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Got up close with a sweaty man. Felt weird.Last night I went back to jujitsu for the first time this year. That was weird. Not so much missing a whole year's training – the dojo has been …
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Not long now for the old girl.She’s been with us more than fifteen years, but I wonder if we’ll get more than a few days. Her back legs are failing. I have to carry her up an…
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Sep 28 7
NBN installedThanks to the Rona we dodged the NBN roll out for a couple of extra months, but the threats and demands to choose a provider kicked off again a …
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Sep 28 5
Tiny little stories.I've always liked short stories, but I never really understood them. I do know that they’re hard to write, harder in some ways than full-length …
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Sep 27 6
Lunch with StaffoI started the day with a double migraine. First one just after midnight, and then a second barrel in the face just as I was rolling up to the gy…
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Sep 25
A hand grenade tossed into the foundations of my day.I don't know how you normal people do it. I don't have any management responsibilities. I don't have any co-workers. I am the master of my worki…
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Sep 24 7
Nostalgia publishingToday was my first day of full-time work on the next Axis of Time novel. World War 3.1. This thing has been under construction for a couple of y…
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Sep 23 10
I love Ted LassoThere, I said it. I started watching this weird, funny little comedy on Apple TV+ over the weekend because Ruth Bador Ginsburg died and it was p…
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Sep 22 10
I should have realised.
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Sep 21 6
I am never complaining about distractions again.“Get out… trying to get some work done.”
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Sep 16 6
Two drinks on the SenatorWorked a solid one today. I’m thinking of having a second martini. But… I do have these two cocktail recipes from Senator McKinney. Texas Ranch …
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Sep 15 2
Running a little over length on the next book
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Sep 10 20
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