Issue 0014 of MacroParentheticals is on its way to subscribers. The week is done - and more in-ground Morkie pools await.
EarBliss, 25jul2020: PROPHECY, by Laurence Pike.
Today’s yard work: the in-ground Morkie pool is complete - and enjoyed by both The Morkie and The Greyhound. And now: figuring out what I’m going to do with the rest of that space.
I’ve turned my wife into a James Ellroy fan. Plague or no, this summer can be considered a success.
Made the switch to an annual subscription. Sorry, Micro-verse, but you’re stuck with me for at least the next year.
Daily running route yard signage report for 25jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 100 days and 12 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Plans Crushed by Henry’s Whims.
EarBliss, 24jul2020-2: THIS WHOLE EMPTINESS, by Ricardo Dias Gomes and Star Rover.
Nearing an important milestone: we’ve scattered / moved / spread 19 cubic yards of mulch since May. When we hit 21 we can drink.
Daily running route yard signage report for 24jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 101 days and 12 hours remain until the 2020 election.
EarBliss, 24jul2020: SONGS OF AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, by Zara McFarlane.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… SitRep, 24jul2020.
Props to the fly that tried their best to make this morning’s work block a re-enactment of that great fly-in-the-lab episode of BREAKING BAD.
Links, 23jul2020
Improved Insulin Patch Could Replace Pumps, CGMs, and MDI, via Insulin Nation.
What Could Happen If Donald Trump Rejects Electoral Defeat?, via The New Yorker.
Control developer Remedy explores military shooters with CrossfireX on Xbox One, via The Verge.
U.S. hatches plan to build a quantum internet, via The Washington Post.
Star Wars: Fanmade Baby Yoda/Maul Mashup Is Adorably Deadly, via CBR.
Today’s yard work: flower bed expansion, Jorkie assistance, and cool plants that my wife told me the name of but I can’t remember because I don’t listen very well.
EarBliss, 23jul2020: HAND IN HAND, by Felicia Atkinson.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Disembodied Mask-Wearing Zoom Head, Continued.
Links, 22jul2020
The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China, via The Economist.
How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers, via ProPublica.
Th’infernal Drone: In Praise Of The Hurdy-Gurdy, via The Quietus.
Newly excavated tools suggest humans lived in North America at least 30,000 years ago, via The Guardian.
Daily running route yard signage report for 22jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 103 days and 11 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Not sure if this is in the works - or if one of the third-party Micro-apps does it - but it’d be wonderful if I could control cross-posting via checkbox on the main posting window (iOS app) instead of going through the extra gear click-through thingy (my technical term, clearly).
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Beware, for My Disembodied Head Returns to the Zoom-Waves This Morning.
EarBliss, 22jul2020: THE GREAT LAKE SWALLOWS - EP, by Julia Kent and Jean D.L.
Daily running route yard signage report for 21jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 104 days and 10 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Go me.
