Feeling gimpy. Feeling old. Converse shoes don’t like me. Feet hurt. Knee hurts. Tylenol take me away.

Hail on St. Paul’s East Side. #MnWx #55119

Turned a MacBook Pro into a slab book—I removed the non-functional display. It’s 2013 model and a replacement display is still $600. And it’s mostly my iTunes library and doesn’t move around the house.

Unintended consequences? Yes. The bluetooth and WiFi antennæ are in the display module and that matters. I’m wired into my LAN, but using the built-in keyboard and trackpad as intended because bluetooth is a no go.

Wishing Apple would not advertise MacOS 12 on a machine that is not capable of running it. When a Mac Mini is capable of more than 2T of internal storage, or when I can afford a Mac Studio, I’ll think about it.

The longer I live, the easier it is to spend time in reverie.

Apple Music hit me with a deep cut from Human League’s Dare album tonight. It was a favorite album and I’m really struck how simple and spare synth pop was, compared to what we can do with production, now.

I probably got the cassette in those days from the Columbia Record and Tape Club. My parents signed up and my middle brother and I took turns making a selection every other month.

Even if every album wasn’t dear, it was the music I had. My tiny collection was well-worn and significant parts couldn’t help but make it into permanent memory through shear repetition.

My collection of music has grown substantially over decades and it honestly pains me that I don’t have the same familiarity with albums that I once did, though rediscovery is a pleasant thing that happens often.

Music is probably my most mood-altering habit.

This weekend, I built a temple. Then I raised the mountain it rests upon. (Minecraft. Creative Mode) I didn’t passionately pursue architecture as an avocation, and I have no illusions. But it never left me.

I watched the first two episodes of Picard last night. I’m hooked.

A little fog at night

So great when people contact the help desk with an urgent issue we can’t solve because it’s a national problem with a carrier. #ButI’mNotBitter

The thing about over-eating and being overweight. It’s not that I’m hungry. It’s probably about a source of dopamine and it’s therefore about self-medicating. And it’s hard to shut it off.