slippery when wet
Ricoh GR over the years
A few years ago, I had the honor of working at https://redhat.com’s main office building in downtown Raleigh. The surrounding area is very walkable, and the people that I would see every day each seemed to have their own story lurking just below t…
In sickness and in health…
My Mind is at the Beech
I’ve had a pretty incredible life so far. I’ve enjoyed success as a family man. I’m entirely self-made (twice over). I’ve worked pseudonymously in Hollywood, in the art world, and as a published journalist. I’ve eve worked prof…
Personal Kaizen Update
It’s been awhile since I’ve written. Some great developments have unfolded. # Fitness When I started this journey, my weight hovered around 315 pounds (give or take a little on any given day). Yesterday I finally weighed in under 240 pounds, takin…
fitness update
It’s been 60 days since my body started responding to changes in my fitness strategy, and in those 60 days I’ve lost 24 pounds of mass, gone down two shirt sizes, and gained some strength.
getting fit like a nerd
Most of my adult life, since I took up my first full-time IT job in 1994 and sat behind a desk, I’ve watched my waistline grow and my health decline. I’ve tried a few things to fix this, but I think I’m on to something… that people have been say…
breaking up with Twitter
This morning I found myself locked out of my Twitter account. Twitter claimed that my account was playing shenanigans (inconceivable!) and that to rescue my account, I had to give Twitter my phone number to validate that it’s really me.
state of the nerd
It’s been awhile since I’ve written, and much has changed. I thought it was time to lay down some updates. Since my last post, I’ve made some big career decisions. # Career The elephant in the room. Let’s tackle that first.
What the heck, it’s only a buck
The best deal in quality writing instruments going today is, without a doubt, the Jinhao X450. This pen, for only 99 cents shipped from China to the US, should prove to be a gateway drug into https://cheapgeezer.wordpress.com/the-good-shit/ for an…
William Hannah: paper tough enough for fountain pens?
Fountain pens are brutal on paper. Moleskines are among the first to fall, paper failing in some disgusting combination of feathering, shadowing, and bleeding through when subjected to the abuse of a fountain pen. When the http://www.williamhannah…
I can quit any time I want to
Fountain Pen Addendum: Neil Gaiman made me do it
In https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/neil-gaiman-writes-books-with-fountain-pens/, I shined a little bit of a light on something that I found both curious and validating. No, I’m not mad for wanting to try writing a serious literary work…