Hiya folks. It's my birthday today. I had some cake with friends over the weekend. None of my male friends in attendance have turned 40 ...

MUSIC - AUGUST MEA CULPA Well shit, things got away from me, didn't they. I started my Doctor of Business Administration in July and thi...

MUSIC: MAY CAPTAIN'S LOG So last time I was not-so-quietly pleased with myself for having knocked out a first draft of a short novel. I ...

MUSIC - MARCH WRITING On the 4th of March I started work to expand my short story, 'Ambient Ecstasy', which I wrote late last year a...

MUSIC - JAN BOOKS 14 books in 9 weeks. Not on pace for 100. Cae Sera. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (novel, US, audiobook, 2021) Absolute...

Not the best books that came out in 2021, just the best books I read in that calendar year. Same story as for  2020 ,  2019 , 2018 , 2017 , ...

I did albums yesterday . Anyone who got in the top 10 for that list can't make this one. Before I get to my fave songs released in the y...

This annual tradition has lasted long enough [ 2020 ,  2019 ,  2018 ,  2017 , (...),  2014 ,  2013 ,  2012 ,  2011 , &  2010 ]  it deser...