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Lisa Marie Presley died, I learned today. I don’t really follow the Presleys (in fact, I confused Lisa Marie with her mother, Priscilla, briefly when I heard this news), but I am always surprised when someone “young” passes away. Lisa Marie was 54, which, increasingly, is getting uncomfortably on the horizon for me-if still a… Continue reading January 13, 2023

Did an after-work gathering with my coworkers last night, the first one in a long time. I’m generally an introvert, so social functions like this have been hard for me in the past. I think, though, that I’ve been changing my attitude – slightly – about that over the last few months, however, and gaining… Continue reading January 12, 2023

I’ve been digging in deep at work the last couple of days. We had lost some staff in the middle of last year, and we’ve replaced those open spots, but it’s crazy how the effects of an open position continue to reverberate for months afterward. So I’m trying to get us back to “normal”. Things… Continue reading January 11, 2023

Another night of scanning photos, but I got to the library earlier, so I didn’t feel rushed. If you live in my city, the DVDs are free to check out now, something I hadn’t thought of in a while. Our last good video store was killed by Covid, and streaming is getting fragmented, so DVDs… Continue reading January 6, 2023

The 5th of January could be what you might call an “anti-holiday”. There is nothing special about it, it’s just after the holidays, and the feeling that it gives is that you’re starting off with a fresh new year, so you better get on it. I’ve been getting on things, so I feel pretty good.… Continue reading January 5, 2023

Got back into the routine yesterday, and I think things are off to a good start. Jenn and I watched what we think is the season finale to Star Trek: Prodigy. If you like Star Trek, this is the show to watch – that is, if you have Paramount+. That’s the problem these days, as… Continue reading January 4, 2023

Despite all the things that happen, time continues to move in a linear direction forward. Coping with that momentum is a challenge we all face. People try to meet that challenge sometimes by trying to achieve greatness, which is expressed in positive ways or negative ones. But what is truly great? Being consistently good, especially… Continue reading January 3, 2023

Woke up early this morning again – I have this thing sometimes where I’ll wake up like two hours before I’m supposed to get up, just full of restless energy. Today I got up early and threw my whole order off. But it wasn’t bad. I made a list of twenty countries I’d like to… Continue reading December 29, 2022

Returning to work today after a nice bit of time off, I work until Friday then get a 3-day weekend. We’ll be seeing an improv show on NYE, Comedy Xperiment, which is like Whose Line is it Anyway? and which we’ve seen I think about four times before. Was wiped out from staying up late… Continue reading December 28, 2022

Happy December Holidays! It’s been a relaxing one, also a very restless one, because it’s so cold you don’t want to head outside. We did venture out briefly yesterday, to Barnes & Noble, to pick up some books for ourselves and others. Ran into my friend Lars, the Norwegian Assassin, there, as well as our… Continue reading December 24, 2022