Additions to the to-read stack.

Window screen, 0500.

T1D + cold temperatures + CGM = a plate-spinning act while walking on shards of glass.

Reading, 20feb2020…

Had a “glad that I wrote this but I don’t want to do this every day” moment after finishing today’s Informality so I’ve decided to stick with the weekly schedule, releasing on Wednesdays. Newsletter remains on Sunday. Full steam ahead on The Book.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… CRIME IN PROGRESS / A Roadmap to the Madness.

Three officially licensed 1985 Super Mario Bros eraser sets from Japan, via Supper Mario Broth.

EarBliss, 18feb2020 / RACHAEL & VILRAY, by Rachael and Vilray.

An exhausted dog-child after his annual vet checkup; it only took five minutes to negotiate his exit from the car and into the office.

Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century), via The Public Domain Review.

Finished the first volume of Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier’s NOVEMBER last night: loved it, but need to re-read as bleary/weary nightstand reading doesn’t equate with the full attention their superb work deserves.

The inordinate fear that I spelled the ANIMATION of my book’s title AMINATION across all social profiles.

Sunday visit.

A glimpse of the Japanese Jazz Age, via Tokyo Fashion.

Among the antique mall faces.

Reading, 15feb2020.

EarBliss, 15feb2020 / NEBULOUS SEQUENCES, by hakobune.

Think I’m going to make a change to weekly public essay / private newsletter release schedule: instead of both publishing on Sundays, I’ll go with new essays on Wednesdays with the NL remaining on Sundays.

EarBliss, 14feb2020 / LOOM, by Katie Gately.

More intrigued by NO TIME TO DIE than most of the recent Bond films; Billie Eilish’s theme song makes me even more so.

Snow day.

Meanwhile, in life as a hostage to insulin manufacturers news… “The boom times of insulin sales” (via Axios).

Most important KaijuDesk feature: plenty of room for brain-trust sleeping quarters.

Though iA Writer has been my go-to-workhorse for years (and likely will be for years to come), being able to select a particular document for quick haptic-touch access would make my mobile workflow even more flow-y (for want of a better, for real, word).