Journal
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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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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 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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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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VOX
I’ve added an audio component to the website. The first two of the year are simply reading a blog post, but later on it’ll feature commentary.
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Groundhog Day Resolution 2026
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions: I’ve tried and they never stuck. Truth be told, I have attempted GHD resolutions a total of thirteen times and they never stuck. Attempting new year resolutions in January is optimistic in a way that doesn’t match real life.…
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31
They say the first 31 days of the year are the hardest and I agree. It isn’t easy to maintain fitness discipline in January but by golly, I have done it. Now to close out the remaining 334 days with equal perfection.
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Well This Is New
Somewhere along the way a switch flipped. I bought an air fryer so eating well doesn’t feel like a punishment or a project. This should help me eat better and save less in the long run. At Costco, I loaded up on meats and fish…
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Eleven
My last post of 2025 was dedicated to the 164 books I acquired in 2025. Here it is, the 10th of January and I have already collected 11 titles added to the ever-growing Catalog. More books than days it seems.
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Audio Denbow
I’ve reached the point where I’m done pretending I’m okay with renting my own music taste. If I don’t physically (and digitally) have the music files, I don’t actually own anything. Streaming is convenient, sure, but it’s fragile as hell. Albums disappear, metadata mutates, and…