I suppose there is something appropriate about my finishing Studs Terkel's Working on the last day of the school year when I usually spend my day getting ready to not work for an eight-week stretch. Of course, this could be total coincidence and the bigger factor in my finishing the book is that it's due …
Month: June 2021
The Art of the Decluttering Video
Screencap of a "Spring Cleaning Videos" playlist I made on YouTube. So back in March, I was pretty psyched about getting some spring cleaning done, so I decided to psych myself by watching some decluttering videos. Good God, that sounds lame. But really, I was bored on my lunch break and clicked an Abundantly Minimal …
The Week in Uncollecting, 6/6/21-6/11/21
Okay, back on this weekly horse. However, there's only one thing that I checked off all week (okay, technically two, but the book is for an upcoming Required Reading podcast, so I won't include it here), which is a movie. Over the course of several nights this week, I watched the five-hour version of Bud …
Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Tired
"Insomnia" by _Jer_ is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 So I have been reading a lot about how there is a brewing fight between management and labor over physically returning to work when remote work has been not only navigable but successful for many. Although I welcome my returning to a full-time in-person classroom (and laud my school district …
Uncollecting Your Brain
"Ping pong project" by mknowles is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 I went to meditate this morning and Insight Timer wouldn't work. I quickly determined that because I have a 6th generation iPod touch, the app won't work because my iPod doesn't have iOS 13 or newer. So after briefly cursing Apple for their bullshit* and then making a …
Uncollecting Update May 2021
As always, let’s get started with the numbers … Media consumed # (remaining/total)Physical Comics Read: 0 (2/399)Digital Comics Read: 9 (487/539)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 1 (29/40)Books Read: 2 (118/170)Movies Watched: 8 (115/143)TV Seasons Completed: 0 (99/101)TV Shows Completed: 0 (33/38)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 127 These are all new totals because I did a recount over Memorial Day weekend so that I could be more accurate in what I have to …
The Uncollecting 