I 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 MoreA fedifriend mentioned me yesterday on a post about a recent kerfuffle regarding some decisions that Mozilla has been making, particularly in regards to buying an advertising company (and integrating advertising into the browser) and adding "A.I." features into recent builds of Firefox.
I had intended to reply with …
Category: Ethics Tagged: Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) 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 MoreI thought I had a pretty fair grasp on the idea and archetypes of toxic masculinity. I am …
Category: Ethics Tagged: Content Warning Ethics Life Non-technical post Philosophy
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
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