Recently my friend Jorge made an off-hand remark that we should listen to Rush's catalog together. He suggested that I pick an album and we'd spend the week listening to it. Not one to let a challenge like this go by I decided to take him up on it. I …

The sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr and the subsequent layoff of half of Bandcamp's staff has gotten a lot of folks thinking about Bandcamp alternatives. That's fantastic, and I really hope that several of these take off and become successful. But I'd like to caution folks on missing the mark …

Checking in for 2023-10-17:

• Did work on the Pepper&Carrot RPG this morning. This time I elaborated more on the spider-admins.
• Feeling a little numb. The news that Epic / Songtradr laid off half of Bandcamp's Workforce signals the death of something that I loved. I'm getting tired of writing eulogies …

Checking in for 2023-10-10:

• Today was the last of my Zarxio shots for a while.
• Worked on the Pepper&Carrot RPG some more. This time it's elaborating on an oversized, posh, zombified canary.
• Today I have a dentist appointment and the Michigan!/usr/group meeting, plus the requisite getting ready …

Checking in for 2023-10-08:

• Managed to work on the Pepper&Carrot RPG this morning. Still fleshing out some of the creatures. This time it was the Savant-Ants, which are uplifted genius ants that happened to be outside of Pepper's house when she tossed her (presumed failed) potion of genius. You …