Started reading: Middlemarch by George Eliot 📚.

Finished reading: First Love, by Joyce Carol Oats. What a precisely rendered master crafted gut punch. Loved it.

Started reading: First Love, by Joyce Carol Oats. 📚

Finished reading: The Mythical Man-Month, by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. I liked the insights into managing software, and the time traveling to the computing industry circa 1975–1995. Took me 1 month and 6 days.

I found Wendy Carlos’ Switched-On Bach thrifting in Providence. First time I’ve heard it, and can recommend to all the #synthnerds #music.

To celebrate adding images to my blog’s micro posts, here’s a #photo of Wiz on a rug.

Started Adam Wade’s storytelling class this past weekend and really loving it. He’s a raw, compelling, caring guy, and I’m really inspired by my classmates.

Back in the saddle writing my music comedy about The Traveling Wilburys Solving Crime novella. At the moment, it’s all about getting the first two chapters right. #amWriting

“Read” the short story The Simplest Equation by Nicky Drayden, via Levar Burton Reads. Really beautiful. 📚

Tired: using the 😂 emoji to advertise a #comedy show. Wired: using the 🍆 emoji to advertise a vegetable show.

“Read” River’s Giving by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River Shaw over on LeVar Burton Reads. Cute, all ages holiday fantasy story.

Video game testers approve the first union at Microsoft. I’ve long been out of the video game industry, but from my brief experience a union was sorely needed. Congratulations to the team! More like this.

Finished reading: Classic Tales of Horror (Arcturus Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe. Took me a bit to sink into the language, but once I did I really enjoyed this. Nice to read the big stories again as an adult, and I sometimes enjoyed the deep cuts.

Went rollerskating for the first time in forever for New Years Eve. Surprised how much came back, and not surprised that I still stop with a wall.