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What I did over the weekend
Aug 29, 2019
TL;DR: I had a heart attack; looks like I’m gonna be fine.

Updated 8/29: TL;DR: I’m home, feeling fine; more details added, too.
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How I Spent My Twitter Vacation
Nov 5, 2017
Maybe you haven’t noticed, but I’ve been taking a vacation from Twitter for the last month. Just after October first, I noticed that my timeline was almost entirely bad (and/or fake) news: Trump, Weinstein, white supremacy, etc.; it had ceased to be a way to keep up to date with the fun things my friends were doing.

Further, it had become a “time sponge”: whenever I had an unoccupied moment (which I have a lot of, given my continuing funemployment), I’d whip out my phone and catch up on Twitter.

So I decided to take a break, and uninstalled the Twitter app from my devices; here’s what I learned:
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Decades
Jun 29, 2016
In which I celebrate an anniversary and announce a job change! (read)
Taking it from the top, yet again
Mar 8, 2015
This blog has been offline for several months; I rebuilt my server, and have been spending more time coding than writing.

I know I’ve said it before, but I hope to post more frequently again - we’ll see how long it lasts this time.
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