Duolingo 2024 Year in Review

2024-12-02
Big news from ‪Duolingo‬!  Just shy of 3 1/2 years of studying languages really paid off. DISCLAIMER!  These statistics are from November 30, 2024, so they are slightly out of date....
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Coffee and Treat at Black Lab

2024-10-07
Coffee and treat at Black Lab Coffee Galloway, a coffee shop across the street from Sequiota Park in beautiful Southeast Springfield.  I enjoyed the Houn' Dawg, one of their Signature Lattes, with their SEASONAL FALL Apple Streusel Muffin.   This was Springtown Coffee back in 2019.  I enjoyed coffee...
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Pub Grub at Farmers Gastropub

2024-10-01
Pub grub at Farmers Gastropub, a British-American pub in Southeast Springfield!  I enjoyed House Chips and Scotch eggs, which make the perfect pub grub! I enjoyed them with coffee for International Coffee Day MMXXIV! The Irish-American pub Dublin's Pass also used to serve complimentary buckets of potato chips and...
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Spectacular Saturday Sunrise

2024-09-28
Spectacular Saturday Sunrise seen from my studio apartment in Springfield, Missouri.  The building on the right is Mercy‬ Hospital, where I work in the dish room.  It is a beautiful morning in the Ozarks....
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Coldplay’s “WE PRAY” – Brady’s Blank Verse

2024-09-23
My "blank verse" to Coldplay's upbeat new single "WE PRAY," from their forthcoming album "Moon Music".  Inspired by the short video they published on social media this month to invite the viewer to add their own verse to an instrumental variant of the second verse. I "pray" first for...
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Fall Coffee & Treat at Kingdom Coffee

2024-09-09
Fall Coffee & Treat at Kingdom Coffee on Lone Pine.  SEASONAL Pumpkin Spice Latte and Carrot Nut Muffin.  Perfect for the fall, also in the vicinity of the Galloway Creek Greenway in beautiful Southeast Springfield, one of my favorite subregions in town.  The fall is one of my favorite...
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Quick Update for YouTube

2024-09-06
A quick update about my YouTube situation, given from Schaible Lake Park, one of my favorite spots in town to visit.  This is technically not my first quick update published to YouTube, BUT it makes my official debut Demo Reel Quick Update for being the first that I edited...
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Late Night at Hurts Donuts on Labor Day

2024-09-03
Late Night at Hurts Donuts on Labor Day MMXXIV.  The perfect sweet treat to conclude my "Labor Day" at 11:00 PM.  That's when third shift starts, and Mercy coworkers get a 10% discount on doughnuts from then until 7:00 AM. I hereby enjoyed their SEASONAL Pumpkin doughnut, plus two...
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Before & After Brewing

2024-08-30
Coffee and a savory snack at Before & After Brewing, the perfect alternative pub in Springfield for those who love coffee shops.  I hereby enjoyed a chocolate & cinnamon latté and a pretzel with beer cheese sauce.  The perfect alternative to alcoholic drinks with savory pub grub. Located at...
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2024-07-28
Enjoying Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS KIDS's 24/7 channel, as I get ready for work at the 3:00 AM hour on a Sunday.  I am going to work an hour early today as it looks like we will be short-handed.  That's why I wanted to take this possibly once-in-a-lifetime...
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Breakfast and Coffee at Einstein Bros

2024-07-19
It's a beautiful Friday morning in Seminole Holland, the neighborhood in Springfield where I live.  I enjoyed breakfast and coffee at Einstein Bros. Bagels, which is just across the street from my studio apartment.  I got here around 6:00, the time they open every morning.  Won't Einstein Bros be...
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Coffee at a Pub

2024-06-18
If you like pubs, AND coffee, BUT you do NOT like alcohol, then you can't go wrong to order coffee at a pub.  The perfect alternative to beer. You see, I have been a coffee addict since my adolescence.  And I don't like beer for its carbonated taste, just...
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PIXAR’s Inside Out 2

2024-06-14
Today's the day.  The national premiere of Pixar's new film "Inside Out 2," the sequel to one of my favorite movies in my adolescence.  I am seeing it with my Mom at AMC 11, one of the last few movie theaters in Springfield, Missouri....
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2024-06-11
I am beyond blessed to live only about a quarter mile from Hurts Donuts, a 24/7 donut shop apparently headquartered here in Springfield, Missouri.  I enjoy breakfast there sometimes, and I had breakfast there at the 5:00 AM hour today.  The perfect start to my day off....
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Brady’s New Transition Glasses

2024-05-31
I just got new transition glasses at Mercy Clinic Eye Specialists.  The week before last, I had my first eye exam in SIX YEARS! I have been a full-time Nutrition Assistant dishwasher at Mercy Hospital Springfield for about 17 months now.  I am truly blessed with the phenomenal medical,...
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Breakfast at First Watch

2024-05-28
I enjoyed a quality breakfast at First Watch, a breakfast/brunch restaurant devoted to quality nutritious food.  The perfect alternative to Early Bird, the only breakfast pub in Springfield, Missouri. I am enjoying The Elevated Egg Sandwich, served with seasoned potatoes.  It may be high in sodium as well as...
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Adorez-vous apprendre le français?

2024-05-04
Oui!  Le français est une belle langue!  J'adore étudier les langues en Duolingo! TRADUCCIÓN DE FRANCÉS: ¿A usted le encanta aprender francés? ¡Sí!  ¡Francés es un hermoso idioma!  ¡Me encanta estudiar idiomas en Duolingo! TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH: Do you love learning French? Yes!  French is a beautiful language!  I...
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