• woke up. another day where I didn’t get enough sleep and woke up feeling “off.” family is sick; I think I’m getting sick.

• ate: yogurt + protein power. fed daughter. fussy today—sick or cutting a new tooth.

• answered questions on discord about squeeze pages. chatted about music taste. notable excerpt:

I've been thinking recently about something an ex said to me 20 years ago: specifically that I have bad music taste. I thought that was ridiculous. After all, I like or can find things to like about basically everything But recently I've been reconsidering. I suspect taste requires someone to be judicious and discerning as well. To enjoy as well as reject. But I'm still thinking about all this...

I think taste can and perhaps should be cultivated But in what way? Must we all be a wide open mouth, accepting all? Or should we clench our teeth when offered a comforting and familiar piece of pabulum? I do not know the answer to this.

But tension, conflict, and difference do be the piquant pepperoncinis floating in the vinegar of life

• worked out. long session. 3x8 of deadlift. emom ladder of power cleans. power cleans 1 rep to failure. dips. pullovers. lateral raises. face pulls. ez bar skullcrushers. watched rick and morty and youtube while working out.

• ate leftovers. fed daughter.

• watched cuphead with daughter. updated yesterday and today’s “what I did today” blog.

• worked on trade alert. worked on spreadsheets showing results of major indices before and after Fed rate hikes.

• ate dinner. dealt with a clog in the dishwasher—going to need to call a plumber tomorrow.

• finished trade alert/research. submitted.

• decided against staying up all night to finish other projects. watched daredevil (finished season 2) and went to bed.