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Feb 11, 2025

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I deleted Twitter (I refuse to call it X) from my phone. I found myself spending too much time going down rabbit holes. Now, I'm blissfully in the dark about most stuff. I am no longer the first to know that there is a rare bird flu outbreak in some remote jungle. I just hear about it when I hear about it. I have found that it's a good way to filter the noise – if it matters, I'll hear about it. Until then, whoooooo cares? It's like my approach with email. I don't check it. If someone needs to get ahold of me, they'll find a way (typically WhatsApp or text). It's been about a month, and I don't see myself ever reinstalling it. I think the constant connectivity to bad news takes it toll. There is something really nice about unplugging – I watched the entire Super Bowl without seeing all the Kendrick Lamar dorks rave about his boring ass performance – "NO BRO, YOU DON'T GET IT... IT WAS ALL SYMBOLISM!"

Feb 7, 2025

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After spending a week in Spain, I have never been more excited to get home and have a proper meal. Tapas, or simply, small snacks on toothpicks, are NOT a substitute for dinner. And yet, every dinner, I found myself holding a stick instead of a fork. It felt like I walked around a really exotic Costco for a week, getting handed samples of jamón. When it wasn't ham, it was pork liver pâté, WOOF. When I touched down back in the motherland after a 20+ hour travel day, I drove straight to Chic Filet and chanted USA USA USA all the way home.

A Week in Madrid