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https://jerrytowler.com/2024/01/30/had-to-renew.html Jerry Towler - Had to renew my driver’s license in person today. … Had to renew my driver’s license in person today. Texas allows one renewal online, but today I had to brave the DMV. Or as Texas inexplicably calls it, DPS. It... jerry towler https://jerrytowler.com/2025/01/04/review-travel.html Jerry Towler - 2024 Review: Travel Next step of 2024-in-review is travel. Flighty has some cool visualizations, which are a good excuse to try the new image collections feature. I actually did... jerry towlerreviewtravel https://jerrytowler.com/2023/07/20/nonalcoholic-beer-replacements.html Jerry Towler - Non-Alcoholic Beer Replacements We've Tried, With Notes We have tried a bunch of non-alcoholic (n/a) beers lately, looking for something that satisfies the desire for something bubbly and refreshing but doesn’t have... non alcoholic beerjerry towler https://jerrytowler.com/2025/01/04/review-health-and-fitness.html Jerry Towler - 2024 Review: Health and Fitness 2024 was (apparently) not a good year for physical fitness for me. We got in a lot of good skiing and one backpacking trip (to Grand Teton National Park), but... jerry towlerreviewhealthfitness https://jerrytowler.com/now/ Jerry Towler - Now Now Updated: 8 March 2026 Inspired by nownownow.com Writing Working on completing my Chapter by Chapter series for VerseNotes. I’ve published notes on 717... jerry towler https://jerrytowler.com/2026/05/03/afternoon-hike-at-ghost-falls.html Jerry Towler - Afternoon hike at Ghost Falls trail down in … Afternoon hike at Ghost Falls trail down in Draper. Three round trips in twelve days (San Antonio, Huntsville, DC) means I need to take every opportunity I... jerry towlerafternoonhike https://jerrytowler.com/2023/08/23/lighthouses-and-roses.html Jerry Towler - Lighthouses and Roses In June 2013, I was on a business trip to Mountain View. I had never been to California before, so I spent as much of my free time exploring as I could. jerry towlerlighthousesroses https://jerrytowler.com/2025/02/10/these-stories-should-concern-all.html Jerry Towler - These stories should concern all Americans because … These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries... jerry towlerall americansstoriesconcern https://jerrytowler.com/2024/08/29/tried-to-go.html Jerry Towler Tried to go out to dinner with Meera tonight. Unfortunately, San Antonio. This ramen—from JY Ramen—was nearly inedible; Meera’s actually was, and therefore... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/09/01/on-a-wineandpenguins.html Jerry Towler On a wine-and-penguins tour on Phillip Island, we found this abstract tiling of Australian little penguins near the jetty in Cowes. Looking forward to seeing... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/08/26/finished-reading-k.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: 2k to 10k by Rachel Aaron. Picked this up off a Reddit thread. Good thing it was cheap, because it contains little advice a thinking writer... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/08/10/went-to-bed.html Jerry Towler Went to bed excited for overnight snowfall to improve skiing conditions. Woke up to exactly half my wish granted: almost 7” of accumulation, but whiteout... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/04/22/finished-reading-twelve-months-the.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18) by Jim Butcher 📚 A fun palate cleanser. Important plots move forward. A few important bits of lore get... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/03/02/thats-already-too-much-politics.html Jerry Towler That’s already too much politics for one morning. Back to creating good things, rather than complaining about bad ones. Yesterday, I published my Chapter By... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/08/10/dinner-and-drinks.html Jerry Towler Dinner and drinks tonight at Wasatch and Hopkins with Salt Lake City friends; the real adventure starts tomorrow. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/05/30/felt-bad-that.html Jerry Towler Felt bad that I didn’t get much done yesterday, so this picture is to remind me of what I did finish this weekend. Let’s get the short week started strong. 📸 jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/09/07/we-are-flying.html Jerry Towler We are flying back from Queenstown today, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/04/28/finished-reading-on-the-hippie.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves An exuberant diary, apparently lost for four decades, of Rick Steves and his friend Gene traveling... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/11/25/thanksgiving-in-ruidoso-always-comes.html Jerry Towler Thanksgiving in Ruidoso always comes with a real fire with real wood, which makes me happy. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/02/07/finished-reading-hangmans.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Hangman’s Gate (War of the Archons 2) by R.S. Ford This world of forgotten gods where prayer and worship actually affect their powers... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/12/08/the-casual-history-in-europe.html Jerry Towler The casual history in Europe amazes me. This church, St. Anne’s in Vienna, was built in 1320, consecrated 1510 by the Jesuits, and the gorgeous baroque... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/12/10/spent-the-last.html Jerry Towler Spent the last afternoon of this mini-vacation writing summaries of psalms; I’ve finally crossed the halfway point (all the way to Psalm 77). I might finish by... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/11/08/just-posted-octobers-behind-the.html Jerry Towler Just posted October’s behind the scenes for VerseNotes members. Wherein I admit that, despite writing more than 19,000 words last month, I somehow still didn’t... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/08/29/finished-writing-chapter.html Jerry Towler Finished writing chapter notes on Deuteronomy last night, completing the Torah. Today’s goal: editing. Then I can get them cleaned up for publishing.... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/09/10/i-wanted-to.html Jerry Towler - I wanted to make a joke about “divided by a common … I wanted to make a joke about “divided by a common language”, but “this escalator is being rested” is such a great replacement for “down for maintenance” that... https://jerrytowler.com/2023/01/08/finished-reading-the.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 📚 jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/09/08/book-seven-of.html Jerry Towler Book seven of nine is ready to go! Throughout this editing process, I’ve had a lot of work to do. But this one required almost no updates; for some reason, my... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/12/28/finished-reading-hyperion-by-dan.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Hyperion by Dan Simmons Amazing, creative, interlocking far-future stories structured after the Canterbury Tales. Fascinating, but reads more... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/01/21/finished-reading-a.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. Clearly written for the Harry Potter set, but profoundly different and exciting and, helpfully,... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/02/20/watched-crimson-tide-im-not.html Jerry Towler - Watched: Crimson Tide 🍿 I’m not sure how I missed … Watched: Crimson Tide 🍿 I’m not sure how I missed this one, but it was a fun Red October-adjacent submarine movie. Ethics, Russians, nuclear war, and a... https://jerrytowler.com/2026/03/15/this-is-not-the-computer.html Jerry Towler - “This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri … “This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold: He knows it’s probably not the right tool. It doesn’t matter. It never did. The reviews can tell you what... https://jerrytowler.com/2025/02/06/finished-reading-eldest-by-christopher.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Eldest by Christopher Paolini I didn’t realize until the afterword that Paolini was only 21 when Eldest was published. What a masterwork for... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/04/26/stopped-for-dinner-at-the.html Jerry Towler Stopped for dinner at the Toppled Turtle in Dumas, Texas, which is halfway between Amarillo and nowhere. The brewery is attached to a great pizza place though,... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/06/01/i-cant-believe-i-just.html Jerry Towler I can’t believe I just now noticed that the named MEs in The Dresden Files are “bread and butter”: “Nothing on the autopsy. They didn’t give this one to... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/04/24/finished-reading-quicksilver-by-callie.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Quicksilver by Callie Hart 📚 A quick read with faeries and vampires and magic and gods. Checks the romantasy boxes: brooding hero, gorgeous... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/09/02/i-am-editing.html Jerry Towler I am editing a series of books I am writing, and despite the fact that I typed every word of it, it’s helping me see and understand new things in the Bible.... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/05/10/afternoon-snow-hike-at-echo.html Jerry Towler Afternoon snow hike at Echo Lake. 29-minute pace in the snow feels pretty good. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/07/11/what-is-a.html Jerry Towler “What is a TikTok dance mash up if not a digital Dorito?” The hierarchy Newport builds up here seems to make sense, but I’m reminded of this Dilbert strip,... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/01/15/this-puzzle-continues.html Jerry Towler This puzzle continues to bring a little joy (and sometimes frustration) to my day. Conlextions #128 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Solve Time: 1 minute, 24 seconds jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/09/02/writing-an-about.html Jerry Towler Writing an About the Author page is surprisingly challenging. How do you distill yourself into a hundred words that simultaneously introduce you, provide bona... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/06/17/standing-desk-evolution.html Jerry Towler Standing desk evolution, a few weeks in COVID. At this point, we still had the blinds open to remind us what “outside” looked like. It still kind of felt like... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/07/30/finished-watching-deadpool.html Jerry Towler Finished watching: Deadpool and Wolverine. Exactly as irreverent as you expect. Gratuitous violence, fourth wall breaks, some fantastic cameos of both actors... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/01/04/i-discovered-lexs.html Jerry Towler I discovered @lex‘s Conlextions puzzles through Dr. Drang at the end of December and immediately ripped through the archives. It has just now occurred to me I... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/02/06/this-brewery-is-unapologetically-playing.html Jerry Towler This brewery is unapologetically playing straight through OK Computer. I’m loving it, but it’s most certainly a choice. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2026/02/18/danny-on-ai-and-productivity.html Jerry Towler Danny on AI and productivity: A Fortune survey doing the rounds this week has thousands of CEOs admitting that AI has had no measurable impact on employment or... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/02/11/finished-reading-victory.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik. Pacing finally feels good, and as a result I enjoyed this one more than the previous four. Feels like the... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/ Jerry Towler jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/05/18/meera-and-i-both-did.html Jerry Towler Meera and I both did this hike today, though not together: she did morning and I did afternoon. The first 2.5 miles were brutal both times (1,250 feet gain, an... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/09/19/finished-reading-last.html Jerry Towler Finished reading: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie. An epic end to an epic trilogy. Disappointing in all the best ways. One smidge darker than I’d... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/10/30/watched-donnie-darko-meera-had.html Jerry Towler Watched: Donnie Darko 🍿 Meera had never seen it, so I made it part of our spooky season movie marathon. I watched this movie a lot during college, and I had... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/11/14/slc-would-like-christmas-to.html Jerry Towler SLC would like Christmas to come sooner. They have already decorated… the escalators? jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/10/27/the-hokies-and.html Jerry Towler The Hokies and the Mustangs both won yesterday (even if the Mustangs win was maybe the ugliest I’ve ever seen), and we hiked a few miles together this morning.... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2023/09/05/visiting-rhyme-x.html Jerry Towler Visiting Rhyme x Reason brewery in Wanaka, New Zealand, tonight, they had some spectacular murals on the walls. Apparently painted by employees, who are... jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/07/27/todays-bracket-city-includes-the.html Jerry Towler Today’s Bracket City includes the amusingly redundant clue “companion for bread, often.” “Companion” literally means “with bread.” Com- = “with” panis = “bread” jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2025/01/12/last-summer-we-backpacked-in.html Jerry Towler Last summer, we backpacked in Grand Teton National Park. Today is our first day skiing Jackson Hole. This is a great, and beautiful, part of the country. jerry https://jerrytowler.com/2024/07/19/i-love-renting.html Jerry Towler - I love renting a car out of DCA. Within minutes of … I love renting a car out of DCA. Within minutes of leaving the airport, you see the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Potomac, the Pentagon… I’m sure... renting a car