Hello, hello! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or some other holiday, I hope you have a superb time and great festive cheer. Seasons greetings! 🙂 Christmas lights -- The Finicky Cynic Check me out on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/thefinickycynic
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Labor Day 2022
Hey, folks! Today is Labor Day in the US, and it's my day off from work. Going to enjoy this day spent with family, perhaps with a nice lunch and to avoid this massive heat wave going on here. Definitely still feels like summer, despite us dipping into September, but I'm sure it'll cool off …
Destination: La Jolla, California
While in San Diego for the long weekend in June, my family and I decided to take a half day trip to La Jolla, a neighborhood about 10 miles/16 kilometers from San Diego center. We arrived around 9h30 to first check out Sunny Jim's Sea Cave, a 100-year-old former smuggler's tunnel that leads to a …
Nutella Sea Salt Brownies (RECIPE)
Greetings! It has been a minute since I last offered a baking recipe. I've actually been baking a considerable amount since this summer, mostly to experiment with new recipes and testing my coworkers out as guinea pigs for the taste test. 😉 I'd bought a massive jar of Nutella, and I'd used some of it …
The Captain’s Quiz (21-01-2021)
Howdy, folks. Yesterday, Paul from The Captain's Speech posted the first installment of "The Captain's Quiz," a new, interactive "quiz" to engage bloggers in the community. I found his questions really neat, and I'm giving it a go in this post. Thanks for starting this, Paul! 🙂 Here we go! The First Ten 1. In …
Sober October 2020
Source: Coastal Detox. Happy October, folks! This year's October 1st comes with a lot of celebrations: for one, today's the Mid-Autumn Festival (ä¸ç§‹ç¯€) in Chinese tradition, in which the full moon's the brightest to admire and eat delicious mooncakes in honor of that. The second is that today also begins my personal commitment to abstaining …
Happy Fall 2020 (PSL Edition)
Hey, folks! I totally forgot that the first day of fall was earlier this week, so here's my pumpkin spice latte from a while back to make up for it. Enjoy the season's changing colors, and stay safe (and healthy)! Cheers. 😊 -- The Finicky Cynic Check me out on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/thefinickycynic
Story Time: How I Was Involved with a Scam
Source: Boston Magazine. Story time, folks. This incident happened almost two years ago to this day. Although I wasn't the direct target of the scam, I was somewhat involved in the events that unfolded over the course of a crazy and tense afternoon. Looking back, the signs should've been all clear, but alas, when money's …
What Do I Look For In Online Dating?
Source: Freepik If you've been following my blog for a while, then you probably know that I've tried my hand at online dating. The activity of swiping on potential partners had been a fairly-recent thing for me, as I'd toyed with the idea of it for some time, but it wasn't until last year that …
Never Forget 9/11
Source: KIMT. Today marks the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks that took place in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It's unbelievable that time has passed so quickly since then. Yet, to this day, thousands of Americans feel the trauma of the event, as they lost family members, friends, and other loved ones …
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