• The Clean Slate Protocol

    I have a problem, and it lives on four different hard drives. For years my system for “backing up” has basically been: buy a new external drive when the old one fills up, dump a bunch of stuff on it, tell myself I’ll organize it…

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  • Downsizing

    What set me off recently was a notification from Apple stating my Apple One subscription is going up again. This makes the third time in a year I think. For me it would be an extra $24 a year, which is a helluva lot cheaper…

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  • Cinephile

    I have noted that as of late, of my increasing intake of foreign, independent, and/or classic films. Living in an international city and surrounded by neighbors from all over the world, or dating women from diverse cultures, or even perhaps it was the recent World…

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  • Analog Collection and Curation

    For reasons I cannot explain properly, I have added tenfold to my collection of paper books this past year. Here is a list of a few of these in book catalog from the Library page. I just realized the number there is actually way lower…

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  • Restoration

    I’ve been working on importing more than twenty-six years of writing back into this website. A thousand+ articles from multiple platforms from different eras of my life and from different variants of me. The positive news is that the text made the journey but the…

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  • The Return

    I know what you are thinking- and you are right. I cannot be trusted to stick with a decision on anything when it comes to my website. The previous post from a month ago was an intent to eventually shutter this site. However, I did…

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  • Enjoy The Silence

    I used to have a desire to be heard, or read. From my twenties up to my forties I couldn’t get my voice out there loudly enough. Back when blogs became popular, I moved my loud, shitty opinions online and the dialogue flowed. Now this…

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  • A Gentle Madness

    I’m declaring a temporary moratorium on buying books. The shelves are full and I’ll not resort to the madness of stacking books on top of another in a corner next to those shelves. I need to dive into these recent purchases and the neglected purchases.…

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  • Books…

    Always work without batteries, re-charging, no subscriptions, and best part is…no advertisements.

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  • Books Can’t Be Beat

    A Kindle can’t beat this feeling

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  • 28GB

    I’ve calculated the disk storage space for all of my physical media including e-books, CDs and video discs. 28 gigabytes on one device is seriously impressive, but what else would I surround myself with?

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  • I Know Much

    He who reads much and travels much, sees much and knows much. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

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  • A Comprehensive List Of Books To Read Before You Die

    I like this list. All of my favorites are on it.

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  • I Don’t Make The Rules.

    People who read books and wear glasses are cooler than everyone else.

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  • February Stats

    Added 28 books to my library in the month of February. One title for each day. This brings the total acquired titles in 2026 so far to 83. Titles on my shelves are up to 315. 59 days in 2026 so far and all of…

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