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Oh, nice! And they don’t seem to cost that much more than the green one I bought last year.

Congrats on a successful class, Bernard! I always had terrible performance anxiety with solo piano. Singing and guitar no problem, especially with friends to play with.

Congratulations, @shirokuro You rock! or Rach?

This is a great story. Dr. Druker is still here in Portland, with the Knight Cancer Institute. (Named for Phil & Penny Knight of Nike.)

Eggs are handy protein pockets. I try to keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge, for snacks or egg salad or breakfast on the run.

@wtg Your anemones are pretty! Ours are pink, but they don’t bloom until later, and they bloom on very tall stems above the foliage.

Gas at Costco is $5.09/gallon today, and the sign at the Shell station was turned off so who knows? I think it was $5.53 yesterday.

I can’t imagine being a Lyft/Uber driver in this economy.

I upgraded my iPhone from XS (10) to 14 Pro last year. Bought it used. I wanted a camera upgrade, but I didn’t want all the AI bells and whistles that come on the models newer than that one.

This phone is heavy because it has 3 camera lenses, but it goes up to 3x optical zoom.

It works fine.

No worries! and here’s more on the subject, including animations.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute

I got the green one.

The link isn’t good, and then I ran into a paywall when I googled it, so I read this article from the Guardian instead.

Very interesting. That water is funneled into a narrow space, which makes it very tall.

@Mik For me, a big advantage to a recipe app is that I don’t have to wait forever for a web page to load. Some pages are so full of ads and bloat that my iPad can’t deal with them. The app saves just the important parts!

I use Paprika 3 app, and I love it. Saves recipes from the web, without all the bloat. Organizable, searchable. It will scale recipes for you, too.

And it stays on while I’m using it (unlike the web page, which makes my iPad go to sleep). I think it cost under $5, one time payment.

Totally green. Have always lived in green zones, BBQ is grilling, and chili is supposed to have beans.

Congratulations, SK! And I’m glad it wasn’t anything like your dream!

@Axtremus I remember this, from back when my kids also found it amusing.

@jon-nyc Have you read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón? Novel set in Barcelona, 1945. Murder, madness, doomed love…

My friend said it was a must-read. I enjoyed it, but maybe not as much as she did.

Nice collection, @andyd ! Mrs. A and I have some of the same books.

Quince.com has linen relaxed fit button/collared shirts for $34; I’m planning to order some for Mr. AM and see if they fit. Quince has some nice discounts for new customers. I have a couple dresses and a pair of pants from them, nice quality.

@AndyD Oh definitely yes. My Kindle is for reading. My knitting books are on paper, in color.

I do sell my knitting book, Brioche Knit Love, in paperback and also a Kindle version, but the Kindle version only works in the Kindle app (for computer or tablet) because it’s color picture- and chart-heavy.

So yes, definitely depends on what the book is!

I just read Sinner’s Prayer by @deweylou on the way home from Nashville on Sunday. Kindle is perfect for bringing a stack of books in my backpack!