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Reading
Cold Zerođ
February 28,2026Brad Thor for the last two decades has launched a new installment in his Scot Harvath series each summer. So I was surprised when I went onto Amazon in the fall to pre-order his summer book to see that he had a winter release, too. Co-authored with another writer from the modern warfare thriller genre, Cold Zero tracks fierce competition above the Arctic Circle.
I wasnât sure in the beginning, and at times the plot moved painfully slow. The dialogue was rougher than I was used to coming from Thor, feeling in many ways flat and predictable. Much of the plot was walking around, and it came off as monotonous without serving a greater purpose.
Now at the end, with the typical quick resolution in the final few pages, I think the overall story worked. I wished there was more meat on the bones, but this could work as a collaborative story telling with a little more refinement.
ISBN: 978-166866379
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February 24,2026
I don’t know what it is about third-party file storage services, but they always screw up my Mac.
At least in this round I was able to use AI to diagnose and solve the problem. But seriously, these services are over 15 years old, how is this still happening?
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February 24,2026
People really respond to a bow tie.
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February 24,2026
How did I make it all these years in Things without using tags?
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Catholic Husband
February 23,2026Mary sees herself as mother to each of us, in a real and concrete way. This is not a room mom or a house mom, a relationship in a communal form; this is direct and personal connection to each of us.
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February 23,2026
Cut to four months later, and youâll receive another invoice from the line cook for services including cooking chicken (âProtein Thermal Processing Treatment â $6.22â) and chopping lettuce (âVegetative Component Structural Reduction â $3.34), and so on and so forth, until the restaurantâs wait and kitchen staff have all individually charged you for every distinct action they undertook during your dining experience
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Reading
February 23,2026
Currently reading: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett đ
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February 22,2026
I was instead presented with the manic fear of a familiar character spiraling out of control.
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February 22,2026
While all the runners in the stadium take part in the race, the award goes to one man. In that case, run so as to win! Athletes deny themselves all sorts of things. They do this to win a crown of leaves that withers, but we a crown that is imperishable.
1 Cor 9:24-25
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Reading
February 21,2026
Finished reading: Cold Zero by Brad Thor đ
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February 21,2026
Unsettling: Your Amazon Package Came Too Fast - Clickhole
Someone worked through the night to make sure you had shampoo at your front door by the break of dawn. Yes, youâyou, who definitely could have just gone to the store for it, but instead had everyone running around like this was a rapid-fire organ delivery for a lifesaving transplant.
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February 20,2026
Furious Trump Imposes 1000% Tariff On Supreme Court - Babylon Bee
“If you want your tariff rate to be zero, you have to let me use tariffs,” Trump reportedly told Chief Justice John Roberts in a heated exchange.
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February 20,2026
I guess today was the real Liberation Day after all.
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February 18,2026
Lucy approaches the iMac after practicing her poem. Benedict and Veronica join her.
Did you finish your poem?
Lucy: “Yes."
What is the title and the author?
Lucy: “The Snail by William Cowper."
Benedict: “By William Caterpillar."
He wrote it so long ago, he’s now William Butterfly.
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February 18,2026
Trump Orders Drone Strike On Venezuelan Olympic Cross-Country Skier - Babylon Bee
“What an explosive finish for Claveau-Laviolette,” she added. “Wow!”
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February 17,2026
Morning blend.
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Catholic Husband
February 16,2026Always Giving - Catholic Husband
This is ordered disorder. Life is difficult and not as it was designed, but the challenges that we face and overcome do prepare us for our eventual return to Eden. The daily work of mending our every flaw is only possible with the time, space, and circumstances that life gives us.
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ChetCast
Episode 279: Lucyâs First Reconciliation
February 14,2026Weâre back from Lucyâs big day! We catch up about her experience and thoughts on the sacrament.
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February 14,2026
Big day.
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February 13,2026
I love a good heated steering wheel.
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February 12,2026
Turning Point USA Announces Alternative Puerto Rico - The Onion
âFinally, Americans will be able to enjoy a family-friendly tropical paradise that actually celebrates traditional values,â said Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk, adding that the island would be known as âPort Rick,â a mistranslation of âPuerto Ricoâ
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February 12,2026
Bible Authors Admit They Were Paid $7K For Every Reference To Israel - Babylon Bee
Hey, if the money is available, just take it. I was writing a ton about Israel anyway, for free, so why not make a little extra coin on the side? And people pretend like I’m the one who benefited from the arrangement the most, but I only had one book. You should have seen how much cash Moses came away with from the Pentateuch. âIsrael this' and âIsrael that.' He was the O.G. moneymaker with that deal.
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February 12,2026
Fraud Suspicions Arise As Somali Team Wins 734th Gold Medal At Winter Olympics - Babylon Bee
âTheir culture just encourages overperformance at traditional Somalian activities… like snowboarding.â
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February 12,2026
Apple’s “new” version of iWork is such a departure.
Ads and upselling within the app is not something I really expect from them.
Creator Studio doesn’t make sense to pay $130 a year when I only use Pages & Numbers.
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Reading
February 11,2026
Currently reading: Cold Zero by Brad Thor đ