All the free time that I'd normally be using to write has been used for reading lately. And, honestly, it's bringing me a lot of joy. I love writing, but I think I like reading even more!

Wednesday is heavy sled push day at the gym. Last week I set a new PR, beating my previous one by 8% Today I set another new PR, beating last week's by 12% I feel like a very strong person today.

LinkedIn sending you emails about Messages in their platform you've ALREADY responded to in their platform should be considered a failure and an embarrassment.

I’m almost done building my food inventory management app, “What the Fridge?!” Did I over engineer something that was supposed to solve a simple problem of when our food will expire? Probably. Receipt scanning, add by voice dictation, push notifications, family sharing, custom locations for i...

For some reason, Stevie B's classic hit from the 90s "Because I Love You" popped into my head this morning. What a jam teenage me thought that was.

I read "Dark Matter" over the weekend. I think it's my favorite read since Project Hail Mary. I loved the whole thing!

I was in New York for work this week and one of my colleagues came up to me and said he'd bought my latest book and was planning to read it when he's done with the one he's working on now. Made me so happy with so little effort!

I am so excited!

11 hours till I see Wicked at the Gershwin. I knew this business trip would be worth it. Side quest unlocked!

Can I get whatever's in Nicole Kidman's water added to my water? It's unfair how little she's aging. And if it's Botox or something, point me to her doctor.

I just finished the first three episodes od new Scrubs. They haven’t missed a beat. It has heart, laughs, and nostalgia. I love it!

New York bound for work for a few days. #amtrak #newyork #businesstrip

Saw Boppers today with the little one. It was very cute, had a good story, and made us all laugh multiple times. All in all, a great Sunday afternoon.

I scanned everything in our fridge, freezer, basement freezer, and pantry into my food inventory app today after grocery shopping! Found some bugs to fix and some things to improve for usability while I was using it in the real world. What the Fridge?! coming soon!

Happy Saturday to everyone who didn’t vote for Trump! To those that did, this is your fault. This is all your fault.

I've run out of disk space on my main drive. I guess today is a clean-up day. Note to self: you should have run all your Docker containers on the 10s of TB in your external DAS, not on your tiny 500GB internal drive, you stupidface.

Question: my daughter (almost 9, third grade) has a lot of Indian friends at school. When I meet the moms for the first time, what is an appropriate greeting knowing some are culturally forbidden from shaking my hand (which is my go to and what I do if the dads show up)?

It’s illegal to use a cell phone while driving because you’re distracted and your hands aren’t on the steering wheel. But I’m allowed to eat a Frosty no problem, right? Cup in one hand, spoon in the other, the whole ride home. In related news, I had a Frosty with lunch. Chocolate, if you’re c...

I just stepped outside to clear the ice. And it's so warm that the ice on the trees is melting so much that it sounds like it's raining. But it’s not raining. My brain didn’t understand.

We have a two hour delay at school this morning, from an inch of slush/ice/snow. This afternoon it'll be 50. Only in New England, ya'll.

Still chugging away on my perishables inventory app. Today I'm working on the subscription process, which is a learning experience as I've only ever done free apps before. Assuming Apple approves it, I'm going to stick with "What the Fridge?!" as the name. I don't know why, but I find it hilario...

I have to go to New York next week for a team meetup, and don’t have any team plans Wednesday night (which is very unusual for these trips). So, I’m going to take myself to see Wicked on Broadway. Question for you pros: Do I sit Mezzanine or Orchestra? There are front row seats available in e...

I have to go to New York next week for a team meetup, and don’t have any team plans Wednesday night (which is very unusual for these trips). So, I’m going to take myself to see Wicked on Broadway. Question for you pros: Do I sit Mezzanine or Orchestra? There are front row seats available in e...

We lost power about two hours ago. I’m so bored.

Today: Emptied dishwasher Filled dishwasher Did kid’s laundry Did our laundry Put kid’s laundry away Put our laundry away Swim class for kid Library run for new books Post office to pick up held mail Dump to drop week’s trash and recycling I am tired. Aren’t weekends for resting? Did get to rea...

What the Fridge?! progress update. Functionality is now all done, and I've started making it prettier. Image 1 is just functionality, not design. Image 2 is the start of making it prettier. Still a long way to go, but making great progress!

CYOA books got me through elementary and middle school. It was my go to on library day.

Still working on my app to track what food you have at home and when it's going to expire, so you can use it before it does. What features would you expect from an app like this?

Played some drums during lunch time and practiced playing along to a metronome for the first time in, well, probably 30 years. I think it helped, but man I'm rusty.

Another day, more new features being built into my perishable foods inventory tracking app. If you were going to use an app to keep track of what's in your fridge/pantry/etc., what features would be must haves for you?

We’ve started watching Full House with my almost 9-year-old. The nostalgia is REAL, ya’ll!

I built another great set of features into What the Fridge?! today: receipt scanning (v1, which I will improve over time), stock replenishing (thanks to @cindyzoo1 for the idea!), widgets for your home screen for expired/expiring foods, iPad specific version, and about a dozen other small improve...

Build an app is a lot of fun. I'm learning so much! And soon enough, no one in my household (and yours?) will wonder what's in their fridge or pantry or basement freezer or garage fridge or WHATEVER you keep perishable foods. Have thoughts for features that would make you want this app? Let me ...

I built so many features into What the Fridge?! today based on feedback from yall. Thanks for all the great ideas! If you had an app that tracked what was in your fridge, pantry, freezer, etc. and when it was expiring, what features would make it something you’d want to keep using?

I def so many features to What the Fridge?! today based on feedback from yall. Thanks for all the great ideas! If you had an app that tracked what was in your fridge, pantry, freezer, etc. what features would make it something you’d want to keep using?

I'm building an app to track what's in our fridge, freezer, basement freezer, pantry, etc. So we always know what we have in places we don't always look (ie; the basement freezer). I'm building one because a) I'm bored and b) all the ones in the app store want $10-$20 a year and that's criminal i...

My brain: don't focus on sales (or lack thereof) or reviews. Me, in actuality: obsessively refreshing various websites to look at those exact things.

We bought a water distiller to save some money (humidifiers and CPAP, mostly) I didn’t realize it would be a new full time job for me.

Kids medicine should have an “I already have a dosing cup” option. Think of the waste we’d save. And the money the manufacturers would make. 20 cents cheaper and you reuse one of the 700 of this little cups you know you already have at home.

When I reply “which one?” when someone tells me they read my book, they usually react with some form of shock. That’s right, person I’ve known for a long time, I’ve now written five books. Not just the one you know about.

Check out my guest spot on The Struggling Artist Podcast!

Episode 409: Struggling With M. Jandreau - The struggles of imposter syndrome #THESTRUGGLINGARTISTPODCAST #musicinterview #artistinterview #PODCAST @jandreauwrites.bsky.social

Storytelling is one of my favorite things. Talking about storytelling is also a ton of fun.

Episode 409: Struggling With M. Jandreau - Empowering the reader’s imagination #THESTRUGGLINGARTISTPODCAST #musicinterview #artistinterview #PODCAST @jandreauwrites.bsky.social

Televisions are about 70% cheaper than they were 10 years ago. Has anything else gotten cheaper over the same time period?

I'm doing prep for my annual colonoscopy tomorrow. It's 9:30 and I'm already starving and can't have any solid food until tomorrow afternoon. Apple sauce and chicken broth both just don't hit right.

Listen to me ramble about being an author on this super fun podcast!

Listen to me ramble about being an author on this super fun podcast!

Pro-tip: you don’t need an apostrophe when talking about your family. For example: The Smith’s is incorrect. The Smiths is correct. The Davidson’s is incorrect. The Davidsons is correct. You’re welcome. p.s. This also applies to acronyms. Such as DVDs, ATMs, TVs. No apostrophe necessary.