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Was there anything good or was it only bad and ugly? Yesterday was my son’s 11th birthday. In 2020, this was exactly one week after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. Back in 2020, our schools had just shut down. In…

Reflecting on the Nitty-Gritty of Pandemic Parenting

Silicon Valley Bank, the financial industry, and how we move forward When you’re driving, you have a reasonable assumption that other drivers will follow the rules. There are laws (like the speed limit and obeying traffic lights) and guidance (maybe…

What It Means to “Trust the System”

My uncle likes to joke that he cursed Washington Mutual Bank. Many years ago, Washington Mutual royally screwed up something with his mortgage. It was a huge mess and took a lot of time and effort to fix. My uncle said that he cursed WaMu — and then…

Where is the empathy?

Confused? Here’s a simple (yet thorough!) explainer. Ever heard the phrase “Explain it like I’m 5”? It means taking a complex topic and breaking it down into terms that a 5-year-old can understand. Over the past few days, I’ve watched a lot of…

What’s Going On? The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse vs. the 2008 Financial Crisis

Set yourself up for success with these actionable tips. The internet is filled with stories of people who abruptly leave a 9–5 job and embrace a solopreneur life. Maybe they were fed up. Or were laid off. But making a change like that can be scary —…

Prepare for Freelance Life Before You Leave Your 9–5

Another day, another round of layoffs. Employee reactions aside (which are often sanitized in the name of “remaining professional” online), CEO announcements are sometimes truly astonishing. Take this tweet for example: The tweet is part of a thread…

Owners eat last

We’re asked to upload images with our phones all the time. Insurance cards, driver’s licenses, checks. And we’ve all experienced the less-than-stellar experience of struggling to get our item exactly in the frame or a multi-step process of needing to…

Is your remote deposit capture up to snuff?

It has been a rough week. On a personal note, I’m recovering from dental surgery. On a broader note, layoffs continue (including a friend of mine). And I’ve also been bombarded by soundbites from industry leaders determined to feed the narrative of…

Failing upwards

Don’t like cold pitching? You can still grow your business. Making the leap to full-time freelance work can be scary. You may have a killer project management system, be comfortable with freelance finances, and know how to draft a contract for your…

6 Ways to Market Yourself as a Freelancer (Without the Hard Sell)

I’m offended by crappy writing. I didn’t plan to write today. I woke up and joked (in my brain, to myself) that I didn’t want to contribute to “garbage on the internet.” Even though this is my normal day to publish, I didn’t have anything that I…

Stop Publishing Garbage on the Internet

I was really proud of my 5-year-old for knowing her limits. Last weekend, I took Autumn to a birthday party at an indoor trampoline park. Even though this was just a party for one of her kindergarten classmates, it was a momentous occasion. It was…

When a Leap Is Too Much

We’ve gotten a lot of new, fun terms for work over the past few years. First there was The Great Resignation, then quiet quitting, and now Act Your Wage (I also recently tripped across “quiet promoting” but that will be a topic for another day). The…

Act your wage

I'm offended by crappy writing. I didn't plan to write today. I woke up and joked (in my brain, to myself) that I don't want to contribute to "garbage on the internet." Even though this is my normal day to publish, I didn't have anything that I…

You can’t prevent life’s difficult moments. But you can save yourself some time and stress. My mom was an ultimate planner, and in all of her plans she’d say, “And in a worst-case scenario, here’s Plan B.” Of course, we were usually talking about…

5 Ways to Prepare For Life’s Worst-Case Scenarios

Customer relationship management: It’s a process that has always been a “nice to have” instead of a “must have” for bankers. But with ever-increasing demands from customers for personalized experiences, fragmented systems won’t cut it. Banks need a…

Create a holistic customer view with a CRM

Here’s the thing about working at the same company for 15 years: the world of work changes and you’re often unaware of things that become “standard practice.” Case in point: I’d never heard of exit interviews before 2021. After I left my job at a…

Why exit interviews don't matter

Reduce the stress, even if your income is unstable. If you’re a freelancer that works on short-term or ad hoc projects, you know that predicting your income from month to month is hard. Not only are you faced with slow periods, but you may also have…

Predict Your Freelance Income With a What-If Calculator

There’s a good chance that AI art will impact your work. I’m old enough to remember the days when articles were just text. You’d share a link to a blog post or a news story and the preview would only display the title of the article and maybe a short…

Why Writers Should Care About AI Art

This person left a hole in my life. I spend a lot of time at the end of the year reflecting. Mostly, I think about what happened over the past year. I'm not a huge fan of New Year's resolutions because I think it's too hard to maintain a single, big…

Someone I Used to Know

Hello, January. That time of year when individuals and businesses reflect on their year-end results. Whether personal or professional, it’s common practice to look back on the wins and losses, what could have been better, and what we want to change.…

Reflecting on results

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It feels like we're way too far into email marketing being a thing for me to always be getting promotional emails *before I've even gotten the thing I ordered.*

Does anyone have a preferred tool for analyzing blogs? I'm primarily interested in seeing which posts from a given company are the most popular. 

I wish I could use @ahrefs again but they charge $99 now 🥲 I'm willing to pay but not that much since…

I started authentik in 2018 as an open source hobby project but in 2022, with help from Open Core Ventures, I started Authentik Security, an open core company built around the authentik project. Building a new startup is, unsurprisingly, quite…

authentik on Django: 500% slower to run but 200% faster to build

It’s so annoying that I can see a tweet on my feed and search for it later with as many as three or four correct keywords and it won’t be findable in search. I’m starting to like almost everything remotely eye catching because it’s the only way I can…

Is anyone else producing big-picture engineering content as well as @GergelyOrosz? I just dug through The Pragmatic Engineer archives again and bookmarked so many articles.

It's harder than it should be to find dev content that isn't a tutorial or a…

How it started / How it's going

#SVB #SiliconValleyBank https://t.co/PFg4h9HUSr

So I guess @Forbes is really maintaining its track record 

#SVB #SiliconValleyBank https://t.co/s3NNoD0ba4

Marketers, PLEASE stop doing this 🤢 https://t.co/deboU97Xie

I don’t know why @matter thinks @adamjohnsonNYC is a tech blogger when it sends me article recommendations but it’s funny every time so I won’t figure it out https://t.co/udkgnsTcBC

Shout out to @waldofyi. They've been sending me onboarding emails to show me ways to use the tool and I responded to one because I couldn't make it work and they not only responded within half an hour, they fixed the bug in that time 🤯
Should say…

I never thought I’d get tired of seeing a cat but this ad has done it for me https://t.co/FL4yHGfjYM

1/ Content marketers face an impossible task: Creating great content about topics they often know little about. I know this challenge well -- I write technical thought leadership even though I don't code. Research has become my differentiator and I…

I've long been skeptical of blaming social media but my gut skepticism has been shifting over time and this article by @JonHaidt might push me over the edge: jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media…

A few highlights:
Many of the studies that show…

A use case for AI writing that I'd find really compelling is if I could use an AI tool to remix content. I can handle writing the main article but it'd be nice to have AI parse that article into a Twitter thread or series of LinkedIn posts.
I tried…

One of the most annoying things I’ve noticed since I first got online (so across many different platforms) is that people don’t understand (or refuse to) how comparisons work. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said “X is like Y” and someone else…

More evidence AI will be a commodity feature? Can AI get people to shift to a new AI focused app or will other companies just integrate AI and people will stay where they’re comfortable?

Busting the myth that developers can’t write It’s an annoying stereotype that developers don’t know how to write, speak, and otherwise communicate. The stereotypes – such as the developer looking at their shoes while giving a technical talk or the…

Busting the myth that developers can't write

Deep Dives On Halloween 2022, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo released a memo that likely horrified plenty of executives. She announced her intention to “protect employees…from intrusive or abusive electronic…

Your Company's Bossware Could Get You in Legal Trouble

So here’s the headline: Your boss can read your Slack DMs. Even if you edit them. Even if you delete them. Even if you leave the company. But even if you’re already dimly aware of that fact, you probably don’t know how the process of accessing your…

The Employee's Guide to Slack's Privacy Policy

“We made a mistake” – so said authentication provider Okta on March 25, 2022 – two months after an attack on one of Okta’s vendors (Sitel, a contact center) in January. During Okta’s initial investigation, the company didn’t warn its customers about…

SaaS should not be the default: Why data breaches signal return to self-hosting

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Wellness
These Boston-based, Black-owned brands contain all natural and organic ingredients.
Whether it’s through protesting, eating at Black-owned restaurants, or supporting Black fitness professionals, there are a number of ways to support Boston’s…

Boost Your Skincare Routine with These Black-Owned Beauty Brands

Nutrition
Make one of these fruit salads for your next (socially-distant) barbecue.
Some may say ice cream is the cure for a steamy summer day, but in my book, there’s nothing more refreshing than a chilled bowl of fruit. But forget about the cold…

Seven Fruit Salad Recipes to Cool You Off This Summer

Nutrition
All you need is sun, soil, and a little space.
I love living in the city, but there are some days when I really wish I had some green space behind my apartment. Especially in the summer, when people decide to build their raised plant beds,…

Seven Edible Plants You Can Grow in Your Apartment

Fitness
Get in some squats and skaters while you're working on your tan.
If you’re looking to mix up your workout routine, but aren’t quite comfortable going to the gym anytime soon, try taking your workout outside. Instead of working out in a park…

Eight Exercises Perfect for a Beach Workout

Wellness
Learn what you can compost and how to use it.
As we carry on with social distancing measures and do our best to slow the spread of COVID-19, the search for activities to keep ourselves entertained continues. If you’re getting sick of baking…

A Beginner’s Guide to Composting: Everything You Need to Know

Fitness
Take your workout to your local football field.
After working out in our bedrooms, basements, and living rooms for the past three months, a change of scenery is more than welcome. While gyms remain closed and we get used to the new fitness…

Seven Outdoor Exercises You Can Do on an Athletic Field

Nutrition
From macchiatos to lattes, you can easily make these recipes at home.
With the warm weather and continuation of quarantine, there’s no better time to try making your own iced coffee at home. These iced coffee recipes feature lattes,…

Seven Low-Calorie Iced Coffee Recipes to Sip This Summer

Nutrition
Cool down with these easy at-home recipes.
As the weather heats up, there’s nothing better than a bowl of ice cream to cool you off. You may think that you need an ice cream maker to make homemade ice cream, but there plenty of no-churn ice…

Eight No-Churn Ice Cream Recipes to Try This Summer

Nutrition
Spruce up all that pasta you've stockpiled in your pantry—featuring spring and summer ingredients like asparagus and basil.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing better than a home-cooked meal. But after two months of cooking constantly, I’ve…

Seven Healthy Pasta Recipes to Add to Your Dinner Rotation

Wellness
Anyone else having weird coronavirus dreams lately?
These days, it’s hard to make it through the day without feeling some anxiety, emotion, or overall unease. For many people, that anxiety and stress can manifest itself in the inability to…

Try These Yoga Poses Before Bed to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep

Wellness
Freshen up your hair, skin, and nails with ingredients you already have at home.
With nearly two months of staying at home under our belts, it’s fair to assume that many of us are missing our usual grooming routines. Whether it’s a haircut,…

Twelve DIY Spa Treatments to Treat Yourself During Quarantine

Nutrition
You can pickle pretty much anything.
For a majority of people, quarantine has become an excuse to venture into new cooking projects, such as baking bread or concocting feasts from pantry staples. Now’s the time to add another skill to your…

Seven Pickling Recipes to Complement Your Spring Cooking

Fitness
With these seven exercises to improve your running technique.
As the weather gets nicer and we get more sick of being cooped up inside our homes, many people are turning towards running for their daily exercise and stress relief. Whether…

Make the Most of Your New Obsessive Running Habit

With all of the free time we now have, many people are turning towards home improvement projects. It may be tempting to tackle a big room first, such as the kitchen or living room, but it’s best to start small and get some practice in before you rip…

Four Simple Hacks to Spruce Up Your Vanity Area

Nutrition
From pretzels to pancakes, there are other ways to use your sourdough starter.
Baking brings comfort—which explains why since the beginning of the COVID-19 quarantine, flour and yeast have been flying off supermarket shelves.
From what I’ve…

Seven Sourdough Recipes That Aren’t Bread

When it comes to the different rooms in your house, chances are the living room is one of the places you spend the most time in. That’s why it’s important to make this space an inviting and comfortable place to relax.
Focus on the seating
Because you…

How to Design a Living Room You Actually Want to Live In

Fitness
Try these yoga-inspired stretches during your lunch break.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 quarantine, we found ourselves rushing to create a work from home space if we didn’t have one already. Now, with just about a month of working from…

Eight Back Stretches to Alleviate Pain While Working From Home

Chances are you’ve heard of LED light bulbs before and probably have some throughout your home. But what exactly are LED light bulbs, and are they beneficial to human health? We break down the pros and cons for you.
What are LED lights?
LED bulbs,…

The Pros and Cons of LED Lights

Nutrition
With this list, you don't have to worry about your fruits and vegetables going bad.
Going to the grocery store during COVID-19 is no longer just a quick trip in and out. You have to come prepared with a list of items that you know will last…

Stock Up on This Long Lasting Produce During Your Next Grocery Trip

In overwhelming and stressful times like these, wellness is as important as ever. Even though you can’t go to the gym or get a green smoothie from your favorite juice shop, there are still plenty of ways to stay healthy at home.
1. Play with a pet or…

“WFH” – Wellness from Home

Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20 Just this week, I saw a Facebook post that feeling thankful lowers your stress by 23%. It sounded good, but I wanted to check it out. What I…

Gratitude is Good for Us!

But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. Luke 5:16 (ESV) We used to think we could get more done by multitasking, but the latest research shows this to be false. According to numerous studies, multitasking causes more errors than focusing…

How Well Do You Multitask?

Be careful. Don’t think these little children are worth nothing. I tell you that they have angels in heaven who are always with my Father in heaven. Matthew 18:10 (International Children’s Bible) I don’t have a singing voice. In fact, I am somewhat…

Singing the Wrong Words on the Back Row

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6-7 (ESV) As a child, I felt special every time I…

What Makes You Feel Special?

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. I John 1:9 Have you ever let dirty dishes sit for a day or so? Really, it doesn’t have to be that long. Maybe just a few hours. Some…

Lessons from Dirty Dishes

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:8 Eme had outgrown her dance shoes. But it was just two weeks before her recital and the end of the season. And really, Eme only needed one shoe. She has one foot larger than the other.…

Shoes Just Her Size

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. As my friend got ready for her garage sale, she found one lonely ski glove. Who needs one ski glove? She thought and almost threw it away. After…

One Glove for One Arm

He makes me whole again, steering me off worn, hard paths to roads where truth and righteousness echo His name. Psalm 23:3, The Voice I love seashells. And I love all kinds. Even broken ones. My husband? Not so much. He only wants to keep the perfect…

Broken and Beautiful

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27:17 NLT
Kimberly and I met when we were both about 23 years old. We both worked in corporate communication for a large bank.
She produced company videos while I managed print…

Unlikely Lifelong Friends

Encourage each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:19

Sometimes you just need a little good music to pull you out of the blahs. Here are some of my favorites. Dancing is optional…

Eleven Songs to Lift Your Mood and Your Faith

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:5

We all wrestle with tough questions at times.
I’ve had this one surface lately: Does prayer change God’s mind?
(The short…

Six Reliable Resources for Hard Questions

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
Olga felt weary.
Anyone would in her situation — especially six months into a pandemic. She desperately needed a job, but all her…

How Service Paid Off

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
Ephesians 3:20
Inna wanted to attend a Christian university.
Knowing her background, one could say this was a pipe dream.
She…

Are You Limiting God?

The Brook Hill School has named Landry Graves valedictorian and Nicole Tng salutatorian for the class of 2021.
“We are so proud of Landry and Nicole. These students exemplify the Brook Hill graduate: they are hard workers, problem solvers, and Christ…

Graves, Tng Earn Top Honors

The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7
This week, we’ve looked at the verses that In-N-Out Burger uses on five pieces of packaging. If you don’t have an In-N-Out Burger in your area, you might…

The Lord Is Good

Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
Proverbs 24:16
Today’s verse makes me want to dance.
This verse appears on the bottom of the fry container at In-N-Out. By the way, you may want to…

You’re an Overcomer!

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5
Today’s verse comes from In-N-Out’s milkshake cup. My California friends, who introduced me to In-N-Out, love the Neapolitan shake. You won’t see it listed on…

The “Secret Menu” of Your Life

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Rev. 3:20
Today’s verse comes from In-N-Out Burger’s hamburger wrapper. I think it’s fitting because…

Does Jesus Want a Bite of Your Burger?

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12
Have I mentioned that I can’t read…

People are Not Our Biggest Problem

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11

Sometimes this verse can be hard to believe.
Today is one of those days.
My youngest son has…

When Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off

I never want this to happen to you. Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, etc – has a terrific podcast called Against the Rules. In a recent episode, Lewis and famous baseball statistician Bill James were discussing…

Moneyball’s Essential Stock Market Lesson

Saving money is a no-brainer. Its benefit is obvious. You have more money! Your bank account grows. Your 401(k) grows. You can retire (potentially early) and do fun things with the savings you’ve built up over time. But there’s a second, hidden…

The Hidden Benefit of Saving Money

You’re seeing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the news. People are comparing it to the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. What’s going on? Let’s talk about Silicon Valley Bank in simple terms. I’m writing this ~2pm EST on Sunday March 12. I will update…

Silicon Valley Bank 101

Outsiders think they know how something works. You know the type. Those armchair experts opining at the Thanksgiving table. The least experienced are the most confident in their knowledge. Insiders actually know how something works. And that, as the…

Great Investors’ Little Secret

Lawrence recently wrote in: Dear Jesse, My wife is 70 and I’m about to turn 70, and we’ve been retired for 8 years, and even with the tough market in 2022, our portfolio is up 40% from when we retired – from ~$3M to $4.2M. But I can’t bring myself to…

Dying with Millions

The McDonald’s Test is a simple way to ask yourself: am I really enjoying the fruits of my labor? While chatting with a client last year, we discussed a vital financial planning topic: spending their retirement savings. It’s challenging for many…

The McDonald’s Test

Retirement math can be complex. Investment returns, Social Security, spending rates, etc. But we’re keeping it simple today. We’re going to cover a basic concept that will allow you to retire decades early. Imagine a married couple with the following…

How to Retire Decades Early

Rochester is home to a dedicated clutch of platform tennis addicts. And you ask: what is platform tennis? Platform tennis (a.k.a. “paddle tennis” or, most often, just “paddle”) is an outdoor-only cold-weather racket sport, played almost exclusively…

The Negative Arts of Money and Paddle

As of October 2022, stocks were down 25% from their previous high. Bonds were down 15% over the same period. A “balanced” 60/40 portfolio was down 21%. It was, by some measure, the worst investing year in a lifetime. But life goes on. What’s happened…

Portfolios Are Up How Much?!?!

Samuel Bolton Jr. was a successful businessman, brewer, politician, and philanthropist in Troy, NY in the late 1800s. Why, then, did Bolton kill himself by diving into a vat of hot beer? He didn’t understand risk. No, not the risk of diving into…

The Investor Who Died In a Vat of Hot Beer

I wish I could run 5 miles a day without the discomfort, the exertion, and the required hour of time. (Yeah, I’m slow). But there’s no such thing as “passive running.” You either run or you don’t. The same goes for a healthy diet. And reading. And…

Don’t Be A Dummy. Be A Chicken.

What happens when you die? Will your soul travel to an ethereal plane? Does your spirit remain on Earth? Or, more simply, does your body decompose from whence it came? Welcome to The Existential Interest, a new blog where I wax philosophical on the…

Estate Planning 101

Investing is all about risk and reward. When investors take more risk, they demand more reward. One such “risk premium” is the concept of illiquidity. Liquid assets are easily converted to cash. Stocks are liquid. You can buy or sell them five days a…

The Easiest Money That Investors Ignore

For you cave-dwellers, Wordle is a word-guessing game where you have six guesses to correctly find a 5-letter word. After each guess, you learn which letters you’ve guessed correctly and if you placed those letters in the right/wrong spot. There are…

Wordle’s Hidden Financial Lesson

All the following inflation data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food at home costs are up 12% year-over-year. This affects you! (Unless you’re a mystical no-food yogi…yikes). We all need to eat. But can we make economical food choices to…

The Secret To Beating Inflation

Math can unlock the world for us. But only if we use it accurately. A quick lesson today on investment performance. Apologies if I end up being soap-boxy. But bad math (especially by experts) ruffles my feathers. To start, it’s high time The Best…

Even “Experts” Measure Stupidly

Another quarter in the books! Every three months, I take a look at my personal finances, share recent news from The Best Interest, and show you more dog pictures. Here are my previous quarterly updates: Why share this info? To brag about money?! No…

Net Worth, Projects, and Dogs – Update Q4 2022

On a recent episode of Freakonomics, author Yuval Noah Harari** said: Viruses exist whether we believe in them or not. Even if you don’t accept the stories about viruses, they can still kill you. Yuval Noah Harari 🚨 This is not an article about…

9 Scientific Facts to Improve Your Finances

My wife’s family lives in Clarence, NY, about 10 miles east of downtown Buffalo. We sat in their house for Christmas as 4 feet of snow and consistent 50-70 mph winds snow-globed the world around us. Buffalo got crushed by this storm. But probably NOT…

A Cold Lesson from the Buffalo Blizzard

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Most people know Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Especially the last few lines, written above. And most people…

Two Roads To Financial Independence

It’s only the start of the third week this year, and I’m looking back at a hectic couple of weeks at work, new school for the older one, farewell to the younger one’s crib, the start of potty training, farewell to my wisdom teeth (and all the fun…

Serendipity, Whimsy, and Funhouse mirrors

I spent the last few days reading Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, and as a listener to her podcast We Can Do Hard Things (okay - as part of her Pod Squad), I was catching up on an episode this morning that ended with the most lovely song by her daughter,…

We can do hard things (or, thoughts about last year and this year)

Maya Angelou writes, “In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.” What a beautiful way to capture both how selfish and how selfless the choice…

In the flush of love's light

Photo by Stephen Salpukas from Nruthyarchana, presented two weeks ago. The show’s still up on YouTube if you missed it. This year has been a roller coaster personally, professionally, and artistically. It seems especially apt to pour my swirling…