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I’m definitely turning into a keyboard nerd. Mechanical keyboards are so much better than those cheap, mushy ones. I have a very nice Keychron and I love it. I’ve upgraded my keycaps to a style and color scheme that I like.

I originally had Gateron Jupiter Brown tactile switches, which I thought were great–until today. I just swapped them out for some Gateron Smoothie linear switches, and these things are amazing. I didn’t think I would really notice the difference between linear and tactile because it seemed so subtle, but holy cow–the difference is huge. I think I’m a linear switch fan now. It might just be in my head, but I feel like I can type faster and more accurately with these new switches.

It’s crazy how many different types of switches are out there. I’m not one to swap them out all the time, so I’ll be sticking with the Smoothies for a long while. I’m sure there are even “better” switches out there, but I couldn’t be happier with these.

This past week I had COVID for the third time despite receiving every COVID vaccine that I could get, including one this past fall. I wasn’t too sick, but I stayed home from work all week. It was a good week to stay home because I was able to watch the Olympics all week. I’m not an Olympics super fan, but I do enjoy watching them. There is just something great about watching athletes from around the world, who aren’t multimillionaires, competing against each other doing amazing things.

I don’t really ever talk about sports ball here. I’m not a huge sports fan except for football, a little hockey, and some Olympics. I’ve been a Denver Broncos fan since 4th grade back in 1984. Nowadays sports is a nice distraction from the real world.

Today the Broncos are playing in their first home playoff game in 10 years. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but time flies. That being said, I’m nervous as fuck and kind of hate it.

Today would have been my Mom’s 76th birthday. She died 13 years ago at age 63. Now that I’m 50, 63 seems so young. I wonder what she would’ve looked like at 76? I wonder how she would’ve handled retirement? She never got to grow old or retire.

Hello? Is this thing still on?

The wife is putting up her Christmas crap, so we put on a Christmas playlist. This was the first song that played. Pretty fitting for us.

When I was a kid every Thanksgiving was the same. We all went to Grandma’s house. My uncles were farmers, so nobody worked. My aunts, uncles, and cousins were all there. We would watch the Macy’s Day Parade all excited to see Santa at the end. Is that still a thing? I haven’t watched it in at least 20 years. Food was always ready at noon. We would eat and watch football for the rest of the day.

That was our tradition. I kind of miss it.

Now my grandparents are gone, and my parents are gone. I have a job that I have to work on Thanksgiving half the time. It’s hit or miss if we doing anything for Thanksgiving these days. We usually have turkey. I think turkey kind of sucks. I think there is a reason we only eat it once a year.

This year I will be at work while my wife makes dinner. We are having her mom and aunt over, so it will just be the four of us. We won’t be eating until I get off work at 6 o’clock. I’m not complaining. While I miss my childhood traditions, I do like the low-key holidays too.

It’s here.

I’m not really into country music. I don’t know anything about it. Today I ran across this video and I rather like it. I was a college freshman in 1994, and this song brought back all kinds of feels.

27 years ago today I saw Veruca Salt for the second time, and it was my first time seeing a band at First Avenue. First Avenue is still my favorite venue. It was also the first time I saw a band member crowd surf. I don’t remember if it was Louise or Nina, but I remember them jumping into the Crowd. Eight Arms to Hold You is such a great album, easily in my top 10 albums of the 90s.