“Kirby, did you eat the tape?” (No, he didn’t.)
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Hello, November. Mask-optional days have begun at K's school: cue Marge Simpson grumble of unease. But hey, at least I'm semi-conscious this morning and feeling ok. NonFicComicsThing has returned in a new form and it's finally making sense though I know it would be easier to put together had a certain spatial thinking canvas app not decided to delete most of my text and erode my trust. Holding out hope for an update this week, hinthint – I want to sing its praises again because when it works it's wonderful. When it doesn't, not so much.
Related: Kevin Hodgson's implementation of Kevin Kelly's Internet Mapping Project has me intrigued. Might better light the path forward on NonFicComicsThing.
Dog-children sustenance, training, then back to work. Three days of conelife remain.
“The things we do for the orange Jesus…”
This staggering Washington Post report on the build-up, attack, and aftermath of the Capitol Riot is a must-read. The quote above was, according to the article, “recounted by a Republican lawmaker who heard it firsthand” as Republicans were “registering as co-sponsors to contest Biden’s victory in six key states” two hours before the attack began.
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Humanity continues.
Think that's all I've got for this morning: finishing up this fornight's MacroParentheticals newsletter - will release by 1000 this morning – so I've been in this "summation / sharing" state all morning and will now feed dogchildren, do a bit of sit/stay training with Young Kirby, and get back to work so I can put the month to bed.
Four days of conelife remain.
Watching:
DUNE, PART ONE, directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s original novel by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Eric Roth. Starring Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Fergusson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. Released 22 October 2021.
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Pressing forward: the nonfic comics thing is back – in a wildly different form – but I'll write more about that in this weekend's MacroParentheticals; fascinating experiment to write it AND write my process for a presentation. Opens up new avenues of thought.
Other things: great meal with great friends last night, laughs etc. Still feel human, blood sugar indicates otherwise, but that’s still the doublejab / lack of run on comaday doing its thing.
Five days of conelife remain; the day awaits.
I never tire of that moment when something goes in a totally different direction than expected – down to the nuts and bolts of the process – and comes alive in a way you never imagined: if you get out of its way, the work takes you where it needs to go.