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.

Your daily dog-children status update for 15apr2020.

EarBliss, 15apr2020: LIVE IN PARIS (1975), by Pharaoh Sanders.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… A Revisitation, In Progress: TORSO.

Deepfakes 2.0: The New Era of “Truth Decay”, via Just Security.

COVID-19 and Diabetes: Known Mechanisms and a ‘New Beast’?,via Medscape.

Officially licensed limited edition Super Mario Bros. pocket watch from Japan, via Supper Mario Broth.

Novo Offers Free 90-Day Insulin Supply To People Recently Uninsured Due To COVID-19, via BeyondType1.

Disney Plus’ butt cover-up hides a much bigger problem, via The Verge.

As the Coronavirus Spreads, Conspiracy Theories Are Going Viral Too, via Foreign Policy.

Status.

200 pages into Paul Auster’s 4321 and it’s already a contender for inclusion among my favorite books. Superb.

EarBliss, 14apr2020: COLT, by Hilary Woods.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Notes on Continued Efforts to Outwit the Piranhas.