This year's birthday cake, made (as always) by my daughter.

Thor is enjoying Caturday. If you enjoy it, too, he guesses that's okay.

Continuing my goal of actually using my YouTube channel, I'm hopefully going to make a video today. I'd hate to fail on just the second week of trying this lol. Now I just gotta figure out what to discuss.

We should just start asking all the ai chatbots out there to help us code stuff. "Yes, I know this is a Dell chatbot, but can you help me code an app in .Net to take care of my finances?"

My Garmin is showing me that I am logging "intensity minutes" every day--even when I'm not doing any exercise. So I guess living is now intensity minutes cool cool.

I have an author event later today and just now realized I have done nothing to prepare. So, when I get home, I get to try and charge everything while getting all my shit together in just a couple of hours. Go me.

Happy Friday the 13th, Part 2!

I cut myself on the cat food can this morning. No not the lid. The INSIDE of the can. I was trying to get the lid OUT of the empty can so I could use the lid to scoop up a random cat turd with it because I was too lazy to get a paper towel so I guess it's my own goddamn fault.

Two summers ago, a group of artists put on a display called "Living Trees" in the park at night where they projected images and motion on really large trees and it was a particular kind of magic I still think about. My wife and I went after a Dogstar concert which was also damn cool.

I guess Hegseth is banning photographers from his briefings because they keep snapping unflattering photos of him. Dude, it's not the photographers. You yourself are supremely unflattering. In every aspect.

Olivia P. Cakesworth is waiting for you to throw the toy already.

My Garmin watch is telling me I need less sleep tonight. My Garmin watch is obviously a filthy liar.

When you're having an epic bad day but at least the Dow is oh no

Thor, doing what he does best--judging.

I recently sat in on a Zoom call with my publisher and a whole bunch of new authors and, in talking to them about in-person author events, I'm really stunned about how much I've learned throughout my journey. I don't know everything but I've come a loooong way as an author.

Last night, while playing 7 Days to Die, my biggest struggle was killing a chicken, then trying to kill three zombies before they ate it. Not only did I come away empty handed, but the zombies also ate ME.

It was raining when the dogs went outside which, of course, means they were soaked when they came back in. And now I'm going to smell wet dog all day while at work, because that fragrance is apparently sticking with me.

My parents really tried to mess me up as a child, but I feel I turned out pretty good. *proceeds to nibble all the chocolate off each peanut M&M before eating the peanut*

Just received my order of six bottles of super glue AND super glue accelerator so you know what this means. This means I will glue my fingers together for the next several months.

I know people are passing around AI photos of Zendaya's and Tom Holland's supposed wedding, but I assure you I have proof it was real. I was there.

Good morning to everyone except gasoline prices which jumped 20 cents overnight.

In many states, the "winter mix" gasoline is being replaced with "summer mix" gasoline. Translation: Gasoline is gonna get yet more expensive.

I cut up and processed some jalapenos and REMEMBERED TO WASH MY HANDS BEFORE I RUBBED MY EYES!!! This time, anyway.

I actually managed to sleep until 7:30 this morning! Daylight Saving Time: "Yeah, about that..."

7 Days To Die might just be the video game I need right now. Well, alternating between that, Borderlands 4, and Guardians of the Galaxy...

In an effort to actually make use of videos instead of just wordy shit posts, I'm trying to actually USE my YouTube channel, and I made my first (cringey) introductory video to introduce myself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvMr...

Borderlands 4 is really fun and, just like any other Borders game, mindless carnage. I'm enjoying it but my brain space is such that I can't really pay attention to anything, including a video game, for more than fifteen minutes or so. And it's frustrating.

Thor is suspicious of DougTed, our neighbor across the street.

And they are lovely d6s!!! There's nothing that compares to the satisfying sound of dice.

Working through the comments my editor left me for Mage Breaker [REDACTED] this morning. Fortunately, none of them are showstoppers, so that's encouraging!

That little map on the inside of the candy box lid is one of the most useful things--it tells you which candy is crap so you can eat it first and save the good ones for the end.

Well, at least gas is cheap--wait wut But grocery pri--oh no Definitely no new wars--uh oh Good thing the Dow...well, crud. But at least we've got those sweet, ugly gold decorations in the White House. Maybe he should just throw paper towels to us all and do his embarrassing dance?

I put a BUNCH of new songs in my playlist today but I haven't heard even one of them yet. :(

Logging on.

The dog just headbutted me in the face. I think she's trying out for the WWE.

Just a reminder, if you'd like to watch an interview with me, talking about all kinds of random stuff but also writing (and Mage Breaker!), head over to the Creative James Media Youtube channel and watch! (I also reveal Mage Breaker: [REDACTED}'s full title!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwQ...

Good morning to everyone except the person who nearly got T-boned by pulling a left turn right in front of me.

Post-dinner food coma dirt nap.

Something that's both super cute and super creepy at the same time. I present our dogs.

My daily thought progression: "Man I can't wait to go home from work" "Man I can't wait to go to sleep" "Dammit it's time to go to work"

Ellyne is a gunslinger clinging to the Legacy Age, but living in the age of magic Nicole is a fugitive mage, fleeing government pursuit They learn to work together when they find out that magic itself presents the biggest danger to humanity, and the government knows it books2read.com/magebreaker

This is the Mondayest Wednesday that ever Mondayed.

It's starting to get warmer which means the starlings will be out and about soon. Which means it's time to put the rubber snake in the dryer vent for a few months...

I don't wanna, and you can't make me.

The fact that it is not yet Friday is some high grade bullshit.

Just got an email for the next Grown-Up Book Fair and I couldn't be more excited! I mean, it's in June, but it's such a fun event!

It's...we're not even close to Friday yet, are we?

Recharging his chaos batteries.

Really wishing I had a plug-in hybrid or an EV right now. My wife has one, so that helps but I would prefer not to spend $$ on gas, especially right now.

At this point, I think it's going to take a ten-year vacation to fix me.