by Ira | Nov 20, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A rainy day. It’s raining outside right now, in fact. Our winter is off to a wet start, which is good. The LA cliche about rain is always: “we need it.” It true tho. We always do. Wolfie played the Mad Hatter tonight in his school play. He was great. Very funny. Did a...
by Ira | Nov 19, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Blerg. Today was…helter skelter. And for no reason, really, except that Liz is going out of town tomorrow for some work. Sigh. Threw me off a bit. And work was busy. I feel…cluttered. Not focused. I can do better. Not sure if tomorrow will be the day that happens, but...
by Ira | Nov 18, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s fine distinction is one I’d never considered: “Kitsch” versus “Camp.” So, kitsch refers to art and design that is “tacky.” It’s not cool. It’s garish, cutesy, cheap, nostalgic, and/or overly sentimental. It’s exclusively a pejorative term, ie- not positive,...
by Ira | Nov 17, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Le sigh. Tired tonight. Still adjusting to it getting dark so early, for sure. Got all my work done though, writing and reading too. A good day, just a long day. Night night.
by Ira | Nov 16, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Man, I ripped through Michael Piller’s Fade In book. So glad they finally found a way to publish it. Apparently, it was actually written for Pocket Books, which published all the official Trek books in the 90s. I think they still might, actually. But, anyway, I’d...
