As one expects, ConGregate was a very nice experience. Going in, I was, as is ridiculously common in the current age, extra stressed and anxious for all kinds of reasons that any regular reader here (assuming there are any) can surely identify. But, since I’m somewhat of a professional at this, I put on the […]

Slipping out quietly after close of business Tuesday night, the Supreme Court released it’s ruling on the pending litigation regarding the federal workforce EO. It came out about how I expected; there’s been no argument that the head of the executive branch, as outlined in Article II of the Constitution, doesn’t have the power to […]

At noon today, we’ll have crossed over into the second half of 2025. The first half has been…a lot. The last five months, especially, have felt like five years. There’s just been too damned much of it. Go look at any of the retrospectives today (such as the opening paragraphs of this daily newsletter) for […]

This weekend I was not my best. I couldn’t stick the landing on much of anything. Most productive thing I did was a Saturday morning Costco run. Mental health, as has been pretty damned obvious given what’s been written here for the last five months, is not great, and it kind of crossed some kind […]

Even for a short week, where I was in the office for approximately 32 hours (less my approved time for fitness, which is one awesome benefit I actually still get to take advantage of), I’ve spent approximately twenty of those hours locked down on Microsoft Teams meetings, and the rest looking for an open rest […]

Last week was the Juneteenth holiday, and in spite of That Man™’s proclamation that all of us layabouts should get back to work, I took a long weekend, and my lovely spouse and I, along with the dog, took our what’s-becoming-annual camping trip to tick a few more State Parks off the list. It was […]

Another couple of weeks down, because I’ve been all kinds of busy, depressed, tired, sore, occasionally celebratory, and outside touching grass. Work is work, of course. I’m kind of just tired of all of it all, going through the motions and doing the thing, but not feeling particularly motivated to give the powers that be […]

Short week and pretty decent long weekend (that provided a welcome distraction from other things) aside, I’m hitting a bit of a wall. I actually started the week with a relatively positive attitude. I was ready to hit this special project I’m working hard and wrap things up so I can get back to my […]

It has been a rough and emotional week. Things happened. Even some good things, but I don’t feel like talking about them. Maybe later. I don’t really want to talk about them, because I’m largely completely occupied by the fact that on Thursday, I had to say goodbye to my friend Phoenix. She was only […]

Another week mostly down. Work was work, headlines were headlines, and the back hurt. Also, My lovely spouse celebrated crossed a major, hard-earned milestone (and I am very, very proud), and I learned that a dear friend from my past is no longer with us, which is seriously a bummer. I spent some time with […]