• Procrastination Reading List

    This reading list includes both recent books I’ve gotten but haven’t read yet and much older books I was able to require, but haven’t read or re-read yet. (I am very behind on my reading in some respects because I keep getting distracted by other books.) Recent (Within the past couple years to present.) The…

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  • Update With Runarounds and Mild Procrastination

    I am attempting to transfer to a different SMI Clinic Provider Network. (I have been having trouble with this due to frequent stonewalling and miscommunication with “my team.” Like most experiences with my SMI provider, it has generally been extremely exasperating. I called to get an update on the transfer, and was told that no…

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  • Book Review: System Collapse by Martha Wells

    System Collapse takes place not long after the events of Network Effect.  The University of Mihira and New Tideland (with the assistance of Preservation) is attempting to extricate the surviving colonists from the planet and from being carted off into indentured servitude by the Barish-Estranza corporation.  The book opens up with Murderbot on the planet…

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  • Book Review: Dark Moon Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton

    In Dark Moon Shallow Sea, the religious order of the sun god Hyperion murdered Phoebe, the goddess of the moon and destroyed all of her temples. The reason for this religious crusade is that the priesthood of Phoebe was accused of being in league with demons. Since Phoebe was the psychopomp of this cosmology, this…

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  • Ten Flipping Years (Plus Change)

    I was finally diagnosed/screened for autism in back in 2020, after ten years of fighting with my SMI (seriously mentally ill) care providers to get a referral. I was initially diagnosed with BiPolar Disorder. (Which I may or may not have. Anxiety/Depression being comorbid to other autistic traits and deficits is Very Much A Thing.…

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