Sometimes you're just sitting there, minding your own business, and Spotify plays a hit from your childhood like Naked Eyes' "Always Something There to Remind Me", and you glance up and notice that it's the 2018 remaster and think that it makes sense that they remastered it for the 25th anniversary of the song, and then... and then.... and thennnnn....
Sometimes you're just sitting there, ...
note: posted here on 3/29/26 and backdated to 3/29/21, when it was originally shared with friends on FB
The Burlington drop-off center hasn't accepted trash since the pandemic began, and it was the only spot in Chittenden County where you paid by weight. We produce very little trash outside of plastic packaging, so being forced to pay by bag at the South Burlington drop-off center has roughly doubled the cost of disposal.
Worse, the pricing by bag creates a perverse incentive: our household trash bags cost $6 per bag to dispose of, but I can buy contractor bags, stuff 4 household trash bags into the contractor bag, and pay $8 to dispose of the contractor bag, instead of $24 for the household trash bags individually.
Hauling our own is still cheaper than having it picked up, because we produce about 2-3 bags of household trash per month, and last we checked, a private contractor costs $35/month.
Me:
Spotify: You've liked "Buddy Holly", "Road to Nowhere", "Harborcoat", "Don't Get me Wrong", "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)", "Gloria", and "What's Love Got to Do With It"
Me: Yes, and..?
Spotify: [Begins playing "Xanadu"]
My primary experience with Xanadu is that it was one of the songs the Wanamassa school music teacher had us sing, along with "Movin Right Along" and "It's Still Rock n Roll to Me"
I liked "Xanadu". To celebrate, Spotify played "What a Feeling"
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(note: published 1/12/2026, backdated to 2021 when I first shared with friends. Spotify's recommendation engine and AI-generated playlists continue to amuse me.)
I simply took a step to the left, and the change in perspective makes it look a little like the bars "slid shut", as long as you ignore all the markers of the change in perspective.
(note: published 2026-01-03, backdated to 2021 when I first shared with friends on Facebook)
First day with enough snow to ski at Ethan Allen Homestead. I've never seen even half so many cars in the lots as today. So great to see people getting out.
(note: published 1/2/26; backdated to 2021 when I originally shared with friends)
