Trinkets

2025-12-03

• For a while, I used to worry that my friends will leave me. I think I've gotten over that now. I suppose I take it on blind faith that they won't.

• I recently watched Fences. It's a decent movie, with some decent performances. The timing, of me watching it, was interesting. I recently reconcilled with my dad and I see a lot of him in Troy.

  I think the climax of the film occurs when Troy tries to pick a fight with Cory out of some perceived lack of respect, and he kicks Cory out. The film then flash forwards to Troy's funeral, to which a jaded Cory attends the wake but initially refuses to attend the funeral. Rose attempts to convince him to come.

  Not too long ago, I was in Cory's shoes, but now I can see Rose's point of view:

  I'm gonna do her just like your daddy did you
  I'm gonna give her the best of what's in me.

• I 3D printed this MOVIE CAMERA from scratch

  Does anyone want to do this with me?

• Notes from "Don't Shoot the Dog"

  Everything is dog training - @rz

  My take is that this sort of behavioral training is fine as long as the trained is consciously aware of this sort of thing. It's not the worst way to build a habit.

• Corporations embracing meme culture was awful for us. I miss the days where they were embarassed.

  Now they are willing to debase themselves in public for every dollar.

  I can't say it's not our fault however. We seem to respond quite well to it.

• We recently instituted a point system for cleaning. I think it's working quite well.

• The Impact of Cellphone Bans in Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Florida

  I only read the abstract. This does seem to support the conclusion that we should not be letting kids use phones in school.