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  1. Getting older

    Written on 5/5/2023 and tagged: parenting, Noah

    The cute stuff doesn’t last forever.

  2. A seven year old’s grocery list

    Written on 4/6/2023 and tagged: Noah, photos

    Noah helped us write another grocery list and it’s perfect.

  3. My job history

    Written on 11/29/2022 and tagged: life, log, web development, work

    My friend Johannes and I were recently chatting about the jobs we had before becoming web developers.

  4. pspsps

    Written on 11/3/2022 and tagged: fun, photos, vehicle

    One of my favorite stickers…

  5. Funk’s old brother

    Written on 8/14/2022 and tagged: Sharon, fun

    Right about now…

  6. A six year old’s grocery list

    Written on 7/30/2022 and tagged: Noah, photos

    Noah helped us write a grocery list and it’s perfect.

  7. Ten and a half

    Written on 5/31/2022 and tagged: life, memories, parenting

    On this day, back in 1989, my dad passed away at 30 years old.

  8. Our COVID-19 log

    Written on 5/25/2022 and tagged: life, log, parenting

    COVID-19 finally struck and this is how it went…

  9. 2022’s garden boxes: start

    Written on 5/16/2022 and tagged: photos, yard

    The start of this year’s garden boxes.

  10. Smooth snailing

    Written on 5/15/2022 and tagged: photos

    We have a few snails in our fish tank, and I saw this one sailing across the surface. The iPhone 13’s macro photo mode captured a nice shot.

  11. Jonathan’s first book

    Written on 5/7/2022 and tagged: Jonathan

    Without any encouragement or knowledge on our part, our eight year old son wrote a book.

  12. A dinner opinion

    Written on 3/20/2022 and tagged: parenting, food

  13. Tacoma log

    Written on 3/12/2022 and tagged: vehicle, log

    This feels dorky but, eh, why not?

  14. A log of the books I read

    Written on 12/22/2021 and tagged: books, log

    A book log, if you will. A blog, if you must.

  15. My favorite music as of December 2021

    Written on 12/17/2021 and tagged: favorite music

    The artists, albums, and songs I can’t stop listening to … lately anyway.

  16. A typical weekday: second half of 2021

    Written on 12/4/2021 and tagged: typical weekday, life

    This is the first entry in a series about what I do during a typical weekday.

  17. A drip coffee maker brewing / timing tip

    Written on 11/5/2021 and tagged: food, tip

    Slow down, you coffee addict.

  18. Patriot (TV show)

    Written on 9/27/2021 and tagged: tv show, rant

    This is an angry entry about an amazing show…

  19. “I didn’t see any stooges”

    Written on 8/13/2021 and tagged: parenting

    …is what our 7 year old said 90 minutes later.

  20. My favorite music as of July 2021

    Written on 7/13/2021 and tagged: favorite music

    The artists, albums, and songs I can’t stop listening to … lately anyway.

  21. There are a bunch of us!

    Written on 3/23/2021 and tagged: fun

    In a rare moment of boredom, I searched the internet for other Marc Amoses and found these fine people…

  22. My favorite music as of March 2021

    Written on 3/16/2021 and tagged: favorite music

    The artists, albums, and songs I can’t stop listening to … lately anyway.

  23. If it rained food

    Written on 3/5/2021 and tagged: food

    If you could turn rain into one type of food, what would it be?

  24. An adventure in United States healthcare

    Written on 1/10/2021 and tagged: rant, healthcare

    I know this is minor compared to what others have dealt with, but it’s the worst I’ve experienced … so far.

  25. A near miss

    Written on 1/9/2021 and tagged: memories

    Being lazy might’ve saved my life?

  26. Add DuckDuckGo-powered search to your website

    Written on 7/7/2020 and tagged: web development

    HTML that enables your visitors to search your website via DuckDuckGo.

  27. Our new Intex pool

    Written on 7/6/2020 and tagged: yard, pool

    Photos of us setting up a 12' wide Intex pool, including ground preparation.

  28. One-egg cooking pot

    Written on 6/17/2020 and tagged: parenting

    Every night, as we tuck-in our kids, our four year old says to me…

  29. Hot peanuts recipe

    Written on 6/3/2020 and tagged: recipe, food

    A recipe for hot peanuts that I came up with through trial and error.

  30. The definition of success

    Written on 5/30/2020 and tagged: success, life

    A nice reminder of what’s important in life, and what isn’t.

  31. Writing again

    Written on 5/29/2020 and tagged: writing

    It’s been a long time since I’ve written a personal blog post.