by Ira | May 25, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
The weight of lies, man. I think lies might be the heaviest thing in the known universe. We just finished The Dropout. It’s sooooo gooood. Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews are…they should win Emmy’s. I’m familiar with much of the Theranos story already. We watched...
by Ira | May 24, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Man. Today. 19 kids and a teacher were shot today by an 18-year old in Texas. He *fought his way* through law enforcement to carry out the shooting. Work was fine. Warriors lost, but I got to hang out with Medwards. Writing was good, so was client work. But, man....
by Ira | May 23, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Today was… I was going to say a rough day. And it was. Not for any particular reason other than burnout, mind you…but still rough. Or, maybe “off” is the word. But, it wasn’t just rough or off. It actually started off great. Or…no, it did start off rough. I didn’t get...
by Ira | May 22, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
So, the refit Enterprise model, the one from the movies, is sitting in Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin lobby. He bought it, presumably from the big Christie’s auction in the aughts, when Paramount offloaded a ton of Star Trek memorabilia and ephemera. All the comments in the...
by Ira | May 21, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Stumbled across this really cool little facebook group tonight. Randomly, genuinely, because I’m so rarely on that site any more. Trump kinda ruined it for us all, didn’t it? That election. Those two elections. Anyway…it’s a Humboldt County history group, where people...