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Strawberry ginger lemonade

I mashed-up several recipes to get one with everything I liked and nothing I didn't, this is the result. No blender required, just a saucepan, a sieve, and a grater. Ingredients: * 8oz strawberries, washed and chopped * 4tbsp honey * zest of two lemons * juice of 4 lemons * fresh

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Small objects of memory

I drink tea every day. I love the ritual of it: boil the water, cover the leaves, the enforced wait of steeping time, remove the leaves or the tea bag, and another wait until it's cool enough to drink. The last time I saw my parents in their

McGriddle sausage muffins

I made an Instagram recipe for a McGriddle sausage cake, but modified it to be muffins. I recommend making these in silicone muffin cases, or greasing the muffin cases really well, they stuck hard to paper muffin cases. I used a Mexican cheese blend and it worked well. Going to

Teaching and feedback

I've been practicing karate since 2008, got my black belt in 2016, and I am now a 4th degree black belt. Every week I spend half an hour sparring with my instructor and if you listened in, you'd hear a lot of critical feedback, given in

Making progress, lifting heavy

I started weight-lifting in September of 2025 with two goals. I hoped to one day be able to deadlift 100lb. The other goal is a tougher one: I want to be strong, flexible, and have good balance when I am old. When I was little, my dad seemed like

Weight lifting personal records

These are the current records I'm working on. Made a new personal best on the leg press today. * Leg Press double 708lb * Leg Press single 218lb * Biceps 15lb * Triceps 30lb * Chest press 50lb * RDL 115lb * Leg curl 100lb * Leg extension 60lb * Lat pull 40lb For squats and RDLs,

Weight lifting progress

In my journal I started listed out the current gym records, and from my notebook, the starting weights for those exercises. It was a bit of a shock! From September 2025 to March 2026, the increases from my starting weights are thus: * Leg Press double 268lb * Leg Press single 58lb

Monthly Adventure #1 - Bouldering

Dating apps suck, I work from home, and I want to go on fun activities, so I am planning monthly adventures for myself. Monthly Adventures #1: Bouldering 101 at Upper Limits Bouldering is climbing without ropes, with a thick squishy pad to fall on. The walls are straight, sloping towards

Now, January 2026

It's been longer than I expected since I wrote an update. Inputs Lots of mystery books and a little sci-fi. "There is no antimemetics division" by qntm was fascinating "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder" by C.L. Miller didn'

Testing ActivityPub integration

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