Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… I’d Like to Take My Back to THE REPAIR SHOP.

The coronavirus is devastating a uniquely American art form, via The Washington Post.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s), via The Public Domain Review.

The Curious Case of the Maybe Dead Dictator, via Foreign Policy.

This website deletes itself if people stop posting, via The Verge.

The secrets, money, and spite behind history’s biggest superhero reboots, via Polygon.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Breaking News / Breaking Back.

False Prophet, via The Atlantic.

The Viral Coronavirus Protest Photo from Ohio, via Reading the Pictures.

Our Pandemic Summer, via The Atlantic.

Privacy and the Pandemic: Time for a Digital Bill of Rights, via Foreign Policy.

And, finally: Fiona Apple sets the stage ablaze with her rendition of Elvis Costello’s “I Want You,” accompanied by Costello - a performance for the ages.

UltraKoi taking some sun.

Dog-child status update.

Relieved that my wife’s - a sixth grade teacher - extended spring break has been extended into an extended summer break. Or as we’re calling it, a preview of retirement.

EarBliss, 20apr2020: KNIVE, by Svarte Greiner.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Brain-Clearing/ThoughtBuffet 20apr2020.

Sunday afternoon.

Final Mailchimp newsletter is done and sent into the digital ether. Relaunching next week as MacroParentheticals through Buttondown. A relief to be free of the overbearing complexity.

Status

EarBliss, 18apr2020: CHICAGO UNDERGROUND QUARTET, by Chicago Underground Quartet.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… In Which We Pause Our Regular Broadcast for Static Identification

Satellite images reveal scars etched into landscape from deadly tornado outbreak in South, via The Washington Post.

Confirmed: San Diego Comic-Con 2020 Cancelled, Will Return in 2021, via Bleeding Cool.

Police Arrest an Oxford Professor for Allegedly Stealing Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Selling Them to the Museum of the Bible, via artnet.

Dog-children status update.

EarBliss, 17apr2020 (the “as if it could be anything else” edition): FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS, by Fiona Apple. (So, so good.)

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Re-Openings and Moth-Eaten Hats From Lives Past.

It also helped that my wife reminded me that, even though I may work on my two other projects (other than the book) in that time (though primarily the book), it’s still writing and doing the work of writing. Working towards remembering that on a reflexive level.

It may have taken 10 years, but I might have learned my lesson and accepted that all creative work must be done in the mornings (pre-run) because, in spite of my best efforts, I am barely functional after lunch. And that’s being charitable.

Pandemic will delay blockbuster trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, via Stat.

Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353), via The Public Domain Review.

Public Bath Houses in Japan are Uploading Videos so Quarantined Can Enjoy Online Sento, via Spoon and Tamago.

Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity Expert - Interview, via Uses This.

After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits, via The Atlantic.

Universal & Amasia Entertainment Team Up For ‘The Green Hornet And Kato’ Feature, via Deadline.

Update: in true anti-climactic fashion, and with nary a profanity uttered - as in “holy shit, it’s working” - the vacuum cleaner is working again.

The day thus far: write, eat, write, run, eat, read. Next: fix vacuum cleaner.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse…Of Cosmic Jokes in Black and White.