As of this past Wednesday, we’ve been in this house for two weeks. There are still boxes everywhere, though there are fewer than there were two weeks ago, and as I type this (on Thursday evening), I’m sitting here listening to some tunes (a new record from Worm Quartet, mostly) and the new LG WashTower […]

Another week down and all that…one that’s been pretty dull overall. Got out and spent some time outside, though not yesterday when it was gorgeous and I was stuck in a pre-brief for a CIO in-process review until almost 6pm, but whatever. Still hit my fitness goals every other day, got my stuff done, and […]

Sorry, no Friday post this week, I’ve been way too busy copy-editing business documents written by people who really ought to be able to manage subject-verb agreement, but clearly can’t. Also, I wrote the first draft of every one of these with convenient places for folks to simply enter in their details for their specific […]

Apparently, somewhere in the last forty-eight hours or so, there was a weekend, but I’ll be damned if I can see where the time went when looking back. Sure, objectively, I did things. Shopping, laundry, installing trim to hold the laminate floor down, hiking a bunch of miles along the river, taking my wife out […]

I am completely aware it’s cliché at this point, but four day weeks always feel longer than typical five day weeks. I even managed to log off on time most days this time around; didn’t matter. After a con weekend of late nights, a work week of both rushing to complete scads of documents to […]

…and we’re back. I never managed to put up anything like my traditional year-end wrap up post, but honestly, I’m not that worried. It’s more work than it’s worth most of the time. I put almost 2200 miles on my bike tires and/or boot soles, which isn’t bad, and I think I’m a net five […]

Today, with any luck, is my last work day of the year 2022. I say “with any luck,” because the last couple of months have been awfully crazy and given where I am in the organization (basically management’s back-up brain and copy editor these days), I can’t rule out the odd phone call about where […]

After a day at the desk doing final edits on business case documentation, a walk out along the marsh is a nice way to shake the track changes markings off of your perception. It was a little cold out there yesterday afternoon, but the geese didn’t mind, and my camera caught the clouds doing some […]

The last couple of weeks have been rough on me, and given the time of year, the next few will maintain that pattern. That’s just the reality of the holiday season for me, and I cope the best I’m able. Part of that coping is finding and embracing pleasures where I find them. Yesterday after […]

Although the stats say barely anybody reads this space anymore since I started inconveniencing electrons here two decades or so ago, I nonetheless feel compelled to tell the reader I’m fine. I’ve just been scary busy since the November holiday break. The holiday weekend was fine; quiet and disengaged on Thursday, and a pleasant, reasonably […]