Release the Kraken! 🥅 🏒

Seattle: 1
Colorado: 🦗


Just saw Matt Gemmell’s (@mattgemmell) newly released podcast, Trouble With Writing, and it was an instant subscribe. As an aspiring author, I couldn’t be more excited to hear what he has to share.

Thanks, Matt!


Wake up call has been received from recent bloodwork. My blood sugar has always been normal but this time was pre-diabetic, and my liver enzymes were elevated which indicates potential fatty liver. This is preoccupying my thoughts, and it needs to be.

Time to stop treating my body like a dumpster.


Slept so heavily last night, that this morning I was actually hacking from my dry throat. Made me feel like I was struck by something…

Probably a smooth criminal.


“God of Geek.”

Don’t worry, Kratos, I’ve got this.

Portrait of me with a beard in the style of Kratos, from the God Of War video game. My head is shaved clean (of course), and I've digitally added the dark red stripe of face paint on my face to match Kratos as well.

"Stop Scrolling Past This" 🔗

Halsted M. Bernard (@cygnoir) shared this eye-opening post about the attacks happening not only on libraries and staff, but our very freedoms of learning, and access to information. Beyond being an important article, it was also a passionate plea for all of us to wake up and do something about it: “My entire career has been founded on the principles of intellectual freedom, so I don’t have the luxury of scrolling past any of this.

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New B5 themed phone setup. This is one of my favourites, and a re-watch is called for methinks.

iPhone home and lock screen setup. Lock screen has an Earth Alliance wallpaper from the Babylon 5 sci-fi series. No widgets, and gold coloured digital clock font. Home Screen has a CARROT Weather widget at the top, two rows of icons, and a blurred version of the same wallpaper.

Reminder at this special time of the year to double-check your supply of coffee will last the whole week, taking into account multiple cups each day.

This PSA been brought to you by Daylight Stupidity Time; needlessly robbing people of well-deserved sleep since World War One.


Happiness is the root system of our life. Only with care and nourishment will it grow and flourish.


New profile pic, because why not?

Black and white portrait selfie of me with shaved head, and big beard. I take these opportunities when I look like I have my shit together very seriously. Normally, I look like a putz.