Paul

Familia Supra Omnia.

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Too many professionals will choose career over family and then regret it in later years.

These professors think they could not have reproduced and had the same career.

Kids would have curtailed their raw work hours but provided meaning, motivation, direction for their work.

[William the Sculptor @PaqWilly]

Like many of my mutuals, I am a damn fine cook.

Filling for enchiladas I'm making tonight. Chicken marinated in lime, cumin, garlic, paprika, chili powder and worcestershire, grilled and chopped, tossed with fresh cilantro and lime.

In the pan, pablanos and onions which when done will be added to the chicken, and when cooled I will add freshly shredded cheeses. For dishes like this I cook the veggies until almost burned, but not quite. A good rule I have found is to expect them to reduce by at least 60%. The flavors intensify and sweeten and pair well with the richness of the grilled chicken

Making a cream sauce for this, and homemade guacamole and salsa.

[Gator | Dentist @theNOBSdentist]

The protocol is a controlled bacterial load.

Two things require you to get wisdom teeth removed:

1) Cavities
2) Bone loss

That also applies to the rest of your teeth, it's just way harder to keep them clean since they are so far back. They are the weakest link because of their location.

If they are impacted, then you lost the war before it started.

(I have all 4 of my wisdom teeth)

[LindyMan @PaulSkallas]

Luxury is built inside of you.

Want to eat the best food you have ever had in your life? Just starve first. Want to feel human connection? Deprive yourself of contact for a while. Then you'll be sensitive to every interaction

Going down and going up makes you feel it. The other alternative is to keep going up. But that leaves you with less big jumps in pleasure. You expect more too, so your'e always kind of disappointed.

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Good morning ☕️

Yesterday I was on a zoom call with a defense tech founder that said he and his wife didn’t want to have kids unless they could make the country safer.

Life is way to short to make important personal decisions based on macro external factors.

Some musings….

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Farm goodness in Ellet Valley VA

[Paul @Kitonis]

@rossiadam Now imagine some people drop their kids off at a boarding academy starting in 9th grade. Couldn't be me.

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Dropped my daughter off for her second year at Virginia Tech today.

It’s hard for Laila and I.

We know it’s good that kids grow and become independent, but we love being together so damn much.

[Paul @Kitonis]

Pickles without vinegar, raw and unpasteurized, new to me

[O.W. Root @owroot]

I've posted before about how our family keeps shabbat and how signing off for 24 hours every week is one of the most important things for my sanity and our family in general. My wife and I were just talking about it again this morning. Last night we stayed up talking for a long time after the kids went to bed. We were planning on going to bed earlier but we just kept talking instead. On lots of weeknights I have more work to do after the kids go to bed and she has things to do preparing one of the many things she manages for our house during the week but when we can't work, can't go online, can't use our phones or anything like that we are forced to slow down and just be there. In our hectic world it's hard to slow down and just talk without any music, phones, notifications, or any other distractions even though it is the best thing in the world. It can be hard to take the time offline every week when I feel like there is always more work to do and the world doesn't stop, but I am thankful we do. And of course that's to be expected - the harder to do things are often the better things.

[Paul @Kitonis]

You're right that grocery shopping is a huge time sink. However there's a treasure hunting aspect to it, and walking the isles garnering supper inspiration off the cuff. I can't quite pull the trigger on outsourcing this task but fundamentally you're right.

[O.W. Root @owroot]

One of the big timesavers in our house is grocery delivery. Sometimes I think it sounds kind of insane and honestly I would have thought it was over the top 10 years ago but it actually does save us a bunch of time and it allows us to intend spend that time doing something more meaningful. Whether that be my wife doing homeschool with our kids, me working, or me taking the kids somewhere to do something fun, or us getting something done around the house that needs to get done.

It's one of those things that definitely seemed to take off during COVID but honestly it is useful for us today in a real way. We pay for the Wal-mart delivery and actually have some statement credit perk through our credit card and considering the savings on price and time it's honestly more than worth it.

Something I didn't think about as much when I was younger was how much my time is worth. I would just always default to spending time doing it myself but as I have gotten older and busier I have realized how that just isn't actually right for me anymore. I think as our lives change we have to update how we allocate our time so we can use it in the most meaningful way possible.

[Paul @Kitonis]

I've got like $10k in credit card points plus all the other benefits accrued over time (like fraud protection)- so the card has paid for itself and beats out a debit card.

[Merk @TrulyAFed]

If you actually have money there isnt any difference between a debit and credit card

[Ryan B. Anderson @OldHollowTree]

This post was dumb but it did cause at least one person to buy hand-poured beeswax candles, so it served the greater good.

[Eric Richards @EricRichards22]

I hate my customers so much

[𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖊 🩸 @bionic_ooze]

"I asked grok to make a random picture based on my profile"

[William the Sculptor @PaqWilly]

Most people don't know how bright raw bronze is. I didn't know until I made my first bronze 20 years ago.

Once the castings are welded and cleaned up, they get sandblasted to the raw metal (pic left). It takes a lot of skill to transform that shiny thing into a finely patinated work of art.

[Paul @Kitonis]

I live in Virginia, my British teacher wheeled the TV in and my biology class watched this unfold live, we saw the 2nd plane hit. My dad knew people that died in the Navy section of the Pentagon, it was a rough day and you felt the historic gravity of the situation in real time.

[O.W. Root @owroot]

It's extremely cringe and annoying when millennials do this bit about how they are "so tired from living through historical events" (give me a break) but all of that aside I do remember watching 9/11 at school. Of course every classroom turned on the TV because what else are you going to do? But you don't really know what is going to end up being historical at the time it is happening. Yeah, it was absolutely crazy and kind of surreal but also kind of removed because it was so far away from the midwest and when you are a kid you are a total idiot anyway. But looking back 9/11 was obviously massive in all these ways that became obvious after the fact but weren't known at the time. At the time it was just an insane thing happening.

[Paul @Kitonis]

@gregcello @owroot I live in Virginia, my British teacher wheeled the TV in and my biology class watched this unfold live, we saw the 2nd plane hit. My dad knew people that died in the Navy section of the Pentagon, it was a rough day and you felt the historic gravity of the situation in real time.

[O.W. Root @owroot]

Remember this game?

To me it’s one of those games that reminds me of a summer cottage. It’s like that is where it’s most at home. I hadn’t played it in years. The sound of the little pieces is pleasing to the ear and it’s fun to sit around and play on a summer afternoon.

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

First ever attempt at wake surfing.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I put in a solid 1.95.