April 21st, 2026

Drive someone’s car back to their house. Park, and they take the car. Come back with the tires all messed up. Look and one is gone. Go into the house to call a tire place. They come out.

Some old person is lying on a mattress. They start seizing. They move them. I go out and try to arrange something.

April 19th, 2026

Going camping-have to get out packs loaded up right. Walk over to the campground-they’re not able to make a fire. I get it going, then walk back to set up things. They mess up the fire and it goes out. Walk around trying to find wood. There’s not a lot in the building. Someone is offering free donuts to get one of the last. Split it with someone. Still can’t find wood. Leave and get into my car. Go out and see a girl running for a bus. Park.

At some office. The mainframe crashed and they’re trying to fix it. I ask what happened, and someone says that the database disks got destroyed and everything is gone. I ask about backups and talk about tape cartridges.

March 30, 2026

Sitting outside. A jet goes by, very low, very fast. It turns and slows and goes past, very close, very slowly. I wave and know it’s the aliens, but can’t see the pilot very well. They keep going, then turn and face us. See a bunch of symbols and a frog-like face in the middle.

Match 28th, 2026

At the gym, start on adductor, remember it’s abductor, then realize it’s neither. The trainer tries to correct me and I sayi know what I’m doing. Get up, walk around, and a bunch of people are there. Get my shoes.

Talking with Salem, but her short is really short and no underwear, so a faceful of clam. Excuse myself and go into the other room.

Talking our boy to a job. They’re all sitting at a long table. We say goodbye and start to leave, but I have a salary question so I ask the boss for his email. He gives it to me, but I don’t understand. I look at the sign and it’s clear.

Standing on the blackly of a teal building. Look out and see a fast moving storm dump a huge amount of water. Point it out to Erika.

March 26th, 2026

Hanging out in the bedroom, E hangs over the back of the bookshelf next to the doors and poops. I scream why? She says-it’s too far to the bathroom. I say she’s going to have to clean that up.

Match 21st, 2026

At us, they’re having lectures, walk around trying to find the one with Rick Hawley. Finally go into the auditorium and stand there. Walk around to the side and try to chat with someone.

Still at us, going down the sidewalk in hockey skates. Have to talk them off to go on the wooden path. Go in, come back out, my skates are missing, look around and find them. Some guy has my bag, use leverage to get it.

Get in line for a car race. Start filling out the paperwork. Go over to the car to get the vin. Go back and continue filling them out in my tablet. It’s a pain.

March 18th, 2026

In an apartment building. Look out the window and see a helicopter lowering pizzas? Another one is very close and spinning out of control. Run to the back of the building and out. Push the button to sound an alarm. Go back in and through a hidden door. There’s a nice lounge there. Go back out to see what’s happening. No helicopter and no damage. Go back through the hidden door and downstairs to the lounge.

March 12th, 2026

In London, going to a coffee place. Wait in line-they’re only letting in one person at a time. Chat with the cashier. She says something about her parents and I stary crying for my dad. She hugs me. I leave. Next day, come back, she greets me warmly and gives me my coffee.

Out on hills south of Long Beach, looking north. Theres scrub grass and trails everywhere. Walk down a little-it’s looking like a storm. Some planes fly close by and crash into the water, then helicopters. I know it’s the aliens again. I start making comments, then they come and give me a ball/orb thing. I give it back to them and we have a little exchange and I’m trying to be polite because I don’t want it. I finally give it to them and start ascending.

Sitting on a bench with a girl, playing with her chest.

Had to take a gap 3 months

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Yeah, a couple of months between posts. I know the world is hanging on my every pronouncement. I just can’t-no real motivation, and things are just imploding in slow motion. I wish wishes came true, but you have to work for them, and right now, I just can’t. Been thinking about death a lot, and my kids, and memories. Can you tell I’m getting older? Ack. And I just cut my hair/beard, and I look scarily like my dad when I do that.

Thursday (12/4), done with work! Sleeping in, working late. Got another deploy out, and grinding on another task. Fine gamelan last night, but just not there on the Wilujeng slowdown. Not much else.

Saturday night, getting ready for bed. Worked late yesterday-an issue with the prod thing on Thursday-messy, didn’t get it fixed. Skipped workout, picked up Salem. Dropped Salem off, drove around shopping. Not much else.

Monday (12/8), late afternoon, the mess abides. A few fixes got made, but will still break. More to come. Worked out last night-a little sore today-upped the squat weight.

Tuesday noon. More work fun, but progress. Power went out last night for awhile, then again overnight. Used some of our candles and battery lights. Still sore.

Saturday evening (12/13). Got the gutters cleaned, put the bracket on the downspout, got the driveway cam working, put a screen on the chimney. Busy week, short workouts. Choir show on Wednesday, no gamelan. Busy at work, prod issues, got some decoms working, lost our AWSCLI runner, need some access to get the new one going. Not much else. Claire to the train station, pick them up tonight.

Tuesday evening (12/16), hanging out in bed. Fine workouts, even with a fast tai chi. Not much else, driving kids, work-got the awscli runner going, can’t cross namespace boundaries. fkin’ morons shut down 2 jobs because they can’t read.

…and it’s been a month (1/13, no, 14). It’s the new year, and much the same-working, working out, driving around, shopping. Christmas was fine. Took the week off, had an early work password rotation on New Year’s Day. It was rainy and windy for awhile-made my drain overflow pipes a little better, put one on the front. Had to skip last night’s workout because Claire was working very late. Cocked up a work thing because we didn’t test the full bit. Gamelan tonight.

Thursday noon (1/15). Not much happening, other than the usual. Nice gamelan last night, got some kombucha from Vera. My work computer is acting up.

Well, that was a gap (3/13). Not really anything to note, other than work, working out-switched things up a bit, driving people around, shopping, gamelan. A couple of things, and thinking about things. I don’t think there was much else-Erika has a bout of diverticulitis, a couple of nice meals on the west side, boba/frozen yogurt at a place in Happy Valley, a couple of shows with Salem in the choir, finally got a crown for my broken tooth. It’s been rainy. Need to work on my backlog of books. Trying not to pay attention/think about the disaster that is our national level executive branch, though the legislative and judicial aren’t much better. New rule: don’t have morons running the government.

Page 23, sentence 5: “Getting all anxious about them, or about the possibility of what might happen, was embarrassing.”, The Nordic Theory of Everything, “It took eight men to carry him away and even then, they were staggering with the weight.”, An Argumentation of Historians, “‘I extend to [Strauss] respectful and friendly solicitude,’ Mahler wrote to his wife on one occasion, ‘and he didn’t respond, he doesn’t even seem to notice, it is wasted on him.'”, The Rest is Noise.

January 13th, 2026

Hanging out at home. The fireplace has a cool design and I’m looking at it. Go closer and some girl wants to take the couple we have for Taco Bell. I say it’s my wife’s, so no. She gets mad. I walk away.

I’m pooping in a hallway in a hospital. Get done, go to find a bathroom to wipe. I find one, go in, some lady wants in. I say I’ll just be a minute. The nurse says something about it. I get some tp, get it wet, wipe, try to find a place to put it. Leave the bathroom.

Sitting on a bench in a park. Some blind guy goes by, but he can’t use a cane very well and trips over a curb. Comes past me and starts falling and I steady him. He goes by again, yelling at a girl. She yells back and he leaves. Fold my paper up to read the comics. There’s a girl with a very swollen eye that’s dripping. I try to ignore her, but she stands right in front of me. I keep reading the comics. Finally a nurse comes and leads her away.

January 12th, 2026

Going to an ATM with Al. We’re talking about when I’m going to get him cash-I say I get paid on Thursday, so then. We get there and there’s a line. Some guys start pushing past us and I push back. They start grabbing for our card and I fight to keep it. The card is all torn and dirty, but the attendant says it will work-there’s a headlight like thing that checks. The ATM is all damaged and there’s money all over the place. I gather it up, but someone says they check it and I put it back. The machine gathers it up, closes, and I put the card in. It’s Mom’s, and asks some questions. The first one is who was Mom working for when she was at the big mansion in University Heights. I type in Dan Moore and someone says that’s a nice name. It goes on, but I can’t read the next question.