I’m still here. Work and school have me busy, but I didn’t want to lose track of this space. I was going on a bit of an ego trip, ran across a picture of Reza and me from about five or six years ago, and promptly fell on my emotional face. God dammit. Nope. Gonna […]

Interesting. I’m in a much better mood this morning than I anticipated. Sleep is good; that’s really the only dot I can connect. Time change this year fuuuuucked me up something fierce. With Sarah heading back to New Hampshire yesterday morning, that 4:00 AM wakeup call to get her to the airport – normally not […]

There’s only so much pain the human body can take before it shuts down. The mind is no exception. I have to recognize this, that in its current state, my relationship with R is very unhealthy. I shoulder the king’s share of that burden, yes, but it’s spiraled into a sea of discontent that threatens […]

There’s a window of time that determines the outlook of a day, the blurry few seconds between checking your morning notifications and getting out of bed to get in the shower. I have no control over how those few seconds will play out, but they are crucial to my well being – whether I’ll have […]

I’m a football fan. I know, I know… a lot of people my age have issues with what the league has become, but the NFL was a lot of fun to watch this year, until the Cardinals decided to shit on their own lawn for the last half of the season. But that’s a different […]

By the way, I feel better. It’s nice to get it off my chest. I know that not everything is bad, but you can’t appreciate the rays of the sun without recognizing the storm clouds they shine through. The idea that we present this idea of ourselves in totality online has to stop, especially from […]

This is where we’ll start. Hell in a hand basket. Putin invaded Ukraine last night under the pretense of clearing the area of Nazis. The Dow tumbled 700 points in the last couple days; the crypto markets – despite the façade of decentralization and financial independence – have been following that trajectory for some time; […]