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Just played my first game of Broomall in a year… My team won and I scored all of our goals. Oh yeah, baby.
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Has anyone ever fucked up as hard as SONOS has?
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I want social apps that truly help me stay close to and meet up with the people I care about. This is not what social media is accomplishing today. Ev’s blog well articulates a ton of things that I’ve been stewing on for years (the new platform is pretty cool too): ev.medium.com/making-socia...
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A buddy of mine described me as a sheep in wolf’s clothing today, lol. I’m not really sure what to do with that.
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Goodbye, 2024

You know those Christmas cards that folks send that include a little 1-pager about what they've been up to for the year? I really like those... So, here's my 1-pager for 2024.

Travel

I stuck around North America again this year, visiting...

... but I’m really itching for some international travel. I need to get back to Europe, Japan, or a new continent. I'm craving something to broaden p... read more

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Hi, I'm Derek Brooks

I'm a 43.44 year old midwestern American who enjoys engineering, traveling, partying, and extremish sports.

Most of my life's latest happenings are on this page, but you can also check out what I'm up to today and what I did yesterday.

If you'd like to know a little more about me you can check out my bio - and don't forget to check out my photos!

Last seen in Des Moines

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broox: also, i'm free agent playing on a new team of "young professionals" ... kids 10-20 years younger than me. when i walked up, one of them goes, "dude, you look you're straight outta slapshot." lol.

derek: “what do you do with your boobs?”

derek: i think that clown antenna is a jack in the box mascot

derek: as if i needed another reason to take on more things... i dig it though!

zakj: i read that time seems to move faster when life becomes routine - less new memories are added so in retrospect, it seems to your brain that nothing is happening and that compresses time. mo... (more)

derek: rico, i think you're one of those dudes that could retire at any time, but... i'll believe it when i see it. 😄 that said, i think you you'll be really good at retirement. ... and i'm def... (more)

rico: oh dude wait till you fucking hit 60. i had the same “feelings” you are experiencing and jeez does it get sideways at the 60 mark. i will say i love my life more than i ever have so th... (more)

mark: that’s really cool, especially for a disease like covid where you might not be feeling much yet, you could get tested and get on paxlovid before it gets bad.

broox: the pho still tastes good and the fire smells right.

broox: i hope so, cause i just ordered some pho

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