Author Archives: chick

I hate my “new” job. It’s making me unhappy. But it’s not just the job bringing me down. It’s a lot of things, and there’s not much I can do about that. I can only hope to find some good … Continue reading →

I saw the shoulder surgeon last week. Given that my range of motion is improved and that the pain is both less frequent and less extreme, he recommends that I give my shoulder a few more months to settle down. … Continue reading →

From a CNBC article: “More than half, 56%, of full-time workers in their early 50s get pushed out of their jobs due to circumstances like a layoff before they’re ready to retire, according to a 2018 paper published by the … Continue reading →

I recently read an article about a woman who says she faithfully writes down every nice thing that happens to her. Every one. And she says that as a result more nice things tend to happen to her. This makes … Continue reading →

For a while it seemed like book critics everywhere were talking about On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle. I am a sci-fi fan, and I never met a time-travel story that didn’t entertain me in some way, so … Continue reading →

This week I started my first work project composed primarily of recycled material. It’s a big change, and not a good one. To be clear, I don’t entirely disagree with the premise of using old copy. Some parts of the … Continue reading →

Everything in this country has gotten extremely expensive: housing, food, childcare, home and auto insurance, health insurance, healthcare, electricity, education, cars, etc. Each of these things has come to feel like a burden, and this has been going on for … Continue reading →

I read a piece of advice the other day. It said, “Don’t share your despair.” Once upon a time I might have agreed, but I don’t know how to keep the despair inside anymore. It is too massive to be … Continue reading →

I got a free 7-day trial of BritBox because I thought that The Other Bennet Sister looked interesting. I should have investigated first, though, because only 5 of the 10 episodes had been released at that point. I watched all … Continue reading →