Events

I've spent the morning playing matchmaker between disparate time-streams of data, trying to see what relationships (if any) exist between them. They all seem pretty cool to each other at the moment, which is sub-optimal from my perspective. If I can get a couple to get together amicably, then I can get baby time streams to analyze, which I need desperately. Speaking of sub-optimal: One more voice reminding people that "we" don't have a violence problem; Republicans do. One more beautiful old...

A week after moving, I'm averaging 30 minutes more sleep and my Body Battery score is back to normal levels after two weeks of waking up like a zombie. I might even have all the boxes unpacked by this time next year. Meanwhile, me shifting a couple tonnes of matter a few hundred meters did not affect the world's spin by any measurable amount: Max Boot reminds everyone that comparing right-wing and left-wing violence in the US is a false equivalence. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated...

It's a quiet day at Inner Drive Technology World Headquarters 6.0 as I bang away at the 60 or so boxes of books in the library. Only 10 or so of those boxes need to go all the way to my office loft on the 4th floor, so I should make do with only a few dozen Ibuprofens this afternoon. Meanwhile, Cassie has found a sunbeam on the front deck, just as she did yesterday: And as a bonus, here's our walk to doggie day care on Friday morning: Our fall colors just keep going this year. The maples have reached...

Thirty-five weeks into his 3-day war, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin woke up to a new IAEA report that his invasion of Ukraine may cause a permanent decline in Russian fortunes: The energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to speed up rather than slow down the global transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner technologies like wind, solar and electric vehicles, the world’s leading energy agency said Thursday. While some countries have been burning more fossil fuels such...

Can you tell when I moved from a first-floor walkup apartment into a 3½–story townhouse? I figure, Cassie has about 7 years of climbing stairs in her. We're both going to have much stronger legs (though only one of us needs them).

I'm starting to adapt my habits and patterns to the new place. I haven't figured out where to put everything yet, especially in my kitchen, but I'll live with the first draft for a few weeks before moving things around. I'm also back at work in my new office loft, which is measurably quieter than the previous location—except when the Metra comes by, but that just takes a couple of seconds. I actually have the mental space to resume my normal diet of reading. If only I had the time. Nevertheless: Texas...

I've unpacked all but one of the rooms in my new house: Yeah, but this is the "one room:" It's supposed to rain on Sunday, so what better day to unpack all those books? Cassie, for her part, only cares that I unpacked her smelly old blanket:

I reported Saturday that Empirical Brewery, one of my favorite hang-outs just 400 meters from my new house, closed unexpectedly on Sunday. Block Club Chicago's Alex Hernandez found out why: Empirical Brewery was booted from its building and abruptly shut down over the weekend following a months-long legal battle in which the landlord said the company did not pay its rent for several months this year, according to court records. Hayes Properties, which owns the Foster Avenue building, served Empirical...

Today's theme song is U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," but I know it's somewhere in the new house... Unpacking proceeds apace. Last night we were both exhausted and we both had trouble falling asleep. We also both wanted pizza, though Cassie didn't know she wanted it until I brought it into the house. Back to unpacking. I actually have to work tomorrow, so I need to get at least half my life out of chaos tonight.

I'm minutes from dismantling my WiFi so there won't be a time-lapse like last time. The movers get here in about an hour. Last time it took about 7 hours, but he weather couldn't be better, and I'm moving less than 2 km. See you from Inner Drive Technology World HQ v6.0... I am very much looking forward to being done with this.