Back from a work trip and a tooth extraction. The work trip was nice, I went to New Orleans, which is everything you’ve heard. The French Quarter is pretty in the morning, and it has some interesting restaurants. I am not a party person, so I think some of the charms of the city are… Continue reading November 21, 2022

The best days are days where your biggest problem of the morning is trying to talk yourself out of getting a donut.

Had a little trouble sleeping over night – we have a wind chime that gets a little overexcited when the wind does. I have a routine these days, though, for when I’m awake in the middle of the night and my brain starts racing. I listen to something in my headphones – I have a… Continue reading November 10, 2022

After the results came in, I have come to the conclusion that the most disappointing thing for me was that our longtime attorney general has lost to a Republican. No, that’s not the most disappointing thing. The most disappointing thing is that so many Republicans are gleefully spurning democracy, and those election deniers are not… Continue reading November 9, 2022

Today is election day but I already voted. I feel good about this, and also a little left out of the climax of it. I also worry about the results. I’m trying to do a total management lifestyle right now where I actually behave like an adult and get all the things I need to… Continue reading November 8, 2022

Some people find living as an adult to be a difficult experience from top to bottom. That hasn’t really been me. As a child, I wanted very much to be an adult, and I found that being an adult has suited me reasonably well. Now, though, I’m at the stage where people look to me… Continue reading November 7, 2022

Maybe it’s a thing about getting older, I don’t know, but I’ve been thinking about the average person’s relation to the whole of society. I think local society is important; that is to say, how you relate to people you interact with in person or in your writing and speaking. But then there’s this faux… Continue reading November 4, 2022

Went for a drive last night around the city with the convertible top down, not many more nights this year that I’ll get to do that. I sometimes chide myself unnecessarily for driving without a destination – I am, after all, contributing to climate change every time I drive – but the benefit to my… Continue reading November 3, 2022

Took a great exercise bike ride yesterday, the weather was unusually clement for early November. Today will be warmer but windier, too. I did not do as much riding this year as I would have liked, and I also don’t have a good reason as to why that was. I have an exercise routine that… Continue reading November 2, 2022

This month I turn 45. That’s five years older than Dave Barry was when he wrote “Dave Barry Turns 40”. And I don’t even want to think about the other ways in which that makes me old. I’m not going to do the whole “where did the time go?” shuffle. Holy crap, though, I need… Continue reading November 1, 2022