Post-cocious

2025 was another challenging year, which brought some significant changes.  One of the most difficult aspects was being confronted every day...

My book pace this year slowed down a bit due to the volume of schoolwork and related readings ramped up considerably. I did finish quite a f...

Joseph Kirk died on June 19, 2025 at 1:40 pm. Today would have been his 82nd birthday. He was my father.  Joe completed his undergraduate de...

Anytime you take up a tool, and consider its use, imagine it in your worst enemy's hand, with the sharpest part of it pressed against yo...

2024 was a year of changes. I lack appropriate distance and time, but I believe will look back at this year as hinge, turning point, and mar...

Martyr!  - Kaveh Akbar My choice for book of the year. Akbar's remarkable debut novel tells the story of a young man fumbling his way th...

55 today. At least halfway, and maybe 2/3 of the way through my allotted days. The last few years have been challenging for all of us: Ameri...

After 3.5 years, I am leaving Osso VR. Times are tough all over . I've been through this before, and while I am sad to be leaving, I a...

2023 was difficult. At times, I called it "The Year Everything Broke". Towards the end of January, the podcast I have been co-host...