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Friday random ten: “fork you” edition

31 Jan

Yeah, ridiculously stressful week, that’s kept rolling straight through until close of business on Friday, with even more on the horizon already for next week. Who knows what the next bit of weirdness is going to be. For the moment, I’m keeping on with the work that needs done, and keeping this in mind, and […]

friday random elevenish – “occupational anxiety” edition

24 Jan

So, last weekend’s Marscon was a reasonably successful endeavor, with us playing a couple of good shows (even if the time slots could’ve been better), the band clicking with a great energy you really want for every show, but know really only hits occasionally. We also had a couple of nice official and unofficial circles, […]

friday random elevenish: “get your ass (back) to…” edition

17 Jan

After a seriously hectic week full of navigating rhetorical scuffles between co-workers who ought to know better, stints at playing the boss, and fighting with reporting queries at work, and needy pets who don’t understand why their favorite person (i.e. my lovely spouse) aren’t around (she’s doing a substitute teaching stint for a couple of […]

friday random elevenish – “repeat performance” edition

10 Jan

so the weather reports are showing that we’re in for another white weekend here in the metro, which I suppose is fine, apart from my neighbors to the north (including friends and so many of my favored places to while away an hour or three) are *still* under a boil advisory, and another storm’s going […]

snow and selfless service

08 Jan

As I start writing this piece in the middle of my first week back at work, I’m the *only* one in the house who’s back to work, because, for the first time in a couple of years, the RVA metro has been hit with what they call a “major” winter storm in these parts, which […]

♫ in the year twenty-five twenty-five, if man is still alive ♫

01 Jan

After a couple of five-hundred years’ displaced pop culture references, here’s my “Happy New Year” post. So it’s 2025. The lovely spouse and I stayed up until midnight, barely, chilling with friends (virtually), as another friend did an online New Years’ Eve show via Twitch. We enjoyed ourselves, and that’s really what it was all […]

happy boxing day

26 Dec

‘Tis Boxing Day; hope you’re enjoying your two turtle doves, and are ready for all those other birds over the next week and a half… After watching Congress pull a miracle out of their asses at the last minute, our Christmas here was quiet; we mostly lounged around reading, playing video games (the family gift […]

friday random elevenish: “done…or am i” edition

20 Dec

I’m really getting a lot of mileage out of this song… Today is, as scheduled, my last day of work for 2024. It’s been a scary-productive year this year occupation-wise, and I hope to keep it moving, assuming I don’t get railroaded into management, which kind of feels like it’s happening after attending the retirement […]

friday random elevenish: “pardon me” edition

06 Dec

Another week watching the world burn (or at least watching some people scattering kindling willy-nilly in world burning anticipation) while the press and pundits focus on their navels and that shiny squirrel over there who’s going to do exactly what he’s going to do regardless of whether Joe Biden’s compassionate and completely within the bounds […]

friday random elevenish: “the down season” edition

22 Nov

As the thermometers outside are finally acknowledging, it’s now autumn. It’s both a favored time of year and one that tends to throw a wrench into my enjoyment of it. I definitely enjoy my time outside in the cooler weather; afternoon hikes along the river at the local park (which the dog loves), regular bike […]

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