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Writer: science fiction and fantasy, personal finance, and Esperanto

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2023-07-04 13:49

Posted on 2023-07-04
by Philip Brewer

The brats are “Sheboygan” brats, which according to the woman at Olde Time Meats are the same as regular brats except they have more black pepper. The skewers vary slightly: Mine has an extra purple onion; Jackie’s has an extra yellow pepper.

A charcoal grill with two skewers of veggies and two bratwurst
Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged cooking, jackie, patio, Photography

2023-07-02 15:32

Posted on 2023-07-02
by Philip Brewer

As long as I’ve been using a Pixel phone (I’m on my third), Google has been alerting me to make “canvas” prints. But the alert always led to a blank screen.

A couple of days ago I thought, “You know, I don’t need them to pick which photo to print; I can just print one I like!”

Jackie in a backpack with her trekking poles sitting on a rock on the Giant City Trillium Trail, looking up at rock walls
Posted in News, Photography | Tagged giant city, hiking, jackie, Photography

2023-06-29 13:33

Posted on 2023-06-29
by Philip Brewer

National Weather Service: “Destructive 80 mph winds.”

Jackie, wanting to be clear: “Not the constructive kind.”

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged allegedly funny, jackie, Photography, severe weather, weather

2023-06-27 06:43

Posted on 2023-06-27
by Philip Brewer

Yesterday was Jackie’s birthday, and she and Ashley came to my Esperanto meeting. Jackie and I had beers (the Hazy U of IPA), but poor Ashley had to make due with water. (And some of Tony’s potato chips.) #dogsofmastodon

Jackie and Ashley sitting in the beer garden
Posted in News, Photography | Tagged Ashley, beer, Blind Pig Brewery, dog, dog pictures, dogsofmastodon, Esperanto, jackie

2023-05-29 09:20

Posted on 2023-05-29
by Philip Brewer

Me, responding to Jackie (asking if I want her to close the house up): “Don’t do anything on my account. Do whatever makes sense to you. Or, if nothing makes sense to you… be confused.”

Posted on 2023-05-29
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged allegedly funny, jackie

2023-05-10 19:38

Posted on 2023-05-10
by Philip Brewer

“That felt like going downhill,” said Jackie.

“We’ve been living in Central Illinois too long,” said I.

(To be fair, it was downhill—just barely.)

A rather flat paved footpath in suburban Savoy, Illinois.
Posted in News, Photography | Tagged allegedly funny, jackie, local, Photography

2023-04-24 13:39

Posted on 2023-04-24
by Philip Brewer

Jackie and I had seen these sculptures from the road on our way to our dog training class. Today we parked at the other end of the Robe trail, then walked to this spot and back to the car, about a 3-mile round trip. #dogsofmastodon

Our dog and Jackie standing next to a park bench amidst three sculptures of dogs, one looking at whoever is sitting in the bench and two more running that way.
Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged Ashley, dog, dog pictures, dogsofmastodon, jackie, walking

2023-04-17 13:09

Posted on 2023-04-17
by Philip Brewer

Jackie was in the mood for some prime ribeye, so we got one and I prepared it with a quick and easy mushroom gravy, along with some twice-baked potatoes from the butcher that sold the steak. Served with the nice Triptych beer A Wizard is Never Late.

Twice-baked potato next to a steak covered with mushroom gravy, with a beer can next to the plate
Posted in News, Photography | Tagged beer, food, jackie, minimally processed food, Photography

2023-04-05 12:45

Posted on 2023-04-05
by Philip Brewer

“Be a good dog. Don’t boop my laptop with your snout,” I said.

“What should she boop it with?” asks Jackie.

#dogsofmastodon

Dog looking at my from across my laptop
Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged allegedly funny, Ashley, dog, dog pictures, dogsofmastodon, jackie, laptop

2023-04-03 13:00

Posted on 2023-04-03
by Philip Brewer
Jackie with Ashley in the background, almost invisible in the shade.

Ashley (just visible behind Jackie) likes shifting from the sunny places to the shady places every few minutes. Jackie, on the other hand, enjoys sitting in the sun (as I do). #dogsofmastodon

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged Ashley, dog, dog pictures, dogsofmastodon, jackie, sun

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I write science fiction and fantasy stories.

I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.

For a while I taught Taiji.

For eleven years I was a senior writer at Wise Bread, writing about personal finance and frugality.

Before that I spent a quarter-century as a software engineer.

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As she does, Ashley has once again found her place in the sun.

A black dog with a white chest lying on in the light streaming in through the window
2025-04-10 3:53 pm

“This isn’t what we voted for!” scream a bunch of American racists and fascists who voted for exactly this.

2025-04-07 9:22 am

We know what happens when the Fed “looks through” one-off price hikes : philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-04-05 10:40 am

My happenstantial daily routine Sunrise through thin clouds viewed across Dohme Park : philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-04-04 7:39 pm
Some financial commentators are suggesting that the hit to the economy from the new tariffs will push the Fed to lower interest rates, but I don’t see it. The tariffs will push up prices, so the Fed will feel it needs to stick with higher rates for longer.The result will be exactly as I forecast months a... philipbrewer.micro.blog
2025-04-03 7:28 am

Back to sword fighting! A sword bag on the floor holding two rapiers and two longswords : philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-03-31 12:08 pm

“total abortion bans come at the cost of more than 36,000 residents per quarter.”

Source: Are People Fleeing States with Abortion Bans? | NBER (Link to page that links to the pdf of the study.)

Graph showing migration out of states that ban abortion begins rising dramatically shortly before Dobbs decision and continues to rise

Via Emily Peck, via Slate Money.

2025-03-29 9:19 am

It’s warm enough that Ashley’s place in the sun is almost entirely in the shade.

2025-03-28 12:08 pm

Daffodils and squills! The squills were my idea, but Jackie did most of the work in our little flower garden, except that the lilies, which won’t bloom for another couple of months, were left by the previous member.

Some daffodils and squills in a small flower garden by a door and window
2025-03-28 9:16 am

“… food delivery giant DoorDash announced a deal Thursday with buy-now, pay-later outfit Klarna, offering hungry consumers “the added convenience of Klarna’s seamlessly integrated, flexible payment options while shopping.”

Source: Almost Daily Grant’s Commentary

Of course. Who doesn’t think it’s a good idea to spread the cost of your lunch over a few weeks or months?

2025-03-21 10:46 am

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