Apparently the last time I wrote a post with the title "State of the Bear" was in early 2009, over a decade ago. If you're looking for any sort of continuity, you won't find it here. I was doing a lot more introspection back then -- or at least writing about it more. It may be time to get back to it.
You also won't find much ( Read more... )

It's that time of year -- the time when I look back over my goals for the year that was, and cringe. Actually, I did better this year than last. But that's a very low bar.

1. Okay, then. The number one goal is simply getting through the damned year, alive and with one or more roofs over our heads...
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A good week. Actually, a very good week. It started with Colleen coming home from the hospital, with no rehab required, and continued with Father's Day messages from the kids (call from the YD, who told me that Chaos had left a message on FB.
Much of the rest of Sunday through Tuesday was spent packing. Well, mostly debating ( Read more... )

Today I'm thankful for...

• a four-hour layover in Denver (of which two were used up by an emergency stop in Boise to get a sick passenger to the hospital;
• Colleen, for a highly noticable shirt with aliens and flying saucers on it;
• old friends, new acquaintences, great conversations, and stories;
• special thanks to C.K., ( Read more... )

Well, the big event this weekend was RainbowCon 3. It was a good weekend, modulo some tech failures around recording and streaming, and logistical problems getting Colleen out of and back into the car -- but she was there for Sunday's Ecumenifilk/Celebration ( Read more... )

I am falling behind in FAWM -- it's the 9th, and as of this afternoon I had only two songs up. Now, thanks to a collaboration with
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This is coming out on a Monday rather than Sunday because I spent the weekend at Conflikt, our local filk music convention. I'm usually too lazy to do a formal con report, and this lets me collect all the notes in one place that's easy to find .
Meta: rather than create tags like conflikt-2019, I use the two tags conflikt and ( Read more... )

This morning Colleen turned to me and said something to the effect of "It's our anniversary. Forty-three years and we ain't killed each other yet." She added that "it's been close a couple of times", and I can't argue with that.
Here's to another forty-three, love.
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At this point I could punt and simply carry all of last year's goals ( Read more... )

Hippo Gnu Deer.
[Crossposted from mdlbear.dreamwidth.org, where it has
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