Did the nasty tonight and deactivated my #Twitter/X account. It’ll be destroyed 30 days from now. Had it since 2018 when Jack still owned it. It was kinda shitty then, but it’s hella shitty now. Nazi bar. Good riddance. Figured that, while I was at it, I’d also close my #Feedly account. Been with them …
Author Archives: Shawn
Cycles
Ah yeah, there it is: the annual notice that my membership to the Austin Amateur Radio Club is up for renewal. And next comes the annual question of if I actually want to renew it and continue pretending that I enjoy doing Amateur Radio. I know it’s only $20, and that it supports the club, …
Shelved
Been a bit too bowled over lately to have any sort of downtime for private thoughts and introspection. Too much that I have to / want to do. Most of my blathering goes onto Mastodon for the dopamine points, but on rare occasion (usually the weekends) I scratch out something in my paper journal. This …
Yellow Noise
I recently had a guy at the bar try to fill me up with noise about how a tornado watch was more dangerous than a tornado warning. He said, “Yeah, a watch is like ‘there’s a tornado, watch out!’” I just stood there blinking. Still not sure if he was pulling my leg, or if …
Typical G.T. Kid
I could’ve been anything, but I didn’t choose anything because I didn’t want to not be anything else. If you haven’t been a Gifted and Talented student, you probably wouldn’t understand. I wanted to be everything. But you know that’s impossible. But if that’s also you, don’t let that stop you. Learn early. Try early. …