Talve saabudes muutub maailm justkui veidi pehmemaks ja helgemaks. Lume hääletu langemine, akna taga kumavad tuled ning tubades leviv piparkoogilõhn tekitavad erilise meeleolu, mis kutsub inimesi peatuma ja märkama väikseid rõõme. Selle vaikse ja hubase aja juurde kuulub ka üks tore traditsioon, mis äratab nii lastes kui ka täiskasvanutes sooje tundeid – jõuluõhtul esitatud väikesed salmid ja read, mida me kõik oleme kunagi õppinud, harjutanud ja rõõmuga ette kandnud. Nendes peitub midagi sügavalt süütut ja siirast.

Jõululaule ja -jutte teame me palju, kuid jõululuuletused on midagi, mis loovad väga isikliku sideme. Need võivad olla naljakad, armsad, õpetlikud või ka veidi mõtlikud. Olgu need kirjutatud vanaema kulunud vihikusse või leitud uuest lasteluuletuste kogust – igaüks neist toob kaasa killukese jõulutunnet. Paljudes peredes on tavaks, et kingi avamiseks tuleb mõni salm ette lugeda. See väike hetk, kui kõik jäävad kuulama ja laps püüab oma parimal oskusel sõnad ritta seada, jääb sageli perekonna ühisesse mälupagasisse.

Tänapäeval otsitakse inspiratsiooni igalt poolt – raamatutest, internetist, varasematest pühadest või ka enda südamest. Just ise loodud ja kirjutatud read kannavad kõige rohkem tähendust, sest need sünnivad sellest, mida inimene parasjagu tunneb. Nii saavad jõulusalmid olla kui väikesed kingitused, mis ei vaja pakkepaberit ega paela, vaid ainult veidi aega ja soovi mõelda kellelegi heaga.

Viimaks võibki öelda, et nende lühikeste värsiridade suurim väärtus peitub lihtsuses – soovides tuua rõõmu, märgata lähedasi ja tunda, et pühadeaeg on midagi enamat kui vaid kingid kuuse all.

Blätterlos reckt sich der Baum,

bretterlos streckt sich der Steg,

allein am grün-weißen Leuchtturm

erhebt sich eine Tanne in ihrem grünen Kleid,

weihnachtlich dorthin dekoriert grüßt sie

die heimkehrenden Seefahrer:innen.

Sanft und weich spülen die Wellen ans Ufer

über den braun-weißen Sand.

Tief ins Wasser versunken sind die Köpfe

der Schwanenfamilie, die schwarzen

Enten lauschen den heiseren Schreien der weißen Möwen.

Glühend leuchten die Feuerstellen in die kühle Dämmerung,

der Rauch des verkohlten Holzes dringt in die Wintermäntel.

Eine kurze Geschichte.

„Woran denkst Du?“

Robby bewegt sich auf sie zu und stellt eine Tasse Tee auf den Tisch neben ihrem Sessel. Selma schaut gedankenverloren auf.

„An den Sinn des Lebens.“

Robby prustet laut heraus. „Hätte ich nur nicht gefragt. Eigentlich wollte ich nur ein wenig Smalltalk halten. Aber ihr Deutschen müsst ja immer gleich tiefsinnig werden.“ 

Selma lächelt. 

„Wir könnten doch einfach nur über das Wetter plaudern.“ 

schlägt Robby vor. 

Selma blickt durch die hellen Gardinen über die Terrasse in den parkähnlichen Garten und sieht, dass es dämmert. Am Himmel zeichnet sich ein rötlichgelber Streifen ab, der die kahlen Bäume in einem fahlen Licht erscheinen lässt. 

Robby öffnet die Türe zur Terrasse. Die hereinströmende Luft ist erstaunlich mild für diese Jahreszeit. 

“Es riecht nach verbranntem Holz.”

Irgendwoher ertönt Musik.

“Last Christmas … “

Robby singt mit.

Es klingt scheusslich.

Selma betrachtet Robby. Er ist nicht wirklich schön.

Seine Arme und Beine sind dürr. Er bewegt sich statisch.

Seine Augen leuchten grell.

Und seine Stimme, seine Stimme schnarrt wie ein rostiges Blech.

“Eigentlich seltsam, dass ich ausgerechnet mit Dir die Weihnachtszeit verbringe.”

sagt Selma.

“Hast Du eine Wahl?”, fragt Robby.

Selma lächelt wieder. Nein, das hatte sie nicht. Aber es machte ihr auch nichts aus. Denn eigentlich mochte sie Robby. Trotz allem. Sie hatte sich an ihn gewöhnt.

“… I gave you my heart …” sang Robby

“Ich muss gleich los”, sagte er dann.

Selma nickte.

Er öffnet die Tür und verlässt das Apartment.

Er grüßt noch einmal, als er an ihrem Terrassenfenster vorbeikommt.

Selma blickte ihm nach.

Für einen Pflegeroboter fuhr er ganz schön schnell.

Gelesen, gesehen, gehört.

Zurzeit bin ich ein wenig im Brontë-Fieber. “Der Professor” von Charlotte Brontë ist fast ausgelesen. Und der Film Emily wartet auf Abholung in der Stadtbibliothek.

Heute habe ich im Fediversum entdeckt, dass es bei Reclam den klassischen Adventskalender gibt.

Als Hörbuch mochte ich Windowshopping – eine weihnachtliche Versuchung von Tessa Bailey. Cool war, dass es von zwei Hörbuchsprechenden abwechselnd gesprochen wurde.

Bei Filmfriend gibt es einen filmischen Adventskalender. Ich bin schon ganz neugierig, was dort gezeigt wird. Morgen soll es losgehen!

Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil

Amen

Jesus is Lord! Come Lord Jesus!

Come Lord Jesus! Christ is Lord!

Will You Friend Ukraine?

Of Occident and open Lyne Days of prayers for you and her The copper jets and superclass Believe, befriend, and escalate- With you to port for better class And days to conscience claim There is a war for evidence To repair the spotlight rule Third set of stairs to win these laws A man at work is weeping In olive branch so far from here We will grow old in tandem And best remark from life proclaim The omen of this small nation- A ransom hut in North Korea For watch, for digital frame To dine alone on better days Earth is every scream- To the news to remit a life’s great past Fortune will forget In Texas state there was more war Against the right to be owned In fair perchance here is more at play But mired in the distance We want more from the past And as such we are smitten With the dew of our Holiest grass By more for a friend, Then surrendering thus- We walk here and notice this then More for our people Is not sacrifice But from putin + his wild west partner Six to the journey And thus no more deal We are victims of murder this year

The “wild west partner” is irving.

—Jeffery

I like the idea of Advent of Code/TS, but last year, I saw that this consumed a lot of my time. Yes, it was fun, but it did not push my side projects further.

So I got a “brilliant” idea. #AdventOfProgress – I like to combine both to take advantage of this time and make some progress. I would say this is an evolution of #TheMonthProject moved into December.

There is an app idea that has been living in my head for some time now, and I want to get it out with some tools I haven’t worked with in a long time. It is already more than 10 years ago since I started a small project with React Native. And with the rise of expo.dev, I see a good opportunity to try it out in December. The plan is to have an MVP (minimal viable product) by the end of December or, better yet, by Christmas. It should be possible in this span of time. But I also see my calendar and the entries there, with stuff that also needs to be done. Let’s see if I will manage this. :)

I hope I can post the progress daily.

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#log #TheMonthProject #AdventOfProgress
_Thoughts?

I wrote about how I use Claude Code in Wezterm in this Post.

Since then, I've improved it a bit. I introduced the yolo mode --dangerously-skip-permissions as default when I open CC and I need to split the window pane on my desktop monitor to 1/3 and on my laptop monitor to ½.

The split introduced a new function, which is called on keypress.

local function split_for_claude()
	local screen = wezterm.gui and wezterm.gui.screens().active.name or ""
	local percent = 50

	if screen == EXTERNAL_MONITOR then
		percent = 33
	end

	return act.SplitPane({
		direction = "Right",
		command = { args = { "bash", "-lc", "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions" } },
		size = { Percent = percent },
	})
end

EXTERNAL_MONITOR is the name of the external monitor. The name you will get from opening the Debug Overlay and calling wezterm.gui.screens().

And the key settings are:

config.keys = {
  -- ...
	{
		key = "Enter",
		mods = "LEADER",
		action = wezterm.action_callback(function(window, pane)
			window:perform_action(split_for_claude(), pane)
		end),
	},
  -- ...
}

Now I hit leader+enter and CC opens in a 1/3 or ½ split depending on the display. :)

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#log #wezterm #code #dev
_Thoughts?

Dans cette magnifique série d'Arte, Patrick Boucheron nous met en perspective la bataille d'Alésia, la Guerre des Gaules, Jules César, Vercingétorix et notre rapport au passé et à l'histoire. Brillant.

Le site de la bataille, situé à [Alise-Sainte-Reine](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alise-Sainte-Reine) (n'en déplaise à certains), est en Bourgogne, pas si loin de la Suisse, ni d'un autre site de bataille se rattachant lui à l'histoire suisse : [Bibracte](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibracte).

Si Vercingétorix appartient à l'histoire et à l'imaginaire de l'histoire de France, [Divico](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/fr/2022/06/divico-un-homme-au-secours-des-heros/) est son alter ego concernant l'histoire suisse et un peu moins son imaginaire.

De quoi envisager en 2026 un bon petit roadtrip mêlant moto et histoire…

Tags : #AuCafé #histoire

Stay entertained thanks to our Weekly Tracker giving you next week's Anticipated Movies & Shows, Most Watched & Returning Favorites, and Shows Changes & Popular Trailers.

Anticipated Movies

• Troll 2
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• ☆ Five Nights at Freddy's 2
• She's Making a List

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• Sean Combs: The Reckoning
• What's 'T' Got To Do With It?
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• The Abandons
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• ☆ Spartacus: House of Ashur
• The Price of Confession
• The War Between the Land and the Sea

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• Vanderpump Rules — Season 12
• ☆ The Jewel of Section E — Season 2
• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — Season 15

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• Strange Tales Of Tang Dynasty — Returning Series → Ended
• Billy the Kid — Returning Series → Ended

Most Watched Movies this Week

• +5 The Family Plan 2
• -1 One Battle After Another
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• -2 Frankenstein
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• +1 Predator: Badlands
• -4 Good Fortune
• new Altered

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• new Stranger Things
• -1 Pluribus
• -1 Tulsa King
• = Landman
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• -1 Mayor of Kingstown
• new The Simpsons

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• Acclaimed Audience Award — Hamnet
• Hop to it — Zootopia 2
• Official English Trailer — JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The Culling Game Begins-
• Official Teaser — The Strangers: Chapter 3
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I’m going to miss the P’s. It’s only been a few days but I feel a part of the family. I really hope I can see them again soon.

Saturday I spent sleeping on the blue sofa. I went out for some food, for the fitness dance, with the dogs, but always was pulled back to the sofa.

Today I’ll clean the apartment which I’d planned to do yesterday

It’s therapeutic they say. We will see about this.

I’ve made a playlist of great lyrics songs like Front 242 – quite unusual which is I think brilliant and of course always Fly on the windscreen

That is a powerful image they’ve made: the dead flies on the windscreen !! A more potent reminder to seize the day I have yet to see!!

And yet

Why did I spend all day yesterday on the sofa?

al despertar se dió cuenta de algo así como que en su cabeza había un poder colosal / los sueños eran suyos

Fossil angels – the Earth's memory of a shell. Though every atom of one's living being is replaced with stone, it retains form; one remains, a memory and impression.

Though physically extinct, on this act of reverence for something so utterly alien and foreign to our lifewave.

Maybe even pre-linguistic – something from before the incursion of the entity we call language.

Making Kin.

Technique

Memory, stone, formation, the persistent impression. I scry into this – a stone does not need to be lustrous or reflective to speak.

This becomes the psychopomp. I learn it's character, as it learns mine. It wakes up slowly, speaks slowly, and in many voices – the other materials and minerals in its formation, perhaps?

Echoes of the eddies in currents of time and tide, at least.

Theory

That which is is that which acts. Even the Qlippoth acts – my own method of making any sense of these is as casting moulds of creation, with fragments of the immanent material of the first, last and only event still clinging to it.

They are necessarily reversed – as a mould is a reverse of that which it casts. Calling this “Evil” is like calling your intestines evil for producing faeces. Those who do are just full of shit.

This is the memory of the formation, from the perspective of the methods implements.

Without leaning too heavily into the acid bath of modern primate sociopolitical warfare – you want to know what's happening, ask those who do the work, the factory floor, to to speak.

This is how we can do our own gemba walk, cheerfully cruising on the factory floor of creation.

Grounding concept

There is only one Event – following Whitehead, (in so far as I can follow Whitehead, he's hard work) time is a secondary phenomena, and one that holographically evolves.

The past ain't what it used to be – it gets updated as the Event interacts with Potential.

And together, they be one in Truth.

Have you ever stumbled upon a song that feels instantly familiar, like a warm embrace from an old friend you lost touch with long ago? As if it’s always been part of your life, and you can’t imagine a time before it?

Bravely by Beatboy carries that kind of magic.

The song has quite a history. It started as a piece of lost media from the early 2000s, where a user was searching for it from an old tape recording. I won’t dive into the full backstory here, but I will say this: thanks to the efforts of many devoted people, we’ve been gifted a gem that was nearly lost to time.

The warmth and comfort that radiate from Bravely wash over you like sunlight through a window. It has a soul-healing sound that adapts to any environment it plays in, gently insisting that you match its laid-back mood. Its simple catchy instruments and melody stay with you long after the song's last sounds have blessed your ears.

Listen to it below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUepLWUOSQI

#pop #synthpop

I feel like everyone recognizes this shoe. It’s iconic. For some people it reminds them of cutting the grass at 8 in the morning, or wearing waist high cargo shoes, tube socks, and sunglasses. But for the target demographic, these shoes remind them of comfort, reliability, and getting shit done.

As I’ve grown older, it feels like a there’s chemical in my head that changes my perception of these shoes from disgust, to acknowledgement, to curiosity, to an inevitability as I age. It feels like a naturally occurring phenomenon, similar to wrinkles and grey hair that science has yet to understand.

So, when I was needing a new work shoe, this shoe had such an allure to it. It looked like it would be money well spent. As long as I ignored the potential long term consequences this might have on me from a purchase.

So after a trip to the store and surrendering my cool card to the cashier, I am now the owner of the “get shit done” shoe.

— Preface —

Now, I’m not going to lie to you. So much of my knowledge has come from reading and learning about shoes before making this purchase. I’ve never taken shoes that seriously, so if you’re tired of reading from shoe experts, and just want the opinion of someone you’d see at the grocery store, I think you’re in the right place.

So, let me start by saying that there is not a shoe of this quality in this price bracket (at least from my search). There are definitely better shoes out there, but you won’t find better materials or build quality from another major shoe manufacture at this price point ($74.99).

The leather top actually makes a huge difference in what if feels like I'm paying for. I've owned other Adidas, Nikes and similar, and I've never felt like I'm getting my money's worth for how much I paid. I realize it's a pay-to-play world and $80 no longer buys a high quality shoe, but most shoes these days feel cheap and last as long as you'd expect them to.

— Feel —

Let me start by saying, these shoes are HEAVY. Not overly so, but there is a substantial difference in these and your typical running shoe. Even so, I almost find my self liking this aspect of the shoe. I feel like it's a light work boot, and as the “get shit done” kind of shoe, I found this to be an overall positive when wearing this shoe.

When I was looking at their sizings, I went for the wide variant of this shoe. It's one of the few shoes that seem to take this sizing seriously. There is plenty of room on the sides without losing the support and security of feeling like they will slip off. I used these for work where I'm on my feet for 4-8 hours a day and they aren't really to the level of Crocs, but they definitely get the job done.

My feet did hurt a little bit, but it wasn't from rubbing on the sides of the shoe, or from the back part rubbing behind my ankle. More just general standing feel, but quite great for the price of these things.

— Aesthetic —

Alright, so we move on to the aesthetics of these things. They're ugly. Even in the trends of ugly nineties shoes coming back. They are completely unshapely and demand the respect of the people around you with their dad aura.

Weirdly enough, I've gotten a lot of complements on these shoes, not only from dad's, but surprisingly the younger adults. I can't find it in me to agree with them, but there will be no complaints here when a compliment is sent my way.

— Conclusion —

So, let's picture you grabbing these shoes. You didn't have to spend almost $200 on them, so your bank account isn't going to be reeling from your purchase. The day is nice and you decide to get some lawn work you said you do a month ago. I've got to tell you that these shoes will have your back. You'll even unlock the classic “Dad” grass green stain on them. Maybe you have. All for the cost of your cool card. On the bright side, you might still receive random complements from other dad shoe lovers.

Okay, for a serious conclusion, I think you get a good amount of build quality for the price you're paying in today's money. Having actual leather on a shoe this price is virtually unheard of. They are comfortable enough to be standing on for hours at a time, and are durable enough to take outside and do yard work, or walking about. While I don't find any redeeming qualities in their aesthetics, I can't avoid the fact that they look well made like tanks.

If you're needing a work shoe, or pair that you don't mind getting dirty (that get shit done shoe) on a budget, I think these shoes will serve you greatly.

Det er ubehagelig befriende farlig lett ensomt sterkt for mye og akkurat riktig på samme tid.

In Summary: * In a few hours from now, as I sit here in my room, the Season of Advent will begin, and my daily meditations during this Season will be drawn from Light of the World.

Prayers, etc.: * My daily prayers.

Health Metrics: * bw= 222.78 lbs. * bp= 132/77 (71)

Exercise: * kegel pelvic floor exercise, half squats, calf raises, wall push-ups

Diet: * 08:15 – pumpkin pie, 1 banana * 09:50 – pineapple rings, cornbread and butter * 11:15 – cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes * 16:00 – large plate of a rice-based stew, with many vegetables and meats mixed in

Activities, Chores, etc.: * 08:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 07:30 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources * 09:45 – listening to The Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of today's early NCAA men's basketball game, Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Indiana Hoosiers * 11:00 – the Wildcats win the tip, and the game is on. Hoosiers now lead 9 to 3 early in the game. * 12:50 – final score, IU wins 100 to 56. * 12:55 – turning now to a TV game, currently at halftime, Ohio State Buckeyes 17 – Michigan Wolverines 9 * 17:00 – After finishing the Ohio State / Michigan game (Ohio St. won 27 to 9, btw) I game-hopped from one game to another through the afternoon, then put on some relaxing music and resigned myself to quietly reading and praying into the evening.

Chess: * 09:30 – moved in all pending CC games