Notes from the Twilight of the Empire Sunday Worked on my taxes, all the while wondering if I should wait and see whether the IRS still exists in a few months. Updated my resume for the first time in over two years. Then I’ll just need a personal statement to apply to the certificate program…
Category: Weeknotes
Weeknotes, January 26-February 1, 2025
Notes from the End of the Longest January Sunday I slept poorly but had already committed to join the weekend work effort at 8 am. It seems that efforts were being duplicated, so I decided to sign off just after noon and make a crockpot chili and a wacky cake instead. The cake turned out…
Weeknotes, January 19-25, 2025
Notes from the Future Underground Sunday Bought the cats a gift that entertained them for a whole 10 minutes. So much for good Amazon reviews. Also bought an extra charger for my work laptop. And hopefully a mundane last-ever Amazon purchase. It’s hard to break a habit, but I think I’ll sleep a little better….
Weeknotes, January 12-18, 2025
This was… exactly the sort of week this project was meant to avoid. It passed in quite a blur, and now I’m relying on my memory to reconstruct my part in it, although between the fires and the ceasefire negotiations, it’s one for the history books. On Sunday afternoon the minimal snow had thawed enough…
Weeknotes, January 5-11, 2025
This was a week with a lot of extroverted work. I tried to prepare as much as possible but still ended up more exhausted than usual. It was fun to present some of my linguistics-based opinions on readability. Inhabiting one’s past self in a current work space can be tricky, but also worthwhile. —- It’s…
Weeknotes: January 1-4, 2025
Preface, Part 1: What Are Weeknotes? Weeknotes are notes about what you’ve been doing this week. Preface, Part 2: Why Am I Doing This Now? I wanted to do something diary-adjacent, but perhaps a bit more meditative. I learned about weeknotes from Timothy Monger, whose music I’ve enjoyed since my college days, and his weeknotes…