Things I found, read, did, and produced this past week. Things I consumed Kagi is adding functionality to remove paywalled sites from web searches. Although I do think paying for news and journalism…

I have been blogging for more than half a decade now, and I feel it's important that I document/share my financial position, especially since I remain anonymous and I wish to remain that way.…

i hate how much i crave attention. i hate how it's still at my core th reason i do things. like yes i write for myself and i don't cater to others with my writing but i still am motivated by…

My kids have already been in school for a week because the school board decided to start the year two weeks earlier than last year, just stealing two weeks of the summer break that we can never get…

The little things mail club theme is here, with a gratefulness worksheet on the back of the postcard! Only available for the month of August!☕1 week left! ♡(*´︶`*人) patreon.com/chibird

Hi Nala, I miss you more than I ever thought I might. You’ve strangely been gone for four long months yet they feel so short, too. In fact, it sort of feels like yesterday that we got home in…

Up to the shops, a barramundi for dinner and fresh bread for the weekend. Home again over the bridge. Same trip I’ve been doing for years. Sadly, same driver behaviour. Angry old mate in a…

Today i learned that re-reading books can be a stim. Mind? Blown. Also, the last couple years, i keep learning things that point toward me probably being autistic. Might need to start looking into…

🚩 Disclaimer: Most thoughts are not an actually reflection of reality. In the meantime, below are two vignettes in an alternate Schrödinger-cat type of universe where interpersonal thoughts somehow…

August 21 2026 - 15:11 Last (or second last if I somehow do 1 tomorrow morning) one before Nashville. I realized I can just put some flat shit underneath this…

I’m always proud that I try my best. I try my best to build what I build in the best way possible. I try my best to succeed in life, to survive, to learn, and to take advantage of…

This morning I found that my 17-year-old declawed, arthritic, blind cat who’s missing 9 teeth managed to catch and kill a mouse. I really don’t like that this is the second mouse we’ve had in the…

happy friday imaginary constructs

Good Grief! I walked into Lowes in Kahului, Maui a couple of days ago and was greeted with this assortment of scary accessories. Halloween is still another two and half...

I haven't been able to sit and write what I want at all this week! So I did a short ramble about that, also Outer Wilds.

This week I have learned: The week in media: Saw Read Listened Next week: Some questions to answer. The week in photos:

eBookDaily is offering a free Kindle download of my historical novel The Tern Schooner. This is happening only today, 21 August, so get a-clickin’!

just a quick update about how it’s going… I’ve started working again this week after a 2 week holiday break and it has been HARD. I’m still waiting for my rheumatology appointment on the 1st of…

God’s Sovereign Plans Behind Your Most Unproductive Days / In My Father’s School Are Many Classrooms / Dads: When You Stumble, Stumble Forward / The Weight of Glory / What New Opportunities and…

Read on for all the details about my next book!

...Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store let's talk about what happens in 365 days. that is, it's been 365 days since…

My wife and I arrived to pick our daughter up from cheerleading practice but, since we were early, decided to use the extra time to take our dog for a walk. Looking at the fields where two hundred…

The other day I asked my husband when he was going on his work trip. He said, "Why?" I told him I just wanted to know, but I could tell he felt suspicious cause I normally never ask him about his…

I’m writing this on a Friday morning, a time I normally block off for editing the weekly MacStories member newsletter. A creature of habit, I find routines both comforting and very hard to break,…

i am tired. i used to be used to this tho, like, before i moved out of my mom's home. the constant tension, alertness and feelings of being dismissed were my norm. i didn't even realize it was like…

An August 12, 2026 notice (received via email) for Vancouver’s next AI community meetup promotes an upcoming August 2026 meeting on this event page, Taleeb Noormohamed, eh? This description of M.…

I'm angry. I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can…

I recently got a marketing email that suggested that I put this prompt into ChatGPT: Tell me about author Robert J. McCarter. What do they write? Who are their books for? What themes come up in their…

Effective immediately I’ve chosen to walk away from my co-hosting duties on NPC: Next Portable Console. It’s been an absolute pleasure working on the show, and I’ve deeply loved discussing...

I was traveling yesterday and so didn't get a chance to write about this right away. Shams broke the news on Wednesday evening:Cavaliers receive: Peyton Watson, Cam Whitmore, 2027 2ndClippers…

My daughter collected her GCSEs yesterday and, having successfully achieved the requisite grades for her choice of course, is going to college* in September. This isn’t really my news to share,…

It’s been four years since I talked to you. I wonder if you would still be here if I had paused my life and put all my energy into helping you get back on your feet. Confused about my own life’s…

Social media, influencers and endless self-improvement

End-of-week check-in. Hello, folks! Last weekend: Live pro-wrestling where my buddy, his friend, and I cheered for the heels (the bad guys in pro-wrestling speak). Epic time! Afterward, I found…

Weeknote 34:2026 This weeknote got delayed by many days full of work, including the weekends. New office At least it feels new. Thirty minutes after we got the landlord's confirmation of our lease…

When HOA Enforcement Starts to Feel Personal Just when I thought my HOA story couldn't get any more ridiculous, another warning letter arrived. This time? My fence. A fence that was installed in…

Well, Hawaii is a senior now. I don't know if this is a national trend, but being a senior here comes with far more rituals and traditions than it did when I was a senior in high school. (For…

Blooms Any Day One thing saves the current season, and that’s the explosion of hues. The flowers are doing their best to get us through the heat. Last night was Weekly Movie Night; we watched…

I’m proud to report that Eri and I are not complete parenting failures. Yes, that’s right: we successfully took the kids to the pool at least once this summer. It wasn’t the nicest day on Saturday.…

His friend has developed a crush on him, and she's not taking no for an answer. Now it's getting incredibly uncomfortable; is there anything he can do? via Paging Dr. NerdLove @ doctornerdlove.com

i walk into the bar alone i feel so many eyes on me i think they're judging me but secretly i wish they would embrace me i ask the bartender for a red ale could i have a schooner i say she says no…

SpotCheck A collection of free bookmarklets that test for common accessibility issues directly in the browser. Each one maps to its related WCAG 2.2 success criteria. [ 📌 stephanieleary ] Butter Box…

Hello hello, my Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 💾 A magnetic power bank that looks like an old floppy disk. Yep,…

Overdecorated classrooms make it hard for students to focus.

If you want to save a click, Pogačar. The Route “A mountainous Vuelta” is hardly news but the race ratchets up every year and this edition has 58,000m of vertical gain, more than the Giro…

catching myself falling into bad habits again. it really takes so little for all my carefully cultivated resilience to fall away, huh? check your phone every 20 seconds for a notification. become so…

Atlanta has improved a lot in the two years I've been gone

Every day I hear about something so odd happening in the world. Not only are there bad things happening constantly such as wars but the ridiculousness of humans. My partner enjoys scrolling socials…

If you look carefully you can see, from left, the (partially hidden) air purifier, faux fireplace, dumbbells, bicycle and, beyond the window and balcony railing, Pier A. All this counts as “Hoboken.”…

In which I share some arcane knowledge from the world of the Librarians…