Well, in the last hour or two we just got word that ConCarolinas is canceled for the year. There will be some online content, of course, but I won’t be in Charlotte rocking the place with my friends at the end of May. Also, as I suspected, but confirmed today, my May 9 show at […]

Since my last dispatch 48 hours or so ago, it’s honestly pretty much the same. I get up, I work for a few hours in the company of my cat, sit conference calls and answer emails, then I try and come up with other stuff to fill the time; and honestly, with few exceptions, I […]

I check in today to let the world know I’m still here, existing. The weekend was what it was; sticking around the house except to do a pretty big grocery run and on Sunday to pick up a new blu-ray player I ordered online from Target, because when you’re stuck in the house, the ability […]

A relatively quiet Thursday, I think, was a welcome relief to internals. Work was stagnant,largely because I worked my ass off on Wednesday and the email server was choking much of the day (big influx of junk in the last hour, but it was all junk), which I’m not going to complain about – I […]

Because I can’t think of anything else, I’ll quote Douglas Adams for today’s headline. Seems as good a thing as any. I was, as you can clearly read, less than my best self yesterday. Doesn’t mean the feelings weren’t valid, because certain business processes do indeed suck. However, I did get a Metric Assload™ of […]

The weekend; it certainly happened. The good news is I went out shopping and even found toilet paper for sale on Saturday morning. The bad news is that I went out shopping and continued to lose faith in my humanity (for all the same reasons I’ve described in past posts), and while I was out, […]

Those of you who’ve been watching know it’s been a rough week. Won’t belabor it anymore. I’m not at the low point I was on Tuesday, but there’ve been some flare-ups. Like I said the other day, I really appreciate the friends and family who’ve been there to support me with a kind word, a […]

It’s been a much better day today. I slept well last night, accomplished a lot at “work” (and my co-worker, Phoenix the cat, never left my side), and made a delicious curry for dinner. No particular stressors. Thanks to all my loving and supportive friends – you all are awesome, and had my back when […]

I hit a serious low point yesterday. The broadly applicable stress of this whole international pandemic situation knocked me the hell down. Sobbing, anxious, breakdown for an hour or two down. I’m not sure I’m really better yet, but by evening, I was functional enough to watch an episode of “Tiger King”, but…nonetheless, here I […]

We’re all, of course, in the same place as we have been, because that’s the way it is. Working from home has become habit now, and it’s not terrible; as I described earlier this week, I have a routine. I haven’t really interacted with anyone beyond the immediate fam beyond phone or email, but we’re […]