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Cake day: July 15th, 2025

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  • Start on TrekLit! Seriously…join me; you’ll (probably) love it.

    I started with “A Stitch in Time” because I’ve wanted to read it forever, and now I’ve gone through that plus two trilogies and am on 4 out of 5 books in the “Star Trek: Picard” sequel/interquel series.

    Hard copies might be difficult / expensive to obtain since many of them are out of print, but ebooks [dot] com has most of them available DRM-free if you’ve got an e-reader or don’t mind reading on your phone. A couple of the newer ones are DRM-only so I had to buy them and high-seas a DRM-free version lol. From what I’ve noticed, it seems like the publisher doesn’t release the DRM-free version until 5 years after initial release. So, ethical piracy is my solution to that.

    Here’s some gems from the one I’m reading now (ST Picard: Firewall). It’s about Seven’s time with the Fenris Rangers










  • I’m not a fan of single-purpose appliances (microwave notwithstanding), and I recently got a toaster oven / air fryer / grill (so no microwave) and I love it. Haven’t used my full size oven in the 3 months I’ve had this one.

    The “Trivection Oven” (as seen on 30 Rock) is a real appliance, and includes microwave heating as one of the 'vections. I believe the microwave heating is just to speed up cooking with the thermal and convection heat for crisping.

    Are they a gimmick? Honestly, no clue. I’ve not used one, but the logic checks out and Alton Brown approves.