Rooftop views #the100pics
#TentViewTuesday
#TentViewTuesday
Hmm…I’m inching closer and closer to giving Kirby a shot. Most pressingly, I need a better solution for GoQuesting, my directory of 1500+ travel quests you can adopt. I built it in Notion using database views and serve via Super, but things are broken—again—and I’ve never quite been happy there.
#MountainMonday
We’ve been going back and forth with some denied reimbursement claims with Delta, and finally decided to file a consumer complaint with USDOT’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection. Well whatdya know, we got a phone call and email from Delta and the rejected claims were quickly approved.
#SilentSunday 📷
I finally got around to updating the list of my various travel quests, and…uhhh…it’s become a bit ridiculous:
61 in total, 26 completed. 🫠
I’m still fixing styling and posting/updating individual quest pages, but if you want to see what a questing-crazed madman looks like, here’s your chance. 🤣
Sometimes you just gotta hug it out. #the100pics
Discussing a second African safari trip…
My questing buddy @tthrash@micro.blog updated his Minor League Ballparks quest progress. Anyone else trying to get to AA and AAA ballparks?
Today’s #FootPathFriday comes from the “Grand Canyon” trail in Grampians National Park, Australia. #the100pics
What’s a good gift to give a one-year-old?
Because I bought her a domain name.
As far as I can tell, it’s really the only part of one’s digital identity that you can actually fully control, as opposed to just sharecrop.
I’ve finally updating my list of personal travel quests (it’s criminal that I, of all people, haven’t kept this up-to-date) and it’s a bit crazy to see that I have almost 50 of them. 50! That’s just crazy.
Here’s a listing of how to remove your personal information from data brokers. It’s a loooong list and definitely an endeavor, but start with the 14 marked 💐 and work your way deeper, if you can.
Approaching the finish line on a big goal
This is Dennis.
I don’t actually know his last name. We’re just casual pub friends, a fellow regular I randomly met at the local bar I’d wheel my dad over to in his final years. Unlike many of the other regulars there, whose daily routine just about every day is to drink crappy beer and talk sports and politics, Dennis is quite the outlier.
First, he’s there much less frequently, and doesn’t drink a ton of beer, and he doesn’t endlessly debate the sports story of the day. Also, he often orders a salad—a salad!—which seems rare at a place that’s literally named Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers. That’s probably because, unlike the others, he has a big goal he’s been working towards.
When we run into each other at the bar every week or three, we tend to chat about two things: marathons and travel.
You see, Dennis is about to complete his own personal quest to run a marathon in each of the 50 states. Prior to starting this, the only running he had done were some 5- and 10Ks. Oh, and he started this goal at the age of 53. So I think we can all agree that this is an impressive quest to adopt, let alone complete.
Well, Dennis is approaching the finish line. He’ll run in his last state—Connecticut—in May, a mere 153 months after starting.
Congrats Dennis! That next beer is on me.
Blue highways #the100pics
Classic vibes #the100pics
Here lies the Thing?
#OTD 2012
Kids and bikes. Also: butcher and fresh food. #the100pics
