding a piece of chalk is prominently featured.
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These were gifts that everybody in our department received over the previous holiday. The blanket was a very nice surprise!

Photo of a blue quarter zipper sweater that is wrapped in a Field and Company fuzzy blanket that is embroidered with a Kansas University Jayhawk logo.
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Something that I definitely don’t do very much - take or post a selfie.

A black and white selfie image of myself. I'm sitting in my vehicle, not looking at the camera but instead looking forward, out of the front window. My seatbelt is fastened.
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I, for one, am super happy to know that my new garlic press is FOOD SAFE! 🤣

Picture of me holding the box that my Garlic Easy garlic press came in. Of note is the heavy duty construction, ergonomic handle, hassle free rinse cleaning, a five year warranty, dishwasher safe...and it's food safe.
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I picked up a set of these, figured that they might make an interesting Valentine’s Day gift for somebody. Maybe. I dunno.

Photo of a red rose built with an interlocking brick system.
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I guess I’ve been on a graphic novel luck lately. Picked this up the other day and have started reading through it. I love Gaiman’s work and thus far I’ve not been disappointed.

Picture of Neil Gaiman and Colleen Dornan's "Snow, Glass, Apples" graphic novel. A retelling of the Snow White fairy tell.
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I picked this up when it was available on sale at Amazon the other day. I’ve wanted a copy of this since playing the original, way, way back when it first came out. I look forward to introducing my kids to this one!

Picture of HeroQuest Game System, High Adventure In A World Of Magic. This is the Avalon Hill rerelease.
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Our youngest attended a birthday party here today, these shots don’t even begin to touch on the multi level climbing play area. It’s super cool!

Photo of "Kids Empire" interior in Olathe, Kansas. This does not even begin to remotely do this place justice.Dining/waiting area of "Kids Empire" in Olathe, Kansas. The interior jungle gym here is amazing.

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I’m sitting here listening to one of my seventh graders practice his double horn, one of the songs is a Jurassic Park theme…. And he sounds amazing, for such a difficult instrument.

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I know I’m not the first/only/last person to complain about this, but it’s just moderately infuriating that what we already pay for prime just isn’t enough. At least it hasn’t bled over into the extra video channels yet.

Close cropped image of Amazon Prime Video grifting for another 3 bucks a month to do away with advertisements.
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My kids have been interested in playing Dungeons and Dragons for awhile now, so along with getting them the required manuals I figure now is also a perfect time to introduce them to a particular Drow. 😎

Photo of the book: The Dark Elf Trilogy, Collectors Edition, by R A Salvatore
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It’s either a little early for caturday, or really late. Ha

Photo of our cat, doing what cats do. Waiting impatiently on ...... Something.