//BNJMN (3/2/19): I met Elizabeth Warren briefly yesterday. The most interesting thing to me was I asked her about filibuster reform and she sounded excited about it. In other statements it sounded like she was open to it but not so enthusiastic.

//BNJMN (2/23/19): Working theory on Minnesota Nice:

Midwestern social mores are built around trying to ignore, suppress, and compartmentalize conflict. Passive aggressiveness is a symptom of suppressed aggression, sure, but also there’s probably less aggression overall than some places.

//BNJMN (2/22/19): Lately I’ve been bingeing the Wirecutter recently, thinking about computer monitors and laptop stands and accessories. I tell myself I’m researching, but it’s pure, unadulterated Romantic Consumption. Consuming the act of consumption itself.

I don’t feel good about being a Romantic Consumer, but I certainly am, and so is just about everyone integrated into capitalism. On the grand scale of history, this is strange.

//BNJMN (2/19/19): There are certain types of mistakes that aren’t cumulative, but a form of exposure. They don’t add up, but each has a chance of blowing up.

//BNJMN (2/18/19): I’m stuck on an illustration problem and I’m realizing that I need to move on to the next one and come back to this one later. Vision is a fickle thing.

//BNJMN (2/15/19): Half of being a good cook is being willing to dig through the trash to read the instructions on the box because you threw it away too soon

//BNJMN (2/14/19): Don’t put onion powder in scrambled eggs.

//BNJMN (2/11/19): Lots of people think sea lions are just lions that got in the water, but they’re actually not. Science is beautiful.

//BNJMN (2/10/19): This is a test of the workflow I’m using to post asides from my iPhone. I’m using Drafts to draft the post and add in formatting. Then I have Drafts send the text to Working Copy via the x-callback-url protocol, where a new file is created and pushed to GitHub to be published.

//BNJMN (2/10/19): I just added SSL to the websites I host on my VPS using a tool called Certbot by Let’s Encrypt. Technically it went smoothly, but I gave myself a shock when it broke my portfolio site for a bit. All I had to do was go in and fix a link, so no biggy, thank goodness.