The working title of my previous post was, "A Grief Exchanged."
I couldn't quite make the title work in my head, so I abandoned it for "Adoption," which still works well.
I'm re-claiming that title for this post, because I can make more sense of where I was going with …
Category: Life Tagged: Beauty Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post
Read MoreI wrote six months ago about the process of mourning and also my struggle to find another cat to adopt. There were a couple times that I had visited with a cat at a shelter and slowly warmed up to the possibility of adopting them, only to find that the …
Category: Life Tagged: Beauty Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post
Read MoreI've just started a new exercise regimen (because, you know, it was either that or apply for asteroid status*).
I've tried to get into exercise for... well... many, many years. I've even spent a lot of money of gym memberships that went absolutely nowhere.
I will say quickly that I …
Category: Life Tagged: ADHD Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Productivity
Read MoreI sent a link to my blog to my best friend from high school, and he sent me back a screenshot of a poll I ran a month ago (dear God, where does the time go?) asking what I should post next on my blog.
The winning entry was for …
Category: Life Tagged: Computing Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy
Read MoreJust moments ago, I removed the cat bed that's been on the corner of my bed for the past nine months, and placed it in the closet.
Minutes before that, as I walked into my home, I called out to my cat one last time (which I had done nearly …
Category: Life Tagged: Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post Prose
Read MoreI was chilling out at the parking lot of In-N-Out after having lunch there (because the weather is pretty nice today), but decided to go to a local library to have a nice desk in front of me and do some reading/writing.
I asked the Oracle at Googlii (via …
Category: Life Tagged: ADHD Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy
Read MoreThis will probably be my last post on this subject for a while. I do not wish to labor the point, but today marks the sixth month of my cat passing, and I felt that I …
Category: Life Tagged: Content Warning Life Loss Non-technical post
Read MoreAbout an hour ago, I was catching up with an old friend from the 90s that I've kept in touch with through the years and visited several times (even though I moved to a different state at the end of that decade). We were part of a wonderfully tight-knit group …
Category: Life Tagged: Life Non-religious post Non-technical post
Read MoreIt's funny to me how simple, practical changes can produce lasting effects. It's also funny how something can seem so insurmountable when you're stuck in a certain mindset, only to realize that it's just a matter of a simple change of thinking and habits.
When I was younger (read: thirties …
Category: Life Tagged: Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Productivity Informal post
Read MoreA couple days ago, I was discussing with my counselor the importance of in-person relationships. I commented on how incredibly easy it is to open a computer and drop into a meaningful and enjoyable conversation within a few minutes (especially on the Fediverse!), but that it felt nearly impossible to …
Category: Life Tagged: Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Prose
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