Some mornings, you just want to listen to Jive Talkin’ 🎵

I really relate to the calm a careful, iterative, and high standards approach to work Dries lays out in The Watchmaker’s Approach to Web Development. In fact, I think it’s a big part of why I have a career.

After nine months of couch surfing, I’ve been able to move into an apartment. I’m so grateful to everyone who hosted and supported me and to my new wonderful roommates. I’m very tired.

My co-worker Pauline shared this poem from Mary Oliver, and it hit me hard. Truly beautiful.

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

New year, new underwear. I should make this an annual habit, instead of every decade.

Seen on the storefront of a local medical center.

Happy new year, from lasers with love.

It’s the last day of December, and this is my last opportunity to ramble about what I’ve been watching, reading, and listening to. You ready? I’m not. Let’s go. 📺 TV I watched … Read more

🍿 My year in film stats, via Letterboxd. Do I stand behind all my star ratings? No. Will I revise them? Absolutely not. Most interesting takeaway? Only a quarter of the 93 movies I watched were released in 2023.

I figured out how to post my year end book wrap up in micro.blog, evidence: this. Read more

Yes that’s right, 2022. Using micro.blog to track my reading is great. It has a nice feature to generate a year in review post like this one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give me 2023, only 2022. I … Read more

Took a hike up in Garrison NY with friends.

I tested negative this morning 😎😷

What do you call a thirsty piece of fire fighting infrastructure?

A fire dehydrant

I’ll see you all in hell.

Today I learned that “moonbat” is a pejorative inside the US government for leftists.

Chocolate covered cucumber: gross or genius?

When I was a kid I came up with something called Paper Computer Games, which are role-playing, puzzle solving games drawn on paper that emulated point-and-click adventure games. They are meant to be … Read more

Stumbled upon a heartening/concerning story of a man who compulsively digs a tunnel. I wasn’t planning on spending a half hour digging into this but I found the whole thing oddly compelling.

Don’t Get Pantsed!, my comedic, yet surprisingly human, interactive fiction is back online. It’s short, you can play it in the browser, and I’m still proud of it. 🕹️

Tested positive for COVID this morning 😞

My symptoms are mild (so far). Isolating and resting. Stay safe everyone.

Started reading: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 📚

Bought some year end reading material with some of Lullabot’s generous education budget.

Had a lovely Christmas and Christmas Eve with friends. So much good homemade food, so much laughter. I’m very grateful.

Finished reading: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 📚

Toms of main is over their skis.