Watched: The Godfather 🍿 This movie gets better every time I watch it.

This text from my introverted friend that works at the same large company as my introverted husband made me laugh.

isportlandburning.com 😛

You know when you see a mom or a dad first thing in the morning on TV? They’re fully dressed and look ready to conquer the world? Why doesn’t anyone show the person tiptoeing around in the dark trying not to wake their family while they get dressed and make coffee? Good morning.

Watched: One Battle After Another 🍿 Others have said that going into this movie not knowing anything is the way to go. I’ll agree with that. It’s great though.

Tracking Trump's attacks on Portland: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/10/05/tracking-trumps-attacks-on-portland.html

Portland Oregon Antifa I'd like to humbly suggest we use "Grab 'em by the Couch" as our rallying cry. It's a triple entendre!

Finished reading: Abundance by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein 📚 Reading any book related to politics now feels like it MUST be out of date, given how quickly things have/are changing in the US. This book though is about ho... https://kimberlykg.com/2025/10/05/finished-reading-abundance-by-derek.html

My daughter recently started watching The X-Files for the first time. 📺 I haven’t watched it since it first aired and I didn’t watch all of it so I’m rewatching it now. Every episode has a moment of “Whoa, it’s that person!” or “Wait, who is that?” immediately followed by “Wow, they are so young!”

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The thing is: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/29/the-thing-is.html

War Ravaged Portland sure is beautiful. kimberlykg.com/2025/09/27/w...

The cat takes advantage of the recliner every time I try to work there. He’s pretty cute, but then every once in a while he tries to lick his neck hairs which get stuck in his mouth because they’re too long. :laughing: Am I supposed to trim them?? Does he look annoyed or bored to you?

Week One Down: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/26/week-one-down.html

Wishing luck to a stranger: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/24/wishing-luck-to-a-stranger.html

I forgot about the “new job, new laptop” excitement! My new computer arrived yesterday. Hehe! I’m looking forward to next week. (Fully expecting to need extra sleep as well.)

Noting the many visitors to the backyard: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/18/noting-the-many-visitors-to.html Enjoying the backyard for an unfortunate reason.

It’s been five years since my best friend passed away. I think she would hate for her digital legacy to be stuck on Facebook at this point, but that’s where it is. I can’t bring myself to log in over there to see if anyone else noted this anniversary so I hate that it’s there too.

This afternoon, my son and I went to watch the Hamilton recording that’s in movie theaters for a limited time. There were some scenes I hadn’t noticed, before which was surprising. After all this time, the talent involved is still ... https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/09/this-afternoon-my-son-and.html

My son sent a text saying that his new apartment has reached “the pile stage of organization” and asked for some help moving beyond that. 🥰 I’m looking forward to spending the day with him.

Consistency is hard.: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/07/consistency-is-hard.html

Streaks seem to work for me: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/06/streaks-seem-to-work-for.html

Last night I was thinking about Joseph, Oregon which made me think of fresh tomatoes which made me think of BLTs which reminded me that this is the perfect time to get a BLT from my favorite local bakery. This may be all I want to eat between now and October 1st. Heaven!

Accepting a Job is Emotional: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/04/accepting-a-job-is-emotional.html

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/02/ivanpah-solar-power-facility.html The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility near Las Vegas is a sight to see.

Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old: copa.apps.uri.edu

Late summer in Portland translates to spiders. Lots of them! Orbweavers specifically, I think. This wouldn’t bother me so much, except for the fact that I keep running into spider webs every time I walk outside. I’m fairly... https://kimberlykg.com/2025/09/01/late-summer-in-portland-translates.html

I didn’t know there was a Guinness World Record for walking on Lego bricks and I’m also not planning to attempt it. I was reminded how painful it is just yesterday! Bringing visibility to the struggles veterans face is a worthwhile goal, however.

Beautiful wooden clock: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/08/28/beautiful-wooden-clock.html

Another person to drink coffee with!: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/08/28/another-person-to-drink-coffee.html

Heather Cox Richardson’s short history of the Nineteenth Amendment is just as good as you’d expect.

Extremely life affirming week at #ATProto_NYC. Some quick, scattered thoughts about where all this is heading. tl;dr: we are going to fix the internet, we're going to outcompete the freaks that we're up against, and we're going to do it together. 🧵

Humanity in Interviews: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/08/21/humanity-in-interviews.html There are good ways to interview people and not so good ways to interview people.

Hoyt Arboretum: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/08/19/hoyt-arboretum.html

This past Friday marked a decade since we moved to Portland Oregon and this house. While it was obviously nice to be able to walk down the hill and put my feet in the Pacific Ocean before, the whole family has really thrived in Oregon. It was a good decision.

The Eldest is Home: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/08/02/the-eldest-is-home.html

It's worth so much more than $5 per month!

21 Years!: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/07/17/years.html

I enjoyed Superman much more than I expected to.

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

Help Wanted! I'm holding a Community Bug Squash on Thursday, July 10th to help identify issues with the Smoke Signal Preview site. Check out the event for details on how to help. Please share and spread the word!

Christ, I just went down this rabbit hole and there is a LOT

Is it too naive to want basic kindness in the people elected to represent *all* of us?

appviewappviewappview - after 6 months, I'm running what is, afaik, the first full-network bluesky appview - you can use it at zeppelin.social, query it at bsky.zeppelin.social, read about it at whtwnd.com/futur.blue/3..., & help me keep it up for more than a few weeks at github.com/sponsors/fut...

Dark times call for reckless purchases. store.theonion.com/p...

"I just used my slide rule in my physics final." My youngest is thriving in school and in life. :)

Old notes: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/06/09/old-notes.html

The Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon: https://kimberlykg.com/2025/05/27/the-oregon-garden-in-silverton.html Photos of the Conifer Garden at The Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon.

Am I the only person with an account on @letterboxd.social that can't log in because it always says the password is wrong even when I've just reset it and I'm still using the same thing I just pasted from the password manager to create the new password?