Category Archives: Books

New Year, New Goals (Goals for 2025)

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Ian

Hey, it’s 2025 and it’s almost the end of January, so it’s time to set some goals. It was probably time to set them about, say, 30 days ago. However, Christmas/New Years was busy and I wanted to think things … Continue reading →

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Week Wrap-up: The Wrappening

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Ian

Not going to do a full-on accountability check-in this week, just a general review of the week. I figure I’ll do the nuts-and-bolts accountability thing once a month, which strikes me as a good pace while still allowing me to … Continue reading →

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What I’m Currently Verbing

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Ian

This is all the stuff I’ve been experiencing lately on the media front! It was originally a section of Monday’s post, but it got so long it’s a standalone now. What an exciting time to be alive. ~ * ~ … Continue reading →

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Life Keeps Being Itself

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Ian

I know I said in my last post I’d post later in the week. One week, six weeks, basically the same thing, right? I used to do some good accountability on here, which I think I’ll start doing again. When … Continue reading →

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I’m Back

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Ian

*Sheepishly walks back in, turns on the lights, starts taking chairs down off the tables and getting them set up* Hey all. It’s been a while since I last posted. The world’s been on fire, in one notable case extremely … Continue reading →

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Books and Being Offline

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Ian

*another hot minute passes* *the author wonders just where the hell that phrase originated, anyway* I’ve managed to close a couple of the loops I was talking about in the last post. I finished up both The Birthday of the … Continue reading →

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Updates Most Foul

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Ian

It’s been a while since I posted, so I wanted to just give a general smattering of life updates. For extra fun, this post is being written on my “brand new” Alphasmart Neo 2, the very latest in early-2000s technology.

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Thanksgiving 2018

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Ian

It’s Thanksgiving in the US! Which is heeeeeella loaded, given that it’s founded on a myth that covers up historical atrocities. But I do like the parts of the holiday that encourage reflection and being thankful for what we have. … Continue reading →

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Week Wrap-up: 11 June 2018 – 17 June 2018

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Ian

This last week was actually really uneventful? It was sort of nice. I haven’t written one of these in a while, but I suppose those other weeks will just be lost to time. How sad. Anyway: Still waiting to hear … Continue reading →

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RIP Ursula K Le Guin (1929-2018)

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Ian

I’m not the first to write a post about the passing of Le Guin, and I doubt I’ll be the last. I wrote the below on Wednesday morning, the day after her death was announced.  It was part of my … Continue reading →

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