About a month ago, I finally took the leap and got glasses. It’s been a game changer not awkwardly squinting while reading one of The Wild Robot books to my son or running my phone at an absurd font size.

The real kicker though has been revisiting the Daylight dc-1, a device I had written off because I thought it had a crap screen, only to now be floored at how readable it actually is with my reading glasses on. It’s so silly that I didn’t make the connection to my actual shitty eyesight sooner, though to be fair my other devices didn’t have the same challenge (at least nothing a simple text size change couldn’t resolve). I think part of the issue is the textured screen exasperated the blur.

Maybe an e-ink phone is in my near future. Anyways, thank friggin god for this ancient tech in the form of glasses.

Santa showed up with a Shure SM57 over Christmas and I got a chance to start messing with it yesterday. I still need to find the best spot for it so everything is balanced (ride cymbal is too loud and I was barely playing it) but pretty happy with the possibilities.

Man, it has been over a month since I picked up the sticks, maybe longer. Went into this Jimmy Smith song (8 Counts for Rita) cold and it shows.

Went hiking with my wife and son today in 65 degree weather as January approaches in central Nebraska, what a trip.

A vast, open grassland stretches under a sky filled with scattered clouds and a bright horizon.A dirt path winds through a dry, grassy landscape under a partly cloudy blue sky.A dried plant with dark seed pods is set against a backdrop of grassy fields and a partly cloudy sky.A close-up view of a dry, spiral-shaped plant with sharp, pointed leaves and blurred green foliage in the background.

Prime rib tonight. Never made it before, thankfully it was a success!

The 5 yo got his first tooth fairy visit this week (more coming soon by the looks of it) 🦷