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Finished reading: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte 📚

One of the best books I’ve read in a while, though it won’t make you feel good. Thanks to my friend Susan for telling me to read it!

Finished reading: Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

Do you like sex jokes, puppets, and weird/juvenile humor? Come see a sketch show I’ve written for and will be performing in!

The Island of Misfit Sketches Presents: Sock & Awe

Friday, May 9th 2025
7:30 - 8:30 PM
Coalition Theater
8 W. Broad St

Prompt to Apple’s Image Playground: “A bottle of Allegra costing $900”

I feel like I need to employ a youth to teach me Discord. I open it and get overwhelmed.

Just playing with my old iMac, remembering fun software. Panic’s Audion was the first software I paid my own money for. DigiPig was my favorite Face.

I left town on the train for a few days and upon my return to Richmond my black car had become yellow.

Stranger Things on Broadway was a pretty goddamn amazing show. Cannot believe what they pulled off technically.

Currently reading: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey 📚

Finished reading: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin 📚

I blew through this biography of my favorite band. I recommend it. Thinking I might reread portions more slowly while listening to the discography.

It’s time for all Richmonders (14 and up) to vote for projects in the Richmond People’s Budget.

I have the honor of serving on the RVAPB Steering Commission and couldn’t be prouder of all the work staff, delegates, and volunteers have done to bring our first round of PB this far.

I asked ChatGPT and Apple’s Image Playground for an image of “a bottle of Tylenol in 2050”. Guess which is which?

Currently reading: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin 📚

Finished reading: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older 📚

A lovely second chapter in the cozy Sherlock Holmes, but also lesbians and in space series.

Yay! New books arrived!

When reading the word “admiral” I can only hear it in the whispered voice of Ricardo Montalbán.

I absolutely love Moulin Rouge the film. I did not care for Moulin Rouge the stage musical.

I have a new essay up at Richmond Family Magazine’s DadZone: “Adulting”:

But in 2025, every single online account I’ve managed for my son needs a different set of steps to transition them to an “adult” account, with different ramifications. My access to his doctor’s patient portal account turns off on his birthday; he’ll need to authorize us again if he wants us to have access. His Apple account? Parts of it will transition automatically (like the ability to remotely manage his screen time), but not others (like restricting App Store purchases), depending on our “Family” settings.

I’ve been a proud card-carrying member of the ACLU since 2004. I’ve never had need to ask them for help directly until a couple of weeks ago when my son’s healthcare was denied because of who he is.

My phone conversations with them have been invaluable. Please consider your own membership/donation.

It took less than two days to deny my son healthcare. www.wric.com/news/loca…

When my neighbor suffers I pity, because I put myself in his place: a monarch pities none, because he has never been, can never be, in any other place than his own. A monarch is an egoist by nature, the egoist par excellence. A thousand traits show that this kind of men have no point of contact with the rest of humanity.

– Thomas Paine

The President of the United States has accused me of “chemically mutilating” my son. Anyone who supports or defends this cruel, tyrannical regime cannot be my friend and does not have my respect. I’m done listening.

Hugs to my fellow parents of a trans person. I’ve got your back. No tyrant gets to decide who’s allowed to be a person.