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Office / Sanctum reorientation complete: added a standing + podcast recording + MARIO KART training desk. The last bit is very important. Trust me.


Last call: re/emergence0001 will vanish on Friday, 05mar2021.


Rewatched “Heart of Ice” last night: still one of the best 22 minutes of television ever created.


Saturday plan: once I return from the day’s run, I’ll hang a white board, finish up office reorientation, and spend the rest of the day indulging my two favorite hobbies: video games and old movies.


First comic book I ever bought. Well-loved and scotch-taped.


EarBliss, 27feb2021: HALLGATÓ (LIVE), by Ferenc Snétberger & Keller Quartett.


Another day in the life of an omelette otaku begins. With an omelette.


Loving this so far:


Personal ecosystem vaccination status: in-laws plus both grandfathers are fully jabbed; my wife had her first yesterday, and my mother next week. As for me: 🤷


Efforts at self-preservation via resignation continue in fits and starts.



EarBliss, 25feb2021: IN CONVERGENCE LIBERATION, by Hafez Modirzadeh.


Weather report.


Links, 24feb2021

Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776), via The Public Domain Review.

Rural Death Rate from Covid-19 Falls by a Third, via The Daily Yonder.

The Most Likely Timeline for Life to Return to Normal, via The Atlantic.

100 Illustrators From 35 Countries Contributed to a Book on Japanese Onomatopoeia, via Spoon & Tamago.

North Korean defector spends six hours walking around heavily guarded border unnoticed, via The Guardian.

A message in ‘The Scream’ stumped historians for years. Now they think they know the ‘madman.’, via The Washington Post.


Never underestimate the ability of a phone call with a great friend to untangle creative brainjumbles.


Hi, Wednesday - I see you’re already taking great strides to be “one of those days.”


Watching: DISHONORED (1931), dir. Josef von Sternberg.


Reading:


One of the few constants in comics history is that 99.98% of DC’s efforts to “fix” their continuity make it even more incomprehensible.


Stopped wearing my Apple Watch and it’s remarkably pleasant to neither know the time nor accidentally dial emergency services.


Good morning.


Links, 22feb2021

Steinbeck’s Productive Inactivity, via Cal Newport.

Endangered jazz history faces greater risk with the pandemic, via Axios.

Entire school board resigns in shame after forgetting their WebEx call was public, via The Verge.

A Rare Yellow Penguin Has Been Photographed for the First Time on a South Georgia Island, via Colossal.

Justice League: The Shocking, Exhilarating, Heartbreaking True Story of #TheSnyderCut, via Vanity Fair.

Tattoo artist Jalen Frizzell on checking in with yourself, via The Creative Independent.


Late afternoon arc: Me, ebullient: “Finally! Time for video games.” // Xbox: “Let’s update!” // Me, dejected: “This is the way.”


EarBliss, 22feb2021: QUIET EARTH, by Muriel Grossmann.


Good morning.