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Gift for Weekly Thing POAP Holders

I saw this HELLO “Ink” on Nifty.Ink and I just thought it was a fun image. The author had minted 100 of them for only 0.10 DAI ($0.10 USD) each and an idea sprung into my mind.

I should send one of these to everyone that has minted a Weekly Thing POAP token! 🎁

I went to the Weekly Thing #200 and Weekly Thing Five Year Anniversary event pages and downloaded the CSV of the addresses that have it. Deduplicated the list and then proceeded to buy and send a copy of HELLO to every address.

If you hold a Weekly Thing POAP, you will now find that you have HELLO in your wallet on Gnosis chain. 🎉

Colorful repeating pattern of the word HELLO in bold letters across a rainbow of overlapping colors filling the entire image.
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LEGO World Map

The LEGO World Map is complete!

Completed LEGO World Map mosaic with white continents on a colorful multicolored ocean background, mounted in a white frame on a wood wall

There are two very notable things about the LEGO World Map.

  1. I think this is the ideal LEGO for someone that is really into jigsaw puzzles. The build of this LEGO is not like any other that I’ve done.
  2. I found this LEGO an overwhelming build. I would typically want to do a LEGO on my own, so I experience it all. This one I needed help, and it really got done because a few others got involved and it was very easy to do each tile in parallel.

At 11,695 pieces this is a big project. I started this project right after Christmas!

Close-up of a completed LEGO mosaic showing continents and oceans built from thousands of colorful 1x1 round tiles on a table

Once we got about 80% done with the tiles we could see the end and and there was a strong desire to get it all together. The last half of the build was more fun than the first half for sure.

Close-up of a completed LEGO mosaic showing continents in white studs on a colorful teal, green, orange, and pink ocean background.

Thanks to help from Tammy, the kids, and two of their cousins!

Six people standing on a wooden deck outdoors holding a large completed LEGO world map mosaic, smiling at the camera.
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Afternoon bike ride to Dairy Queen! Perfect 10-mile round trip with an ice cream in the middle.

Adult in white helmet and sunglasses takes a selfie leading a group of kids on bikes down a tree-lined paved trail.
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First Smashburgers of 2022! Delicious. 🍔

Toasted hamburger buns face-down on a large outdoor flat-top griddle, with a lake and playground set visible in the background.Nine smashburgers topped with melted American cheese cooking on a flat-top griddle outdoors, with a grassy lakeside yard and playground slide in the background.Smashburger with melted cheese on a brioche bun, side salad, and chips on a fish-print plate at a lakeside picnic table with a Steel Toe Brewing Session Ale can nearby.

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POAP 5068411 at Magic Pines Summer of 2022.

Illustrated aerial view of Magic Pines lakeside property with pine trees, house, pool, campfire, and dock, celebrating Summer 22
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Getting pizza at Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm and watching the sunset.

Groups of people sitting in lawn chairs on green grass outside a large barn with string lights, enjoying an outdoor evening gathering.
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I’ve been telling the family that we should all have a Hungry Man dinner. Maybe even with TV trays. They are skeptical, but got me one for lunch today. Used to have these a lot as a kid. In the oven now!

Hungry-Man Boneless Fried Chicken frozen dinner box resting on a gas stove grate, showing 790 calories and 26g protein per package.
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Mazie is planting the garden She loves to garden and commune with the plants. The strawberries and blueberries did well over the winter.

Woman in teal shirt tending raised cedar garden beds on gravel, holding a spray bottle, with a metal tree sculpture and birdhouse post nearby.
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Boat Day Selfie

  1. Cold morning requiring hat, jackets, and gloves on May 21.
  2. This may the most Minnesotan picture of me.
  3. I think I look a bit like my Grandpa Ardell.
Middle-aged man in a black knit beanie and blue plaid flannel over a gray hoodie takes a selfie on a pontoon boat on a cloudy lake.
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It is Boat Day 2022! Got the pontoon from LaCanne’s, went under I-35, up the Cannon River, through Wells Lake, and then home to Cannon Lake. Cold morning.

Pontoon boat passing under a concrete highway bridge on a calm river lined with green trees, gear piled on deckPontoon boat bow with gray upholstered seating and folded black canopy gear on deck, facing a calm tree-lined river under blue skiesPontoon boat bow with gray upholstered seats and bundled black cover on a calm lake under a partly cloudy skyPontoon boat bow with gray vinyl seating and a folded canopy on a calm lake under partly cloudy skies