I realize everyone has a lot going on and the world is on fire. But I just paid $3,300 to keep my health insurance benefits and I want to cry.

My friends @mrsbarker.bsky.social and @valentinebarker.com are trying to raise the funds needed to get through a visa application to stay in Albania. I know every day is filled with desperate pleas for financial help, but please consider chipping in. www.gofundme.com/f/opportunit...

Re-watched the 1981 film “Heavy Metal” and I think my parents made the right call to skip its theatrical run. That means I didn’t get to see it for another 20-years, but tonight’s rewatch says “it’s not as good as the soundtrack makes you want it to be.”

4 Non-Kongs

My cat gives zero fucks that I only got out of bed an hour ago or that I have spent 4 days sick in bed. By her clock it is “Dad’s nap time” and she has been insistently herding me back to bed.

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I have coughed and sneezed so much that both my diaphragm and ribs ache. Bodies are some bullshit.

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I am so tried of being sick.

I've been sick this week so I keep forgetting to boost this: Platform Decay, the next Murderbot book, is part of the Preorder 25% off sale at Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-d... So is the trade paperback of Queen Demon

Hugo nominations close this weekend! I am once again swallowing my personal flinch response at self-promotion* to ask that you please, please consider the October Daye books for Best Series.

Today I paid $6/gallon for diesel.

The practice of law is for when our day-to-day cooperative social systems break down and we need a way to deal with that break. It’s why the Law covers so many things from contract enforcement, to pushing vile crimes, to getting people to clean up after their dog. Law requires human judgements.

I have a nagging dread that I am supposed to be somewhere doing something important today. But my calendar is clear. Anxiety is a motherfucker.

These are awesome fun.

I think I want to go to see Lovecraft and Libations 04/10 here in Vegas. Anyone local-ish want to go with me? Event: www.joyinthedark.com

Fuck yeah. Get you some of these hellaciously fun stories.

Every major scientific and social advance humans have ever achieved have been despite the systems of their time, not because of those systems. Imagine the world we’d have if it were otherwise.

Prices for NHL tickets in Vegas make me think that teams are saying “seeing us live is not for YOU. We only want rich people.”

Trying to decide if the reason I can’t sleep is stress-induced insomnia returning, being hungry/thirsty, or just run-of-the-mill insanity.

The more I encounter the world the more I understand that the villains in my stories are a) too straightforward, b) too smart.

Lunch for one. I blame @talkwordy.bsky.social

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I honestly really didn't expect my first time getting fired to make headlines thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

If you find yourself asking “does the person asking really care about my answer, or is this ‘lead generation’” the answers is 99.99% of the time “lead generation.”

I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.

'Tis the season for discounts, apparently. The @graphicaudio.bsky.social full-cast recording of Eric Carter #7, SUICIDE KINGS, is still on sale for half-off until the 20th, but book #9 CULT CLASSIC is now half off until 3/13! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Darlings, do you want to order a signed copy of my forthcoming poetry collection? Well, you can!! Order from Inkwood Books (www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...) and when you go to check out, there’s a box for Instructions/comments. Write in if you want it signed and/or personalized, an voila!

Stephen tells a hell of a story. I have every single one of these novels and love them. Buy these books, get a great set of reads, and help a human who is pretty remarkable in the process.

I am turning into that guy who doesn’t go to things because inevitably someone will ask a social question like “how are you” prompting me to either rant or lie. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

I love Uncle Deadly and I would take him on field trips to the Hollywood Wax Museum.

We failed as a people the moment we voted to allow an agency with the word “homeland” in its name.

I also love Penn and Teller for doing this: youtu.be/RfdZTZQvuCo?...

I signed up for COBRA to keep my existing employer-provided medical coverage now that I have been officially released. The monthly cost is staggering at $1,200 per month. That cost alone is going to bankrupt me pretty damned quick.

One last full-throated cry for pre-orders, as the window closes today. Books will be released on April 7th, 2026; I will be appearing at @crowsnest.quest, @illusivecomics.com, and Zulu's Board Game Cafe Bothell to sign and personalize copies. All first edition printings will include a special card.

I think today is another day where I just take my meds, lay on the couch, and pray for relief.

What if I just order a pizza, turn off my phone, and play video games for the rest of the day?

What terrible news to wake up and read in the middle of the night. Congress must act, but I fear they will not.

It’s a weird mix of sounds; rain, a little thunder, sirens, and idiots doing fireworks.

Jameson’s and Martinelli’s is halfway decent.

Q: "What was your biggest impact on the internet?" Answer: I was on the development team for AOL Instant Messenger, and prior to that, I ran beta tests for AOL software and internet browsers. I can't claim sole credit for the idea, but I also proposed using HTML to format email text.

Several days ago, when I thought I'd be celebrating, I got a couple of bottles of Martinelli's sparkling cider so the kids and I could toast the new year. Since that's not happening ever, I have two bottles to drink. I'm going to mix it with Jameson's and watch movies.

In the late 1980s, I wasn't looking where I was going, and I slammed into Kirstie Allie while rushing through a doorway, knocking us both down.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. Harder Mode: no Tool albums. I played this album on repeat for so long my fiancé threatened to leave me, or at the very least destroy the physical media. It’s still in heavy rotation.

Treating myself to some new games on Steam; - Balder's Gate 3 - MegaBonk And a friend sent me: - Dispatch - Final Fantasy Tactics; The Ivalace Chronicles I think I will be busy the rest of the day.

Fed the neighbor cat who comes to my backyard. Filled the bird feeders. I think I might be turning into “that” old man.