Sensory Dispensary
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
Back in 2013, I was invited by a friend and colleague to be a part of a closed Facebook writing group. The format was simple: a short phrase each week that had to be incorporated into a new original piece inspired by it. There were…
I have added yet another …ologist to my roster of health care providers and likely another in the next couple of weeks if test results don’t normalize. I think I now qualify as an ologistogist as my knowledge of what all these …ologists do has…
The other day I wrote about how I was moving back to RSS and using News Explorer as my main source of information about politics, world news, local news, tech, music and miscellaneous other oddities. No more bookmarks or news aggregators, everything I need is…
A couple of days ago I was so glad to hear from Gina that Shadow and Jackie, the two bald eagles we watched from Big Bear Valley last year, had returned to their nest and that she had laid two eggs and that it was…
I guess the transition of TikTok to US control has been a bit rocky. Many users have reported issues posting videos related to ICE ativities, or not being allowed to mention “Epstein” in their messages. This is all anecdotal but it seems to be widespread…
I was planning on writing about something I read early this morning about how the people at FEMA were having trouble writing the weather warnings because Homeland Security advised them to not use the word “ICE” in the messaging. Apparently DHS was concerned that phrases…
I spent about a year trying to tell them it was a bad idea, that the decision was harmful to me and completely disrespected the boundaries I had set to protect myself. I told them that when the time came that the effects of this…
Back in the old days I used to subscribe to a lot of websites using RSS and would consume my news and such at my leisure, all from one common interface. I even self-hosted my own RSS Feed app, anyone else remember Shaun Inman’s Fever?…
I spent a good part of yesterday trying to put in to words my thoughts about the events of Jan 6, 2021 and my feelings about it five years later. I was trying to mix together my anger, my sadness, my disbelief, bewilderment, shock, and…
I’d be willin’ to bet at least a few of you are familiar with this route…
I try to find the good, I try to find joy, I try to be a good person and do good things, and to make the world a better place for everyone. I know I sometimes fail but I am tired indeed.
From The Wall Street Journal Jan 3, 2026 “President Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday is an act of hemispheric hygiene against a dictator who spread mayhem far and wide.” My old blogging friend Kurt shared this quote and seemingly gave the…
I shared some year end statistics from my last.fm account in a post yesterday and I wanted to offer some more interesting tidbits. I’ll be sharing more over the next few days but I wanted to start today with a 10 x 10 collage of…
I’ve been collecting albums since before I was a teenager and have amassed quite a collection over those many years. I moved to CDs pretty early and have a boatload of those as well. I used to be an album person. I love the process…
Even though I believe Christmas is a fake holiday made up by a religious cult that has now, for most people, become a gross display of massive debt inducing consumerism and the cause of unnecessary stress and personal pressures, I do enjoy the opportunity to…
