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First time at Le Burger 4304. We all agreed the fries were great. Burgers were very good with Jamie liking the most. We ordered doubles and should have gotten singles. Very busy. Will be back. 🍔

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Trying to Clout Coffee Bourbon Whiskey barrel-aged espresso this morning. Strong Bourbon smell on the beans.

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All five of the Weekly Thing Christmas Blogs are now created!

Next step is to introduce each of these blogs to Weekly Thing readers over a few issues. Love that “new blog” smell! 😂

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I’ve been sharing my 53rd Birthday POAP with friends and family all day today. I thought it would be fun to share a few with readers of my blog.

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We had a fun visit to Bell Museum this morning. We saw Mars: The Ultimate Voyage in the Planetarium and then checked out all the dioramas.

A museum exhibit displays life-sized models of a woolly mammoth and other prehistoric creatures in a naturalistic setting.A large rodent model, resembling a beaver, is displayed in front of a woolly mammoth exhibit in a museum setting.A woolly mammoth model is displayed in a museum exhibit with naturalistic surroundings.A moose is depicted in a naturalistic diorama with a water setting and other moose in the background.A group of wolves is depicted on a rocky landscape with a cliff and ocean in the background.A majestic elk stands in a scenic countryside setting with a bright blue sky and fluffy clouds.A flock of cranes gathers and flies against a backdrop of a golden grassy landscape and a partly cloudy sky.A flock of various waterfowl, including ducks and geese, gather around a wetland landscape under a partly cloudy sky.A serene coastal scene features various shorebirds, driftwood, and sand extending towards a distant bluff and sea.A group of white swans stands on the edge of a tranquil lake with more swans seen in the background.
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It’s my birthday tomorrow! Noting my rings and version number the day before. 😊

I’ll be sharing my 53rd Birthday POAP. Want one? Just ask.

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We watched Fly Me to the Moon tonight and I thought it was a great movie. Tammy liked it too and Tyler was a bit bored. Enjoyable movie with a fun story all in the context of the Apollo program and landing on the moon!

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POAP Event Trends

It has become a tradition for me to create a POAP for my birthday. I’ve been doing it since my 50th Birthday and now have 51st, 52nd, and now my 53rd. Since POAP uses a simple sequential number for events I can easily see how many POAP events have been created for those years.

Year (Approx) Events
2022 74,298
2023 71,285
2024 16,826

That is a big drop in 2024, however it is still 46 events a day. I love what POAP is doing and they are slowly getting their whole offering easier to use and more streamlined. My guess is that they are not actively pushing to create more events right now while they improve the product. I’m rooting for them to be massively successful. I think POAP could be one of the products that shows the path for blockchain adoption.

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I’m “all in” on micro.blog collections. I have 61 collections with 936 images. My Collection Creator Shortcut was key to that. Nearly all Gallery posts have been updated. I migrated Adaptive Photo Layout posts to Collections.

Top feature ask: rename collections and modify order or images.

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POAP 7284931 at Jamie Thingelstad's 53rd Birthday.