It was around 11:30 in the evening when I finally reached the perfect balance of drunk and tired to sit on the couch with a keyboard in my lap and start writing. My wife had gone to bed nearly two hours earlier after downing three Advil PM and half a can of ginger ale. She […]
Author Archives: Jake
Person of color
“You know, they talk about people of color. I’m a person of color. I’m white. I’m an Anglo Saxon. People say things all the time, but I don’t get offended.” Rep. Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania Talk about missing the fucking point. How anyone can still support these asshats is so far beyond my comprehension, I don’t […]
G-Shock
After growing tired of the slowness of my Apple Watch Series 2, I decided to eBay that thing and just get a big, sturdy, cool-looking watch. So I picked up a G-Shock GA 100-1A1 Military Series to wear pretty much all the time.
Back to WordPress
I made the leap back into WordPress territory to power this site. It’s been a grip since I’ve used WordPress for my own purposes, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s changed. I’ll be making some updates soon and hopefully switch over from this vanilla theme.
Fu Master Productivity Checklist
I love Things3. It’s the backbone of my daily productivity, from recurring tasks like household chores to multi-step projects. Vince Coley and his lovely website Productivity with a Purpose is a great place to learn all about the Getting Things Done method, and particularly how he uses Things3 to automate and classify every task in […]
Spreading the gospel
Found this neat little games shop while on vacation in Ocean City, NJ. I was looking at the D&D miniatures when this lady approached me and asked if I played. We had a great conversation about how to get started playing and how much fun it is when you can just let your guard down […]
A giant mess
Looks like the Coast Guard just landed themselves in the middle of a giant Fight Club.
Pete
This is Pete, a stray cat we rescued about 10 months ago. He doesn’t quite let us pet him, and might not ever, but I think he has an appreciation for letting him stay with us. And at least he’s our other cat’s bestie.
Next best life
If you can’t reach your dreams right now, then do the next best thing. What can you do? Live your next best life.
Do’h-pen floor plans
Man, open floor plans were a hot idea until everyone remembered that they hate seeing people literally all the time. Course, that helped the noise canceling earphone industry quite a bit.