Lego remains awesome, but…
There’s a time in a parent’s life–I’m making a sweeping assumption here based on my own experience, but I’d bet money it’s a...
Author: Reay
A funny thing happened on my way to quitting social media for a month
Social Medialess October isn’t a thing. But perhaps it should be. I finally quit Facebook a handful of months back after long intending to ditch it for go...
The rare times the universe talks to me, I listen
I’m not a big believer in capital-s Signs. By which I’m not speaking of Shyamalan’s okay 2002 offering, but rather signs from, if you will, th...
My novel’s first draft is crap, and that’s okay
As I mentioned in my last post, the first draft of my first novel is going well. Meaning, as far as progression of the word count. As for the quality?That’...
A new personal best and solid other thing
I hit a couple of notable benchmarks today. This isn’t to be confused with hitting the magic number I mentioned recently. That’s a whole other thing...
What I read this month
With a wife who’s a teacher and a grade-school kid, it was a little crazy in the ol’ Jespersen household this month, so I didn’t get as much r...
Stop motion is cool
As I’d written about back in earlier days of isolation, I’m trying out making some stop motion videos. It’s been a while since I took a crack ...
How to feel old fast
My nine-year-old daughter has had some interest in coding for the last couple of years. Now bear in mind, at that age, “coding” is pretty much using...
Jeg lærer dansk
(I am learning Danish.) In the spirit of striving to do more productive things with my time, I’ve decided it’s long overdue that I try to start lear...