The Long-Overdue Baby Gear Post
As you might recall, my son Isaac was born a couple of years ago. This was obviously an
occasion for joy and family happiness (and an end to regular sleep) — but beyond that, it was the beginning of a
capitalist glut, a massive influx of new Stuff. So, uh, I figured I'd write about that in case any of my readers
ever have a kid and want to know about various baby support items.
In general, we had a few constraints:
- our house is relatively small (~1200sqft) and has little storage
- when we were making most of these decisions, my …
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New Chair!
Hello dear readers! Like most of you (and as I've written about before), I've been
stuck working from home for the last year and a half, out of the little converted covered porch on my house. For the
last six months or so, I've been doing so with my butt firmly planted on an HON Basyx pleather-upholstered office chair
that I rescued from my office when we moved out. This chair is, uh, not in the best condition:

This chair actually originally belonged to Curse, a now-defunct company
that made some kind of WoW fansite. They used to be …
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A Son!
Hello hypothetical readers; sorry for my absence, but I've spent the last weeks pretty well busy – as I foreshadowed
in May, I have a son now!

It's been quite an adjustment. Isaac was born on August 7, 2020 after a very long labor, but he's happy and
healthy now. I got 3 weeks off of work, which I spent with my wife doing intensive child care. Let me tell you, I have a
whole new respect for single parents. Caring for an infant with just the two of us (since none of our families or
friends can visit or …
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UC Botanical Garden
PSA for folks in the Bay Area: The University of California Botanical Garden has re-opened for limited, outdoor-only visits. Seems like a nice (and
reasonably) safe place to go during the pandemic. It's July, so not much is in bloom, but it's still beautiful.
Life Updates
Hey, so, it's been a while since I posted. I guess I just wanted to post and update. Let's see… what has happened
since February 2020....
Family

Yeah, so, we're having a baby. If you didn't see that on other social media already. He's due at the end of July.
Lockdown
As you and everyone else knows, the world has been in lockdown since March due to the outbreak of
SARS-CoV-2 causing
COVID-19. My company sent us all on mandatory work-from-home
on March 12th and I haven't been across the bridge into San Francisco since. Working from home …
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New Car
After more than 10 years of avoiding it, I've finally rejoined the ranks of the private-car-owning bourgeois. $SPOUSE
and I spent the past few weeks doing research and reading reviews, spent Saturday and Sunday test-driving a bunch of
vehicles, and ended up buying a brand new Cosmic Blue 2020 Honda Insight yesterday
afternoon.

Why did I buy a new car, anyway?
Yes, I'm aware that a new car loses nearly 40% of its value the moment you drive it off the lot. Yes, I'm aware that
there is a glut of delightful used cars in the area. Nonetheless, I …
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