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“The Time Trap” (Star Trek: The Animated Series S1 Ep12)
Forget ion trails; just follow the trail of sandwiches. Ira hits a personal milestone this episode, we cast a new ensign on the ship that doesn't know how to handle Kirk's crazy commands, and the boys decide their version of the Enterprise would have eject buttons all...
Day 2,468: Keeping It Simple
Really, really great therapy session today. Jillian helped me realize that my success comes not so much from the goals I set, but from demystifying the work itself that’s necessary to get there. Which is to say: focusing on the goal or the outcome doesn’t help me....
Day 2,467: Hell Yes It Would
I just crunched numbers on what it would take me to write (and rewrite) a book in two months, which is still twice as long as some people I know can do... It scares me. I think it would take me three hours a day, consistently, for 40 work days to do it. But,...
Day 2,466: All That Is Difficult…
All this difficult can become easy. The first word I thought of was ‘hard,’ but that’s not quite right. The opposite of ‘hard’ is ‘soft’ 😛 But ‘hard’ is what I was thinking of, in the sense of writing is hard. Doing pushups is hard. Working from home is hard. Until...
Day 2,465: Urinals
There was an EARTHQUAKE last night. Four-thirty in the morning, something like that. Woke us both up, and I ran and grabbed Cooper since Coco was already on the bed next to Liz if we had to run for it. We didn’t. It was over in a second. Not really that bad after the...
Day 2,464: Grump
Do you ever have those days where you just wake up grumpy? I did this morning. For no real reason, except that I was a little behind on my work, and a little behind on my writing. Otherwise, I think it was just a mood I woke up with. Sometimes those days are hard. Not...
Day 2,463: Better
The writing was better today. Thank god. I needed a better day. It’s been rough since the end of last week. But, it was better today. I love writing. I really do. That’s where I’m at with my writing tonight. I love it. I love the exploring and the editing and the...
Day 2,462: The Terror
The Terror. It’s so good. Dan Simmons. I’ve read him before. Hyperion is a masterful book (though, be warned—not a complete tale in and of itself!). This show on AMC from two years back, based on his book, is goddamn incredible. Thank you to Liz for recommending it so...
“The Terratin Incident (Star Trek: The Animated Series S1 Ep11)
Welcome to Trek Tours! Our stop today involves getting really, really small, reveling in the show delivering on the promise of animation doing things that live-action can't, and discussing the stress level of a canary in a coal mine.
Day 2,461: Paring Down & Organizing
The spring clean has become the summer clean. I’ve been wanting to pare down my stuff. I have too much of it. And I’ve wanted to do it for awhile. I started on it, actually, back at the very beginning of this pandemic, but I still haven’t finished. Need to sell some...