From 809bb3c08198e6a2a187669b3c66fdc83c28f3a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate Anderson Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:43:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add latest posts --- .aspell.en.pws | 2 + .../26-03-05-why-do-we-keep-fighting-wars.md | 9 ++-- .../26-03-06-body-awareness-is-no-joke.md | 35 ++++++++++++++ ...ift-giving-is-difficult-for-good-reason.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++ content/posts/to-fold-or-to-flip.md | 4 +- 5 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/posts/26-03-06-body-awareness-is-no-joke.md create mode 100644 content/posts/26-03-06-good-gift-giving-is-difficult-for-good-reason.md diff --git a/.aspell.en.pws b/.aspell.en.pws index a2ecf83..48c3b35 100644 --- a/.aspell.en.pws +++ b/.aspell.en.pws @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ philips PinePhone pixelated PostMarketOS +POV pre Pre Reddit @@ -132,4 +133,5 @@ yapper Yay zig Zig +Zillow zoomers diff --git a/content/posts/26-03-05-why-do-we-keep-fighting-wars.md b/content/posts/26-03-05-why-do-we-keep-fighting-wars.md index ff1f668..878fdee 100644 --- a/content/posts/26-03-05-why-do-we-keep-fighting-wars.md +++ b/content/posts/26-03-05-why-do-we-keep-fighting-wars.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ --- -date: 2026-03-05T00:20:24-07:00 +date: 2026-03-04T23:20:24-07:00 description: "A hopeless plea to those in power to stop fighting" image: "" -lastmod: 2026-03-05T01:00:19-07:00 +lastmod: 2026-03-06T22:41:50-07:00 +draft: false showTableOfContents: false tags: ["politics", "war"] title: "Why Do We Keep Fighting Wars?" @@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ In your quaint town full of little rascals like yourself, everyone plays the gam You could pinpoint many reasons why. Born with two left feet, to parents without the means to get you your own chess set, needing to borrow others to practice. So on and so on. -More importantly, loud-mouthed-profesional-yapper Chad excels at the game. Many think he is unbeatable. +More importantly, loud-mouthed-professional-yapper Chad excels at the game. Many think he is unbeatable. -> So what's the rub? +> So what's the rub? Every time you lose at the game, which you do every time playing against this bro, Chad tells you in no uncertain terms how bad you are. diff --git a/content/posts/26-03-06-body-awareness-is-no-joke.md b/content/posts/26-03-06-body-awareness-is-no-joke.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5adef9e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/26-03-06-body-awareness-is-no-joke.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +date: 2026-03-05T21:15:30-07:00 +description: "Taking time to pay attention to your body pays off." +# image: "" +lastmod: 2026-03-06T22:41:50-07:00 +showTableOfContents: false +tags: ["body", "health"] +title: "Body Awareness Is No Joke" +type: "post" +--- + +# Releasing Tension + +I [carry baby in a carrier](/posts/baby-carriers-are-exceedingly-good) pretty often, and find it leaves my back achy. + +I took a moment to really try and feel the texture and shape of this ache. After some online anatomy searching, I pinpointed the vertebrae (T5-T9 area) and that seemed to contain the strain. + +With just patience and breathing, I focused on expanding my posterior rib cage. Waiting for my body to loosen the grip of just the surrounding muscles guarding the tension. + +{{}} + +## Sources + +For some "light" reading on all of this if you are curious: + +- [The Stretch Reflex (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch_reflex) causes muscle flexion when stretched to a certain point +- [Golgi tendon organ (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_tendon_organ) signals to muscles relax when the right conditions are met diff --git a/content/posts/26-03-06-good-gift-giving-is-difficult-for-good-reason.md b/content/posts/26-03-06-good-gift-giving-is-difficult-for-good-reason.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f665d02 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/26-03-06-good-gift-giving-is-difficult-for-good-reason.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +date: 2026-03-06T22:13:10-07:00 +description: "Some thoughts on what makes a good gift, and why its hard to do it well." +# image: "" +lastmod: 2026-03-06T22:41:50-07:00 +showTableOfContents: false +tags: ["life", "practices"] +title: "Good Gift Giving Is Difficult for Good Reason" +type: "post" +--- + +# A Gift is No Simple Thing + +I think the standard low-effort but always appreciated gift is money. + +Money indicates that you value some person, but don't really have the time to invest in finding something meaningful. + +I think every person is different, so having a class of "evergreen" gifts is nonsense. + +To give a truly nice gift requires selflessness. + +You need to take time to start listening. + +I think people signal things they want all the time. + +## The First Kind of Gift + +Lots of people I know are uncomfortable with the question "What do you want for \?" It's so direct. Worse, its a trap, answering broadcasts how truly un-humble you are, needing trinkets and worldly things. No no, better to say something bland, normal, or nothing at all. + +But unprompted, people will telegraph countless things they wish for. Some are hard to wrap, like a bigger home, or a different career, or more fulfilling relationships. + +But notice, each of those things can be delivered, in some form, as a gift of time and attention: time set aside to scroll Zillow together and dream, a tighter budget to allocate funds to education or trade school. + +This is the first precious gift you can give someone: __noticing__. + +## The Priceless Gift + +Time. + +We come here with only so much. + +Any moment you take to be with someone is precious, final, and non-refundable. + +Giving your time to someone typically looks in our heads like being with them. But it's certainly possible to give your time to someone by yourself. Researching just the right piece of jewelry or keyboard based on the criteria you know they look for may be invaluable. + +I want to stretch my gift giving abilities. Put myself in another's shoes, think from their POV (as best as I can manage) and give a thing I (they) would truly appreciate. + +It's so easy to give the thing we would appreciate; always presented in our minds. A meal, a movie ticket, an obscure tiny Linux computer. Much harder is to give what the person actually wants. diff --git a/content/posts/to-fold-or-to-flip.md b/content/posts/to-fold-or-to-flip.md index c410411..a279be0 100644 --- a/content/posts/to-fold-or-to-flip.md +++ b/content/posts/to-fold-or-to-flip.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ date: 2026-02-25T23:08:49-07:00 description: "Looks like I will be returning to my little flip phone" draft: false -lastmod: 2026-02-26T00:45:22-07:00 +lastmod: 2026-03-06T22:41:50-07:00 showTableOfContents: false tags: ["phone", "technology", "lifestyle"] type: "post" @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Apparently, putting your phone in rice doesn't really fix things. Shaking excess water off and putting the phone in a well ventilated area is what is actually recommended. -[Yesterday, my Pixel Fold fell](../posts/what-do-you-want-in-a-phone) into a dog bowl, and I'm using it as an excuse to go back to my TCL Flip 2. The Pixel Fold is a great phone, but I think my life will be more full without it. +[Yesterday, my Pixel Fold fell](/posts/what-do-you-want-in-a-phone) into a dog bowl, and I'm using it as an excuse to go back to my TCL Flip 2. The Pixel Fold is a great phone, but I think my life will be more full without it. I booted it up and swapped my SIM card into it. It reminded me how much I enjoyed having this little phone on me for those months last year.