Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Disappointment Drill.

EarBliss, 09sep2020: DRAW ME A SILENCE PART I and II, by Azu Tiwaline.

Daily running route yard signage report for 09sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 23 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+2), in front of 11 houses (+1), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0). 54 days remain until the 2020 election.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… A Sink Odyssey Concluded / A Project Update Updated.

Sink update: new drain system and pipes installed; clog unclogged. Househusband powers, +1.

Warpless MARIO attempt, 08sep2020.

Daily running route yard signage report for 08sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 21 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), in front of 10 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+/-0) in front of 1 house (+/-0). 55 days remain until the 2020 election.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Sink Drains, Warpless MARIO, and the First Sign.

Plumbing: the adventure continues.

Decided that I’m going to try to beat SUPER MARIO BROS. without resorting to warp zones for the twentieth anniversary of having beaten it the first - and only - time. Today’s attempt (it wasn’t pretty):

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Please Stand By.

Daily running route yard signage report for 07sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 21 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), in front of 10 houses (+/-0), and 1 Biden/Harris sign (+1) in front of 1 house (+1). 56 days remain until the 2020 election.

Office Sanctuary.

Daily running route yard signage report for 06sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 21 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+1), in front of 10 houses (+/-0), and 0 Biden/Harris signs (+/-0) in front of 0 houses (+/-0). 57 days remain until the 2020 election.

Reading, 06sep2020…

The 20th dispatch of MacroParentheticals is off on its journey to inboxes. And so the week is done. (So I’ve got that going for me.)

Daily running route yard signage report for 05sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 20 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/0), in front of 10 houses (+/-0), and 0 Biden/Harris signs (+/-0) in front of 0 houses (+/-0). 58 days remain until the 2020 election.

EarBliss, 05sep2020: BEHOLD A BLACK WAVE - EP, by Calabashed.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… SitRep, 05sep2020.

The podcast marches towards reality: the mixer, she has arrived.

In order to get through the to-read stacks and just pick up the next book without thought or design, I had my wife mix them up and turn them around while I was gone. Rules: can’t buy new ones until one stack gone; have to finish a stack once I start it.

Daily running route yard signage report for 04sep2020: out of 110 houses, there are 20 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/0), in front of 10 houses (+/-0), and 0 Biden/Harris signs (+/-0) in front of 0 houses (+/-0). 59 days remain until the 2020 election.

EarBliss, 04sep2020: BEETHOVEN: LEONORE OVERTURE No.3, SYMPHONY No.7, by Saito Kinen Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Dispatches from Plagueville, Level Three.