davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

I just realized it’s probably been 25+ years since I heard a song start to slowly lose tempo and grind to a ghoulish, warbled halt because the batteries were dying in my cassette player.

Okay. This freaked me out. I have been riding bikes my whole life and have no idea how they work. You probably don’t either. – via @kottke (of course)

I am loving Wordle. I wish I could play more than once per day, though.

Consider this your annual reminder that the Christmas album Sugar & Booze by SNL-alum Ana Gasteyer is fantastic.

The Wile E. Coyote tangent in last night’s A Closer Look was .

If you have kids, I highly recommend subscribing to the Daily Dad newsletter. It’s a little nugget of great parenting advice every day.

It’s not even Thanksgiving yet so cool your jets on that Best of 2021 article, captain.

A fun part of parenthood is routinely getting into 6 AM arguments over things like whether Tom Hanks was in Ghostbusters, why you must wear shoes to school, or which day of the week it is.

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.