If there are any Nashville-based or fully remote companies looking for an experienced data engineer and/or engineering manager, please do get in contact with me. — www.marmanold.com/resume/

Politics aside, I am pleased to see Europe thinking about making European products. I’m tired of the monoculture! I want to see German, Dutch, and French innovation. —Tech Zonder Amerika en China

I took a little time this afternoon to document the successful health plan I’ve been following the last several months. — Health Plan Success

The Impulsive Buy is a fun blog to follow to see random new “food” products. — I started following this blog ages ago to stay abreast of new “foods” I might want to buy. Over the many years of my health journey, it’s now become an interesting reminder of how my definition of food has changed.

I am thankful for the ministry of Bishop Bergoglio. He was doing important reconciliatory work in the Church. I pray his successor continues and accelerates the work of intercommunion between the Eastern, English, and Roman communions.

Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Happy Easter!

Currently reading: From Wilderness to Glory by N. T. Wright 📚 — Nearly there. It’s been a really good read. Pleased my bishop asked us to read it. I would have passed it over, otherwise.

This week I made my yoghurt with half and half. 🤯 Y’all! So good!

I have moments of pride with these little quizzes. But, then I glance at the “easy” part of “Easy German” and I am humbled.

I assure you the “coolbus” was as sketchy from the front and side as it was from the back. — It appeared that some kids had bought an old school bus and hastily converted it to an “RV”. I’m excited for their adventure. It sounds really fun.

Being Sunday, I logged in to Twitter & Facebook for the first time in two weeks. Five minutes in & I’m stressed and angry. I think this block will stay past Lent.

Again, not a Trump guy. But, re tarrifs (especially electronics): If Razer, Framework, etc. can’t sell a laptop without exploitative labor, it was already too expensive. — Our cheap electronics have been paid for by exploited workers in foreign lands.

Seeing Canadian and European localism warms my heart. Globalization is boring! I want to see local industry and local norms. I want German tea kettles to look German. I want Canadian products that are different and localized from what we have in Tennessee.

The mystery of the lost prayer book has been solved! (It was on my bookshelf. 🤦‍♂️) — For context: I use the ‘62 at home and couldn’t find my 2019 on Thursday or for Mass on Sunday. Looked in car, all over the house, at church, etc.

In our economic discussions I feel like we are overlooking that production abroad is inexpensive because of abusive & exploitative systems. — Global economics is complex. People are hurt all around. My middle-class butt suddenly not being able to afford a Switch 2 is not the important part.

You can tell iOS is primarily developed by Americans. It is not possible to have your phone and Siri using different languages and definitely not possible to have Siri be bilingual.

Also, I did this. It might get returned or sold, but it just made too much sense not to try. No device is perfect, but I just couldn’t swing the idea of an iPad mini and an eReader. I want a single device.

Catastrophism — You believe Earth is young, but its geology has been dramatically shaped by catastrophic events (especially Noah’s global Flood), which explain phenomena like the fossil record, geological strata, and features that mainstream scientists wrongly attribute to long ages. This framework provides a scientifically coherent alternative to uniformitarian geology that remains faithful to scripture.

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Ten Years

With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

I meant it as much as I could ten years ago, but mean it even more now.

In ten years we’ve built a home and filled it with three lovely children. The Lord has truly blessed us.

I said “I will” then, I say “I will” every day, and I’ll say “I will” to the end of time.

I read Mr. Calvin’s thoughts on predestination from his Institutes yesterday for a Reformation study I’m leading. Which is to say:

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him: Come unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I, of course, pre-ordered the new Pebble.

I’m feeling a bit trapped by the iOS ecosystem. I wish Apple would allow some side loading and greater app abilities for those who decide to do that. iOS is feeling like golden handcuffs.

App quality and Google keep me from Android.

Currently reading: From Wilderness to Glory by N. T. Wright 📚

Truthfully never read much Wright. But, our bishop has asked us to read this as a diocese. Thus far, it’s been a great re-presentation of the plain gospel.