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We had our #TeamSPS St. Patrick’s Day celebration for the first time since 2019! Something green, some Guinness, and we even had some Hurling! 🍀

Crowd of people in green clothing gathered in a modern office atrium beneath large glowing green pendant lights.Guinness Draught cans chilling on ice alongside other beers at a St. Patricks Day partyTwo men posing outdoors holding hurling sticks and a sliotar, one wearing a green leprechaun hat and shamrock lei, the other a Mighty Ducks jersey.

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Tammy made our traditional Pi Day dinner: homemade Chicken Pot Pie and Peanut Butter Pie! 🥧

Golden-brown homemade chicken pot pie with steam vents resting in a skillet on a gas stovetop in a white kitchen. Peanut butter pie with smooth chocolate ganache topping in a glass pie dish on a white kitchen counter

See Pi Day Collection.

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We had a great Pi Day celebration for #TeamSPS. Somehow I managed to take pictures of the setup and forgot to take more when the people showed up!

Dozens of individually packaged coconut cream mini pies arranged on a red table with a Coconut Cream label sign at a Pi Day event. Rows of individually packaged French Silk mini pies on a dark table with a labeled sign and a stack of napkins nearby. Dozens of individual blueberry pie slices in clear plastic containers labeled We Cater To You arranged on a wooden table. Smiling man in a gray blazer and pi digits t-shirt holds a slice of pie in a modern office cafeteria with cupcakes on the counter behind him.

See Pi Day Collection.

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I made the leap today — got a Leica Q2. We have a number of trips this year, and will be getting a lot of shots with this.

Leica Q2 camera with lens cap on, sitting on a gray surface with storage drawers in the background
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Went through all my photography gear and filtered out the stuff I no longer need or don’t use. National Camera took it all off my hands for a good price.

Used photography gear piled on a camera store counter including Canon lens boxes, camera bags, and accessories with display cases nearby.
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I’ve been using Telegram recently to stay in contact with folks in Ukraine. I decided to create a channel for thingelstad.com and a channel for the Weekly Thing. If you like getting things in Telegram, there you go.

Update: I deleted these channels after a few months as they didn’t prove valuable.

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Tammy’s grandparent’s cuckoo clock is ticking again at our cabin thanks to Blackstone Manor Clock Repair.

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POAP 4299875 at TeamSPS Cyberweek 2021 Challenge Coin.

Circular badge with green pixel-grid pattern reading Cyber Week 2021 on black background with a small logo on the left
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Someday the Wordle will be STEAM.

And on that day, I will win.

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Consider for today:

  1. Take a moment to reflect on how much the world has changed in the last 10 days.
  2. Consider how those changes may affect your current priorities and opinions.
  3. Determine how those changes can be actioned.