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Lists

I like lists. I like creating and maintaining them, even though I’m not always the best at that second part. What follows is an incomplete list of lists that I’m enjoying adding things to over time.

In general, new items will be added to the top of each list.

7 Things →

Blogroll →

Podroll →

The Impossible List →

List of Apple Wishes →

Micro.blog Wish List →

Stuff I Love →

Where Have I Been? →

Days Waiting →

Favorite Quotes →

Lessons Learned 🔗

  • When you notice someone giving unrequested advice (to yourself or others) ask if they’ve been in a similar situation before and how it went. It separates the wheat from the chaff.
  • Try things that you think are not for you, and try to understand why other people like them. “I don’t like it…yet.”

Funny Phrases 🔗

  • I never speak in absolutes.

Things I Don’t Understand 🔗

  • “Speed limit controlled by aircraft” signs.
  • How sewing machines work. I’ve tried, and it escapes my comprehension every time.

Notably Unique Sentences 🔗

My Secret Weird Things 🔗

Origin: Many episodes of the Reconcilable Differences podcast.

  • Whenever someone mentions winking, or really anytime I think about the act of winking, I have to wink to see if I can still do it.

Punny Businesses 🔗

  • Manifest Dentistry*
  • Hay There Farms*
  • Lawn and Order

*Jarrod Blundy originals

The 10 Essentials 🔗

  1. Food
  2. Water
  3. Fire
  4. Shelter
  5. Fix-it
  6. First Aid
  7. Navigation
  8. Insulation
  9. Illumination
  10. Sun Protection

Source: REI

Best Icebreaker Questions 🔗

  • What’s your second favorite food?
  • If you could name a new kind of berry, what would you call it?
  • If you could have any animal tail, to scale, which tail would you choose?

Essential Wedding DJ Song Requests 🔗

Names I’ve Been Called at Businesses Instead of “Jarrod” 🔗

At Einstein’s Bagels in Las Vegas on three consecutive mornings…

  • Jeric
  • Jerd
  • Gerad

Very Good Tweets™ 🔗

(Not always tweets.)

A social media post by Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise@mastodon.social) humorously claims, “Any one out there claiming you can get real work done on an iPad hasn’t installed Balatro on their iPad.” Timestamp: Dec 12, 2024, 09:23 AM.

Tweet from CJ Ciaramella features an interview excerpt with Stanford Review asking President Levin about the world’s most important problem. Levin responds that there are too many issues to give a single answer. The Review notes it’s an application question.

Comic strip depicts a rocket in four panels. Panel 1: Rocket launches with text “We have liftoff.” Panel 2: Rocket separates; text discusses second stage. Panel 3: Confusion about stage setup. Panel 4: Joke about ordering a replacement stage for delivery.

A social media post displays a profile picture and username “matt@isfeeling.social.” The text reads, “So you’re telling me season 2 isn’t called Silos? Missed opportunity.” Options to reply and bookmark appear below.

Thread from user “crumbler” dated 08/15/2023, saying, “This sucks. I met my wife on Binance Connect” about Binance Connect shutting down. Retweeted Techmeme’s announcement on closure, highlighting support for Visa and Mastercard.

A small square music player displays icons for playing music, radio, and podcasts while clipped to blue denim jeans with a red “Levi’s” tag. A white earbud is connected. Tweet text: “The Humane AI Pin got nothing on Apple’s version.”

A social media post by “johanhulaimi” dated 10/22/2024 humorously notes that the word “seven” contains “even.” It concludes with “That’s odd.” The post has 7.2K likes and 94 comments.

A social media post from keenan@social.lol: Subject: Re: Collaboration Opportunity: Banner Place…Sara, I’m very sorry to say that your offer of $15 is well below my typical rate of $1,000,000.I politely decline this collaboration opportunity. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

Icons of an iPod, phone, browser, and emulator are displayed horizontally on a dark gradient background. Text above reads: “An iPod, a Phone, an Internet Communicator, and a NES, SNES, N64, GBA, DS emulator. An iPod, a Phone… are you getting it?!”

A social media post by Christina Warren humorously states, “Trying to celebrate 404 day but I keep getting redirected,” suggesting difficulties in observing the day. Timestamp: April 4, 2024, 05:37 PM.

Interface displays an error message, “Not enough resources,” in a pink banner on a social media app screen named “Bluesky,” below user icons and the phrase, “Nerve Endings Firing Away.”

A social media post from Kyle Starr. The avatar shows a cartoon character in superhero attire with red and yellow details. Text reads: “Calling accidental FaceTimes ‘ButtTimes’”.