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  • Food & Beverages

Homemade Grapefruit-Peppermint IPA-like Brew

  • UpdatedAug 10, 2025
Homemade grapefruit-peppermint IPA-like beverage in a pitcher and a Notre Dame glass mug.

My recipe for a homemade grapefruit-peppermint IPA-like beverage.

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  • Music

The 1991 Version of Amy Ray and the Indigo Girls Would Be Considered Moderate Right by 2025 Perceptions

  • UpdatedSep 12, 2025
Tweet by Elon Musk from 2022 about the perception shift of Left-Right politicaly dynamics. The 1991 version of Amy Ray and the Indigo Girls would be considered Moderate Right.

I mention various Prophets—Perot, Jonah, Ezekiel—as they indirectly relate to the perception shift of Left-Right ideological labels.

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  • Gardening

2025 April Rainfall Second Highest in 25 Years in Warren, Ohio

  • UpdatedAug 10, 2025
Chart of Rainfall in April going back 25 years in Warren, Ohio area.

I provide a graph of rainfall in the month of April in the Warren, Ohio area going back to 2000. Also, I share a flyer for the International Firewood Expo 2025 in Trumbull County, Ohio

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  • Food & Beverages

Wendy’s: My New Favorite Fast-food Restaurant

  • UpdatedApr 19, 2025
Image of Katy Perry after rocketship trip adventure and Wendy's tweet.

I share why Wendy's is my new favorite fast food restaurant and why it has the best Christian-based meal.

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CounterIt.ch is a minimalist personal publication exploring Markets, Machines, Midwest, and Musings—the recurring themes that shape everyday life and many of the essays found here.

Written by Joe, an Ohio-based Linux user and former Wall Street professional, CounterIt.ch offers observations on technology, business, philosophy, books, motorcycles, gardening, politics, the outdoors, and life in Northeast Ohio. Some entries are practical, others reflective, but all share a common goal: slowing down long enough to think beyond headlines, algorithms, and the constant stream of online noise.

The site was created as a place for longer-form writing and independent thought—an alternative to the limitations of mainstream social media and the fleeting conversations that often define it. Some ideas simply deserve more than a few hundred characters.

Although the writing is rooted in the American Midwest, the ".ch" domain is a nod to Switzerland and its traditions of precision, independence, and simplicity—qualities that also inspire the site's minimalist design and philosophy.

Whether you arrived here looking for insights on markets, technology, Linux, motorcycles, books, or simply thoughtful observations about everyday life, I hope you find something worth reading—and perhaps something worth thinking about long after you've left the page.

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