I've been doing art therapy here and there. Today's drawing of what it feels like to wake up every day in the new apartment after the warranty of habitability fight we had to get out of the old one.

New apartment life is good.

Finally up early enough to see the sunrise from the new apartment today. Still can't believe this is where I live now.

By this time tomorrow, we'll have the keys to our new apartment and begin putting the hell of this last chapter at our current apartment complex behind us.

Happy first 5:30p sunset of 2026, Denver! We'll have 5:30p or later sunsets until Nov. 1. And psst...we're less than a month away from 7p sunsets (March 8th)! #COwx

By this time next week, I'll be neck deep in moving with the movers packing us up and getting us the frak out of this hell hole. Can't wait. The countdown is on.

I'm becoming more active on Substack, finally. If you have Substack, let me know so I can follow and subscribe.

I am rooting for Bad Bunny today.

The people who say "Someday AI will buy concert tickets for you" have no idea how many weeks I spend - staring at the seating chart - analyzing new vs. resale - studying price fluctuations - estimating when the next ticket drop will happen, etc. I will never let an AI buy concert tickets for me.

Happy start of the Florence + the Machine Everybody Scream tour for all those who celebrate.

Re-reading This Is How You Lose the Time War and realizing it's a content marketing playbook. Each letter: written to one person, not an audience. Specific. Brief. Earns its emotion without a warm-up. Builds trust through pattern, not a single moment.

Don't forget your mammogram, ladies. Early detection saves lives.

I wonder how long until they bring Iger back.

Nothing like trying to plan a move in 2 weeks without being able to pack beforehand. These next few weeks are going to be super fun. /sarcasm

I tried to track my sleep with my smartwatch and it kept telling me I was dying every night.

This is how you raise a son who can't take care of himself, believes everyone else exists to serve him (especially women), and has zero responsibility for his own actions. So, spitting image of his dad, basically.

Regular people are starting to trust AI like it's a confident expert. Marketers don't. We've seen how it actually works: it can hallucinate, flatten nuance, and sound 100% sure while being wrong. That gap is going to create a long-term trust problem.

“Delve”? “Ever-evolving”? 3 em dashes? AI wrote that. @melissapopp.com joins @page2podcast.bsky.social to talk slop detection, semantic triples, and how to build content that actually sounds like you. youtu.be/k-IacIJdxM8 #ContentStrategy #AIwriting #RicketyRoo #Page2Podcast

AI didn't break content. It just exposed it. On this episode of the Page 2 Podcast, I share my real workflow, the questions that uncover a brand's actual voice, and why "more" has never been the goal. This is about working with intention, even at scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Ia...

Why yes I bought this.

If you live in the Denver Metro area and have access to a 3D printer, please DM me

"look to the helpers" THEY'RE MURDERING THE HELPERS

This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line. If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.

Who is using a Roomba or something similar and likes the one they have? Any recommendations?

What's the best thing non-marketing-related you've read this week?

Writing poetry again is changing how I see content and UX. Users don't experience "features" or "funnels." They experience relief, confusion, trust, friction, shame, and delight. Poetry trains the same skill: naming the feeling precisely, then earning it with words.

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Who is paying for Claude Max? The $100 or $200/month plan? Is it worth it? Are you hitting capacity at either level? I really want to use Opus 4.5 more but trying to determine if my usage makes the spend worth it.

I really don't know why folks are up in arms about ads in ChatGPT... and other AI really. We all knew this was coming. They all are racing to find ways to monetize and take advantage of people who don't know how to LLMs/AI works. Ads are just another way to do that.

Eh, it counts. #COwx

Here’s a U.S. president who was actually awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Denver hit 60° today for the 26th time in the past 38 days. Lemme repeat: Denver, Colorado hit 60° for the 26th time in the last 38 days. Our average high this time of the year is in the mid-40s. #COwx

Everyone is racing to "optimize for AI." Fine. Play with schema and AI search. But if your content and UX are on fire, you're just decorating a house with no plumbing.

Denver sunsets never disappoint.

No matter how much I use my pressure cooker, it scares the hell out of me every single time.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Oh, look what Evernote is doing, they KNOW they are going to lose loyal subscribers doing this...

Bending Spoons buying Evernote has been literally one of the worst downgrades in product I have ever seen relative to cost. $100+ increase in my annual subscription after an already double increase the year before? Yeah, time for something new.

Can't tell anybody why yet, but celebratory Italian food. (It's not job-related, I swear!)

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

60+ senior SEOs comparing what actually changed in 2025 and what that means for next year. The big takeaway: AI search isn't killing SEO. Confusion and bad assumptions are. Glad to contribute. Worth a read if you're planning seriously for 2026.

I am back working under duress. Two weeks off is nice. Holidays are nice. Work is nice, too, but I wish I could finally win the lottery and today reminds me of that.

The Broncos had a kickoff temperature of 60° or above for every home game this regular season. First time that’s ever happened in team history. #COwx

Birria on deck for new year's dinner. Heck of a way to kick off 2026.

Watching Sister Act to end 2025.

This year isn't ending the way I thought. 2025 was still a good year. :)

Just a dusting, it'll be gone tomorrow, but a nice reminder that it technically is winter in Denver.

It’s officially Denver’s hottest Christmas on record: 70° for a high breaks the old daily record of 69° (2005). #COwx

So amused by the Fallout ghoul log this year.

Merry Christmas & happy holidays all!