🎮 While everyone else is playing Animal Crossing, my lady friend is working her way through Stardude Valley. She goes against the grain.

Radiance. A collage.

This time of year can be busy with Motörhead Day (the 8th of May) following so closely in the heels of Star Wars Day. Many people report feeling exhausted during the holiday season. Pace yourselves.

There’s some irony in the fact that book delivery takes so long now from Amazon, due to their prioritized order fulfillment. Their humble beginnings are so far behind them.

My Harvard employed younger sister spent the better part of yesterday morning trying to virtually pet my son’s virtual dog in Minecraft. So I’d say this isolation thing is going well.

My son’s voice has changed during this whole COVID isolation thing and I hear him sometimes and wonder who is in our house.

Despite the ability now to immediately sample any piece of music for yourself, I still find value in writing and reading about music.

“Bright Eyes Reveal New Single ‘Forced Convalescence’ Featuring Flea on Bass” is not a headline I ever thought I would read.

Jason Morehead discovers Being an Introvert During a Pandemic Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. I can relate to much of this.

“People described as essential should be treated and paid in a way that reflects that description.”

~ Dave Pell, on grocery store employees

Co-signed

Just updated my Now Page (my home is my castle edition).

Sometimes, I think the world just isn’t as black and white as it’s portrayed in the movies. Then I remember the president and his gang of miscreants and cinema-worthy villains.

🎵 It’s hard to believe that the Mogwai that just put out the house music inspired Reverso EP are the same Slint disciples that recorded Young Team in 1997.

I know I just blogged about it, but C.S. Lewis’ ‘Learning in War-time’ is one of the most interesting pieces I’ve read about our current situation. Lots of highlights.

Richard Burr should be prosecuted for insider trading for his role in spreading information that would massively effect stock performance to his friends while deliberately and systematically withholding that information from the public.

Screenshot Daily has a post on games with themes around mental health. Strong recommendation for Celeste from my brother.

📚 I rarely read a book quickly, because it’s hard for me to get past the feeling that a chapter break is something that means it’s time to put down the Kindle.

📚 David Sedaris - Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim: Sedaris has such a self-deprecating humor and a true love of people and their eccentricities.

🎮 The Final Fantasy 7 remake is really well done. Gorgeous, cinematic, and fantastic at managing the learning curve. Too bad Barret has a commanding lead in the race for most annoying video game character ever.

I love this review of Tot, the new note-taking app from the Icon Factory. You really get a sense for Jon’s passion for the app and his enthusiasm is infectious.

🍿 The Big Sick: I had been wanting to see this movie for some time but it seemed especially appropriate while going through health challenges. Really funny and touching. Such a fascinating and lovely true story.

That thing where you listen to a competently conducted interview that nevertheless doesn’t address the questions you have in your own head.

A bassist admitted to burning 3 churches to raise his profile as a black metal musician. I knew there was a reason I didn’t like black metal, beyond simply the terrible aesthetics.

This California fire is going to make already long waits for vinyl records even longer. The only other lacquer manufacturer is in Japan and is really backed up already.

Worldwide vinyl record supply threatened by “devastating” fire at lacquer manufacturer

Every week, Medium sends an email about an article urging people not to “fall in love with a smart, introverted man.” For some reason, they seem to feel this is a particularly clear and present danger for me.