by Ira | Jan 10, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
It was a pretty busy weekend! I liked it, though. It felt good to be outside and working, which is where I was today and yesterday. Got lots done. Also went on a bike ride this afternoon/early evening, which was really nice. And I just sat down to organize my week....
by Ira | Jan 9, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Rested today. At least in the second half. The first half was spent running around town a bit, and working on the “project.” I got my tires balanced and rotated and HOPEFULLY a little leak taken care of. We’ll see. I told them about it, but it wasn’t mentioned in the...
by Ira | Jan 8, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Today, a great vacuum formed on Twitter as a voice was swallowed up forever. Donald Trump received a lifetime ban from the platform. And finally, blessedly, there was silence. I rejoiced. Removing a toxic person’s platform can work. It has countless times. I hope it...
by Ira | Jan 7, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Yesterday was chaos. Today…disinformation. It’s a scary world, one in which facts go unheeded and cast aside. That is the world we live in. The conspiracy theorists are winning in large swaths of this country. It started in earnest today over what happened...
by Ira | Jan 6, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Trump supporters tried to take over the capitol today. It was kinda close to working? They got inside. The cops did nothing, of course, because it was all white people. Then finally, hours after they’d been requested, the National Guard and riot squad came in and...
by Ira | Jan 5, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote today! It was a good session, too. I like my story. I really do. My opening is solid. Probably better than the opening of my first book. Almost certainly better. Work was also damn solid today. I cruised through what I needed to do, I got my massive downloads...