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It’s Monday, and I’m pushing ahead at full speed on the screened-in front porch office as I work my way through my to-do list. I do have an online checklist, but it’s not as satisfying to look at the version on my whiteboard.

I’m continuing to work on revising the book I co-wrote, iOS Apprentice, 8th Edition. I’ve got until the end of the week.

As you can see, I’ve obscured most of my checklist except for two items:

• Posting a “Thank you, Lilypad and Fintech!” article on my tech blog Global Nerdy. It’s an overdue expression of gratitude to my former employer, Lilypad, and its parent company, Fintech.
• Promoting Virtual Ignite Tampa Bay. Ignite Tampa Bay’s in-person event may be cancelled thanks to COVID-19, but theres no reason it can’t be done online. Join us as we present the best of Ignite Tampa Bay over the years, which includes this gem from Ignite Tampa Bay 2015:

…I’d try to go with the least worst of this motley rabble of reprehensible gasbags. Maybe house number 2, especially since Jordan “Get your life together, bucko!” / “alt-right Dr. Phil” Peterson will still be recovering from that medically induced coma from that Russian clinic that he went to because of his addiction to benzos, and will be silent (this is man who needs to follow his own Rules for Life, or perhaps a better-written version thereof). Also because I’m pretty sure I could intimidate a limp fish like Charlie Kirk with an askew glance.

If you were forced to, which of these houses of right-wing grifters would you live with?

Need to know more about PragerU?

• PragerU’s Wikipedia entry
• Dennis Prager’s entry on RationalWiki
• New York Times: Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time
• Media Matters for America: PragerU relies on a veneer of respectability to obscure its propagandist mission
• Mother Jones: Inside the Right-Wing YouTube Empire That’s Quietly Turning Millennials Into Conservatives
• Los Angeles Times: How a Los Angeles-based conservative became one of the internet’s biggest sensations
• TechDirt: Prager University Loses Another Of Its Silly Lawsuits Against YouTube Over Non-Existent ‘Bias’
• The Weather Channel: A COURSE IN CLIMATE MISINFORMATION
• Southern Poverty Law Center: PragerU’s influence

Thanks to Sleeping Giants for the find!

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Cod

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Pan-fried in ghee until flaky and seasoned with salt, pepper, and Jamaican style curry powder.

Plantains

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Pan-fried in butter and hazelnut oil and seasoned with pumpkin pie spice.

From the pantry: saag and peas

We had a couple of cans of vegetables in our pantry that were a little past their “best before” date: saag (curried mustard greens) and sweet peas. I mixed them together, seasoned them with hot red pepper, turmeric, and lemon grass, and then heated them in the microwave.

The result

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If you were planning to do grocery shopping this week, sooner is better. There are not one, but two major holidays later this week that involve special dinners:

• Passover, which starts tomorrow and has special dinners (Seders) tomorrow and Thursday, and
• Easter, which starts Friday and concludes Sunday, typically with a big dinner.

These holidays mean that groceries might be busier this week. Couple this with the current hoarding behavior and multiple recommendations to try and stay in for the next two weeks because they’re going to be bad, and you should come to the conclusion that if you’re going to buy groceries this week, sooner is better.