Notes

wild. local Portland chain Hotlips Pizza is closing three of their five stores and laying off dozens of people: https://wweek.com/food/2023/03/27/hotlips-pizza-has-closed-three-of-its-five-stores/

but the worst part? the owner is quoted saying this:

Each person is hardworking and has contributed mightily to the teams they have worked with, and to the longevity and health of our company. Many have been with us for years, decades even.

but how are those hardworking employees taken care of in the end? one week’s severance pay 🥴

just a little reminder: always check a place’s insta before you go. maybe there’s a pic of a special wagyu burger that they won’t even mention out loud. you’d never know

love to come home from a short vacation to a scary letter from the IRS! on my birthday! 🥳

🎂 34.

we hiked over six miles in a coastal forest today and saw only five other people the entire time. nearly perfect.

took an impromptu trip to Astoria for my birthday. it’s the kind of town where, if you sell house plants and succulents, you also sell energy crystals. the only good coffee shop closed down in December, but it’s still beautiful here.

woke up yesterday to another of our chickens having passed away overnight 😞 we’re not sure what happened this time, and we’ll probably never know. we don’t think she was eggbound, but there was definitely something wrong with her. we don’t know if she was sick or if there was something else wrong with her reproductive system. i know they’re not pets, but it’s still so hard. thankfully, we don’t think she had been suffering badly, but i feel so bad for our last chicken; she’s all alone now 😣

and a happy Ted Lasso Day to all who celebrate 🏟️

Depositors will have access to all of their money starting Monday, March 13. No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer.

phew 😮‍💨

https://federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm

imagine having such bad brainworms that, hours after starting a bank run, you buy shares of that bank because your bank run lowered its stock price https://twitter.com/torrenegra/status/1634573234187407369

i am so tired. when will we be released from the torment of this bygone relic

wow! really hope i can keep getting paid

made poke last night with a slab of toro i found in my freezer… from december 2020… it tasted awesome and i didn’t get sick 😳

twitter went down hard for a while and i didn’t even notice because i barely use it anymore. neat!

good morning 😌

first time having conveyor belt sushi since The Before Times. the last time i was here was February 2020 with my girlfriend and her sister and we were all like “we should do this more often!!!” 🙃

remember when adding a javascript library to your website was as easy as downloading a file? or even just adding a <script> tag with a CDN-backed URL? now it’s a hellscape of NPM dependency trees and remote ESM imports. every year we stray further from the light

i loved watching Station Eleven, but i’m so glad that i decided to read the book, too. i just finished it and the last few chapters made me start to cry multiple times. what a way to capture the terrible, fleeting beauty of our world.

i would’ve been happy with a light dusting 😳

made (vegetarian) tamale pie for dinner last night and realized that i had no idea what it was supposed to be until i actually saw a recipe for it. i’d been mislead into thinking it involved polenta, so i’m glad i finally made it for myself, because i think it’s even better with the cornbread topper!