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- Tired. After the summer, getting back into a routine has been tough. Waking up earlier. Going to bed earlier. Longer drive and more traffic. It’s exhausting, but I know it will get better.
- Grateful for some cooler weather. Most summers in Columbia, South Carolina are hot, but this summer has been brutal. I’m looking forward to being able to comfortably hang out on our back deck and enjoy some cooler weather.
- I’m pumped up about the Harris/Walz ticket. Let’s go.
- Did a great job eating healthier this week. Really proud of myself for planning ahead and bringing my lunch to work.
- SbB Diskette was approved by MyFonts.
- My academic article is still officially under peer review.
- I’ve got a contract type design consulting job that’s going to take a bunch of time over the next few weeks. I’m excited to continue working on it.
- Lots of grad school reading is going to eat into my project time.
- Made progress on Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse.
- I found a Spades iOS app on Apple Arcade. I’m addicted.
- F1 is back. Watched qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix this morning. Looking forward to the race tomorrow.
- Our oldest, Norah, moved into her own apartment this week. And while she lived in the residence hall last year, she’s now really out on her own. Proud of her, but it’s always a little bittersweet to watch the kids grow up.
- Back to heading to the coffee shop to work every weekend with my daughter. She has so much AP work to do, that she likes to go to Starbucks to study. I usually have work to do, too. So we go together. I don’t love the stress that comes with the work, but I adore having the time with Jill.
- Continue to be both nervous and excited about the future of this country. I think the wild swings in the news cycle affect me more than I’d like to admit.
- First day of class for me on Wednesday this week. Looking forward to taking something a little different.
- Did a decent job trying to eat better this week. Need to plan ahead a little bit better when we have a busy schedule.
- Didn’t really work out this week, but did move my daughter into a second floor apartment with no elevator. (And most of it was moved up from the lower parking level.) Lots of stair flights.
- I’ve got one font submitted to Monotype for approval to sell on their marketplace.
- My academic article is officially under peer review.
- I need to set up a new web site for my merchandise. Might work on that today.
- Paused on Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. I just haven’t had much time to read.
- F1 is still on summer break, but will be back next weekend.
- Had someone be incredibly rude to me at work this week. And it really bothered me for a day or two.
- Tim Walz. My goodness. I didn’t know politicians like this get elected. What a breath of fresh air. I’m all in on bringing joy back. I’m tired of the doom and gloom.
- Work on the Ph.D. will continue soon. A couple of weeks left until classes start. I’m taking one class this semester — a qualitative research class in the College of Education. Will be a bit of a change from my normal comms classwork.
- Started this week trying to make better food choices. Was mostly successful. I do feel better when I eat better.
- Rediscovered some old fitness apps that I’ve tried in the past. Dusted them off and trying to build a workout rhythm.
- I’ve decided to rename one of my new fonts because of a very minor possibility that the name infringes on an existing trademark. Naming fonts is harder than naming children.
- I’ve got a few other fonts in the works, but I don’t know how much progress I’ll make when classes start back.
- More Olympics. Volleyball. Water Polo. Basketball. Some track and field.
- Still reading Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. I didn’t actually pick it up this week, but it’s still the book beside my bed.
- F1 is still on summer break. ☹️
- Uncomfortable. The air conditioning went out in my office this week. That’s never something you want in Columbia in the summer.
- One of my friends is leaving for a job at another school. I’m bummed, but it’s a great opportunity for her. Just a lot of changes at the office this summer.
- I continue to be impressed with Kamala Harris’s campaign so far. I forgot what hope felt like.
- Tired. My teacher wife reported to school this week, and the alarm started going off an hour earlier. Ugh. Need more sleep.
- Laying the groundwork for my lifestyle change. Getting apps ready to track, planning diet and exercise changes. Trying not to over do it. I’m giving myself a year to make this change.
- I’m starting on Monday, because there’s still cake and other goodies in the house from my birthday.
- SbB Danceflr is available on MyFonts now.
- Continuing to work on some other font ideas. I have several designs that I never finished, so I’m working toward wrapping those up and submitting them to MyFonts for sale.
- Heard back from the publication I submitted my journal article to and I need to make a couple of minor changes before it heads to peer review. So that’s promising.
- Lots of Olympics. Surfing. Basketball. Gymnastics. Swimming. Handball. Beach Volleyball. Regular Volleyball. I think I’ve watched at least some coverage every day this week.
- Still reading Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. Slowly. I’m struggling to get into it, even though I loved the first two books.
- F1 is on summer break. ☹️
- I feel refreshed. I really needed to take some time off from work and reset. With the leadership change at work, I think I needed the break more than I realized.
- I’m worried about the state of our nation, but I’m energized by the change in the presidential race. Biden stepping down, and Harris consolidating support has me encouraged.
- Being open to changes. The camp our kids went to is also the camp that I attended and worked at. They changed pick up this year, ending on Friday instead of Saturday morning. I wasn’t sure about the change, but we attended a new final ceremony and it was great. I probably need to make this a full post, but we all need to accept that sometimes, change is needed.
- SbB Departure Mono is now live on MyFonts. I’ve got two other fonts that I will submit today or tomorrow.
- I sketched out a couple of new font ideas while we were at the cabin in North Carolina. Was nice to have some time to sketch.
- We were in a cabin without our normal streaming setup. They had a Samsung TV service that had a bunch of ad-supported channels with random reality shows, so we watched some American Ninja Warrior and Ice Road Truckers.
- I started reading Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. Enjoying it, but having trouble remembering all the things that happened in the second book of the series.
- F1 this weekend.
- Will probably watch some of the Olympics.
- I’m excited about upcoming vacation. It’s been too long since I took a significant amount of time off.
- I’m worried about the state of our nation.
- Grateful for some rain. (We needed it.)
- I published two longer blog posts this week. One about the Star Trek episodes I tend to play in the background, and a second post about the whole Sticker Mule debacle.
- More progress on fonts. I inched closer to releasing my new typefaces. Just some refinements to make sure everything passes the quality assurance checks.
- Submitted an article to a journal to review. Woke up in the middle of the night and decided to be productive. Finished the query letter and hit the submit button. We’ll see what happens.
- Finished Star Wars: The Acolyte. I enjoyed the show and am interested to see if they give it a season two to finish the story.
- I’ve been playing Pokemon Go with my son who just got a new phone.
- F1 this weekend with the Hungarian Grand Prix.
- I’m tired. It’s been a long week for some reason.
- Looking forward to an upcoming vacation.
- Sad that summer is coming to an end. Kids start school in less than a month. The excessive heat has been brutal this year. We are fortunate to have shelter and air conditioning so we can manage, but I haven’t felt like leaving the house. Ready for cooler weather.
- I’m getting closer to finishing a couple of new fonts to make available on MyFonts. Just need to put the finishing touches on the files and marketing images.
- I spent time this week editing my paper on consumer attitudes toward logos. Happy with the edits. Time to submit it to a journal. We’ll see what happens.
- Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix. Finished watching the series this week. Liked where the story landed and was genuinely surprised by some of the callbacks and references to previous Trek franchises.
- Star Wars: The Acolyte. Finale this week. I’ve enjoyed the show, and like the idea that they are telling the story in an earlier time period. I’ll probably post longer thoughts on the blog after the finale.
- Looking for books for vacation and realized the last book in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky series is out. I thought I’d preordered it, but apparently not. Need to go back and reread the last book to remember where they left things. Looking forward to reading the final book of the trilogy on vacation.
- No F1 this week.
- Looking forward to an upcoming vacation.
- Leadership changes at work are never easy to navigate.
- Anxious about the state of our country.
- My sore foot is feeling better, but that means I need to turn my focus back to getting healthy.
- I’ve decided to give this “Now” page a try again.
- Finishing up a couple of fonts that I want to release soon. You can see previews at SbB Fonts.
- I’ve got a paper that I need to update and submit to for publication. I’d really like to get it wrapped up this summer before the new semester starts.
- Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix. Working through the episodes slowly. I suck at binge watching.
- F1, because my daugther got interested and now I’m hooked.
Then: 8.24.24
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The start to the school year continues. I had my first grad school class of the semester this week. Looking forward to learning more about qualitative methods. Liz starts her Ph.D. class this week and the kids' school is in full swing.
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Then: 8.17.24
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Liz and the kids are back in school. We moved our oldest into an off-campus apartment. Starting to figure out everyone’s schedules. It’s been a busy week.
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Then: 8.10.24
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Reasonably good week. We’re getting our oldest ready to go back to college. I’ve started my plan to be healthier at 50 than I was a 40 — working out a little bit and eating better. Lifestyle change is hard.
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Then: 8.2.24
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I celebrated my 49th birthday this week. My kids have an annual tradition where they bake a cake for me, usually with a high degree of difficulty. This year, they attempted to make a Borg Cube from Star Trek.
As I turn 49, I’m looking ahead to 50 next year. I’ve decided that I want to be healthier at 50 than I was at 40. I need to loose weight, eat better and be more active. Basically a lifestyle change. I’m going to add a health category to my weekly Now page updates.
Still wondering if I should post these on Sundays instead of Saturdays.
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Then: 7.27.2024
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Just had a relaxing week of vacation with just my wife and me. The kids were at summer camp for the week so we decided to celebrate our 25th anniversary early up near Asheville. We had a great time, but it’s going to be hard going back to reality on Monday.
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Then: 7.20.24
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Weird week. I got randomly sick for an evening. I woke up at 2 AM with a fever that only lasted a couple of hours and no other symptoms. So strange. Whenever I get sick now, I worry about COVID and getting others sick, but I’m pretty sure this was just a random virus.
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Then: 7.13.24
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Good week, although still way too hot in Columbia, South Carolina. To be fair, it’s too hot pretty much everywhere, it seems. I’ve stolen a brilliant idea from Sven Dahlstrand (@sod on Micro.Blog) and I’m going to archive my previous “Now” pages on blog in a category called “Then.” I like to have an archive of everything and it always bothered me that my Now page implementation didn’t have a history.
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Then: 7.6.24
I’m giving the “Now” page concept another go. I love the idea, but I just haven’t figured out how to make it work for me. For now, I’ve settled on an opening paragraph and three category prompts: feels, projects and entertainment. Should capture a nice snapshot of what I’m focused on and how I’m feeling. When I update these, I’m going to copy them over to Notion so I have a weekly journal.
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