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4 Days Til Party

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 06, 2026,
updated Jun 06, 2026

This coming Wednesday we travel up north. This site turns 22. The rest of the week will be calm and a week later we'll change the front page of the site. In July I expect to become an uncle again (new nephew), potentially necessitating more travel and "offline" time. In December it'll be exactly 15 years since I first met Rianne and a week later it is my birthday.

It's weird to think that we're only a few weeks away from the end of the first half of 2026. Time goes by so fast when one keeps busy. █

Image source: Tenten

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