Category Archives: Fiction

Update for 12/16/2018

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Andy

Music 🤔 Sunday was our Advent Orchestra performance at church. Considering I only had a week to prepare, it went pretty well. Until the sermon apparently ran short in the second service and I arrived back at the sanctuary late … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/11/2018

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Andy

Christmas 🙂 This month I’m working on my annual tradition of making creative Christmas labels for my family’s gifts. I didn’t get through all the planning steps last week, but I already knew how I wanted to start the work, … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/28/2018

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Andy

Welcome to my (overly long) weekly update, where I review my activities on my personal projects and other life events from the previous week and preview my upcoming plans. People 🙂 Last weekend I drove to Wisconsin to visit my … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/14/2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Andy

Futurism 🤔 The futurism group met on Tuesday, and our topic was gaming and culture. For once it was a topic I was familiar with. We talked about the benefits and drawbacks of video games, PC vs console games, and … Continue reading →

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Update for 10/7/2018

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Andy

Life management 😎 Monday the mail delivered a sunrise alarm clock I’d ordered. It has a lamp that’s supposed to help you wake up more naturally by gradually raising the light level starting half an hour before your alarm time. … Continue reading →

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Update for 9/23/2018

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Andy

Programming 🙂 I finished Continuous Delivery. I want to try their advice on my personal projects, maybe at work too. But it’ll take some more research, so I’ll need to wait till I’ve cleared some of my other projects out … Continue reading →

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Update for 9/2/2018

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance Apartment 🙂 I settled on a furniture layout for my apartment. It’s based on a set of furniture that includes pieces I don’t have yet. My thought is I can place the ones I already have and then … Continue reading →

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Update for 8/26/2018

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Andy

Website 🤔 The .net domain is at its new registrar now, so hopefully the DNS issue or whatever it was has cleared up. My non-US visitors can tell me. Life maintenance 🤔 In my 3D home design software I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Update for 8/19/2018

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Andy

This update it’s books, books, and more books, even more than usual. Website 😐 First a little housekeeping note. People outside the US (and maybe some inside?) have been having trouble accessing the website, apparently because of some DNS problem … Continue reading →

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Update for 8/12/2018

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance 😏 I’ve gotten over my bad feelings left over from the move and from a sense that I don’t belong in my nice new place. What helped was the idea of rebelling against it to make it a … Continue reading →