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 […]

Listen to the late Georgia Congressman and American Hero John Lewis, who I had the privilege of meeting oh-so-briefly at DragonCon in Atlanta (where he was cosplaying as himself from the era chronicled in March!) a few years back, and exercise your right and responsibility to vote today! I post something like this pretty much […]

I could say that I wish the last week was more exciting and eventful, but I really don’t want to . I’ve made steady progress in some important areas, didn’t encounter any serious problems, had a bill or two come in a bit lower than expected, had my bar tab covered the other night by […]

You're Not Cleared For This by D.J. McGuire We’ve all been following the headlines regarding certain events happening in Florida last week, and all the fallout, and the usual bloviating and bad takes inherent in American politics, though one thing you might notice is that while lots of folks in TFG’s camp are rushing (sometimes […]

Bruen. Dobbs. Kennedy. OK v. Castro-Huerta. WV v. EPA…. From my perspective, this was not a great couple of weeks for this country. These decisions, along with some other things, have not made things better. More guns. Right to privacy gutted. Establishment Clause crossed out. Tribal Sovereignty rolled back to 1839. The government’s ability to […]

Unless you’re completely unplugged from the world (and if you are, I am occasionally jealous of you), you’re aware of what is almost certainly the most significant court decision of my lifetime. Being who I am, a straight white man (aka “The Lowest Difficulty Setting”) who is nonetheless aware of his relative privilege when compared […]

As I’m still fighting off this respiratory thing, I spent the weekend largely down, trying to rest and medicate this thing away. The weather cooperated with me by being largely garbage all weekend, so I wasn’t particularly tempted to push myself with outdoor exercise. I watched a couple of movies, played some Pokemon, read some […]

Hell of a week this was. Couple of twelve hour work days, sprained wrist, and cold-like symptoms the last several days, which have played hell with my anxiety, as I’ve been having dreams the early part of this week that I’d caught the ‘rona at RavenCon and that would sideline my plans to participate in […]

Apart from all the bullshit (insert link to absolutely any news website right now), some cool stuff happened on the US political front this week.  President Obama visited the White House for the first time since he left office back in ’17, in support of a fix to the “family glitch”, a calculation bug in […]

Much has been made of the stories of the current conflict resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Zelenskyy’s masterful social media management; the stories of bravery from Ukrainian citizens, Putin’s seemingly unhinged state of mind. Americans missing the effing point… It’s interesting, that for, perhaps the first time since WWII, certainly the first time in […]