Twenty-something years ago, I had the fortune of reading Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy in a literature class at Texas Tech. After we finished reading the series, Octavia herself came to our class to discuss the books. If you are not familiar with her, you are now formally introduced.

This moment was the highlight of the week.

My retirement account has lost all the gains it earned over the past year.

I've been a fan of Dream Theater for 30 years now, so yesterday was pretty awesome.

My curtain rod was removed from the wall by accident. See if you can figure out the culprit.

I've officially had solar power for one year, and 40% of that has come from the sun. Most of it was spent cooling my house during six months of Texas summer.

This is Trillian. She's my sleeping buddy, and she is the best. #catsky

The Trump meme stock had a value of $6 billion on launch, and the selloffs happened a couple hours after opening. It's currently worth 1/10th of its value and continues to drop. It will likely never go up.

I'm not sure why you started doing this new format, but I would discourage you from continuing. It breaks the usability for many people because they can't (or won't) read the tiny text.

Every post, every picture, every ad I have ever reported has been rejected. I think I should get a job as a Meta moderator because then I could get paid to do absolutely nothing.

Winter has finally arrived.

One year ago today, I had to say goodbye to this beautiful face. I've worn her tag on a necklace the entire time and have since adopted a wonderful new kitten. Spot lived for two decades and filled my life with joy. She will never be forgotten.

Kids these days spend too much time in front of screens.

sleepy work buddy

Day one with the new kitten appears to be going well.

Happy repotting day to this weird little plant. I've had it for so long I don't even remember which decade I bought it. New growth appeared recently, so I figured it was time to move it into a bigger home.