05 Jan: Castles Burning • [PDF]
I’m not Jewish, alas • America assaults Iran • we’re sick • Godzilla (2014 film) • Until the End of the World (2019 Criterion edition) • Frank Herbert’s Dune (Sci-Fi Channel miniseries) • a break from screens
12 Jan: Coughcophany • [PDF] 
Strange weather • this week • Economic Science Fictions edited by William Davies • the weekend • Doctor Who Season 12
19 Jan: The Endless Pennsylvania of the Soul • [PDF] 
Grace is traveling • implementing Base64 • stuck in the snow • the disease of images: Until the End of the World revisited
26 Jan: Down Time 
Sick and stuck • my eyes • broken code • working with a team in China • Elanor’s third birthday • Shin Godzilla (2016 film)
09 Feb: Eternal Caucus of the Democratic Mind 
The music in my head • TinyLetter • still sick • the temperature anomaly • Weathering with You (2019 film) • Porgy and Bess (Metropolitan Opera live stream) • anniversaries • last week • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007 film) • Becoming Superman by J. Michael Straczynski (unabridged audiobook) • the Iowa Caucuses • electronic voting
16 Feb: Carving Notches in Dixville 
Reader feedback • Joseph Shabalala • the Iowa caucus • Tom Perez • the New Hampshire primary • lockdowns in China • work • weight and diet
23 Feb: Sin City Has Spoken • [PDF] 
Work • Sonic the Hedgehog (2020 film) • the Iowa recanvas • the Iowa recount • the Nevada Caucus
01 Mar: Biden Can Have a Little South Carolina, as a Treat • [PDF] 
Pączki • sick babies • Ultra Q (1966 Japanese TV show) • bookshelf ideas • programming books • taxes • electoral politics • Iowa Caucuses • Biden • Warren • Super Tuesday
08 Mar: The Empire Never Ended • [PDF] 
Work • tachycardia • our COVID-19 lockdown preparations • Aggripina (Metropolitan Opera live stream) • the Sanders rally • thoughts on the election
13 Mar: Sargeant Potts’s Lonely Face Club Band • [PDF] 
Work update • more election thoughts • COVID-19 news and advice
22 Mar: Year One, Week Two • [PDF] 
My live streams • the Metropolitan Opera free streams • our lockdown • the bonfire
30 Mar: In Virus Veritas • [PDF] 
Furlough • the pandemic response • Michigan unemployment • budgeting • shortfalls • podcasts • Wagner week
05 Apr: The Thirty-Second Day of March • [PDF] 
The Barber of Seville (Metropolitan Opera stream) • Nixon in China (Metropolitan Opera stream) • current affairs • life during COVID time • mujaddara
07 Apr: Yea Though I Shop Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death • [PDF] 
Grocery shopping during the pandemic • The Ypsilanti Food Co-op • Trader Joe’s • Costco • Gordon Food Service • the mechanics of shopping • Tractor Supply • Fresh Thyme • Home Depot • Joy’s shopping protocol
12 Apr: The Bread Also Rises • [PDF] 
Passover • Don Pasquale (Metropolitan Opera stream) • Easter • unemployment • our mortgage • Bernie dropping out • pandemic progress report • hard thinking • family updates • the benefits of a large family
05 Jul: Short Attention Span Theater of the Absurd • [PDF] 
Garden snapshot • visits and errands • Independence Day dinner • assorted notes • epazote • plastic in the soil • Satan’s own caterpillar • can we shoot the rabbits? • winding up