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Cake day: August 25th, 2025

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  • I have a bottle of pear hooch my grandfather made in 1953. I used to have several bottles from him from the 50’s and 60’s, but we drank them. So I know exactly how it tastes: friggin’ amazing, and unbelievably concentrated in alcohol.

    This bottle is the only one I have left, and I’m keeping it to toast the end of my life with my kids - and hopefully my wife - when I snuff it - hopefully not violently enough that I don’t have time to open the bottle with them.

    I doubt I’ll last until the bottle is 100 years old, but with a bit of luck, I will. If not, and if I don’t have a chance to open it with them, my kids will be in charge of deciding whether to keep it sealed a bit longer - though they never met my grandfather.








  • I use repairable / upgradable products (MNT laptop, Fairphone cellphones) and I have stocked up on a few critical spare parts, just in case the manufacturers go under.

    Other than that, what I have going for me is that I’m a Unix old-timer desperately hooked on the command line. So I use Linux, an ultra-lightweight window manager and zero graphical fluff. And I prefer old games 🙂 So my memory needs are rather limited.





  • Israel would have been obliterated decades ago if the US hadn’t supported them, and Iran wouldn’t be ruled by crazy religious nutjobs today if the US hadn’t instigated the 1953 coup.

    So the kindest thing you can say is that the US isn’t helping in the middle-east.

    The more realistic thing you can say about the middle-east is that most of the shit going on there is a direct result of the US not minding their fucking business on the other side of the planet.