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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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  • Gardening

A White Cap Mushroom Growing in My Fig Tree Pot

  • UpdatedApr 13, 2025
A garden gnome sitting on a mushroom in a house plant pot.

Today I noticed a smooth white cap mushroom growing in my fig tree pot. After reading a couple of articles about mushrooms growing in indoor pots, it’s not really a concern. The mushrooms will make the soil more nutrient-available for…

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  • Digressions

Trump Blinks, Raises White Flag, Loses Tariff Battle Against China in Just Three Days

  • UpdatedApr 14, 2025
Trump blinks, raises white flag and Removes Tariffs on Electronic Devices from China.

President Trump blinks first and then raises white flag in fewer than three days, removes tariffs on electronic devices from China.

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  • Food & Beverages

Wholesale Egg Prices Dropping Like a Rock!

  • UpdatedMar 25, 2025
Chart by TradingEconomics.com and edited by CounterIt.ch showing 5-year trend of wholesale egg prices dropping like a rock.

A 5-year chart showing wholesale egg prices through late March 2025.

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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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