Of all things Geek. I am…
Back in December of 2024, I was highly pregnant (about 7 months) and lying in bed watching TikTok as I often did, especially when it’s dark and cold out and I don’t feel like doing anything else.
My husband is a voracious reader and while I once was as well, I have slowed down a lot, often resorting to video games as an easier distraction and stress relief from work.
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I will admit that I am addicted to TikTok. While I do not post my own videos, I do follow quite a few creators that I enjoy as well as a lot of friends and I will scroll through video after video as a form of stress relief much to the chagrin of my husband.
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Maus is the award-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. It is a “Survivor’s Tale” specifically, Art’s dad, Vladek, and his survival of the Holocaust.
It is also Art’s story of dealing with his father’s history, legacy, and guilt. It is beautifully crafted in both form and function, in the black-and-white panels, text, and spaces in between.
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By the numbers, 2025 was not that out of the ordinary.
Fifty-two blogs were posted here, 26 episodes of The Palmer Files were published, and I had seven Proxycast appearances. There were also over 70 other podcasts which I produced across a few shows – The Good Government Show, Leading Iowa, and As Fate Would Have It.
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I used to have a massive box of fortune cookies. I “used” to. It’s gone now.
I didn’t eat them, but I did open them. You see, for a while, when I was single, I would order enough takeout for a few days, especially over a weekend when I planned on doing a project. And when you do that, you get enough fortune cookies for the four people that they think are going to be eating the goods.
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