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I am not sure if women experience midlife crisis but I know several men who have experienced or are still in the middle of a midlife crisis.

We just recently bought a beautiful single-family home.

Found this recipe online, modified it a little, and it is our favorite food right now.

There is a saying that we overestimate how much we can do in days but underestimate how much we can achieve in years.

Just the other day, I happened to skim a blog post, “My awakening moment about how smartphones fragment our attention span.”

“It’s What I Do” by Lynsey Addario is probably in my top 10 favorite books.

We are in our house on the second floor.

Last year, Ayden got into Minecraft thanks to Evan Storm’s channel.

Tonight, I was reading the Puss in Boots bedtime story to Ayden.

Lyrics # There was a time I used to look into my father's eyes In a happy home I was a king, I had a golden throne Those days are gone Now they're memories on the wall I hear the songs from the places where I was born Up on a hill across the blue lake Tha…

Lyrics # Jab aasman girnay lagtay hain Aur zameen jalnay lagtee hai Aik chhupa huwa khwaab janam leta hai Sehraon main awaaz aati hai Mein kaun hoon Tum kaun ho Mein kaun hoon Tum kaun ho Gham geen hoon Aur tum mazloom ho Jab bhook nachtee gaatee hai Aur

Lyrics # Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I can't tell where the journey will end But I know where to start They tell me I'm too young to understand They say I'm caught up in a dream Well life will pass me by if I don't open up

Saw this post on Hacker News.

Lyrics # Back when I was a child Before life removed all the innocence My father would lift me high And dance with my mother and me and then Spin me around till I fell asleep Then up the stairs he would carry me And I knew for sure I was loved If I could…

Last year, we took Ayden to a monster truck show.

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Ingredients # 8 (4 oz each) skin-on chicken drumsticks (about 2 lb. total weight) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/4 teaspoon chilli pepper Instruc…

Lyrics: Once upon a younger year When all our shadows disappeared The animals inside came out to play Went face to face with all our fears Learned our lessons through the tears Made memories we knew would never fade One day my father, he told me "Son, do…

I spent hours troubleshooting why the url path was getting stripped from requests in our Nodejs/Expressjs based app.

I love these kind of posts.

Recent thread on Hacker News, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

Hotel California is such a beautiful song.

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Ayden, and he had a little dog called Simba.

One day, Blue Bus wanted to eat yummy, yummy apples.

As I turn back, my eyes dampen When I realized my incomplete life My life became clear to me Broken promises Deserted dreams Broken promises Seek time's tender shade Yesterday too, was in ruins Now is deserted as well Life asks for a moment of su…

Once upon a time, there was a Yellow Bus.

Translation: my English rendering of Mirza Ghalib’s original.

Who is that is I Still lost in my mind.

Translation: my English rendering of Mir Taqi Mir’s original.

Translation: my English rendering of Mir Dard’s original.

Translation: my English rendering of Allama Iqbal’s original.

I’m Amer Khalid, software engineer, photographer, dad of two boys, and still figuring out life.

Translation: my English rendering of Josh Malihabadi’s original.

Feeling so empty, and hollow inside, Cannot believe I am writing a poem to a cigarette, but I feel so unsatisfied, unfulfilled, like this poem, half-finished.

In this hot desert heat, you were a cool breeze gone in a moment just as you came, left me behind to wonder if you will ever return to mess up my hair, to touch my thirsty lips softly you were a sweet dream, vanished with the stars in the morning leaving…

Translation: my English rendering of Allama Iqbal’s original.

The other day while putting Ayden to sleep, he looked as if he was intensely thinking.

Lyrics # Mama told me when I was young Come sit beside me my only son And listen closely to what I say And if you do this it’ll help you Some sunny day oh yeah Oh take your time don’t live too fast Troubles will come and they will pass Go find a woman yeah

Lyrics # You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Starting from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I

This is a quick script that I use to find options to buy or sell.

Lyrics # I took a pill in Ibiza To show Avicii I was cool And when I finally got sober, felt ten years older But fuck it, it was something to do I'm living out in LA I drive a sports car just to prove I'm a real big baller 'cause I made a million dollars…

Lyrics # Virginia Woolf and poetry No one seemed to notice me Being young was getting so old Cheap beer and cigarettes Life was like a movie set And I seemed to be given no role But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother And I know that she gon' und…

I was debating between PS5 and Quest 2 (Affiliate link), and yes it is like comparing apples and oranges, but in the end Quest 2 won.

Translation: my English rendering of Allama Iqbal’s original.

Lyrics with Translations # Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla ki jaana main kaun Na main moman vich maseetan Na main vich kufar dian reetan Na main pakan vich paleetan Na main andar bed kitaban Na main rehnda phaang sharaban Na main rehnda mast kharaban Na ma…

Today Ayden said, “Jack (his friend) wants to be firetruck driver and I will be ambulance driver.

Lyrics # It's not time to make a change Just relax, take it easy You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to know Find a girl, settle down If you want you can marry Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy I was once like you are now And…

Lyrics # They say boys don't cry But your dad has shed a lot of tears They say I should be a strong man But baby, I'm still filled with fear Sometimes I don't know who I am Sometimes I question why I'm here I just wanna be a good dad Will I be, I have no…

Yesterday, after I picked up Ayden from his daycare, he said he didn’t know what he wanted to be.

Fix: pip3 install --upgrade plotly