What I Learned This Week - 8/29/2025

1.  An interstellar comet, 31/Atlas, which will do a flyby of Earth on December 19, 2025, has recently been identified as potentially nuclear powered by Harvard scientists - which is exactly how most alien invasion horror movies start. #JustSayin
2. I have developed the ability to immediately forget the password I just created because I could no longer use my old password and I don’t know how to unlearn this. #ResetPasswordAgain
3. Apparently, some people don’t have wolves inside them battling for psychological dominance, they have a single orange cat with a roll of tape and now that you know this, you now magically understand at least three of your friends. #maybe
4. After two years of the struggle, I still don’t understand why I can no longer use a plastic bag to carry around all my plastic wrapped groceries but have to use a "reusable" plastic bag instead or pay extra for a paper bag that was once free. #Economics
5. I don’t know what happens in a man’s life that triggers the overwhelming desire to wear the newsboy cap (aka the peaky blinders hat) and I fear I’m nearing that point. #KindaNeat #GaspTheyHaveTruckerVersions
6. There is some truth to the adage that as you get older you don't actually figure it all out, you just run out of enough energy to care anymore. #maybe
7.  104.7 The Mile is the most eclectic random radio station and absolutely the perfect background music for sitting in a cabin in Leadville Colorado with a beverage and good conversation. #ThanksMike #NinaBlackoodIsStillaDJ
8. I surprised myself to discover that I actually don’t like to catch big fish, I love the puzzle of figuring out how to catch them. #EnginerdBrain
9. I forget the power of mental and spiritual reset that occurs when wading in a calm mountain lake focused solely on nature. #SoVeryQuiet
10. I’m pretty sure the door knob in my house can detect the appropriate amount of stress built up in me to time it perfectly to catch my belt loop and wrap me around the door to say, “Dude, a stupid door stopped you, lighten up Francis”. #StupidLever
11. I discovered while stretching that it is a lot easier to touch the tips of your shoes if you take your shoes off and move them closer. #Gainz
12. I’m not the only one that suddenly can’t fall asleep because as I’m falling asleep I remember a favorite shirt that I haven’t seen in suspiciously long while and then tear apart the house trying to find it. #OhYeahItsTooSmall
13. I don’t know what’s happened in my past that makes deleting apps that I’ve never opened on my phone so difficult and I’d really like to know why. #IMightNeedItSomeday
14. An entire squad of Marines managed to defeat (get past undetected) an advanced DARPA AI powered human detection camera by somersaulting, pretending to be a cardboard box, and pretending to be a bush. #AINotQuiteTerminatorScaryYet
15. Apparently, I’m the only one in the world that was disappointed to hear that Tay-Tay and the Big Yeti are engaged, but not so disappointed that I didn’t stop to partake in the free celebratory donuts at Krispy Kreme. #Priorities
16. According to my wife, her life would be greatly improved if the couch sleepy transferred to the bed sleepy. #CantArgue