I have to face the fact that I’ve given up on this year’s Inktober. I am far more creative making one-off pieces for actual humans than doing challenges for strangers on the internet.

Creative Challenges

Apparently, I needed another smack-to-the-head reminder that October is the worst month to commit myself to a daily creative challenge like Inktober. I only made it eight days before life broke my streak and now I’m more than five days behind. …

Finally got to see Young Frankenstein in a proper old theater. There’s nothing like laughing with so many people.

Sunset light shining across the front of a small theater named PENN in large red letters across the top of its facade. The marquis in front reads Young Frankenstein October 3 and 4

My wife surprised us with absolutely fantastic Spicy Tori Ramen at ima in midtown Detroit. I spent a good deal of the meal with my eyes closed, wishing the flavors would never end.

Bowl of Spicy Tori Ramen with a red soup spoon on a wooden table

Apple Watch Needs a "Sick Mode"

I just spent the past three days going in and out of a series of COVID-induced fevers and during that time, my “smart” watch has felt really dumb. It’s a bundle of health sensors I keep strapped to my wrist so it should be able to …

Enjoying coffee and a sunrise on the first cold morning of this year. (50°F, 10°C)

Sunrise colored sky before the sun crests over the foreground

Appreciating the new day with coffee and cooler temps.

Closeup view of a coffee cup with a sunny scene of flowers and a red umbrella blurry in the background

First, An Event Apart ended their amazing conferences and now A Book Apart has closed up shop. I can’t help but feel like the Internet is continuing to become a lesser form of itself.

Today my grandfather passed away. He was my last living grandparent so now that generation has completely exited my life and my parents have no parents.

Thankfully, my daughter’s grandparents are all still here. They came to celebrate her artwork being shown at the Detroit Institute of Art.

Screen displaying a PowerPoint slide of a triptych painting

Finally got my heart rate into the all important Zone 4 during my exercise.

Sunrise with many clouds

I’ve been using my anxiety over AI and other technological enshitificatiins to do more in the real world. Taking more walks, chatting with friends, taking the family out for ice cream, and witnessing sunsets.

Orange sunlight setting on the top half of pine trees against a blue sky

A baby robin stopped by to check me out during his first test flight out of the nest. I felt bad for the nearby parents who immediately wrote them off for dead. Thankfully, once they got far enough from me, the parents fed them and everyone continuedd having a good afternoon.

Baby Robin, standing on a wooden deck, looking at the camera

It’s difficult to photograph but the white, fluffy tree pollen is swirling like snow.

High contrast of sunset behind a tree with white pollen floating
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