William's Field Notes
William's Field Notes
William
My blog consists of notes from a working-class life. No polish, no secrets, just noticingings and other things from a guy named William.
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Chef Steve came into work yesterday and mentions in passing that "The Wallflowers are coming to Wisconsin this year." "THE WHAT!?" I said before snatching my phone out of my pocket to fire a voice conversation with Grok. Sure enough, not...
One of the boys at work is gone for the weekend while he celebrates his wedding anniversary. Typically on the weekend we are all there, because that is when it is the busiest. The boys always seem to have plenty of work to do, and they...
BearBlog has embraced the beauty of randomness. There is now a link you can click to go to a random BearBlog and another to go to a random BearBlog post. Many of these Indie/Small web sites like PowRSS, Ooh, and Bukmark Club have a...
It's gotta be put out there that Christina did everything in her power to make your day better and you shot down every fucking attempt she gave. How long can you expect her to put up with your shit before she breaks and has had enough....
Ran into a bump in the road with Obsidian the other day which is a very rare occurrence. Inside of a note I was making, I linked to another one of my vaults. But when I popped the preview, nothing happened when I clicked the link. Fast...
There is something we gotta package into words, then sentences, then paragraphs and let loose into the ether in order keep going. Very recently I had a very large piece of Humble Pie served to me, and instead of sulking in sorrow about...
People around here really seem to lean into the Irish heritage they don't really have today. There is some small town not too far from here (Erin) that has some crazy-huge Saint Patrick's Day celebration, where they close basically the...
Since winter began last year, I've had my "toast" button on BearBlog as a Snowflake emoji. ❄️ That is what you saw when you came here and saw a new post. When you liked or toasted a post it would turn into a Snowman. ☃️ With the Spring...
I have been using Obsidian now for almost six years. It seems to have gained a lot of attention recently, as people plug Claude Code directly into one of the most sacred directories on their computer. Linting and Prettifying your vault...
I tried to keep this short. I failed. I had intentions of coming on here to talk about work-related topics and how my entire life is probably about to change. It just goes to show that I never really have any idea what's going to happen...
og post: https://spice.bearblog.dev/on-being-talentless/ Keep in mind I am just a random stranger from the Bearoverse who subscribes to her blog, and by all accounts I am someone whose opinion can easily be disregarded. But her words...
This is a typography-first BearBlog theme built around restraint, legibility, and mood. No tricks. No visual noise. Just clean reading space and a soft accent system. QuietType exists for blogs that want to quiet down a little and, have...
Those people who feared MODE was going to be some sort of AI implementation should breath a sigh of relief to know it's actually a three-day festival in a city that epitomizes everything that is wrong with our country right now. No...
Echo passed away last night. We gave her the best life we could, and she has been my Grandmother's shadow for the last 16 years. As I type these words my eyes well up in tears. How lucky we all were to have been around the same time as...
We can't seem to catch a break. Grandma is back in hospital again. I was only asleep for about three hours when my Mother came upstairs having a borderline-heart-attack. She was having trouble speaking, telling me that Grandma woke her...