Category: long story short

  • Ready fedi?

    Ready fedi?

    As I get more into this fediverse thing I want to start trying to wean my photos off of Instagram / Bookface and my videos off of YouTube / same. Just as Mastodon is an open federated microblogging service akin to Twitter, Pixelfed and Peertube and federated photo and video services. Just so, I have…

  • Yule see

    Yule see

    Where I am in my life now this time of year more and more represents a necessary period of calm and reflection, a time for taking stock and considering possible course corrections for the next cycle to come. This becomes more and more important and even dear to me, I find. Anyhow, see you on…

  • Testing, testing

    Testing, testing

    Trying to see if my posts are propagating across the fediverse as intended…

  • Sure, summer break is nice

    Sure, summer break is nice

    but have you tried generally just kind of slowing down, exhaling, taking stock, wrapping things up, and accepting the open secret about most of the working world that doesn’t have a seasonal spike between mid-November and the end of the year, that around now people are taking their foot off the productivity gas pedal and…

  • Bucket list achievement unlocked

    Bucket list achievement unlocked

    I have often said I will end up as a minor footnote in Grateful Dead history, on the back of my obscure essays and peripheral involvement with “Dead scholarship.” Recently, one of my writer pals with similar obsessions has been the host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast, which has quickly turned into one of…

  • Quiet mornings are good for reflection

    Quiet mornings are good for reflection

    I used to be a night person. I used to sleep in as much as I possibly could. Sometime in the last decade or two I turned into a morning person and I’ve learned to really appreciate the quiet early morning hours before the rest of the world has woke up. This is when I…