Birthday week so far
Pro: Am in Hawaiʻi. Con: My suitcase didn't arrive on my flight, and the airline person wasn't even a little...
Equinox
The vernal equinox was four hours ago here in the northern hemisphere. In honor of that, here's my traditional...
That which does not kill us can still hurt
The other day, I saw yet another article that conveyed the very common narrative that difficulties and hardships make us...
Attacking the compiler: Xcode and “Trusting Trust”
The Intercept recently published a long but interesting article about (among other things) CIA-connected researchers' attempts to subvert Xcode, the...
Radio/audio drama at half price!
Short version: All CDs of ZBS audio productions are now available at half price! If you like Welcome to Night...
Status update and FOGcon
Spent the weekend at FOGcon, as planned. It went fairly well. Friday afternoon, I took a half-day off and headed...
Ten years
Today marks the tenth anniversary of my father's death. I'm doing surprisingly okay this morning; if anything, a little less...
My emotional state
A couple weeks ago, I sat down to write a blog entry about how I was doing with regard to...
Thoughts on deaths of parents
Although this entry was partly sparked by the recent deaths of several friends' parents, it's going to be focused specifically...
People’s parents dying, and other hard times
The past few months have been difficult times for a lot of my friends. I feel like all through the...
Talking to people who are going through tough times
This post is something I've been meaning to write for years; I'm finally writing it as a starting point/background for...
Mary Anne’s cancer posts
Mary Anne was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm having a hard time writing about it right now, but if...