We've moved to a biennial schedule here on ZDL because, well, why not ( Read more... )

I regretfully neglected to post here in the calendar year of 2019. Grevious error.

Nothing has changed other than I am old and out of shape and have the ability to change one of those and will do so.

My ability to survive endlessly at MSU came to an end when my project left sans me. Hard-ish decision, but I made the right call financially for sure. Plus the experience gained there got me a job at the A-team in Ann Arbor. Do less, get paid more. What a world ( Read more... )

Still alive. Not missing a calendar year. Not now. Not maybe ever if we can hit the singularity.

Imagine that.

Posting on this thing for 50 or 60,000 years to no one.

As long as I am physically capable of updating once a year, I will continue to do so indefinitely until which point either this site is dead or I am. I see no reasons to change that policy. This in spite of there not being a single update from any "friended" LJ in my circle for this entire calendar year, and we are more than 3/4 of the way through ( Read more... )

Over 4 years ago, I asked somewhat rhetorically, "Livejournal and Myspace both got fucked, didn't they? Just wondering when Facebook ends up that way too." The answer is "some point in the last 2 years." It was bad. It gets progressively worse. How much of that is the medium vs. the people, I don't know. Twitter can be bad, but the limitation on ( Read more... )

I hadn't been to a metal show in probably 5+ years when I saw Carcass play in Grand Rapids, MI in November (the 11th, specifically). In my younger days, going to metal shows was a frequent and regular occurrence. I went with friends like my buddy Kyle to venues both rooted in the past and present. I'll send this along to my buddy Will, a guy I met ( Read more... )

Still alive ( Read more... )

Yearly update: Still alive, still married, still employed by Sparty. If I write things, they're on a wordpress blog. See also http://realtalkguidetoawesome.wordpress.com and enjoy. Its all about travelling, and nothing else.

Your yearly August update (in case anyone stumbles across this ( Read more... )