Day 43, What’s the last trip you took? Was it fun? Why or why not. The last trip I took was a bucket list trip, to the ‘House on the Rock’ in Wisconsin. Not to get too into it, but it’s a trip I’d wanted to take since I’d first heard of this tourist trap of a destination. To answer, was it fun? TL;DR, yes - it was...

We are all Earthseed So I finished up Parable of the Talents by the incredibly talented Octavia Butler. Wow. If you haven’t read Parable of the Sower or Talents, TL;DR: go pick it up! I was surprised by just how engrossing the world is. The narrative is told from journal entries of the protagonist, and I loved it....

Day 42, Write a #FollowFriday with the names of your favorite bloggers or social media follows and why you like them. How fun! alright, so my opml file is fairly large so ill just say the folks I really enjoy are: Matthew Mercer (Critical Role) - https://critrole.com - Dude is a natural story teller, and his voice...

What is your relationship with your phone? Does it make you happy or sad? Do you get a new one frequently or infrequently? I recently installed Niagra Launcher to reduce the clutter I was experiencing with Samsung’s One UI. Honestly, I’d love to root the device and switch to something other than Samsung, but that’s...

Day 40: What is the most scared you have ever been? Can you write about it? The most scared I’ve ever been was probably the second year I was working at the game company. We got off work late and it had been snowing. Since I was a transplant, the car I was driving was only rear wheel drive. In any case, I left work...

Day 39, What do you like to read? Books, newsletters, doomscrolling, blogs, paper magazines? I love to read books, YouTube, and blogs. I wish I had a better alternative to YouTube, but it’s still a great place to learn new ideas and technology. Even as much as I hate going onto ex-Twitter, I still find myself coming...

Day 38, How do you feel about writing? Is it often cathartic, fun, a chore? I really enjoy writing. It’s cathartic and fun, probably the most rewarding experence ive had outside of my own inner monologue. Outside that, its an escape, I still remember when I was in school. I used to write in my notebook for hours,...

Day 37, Do you have any good or bad stories from your relationship with social media or Internet communities? Ive had plenty of good experiences using the internet. More in the earlier days of twitter. It was fantastic to finally be able to talk with people about new libraries and concepts online. Then digg and...

Day 36, What do you remember about your first computer and learning to use it? So the first computer, was a ‘zx spectrum’ that you hooked into a television. It came with a book of basic and a cassette drive. It was amazing, I was however very young, so i couldn’t read the words, and basically copied verbatum the...

Day 35, What is your typical day like from the time you wake up until you go to bed? Days vary depending on personal energy levels in the morning… lol Alarm goes off at 6:30 brush teeth wake up the kids read or just want in circles listening to audio book 7:30 to 8:00 is my dedicated waste time NYT puzzles Review...

Write a book review of the last book you couldn’t put down. How to Sell a Haunted House, by Grady Hendrix I don’t want to give anything away from this book. Just read it, because its one of these horror stories that is so well written. Its better than horror. Its god damn interesting. I think what I liked most was...

Day 33, What are five issues that have affected your political life? I personally don’t have bunper stickers. I don’t relate my political beliefs to folks. Well perhaps an exception to family that ask. But, honestly, fuck politics. Its devisive, for perhaps the worst reasons. Or human reasons, I don’t know. So,...