Walking across the street-there’s a long line up the ramp to a Rush concert. Someone is whining about getting in. I say-I’m happy, it’s a Rush concert.
June 23rd, 2026
Driving past PWS, turn and there’s a girl there. I smile at her. Keep turning and pass by another one. On a bus, start kissing one of those girls.
June 21st, 2026
Sitting outside, a jet comes zooming above us, very close. My friend says, you’d better get them going, or one will really crash. Then a bomb falls very close and bounces. Then does it again. I catch it the next time, then they all turn to little floating lights falling. I walk around.
June 19th, 2026
Trying to get some sort of illegal drilling machine onto a truck. Realize that the truck has holes in the top and can be seen from the air. Put a bunch of cardboard on top and cover it with dirt. Go outside and walk around and they’re putting a bunch of boxes at the front of the truck to conceal and it’s going on TV.
Playing tennis, return a very fast serve by blocking it. 
June 5th, 2026
In a classroom, talking about something. I talk a little about how I like to make sure that things are direct and simple, like deciding to use external email rather than a form unless you need to track the email for auditing, etc. The class ends and go across the hall for the next class. The teacher says I’m not in this one, it’s tomorrow, and that I owe money anyways-$185. I groan.
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Time for summer to begin, even though it’s just the start of June. It was pretty chilly, but that looks like it’s changing. Need to pull out the A/Cs. We have bunnies in our yard, so there’s that. Really, everything in our little corner is fine, just like the dog in a burning room-fine… Last child is graduating high school and going to be a camp counselor over the summer, the middle is looking for an apartment/house with their SO, and the oldest is getting his Master’s-he’s going to take a year and just work. I’ve been talking about a slow collapse for ages, but I thought it was just me. Looks like it’s everything. The natural world will be fine. Heck, a 10 mile asteroid just put a little dent in it, though it killed off a lot of animals. Things were back to normal very quickly in geological terms, though that probably translates to a few tens of thousands of years. Not that the dinosaurs appreciated it-but they just turned into birds. It certainly helped us out a lot. Anyways, don’t really want to dwell, trying to get my little thing going and progress. I went through a time where this little blog was a lot political, but I just don’t want to deal anymore. It is becoming hard to avoid.
Thursday lunchtime (3/19). Pretty quiet, trying to put a spreadsheet together. All I’m doing is vulnerabilities. Not much else, got the yearly big thing. Been doing shorter workouts-so crowded on Tuesdays. Nice gamelan, driving people around, trying to ignore politics, that’s it. Been watching the West Wing. Makes me sad, seeing a smart administration. It may be idealistic, but the contrast is stark.
Sunday (3/22) morning. In bed, had to get up at 9 to work-it’s cold. And yesterday afternoon. Pretty easy and quick. Other than that, not much. Cut the grass yesterday, shopping, take Salem to an audition, back to running and the regular workout Friday. Miami made it to the basketball tournament and promptly lost.
Sunday night-did the afternoon work thing, 9 of 111 failed. Took Salem to a first aid training thing, trimmed bushes, pulled blackberries and holly, trimmed edges. Shop, dinner, lazy-no time to workout. Matt blew out the porches and cut down a fallen tree. Our yard is in better shape…
Sunday (3/29) in bed. Don’t really want to get up. Pretty quiet week, no gamelan, workouts-first outdoor run!, work, Erika’s endoscopy, annual review, driving, nice conversations with Claire about Lord of the Rings.
Thursday (4/9)-another week and a half gone, gone, gone. Went back to the Darden workouts. A lovely young lady was curious because I did the 30-10-30 working in. What else-driving Salem to KinkFest over the weekend-she was manning the first aid station. The weather is lovely-cut the grass Sunday.
Monday morning (4/20). Sitting in a meeting. Lovely weekend-Erika and Salem are in Nashville for a school choir trip. Cleaned the side porch and outside front porch Saturday, the car yesterday. Bagged the workout because washing a car is hard work. Went to a show at PSU Friday night. It was wild-I know one of the pianists. We chatted afterwards-she wants to visit gamelan, and has a piano that has glass tines. The show was 2 pianists, one piano, loosely structured, 40 minutes, and 80 rolls of washi tape that we had to festoon the pianists with. Not much else, a thing, getting Erika and Salem to school early on Friday, cleaned the front porch last weekend. Need to clean the bins I pulled from the side porch before it rains. Made mushroom risotto last night.
Wednesday noon. Tired. Paid some bills, got a check from the dentist. Short workout last night, picked up Erika and Salem from school. Got the bins cleaned, then it rained.
Wednesday afternoon (4/29). No gamelan tonight. Busy going nowhere at work. Got a new project coming up. Not much else. Cut the grass, pulled blackberries.
Friday noon (4/31). Quiet, sunny day. Code review and changes. Killed myself yesterday to get in a ton of change requests for password rotations by the deadline. Yuck.
Friday afternoon (5/29). Another whole month just vanished. Forget what happened-working on a new project. Got the ceiling fan switched, looked at cars and cabinets, cleaned the grill. Probably going to get a new kitchen faucet, also put a screen door on the front. Claire and Fynne are looking at places. And the usual work, workout, driving-suburban life…
Tuesday afternoon (6/2). Prod deploy Tuesday. Once a month. And I have to cancel two of the deploys because reasons. Pretty busy weekend-I’m still kind of sore, so I’m a little glad I can’t work out, though I really need to keep up the cardio-my running is suffering-I used to be able to easily run a 12 minute mile, and was progressing-now, no. Also put in a new sill plate and screen door on the front, and blew out the porches, trimmed the driveway greenery so the camera can see, pulled blackberries by the driveway, and did weed trimming all around except up the driveway. Matt cut the grass. Yesterday our neighbor cut the looong grass in his vacant backyard, and I think the bunnies that were living there are in our yard-I saw them chasing each other around. Not much else. I should call this.
Page 23, sentence 5: “We are not what we own; we are what we do, what we think, and who we love.”, The Joy of Less; “My wife can leave at any time.”, Tribe of Mentors. (been slacking on reading-have a ton of books I just renewed over and over that now need to go back.)
May 30th, 2026
Driving up into a bunch of vineyards. Apparently they’re owned by Rush, but they’re selling them. Go into a building and look around for something. There is change in every drawer. Walk out.
May 29th, 2026
Standing outside our apartment, a bunch of mist starts coming, with floating shapes and walking ones. It gets close and we go downstairs and inside. Some of the walkers come to, but they’re not doing anything. We want to see the floating ingress to, but they don’t come. Wake up and there are a bunch of words scrolling down.
May 28th, 2026
At US, someone is following me. Go upstairs, through a passage and down a drop, back to the front. Stand bty a column, but people see me so I go back the way I came.
In New York, throw something at someone, then run away. Try to hide in a corner store. A cop comes in and we play innocent, looking at some CD’s. He wants to show us something outside-it’s a big patch with writing on it.
May 20th, 2026
In a courtyard, trying to organize a display. I make rainbows with a plastic sort of dropper thing. It starts raining but everything is staying together.
May 17th, 2026
Some guy is driving on 7 mile beach after a storm. I tell him to watch for outflows and he stops right on front of one. Starts going into the surf and I say that’s not a good idea. He does and the water is over the hood. He backs up and the car dies.
In a room celebrating something and doing an odd back and forth shuffle. Try to get Sarah Silverman? to join in, but she has an odd backwards toe and can’t.
In Paris, trying to visit a convent, but it’s closed. We tell the kids to go to the neighbors and ask to stay the night. I say I’m going to find a B&B and walk away.
May 15th, 2026
At home, walking back inside and a jet comes in low and drops a bomb. It misses and explodes on the driveway. Run next door then back to our yard, helicopters go past.
May 12th, 2026
At gamelan, getting ready to practice for a gig. Can’t find my instrument, start looking around. Denise asks if I want one by her. I say no, look some more, then ask Mindy. She says yes, and starts throwing parts at me. I start arranging them, then say I need the unboxing video. She laughs and says she’ll get me one online. She also says we need special feet for the gig.
May 9th, 2026
In a room with a bunch of people. Start talking to this girl about having sex with her. We get undressed, then it’s a minute later and I’m in another room.
May 8th, 2026
Driving out in the woods, come to a clearing, almost get the car stuck in the water. Drive back a bed come to a big area with losses of abandoned junk. Walk around, see a bunch of files and some are government stuff. Hear a helicopter overhead and go into the building. Look around, the go to the front and leave.
May 6th, 2026
in a recording studio, going to do some singing with short phrases. Get set up, mikes are in weird places, the lyrics are in an odd place and I struggle to read them and stay in the right spot. I do am bunch, and some guy says they got 3 good ones. The producer rushes over and yells that we’re done. I say I can do it but that everything’s set up wrong.
April 30th, 2026
Playing basketball, watch the other players. Finally get the ball and it’s super light. Dribble oddly because of it, make an awesome pass to a girl by the basket.
Walking outside in the rain. Try to dribble a head of broccoli? Expect it to work-walk back inside.
April 28th, 2026
Walking through a house, look at a small screen then go outside. There’s a ton of stuff along the path. Start peeing everywhere. Go back inside.
Walking into our porch with Adrian Belew. Ask him how Robert is.
April 25th, 2026
Sitting on a couch with a girl. She’s wearing an odd brace=-like thing that makes her back straight. She sits on my lap and starts explaining it. I look closely at her belly and chest, trying to overlook her privates.
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.