David P

@the_dp
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Dad, One of two husbands, trying to be a better person. More ellipses, less periods. DC, mostly...

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Hey, gas was 30 cents cheaper a week ago. It was 40 cents cheaper a month ago...

If you're in the market for a new charger or just want to improve and consolidate your nightstand/office desk setup. It's got a spot to charge your wireless earphones and a flip out Apple Watch charger. Also has a three setting night light on the back of the charging pad. Wish it had a USB C output instead of the watch charger, but it's still a great deal.

Charging peaks at 15 w, will take you from 40 to 80 percent in 30 minutes.

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#Duolingo Spanish progress 20 Dec 2025 - 26 Dec 2025

Language Score: 40

A significant increase across all fields this week. Staycation plus a dumb weird urge to hit a visual metric inside the app meant I made a lot of progress this week.

#Duolingo Spanish progress 6 Dec 2025 - 12 Dec 2025

Language Score: 34

Crossed 100 days this week. I do remember it being a slog from A2 to B1 content with French. I could understand some things but not everything. An almost grasp if you will.

Side note, I wish I had a French chat group at work. I know four or five French speakers, maybe a monthly lunch, I dunno. Rapidly approaching burnout. Être la change que tu veux voir dans le monde, I guess.

#Duolingo Spanish progress for the past week.

Still early on, feels like remedial Spanish since I'm just covering stuff I should've learned in HS and college Spanish.

One of the things I do like about Duo is vocab building and repetition. I've learned/reviewed 300 words in the past two weeks. And then you start seeing those words everywhere. It's a nice feedback loop.