Azure Data Studio is going away this month! :-( Anyone have suggestions for a great macOS SQL client? All I need is SQL autocomplete and a quick export of results to CSV and/or Excel.
My wife and kids have been learning German for the last year. We’re to the point now where I can talk to them in simple sentences and send texts to my wife.
In all of this, one thing’s standing out to me. Never in almost twenty years of German have I used ihr (plural you) so much. As a teenager and a bachelor, it was all du (thou), er (he), and ich (I). Now I’m part of a little team and it’s all wir and ihr.
For years German was a solo language for me. Now it’s a family language. It’s amazing how relationships and family can change even the language we speak.
It is not good for the man to be alone.
Get a family. Be on an intimate team. The world of ich is darker than you realize. Ihr will find a whole new perspective in the connected, dependent life.
It seems like a cool game, but I just can’t get into No Man’s Sky. I never know exactly how to do anything in and mostly end up wandering around bored.
This is why both Christ and Anglican are in the name of the mission. I wanted to leave myself no room for compromise.


Just gotta say this has been an amazing book thus far. : The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins 📚
I, too, have stopped using Amazon as much as possible. ChristianBook.com, Bookshop.org, and even Parnassus Books work for me. — How Amazon Hurts Writers

More and more I’m happy to have stuck with the RSV-CE and good ol' King James. — ESV Text Change Summary (2025)
This broke and was leaking water. I bought a replacement part and installed it myself. Please, clap.

We are back!

And, yes, that was “beautiful Jesus” peeping out from behind my chair. I’ve not decided where He belongs yet, but I just had to have Him.

I am beyond excited for my Pebble to be charging again! — How to help us build open source Pebble software!

I’m so torn! The reviews… aren’t great. But, I still want a more focused tablet. But, an iPad mini is the same price. But, a mini is harder to keep focused. If this were mini-sized, the decision would be a little easier!

Such a good line! — On JD Vance’s Invocation of the Phrase “ordo amoris”

Tapestry has me thinking. I wonder if there’s a system I could setup to muffle posts based off sentiment? Keep the local news, events, and politics without the darkness and anger. 🤔 💭
Analogue Mornings continue to go well. — The morning office was easy to reestablish and I did 50k steps last week. My struggle is getting up at 5:30a (feet not actually on the floor until 6a) and, thus, doing journaling. Onward and forward!

Currently reading: The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins 📚
This. This is what gets me when I go to “Big Social”. I don’t mind political analysis. But the moaning, negativity, and drama get me. It’s an evil presence my life is better without. I’m thankful for the slow Internet world of blogs! — Kev Quirk

Finished reading: Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie 📚
I finally blocked Facebook and Twitter. What finally pushed me over the edge was Exvangelicals making definitive theological statements about every single political thing. Far too tempting to respond! Internet arguments are not a place I want to go.
A solid list of suggestions for helping kids read. — How to Raise Readers, in Thirty-Five Steps - Front Porch Republic
Finished reading: Reset by Dan Heath 📚
Why is it that now that Trump’s president non-political media is suddenly covering him? No offence, but I don’t need a tech podcast or gardening blog to give me political analysis.
Pebble is back and I’m so happy! repebble.com