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Pickle Points
- Feels like approximately the 3rd most clichĆ© activity to pick up, but I started playing pickleball this week. Out of the roughly 72 games Iāve played, Iāve won one (playing doubles where I may or may not have been carried). Fun little goofy game, though. Iām enjoyinā it.
- In our last installment, I incorrectly stated the date of National Pancake Day. Itās actually this Tuesday. Oops!
- This week I learned the Chinese word for āmovieā is é»å½±(diĆ nyĒng), which literally means āelectric shadowā. I donāt know about you, but I think that is one badass way to describe a movie.
- I put my long-neglected bicycle to use this week, and went on a nice (slow) ride up to Bryan Park and around the Bellevue neighborhood.
- I have no idea what Iāve done wrong, but the huge majority of my plant babies are struuuuuuuuggling. I think only maybe like 5% of them are going to make it. Arugula: rough. Jalapenos: rough. Tomatoes: rough. Bell peppersā¦ lookinā good!
- First MotoGP race of the season! Havenāt seen the race as of writing this, but thus far, Marquez looks like heās back to his old completely-destroy-everyone-else ways. Usually Iām an underdog fan, but after all the shit this dudeās been through the past 6 years, I couldnāt be happier to see him back to his winning ways.
- Trying to avoid too much political commentary here, but I canāt believe how embarrassed I feel after seeing how those clowns spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Slava Ukraini šŗš¦