Now

This is a Now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.

March 2024

My most recent take on my Now page is inspired by Andy’s Working Notes and is generally a reverse order summary of notable events in my life over the last few months (or so).


It’s spring in Cleveland! Well, spring for Cleveland means 70 degrees on Tuesday and snow on Thursday. Luckily, today is Tuesday, so I have the patio door open, and we’re getting the stagnant winter air out of the apartment.

After the health issues I had a couple of years ago, I made a bunch of doctor’s appointments and now all my follow-ups occur at the same time each year. After the bladder cancer surgery, I have to see the urologist every six months for checkups. After the basal cell and melanoma surgeries, I have to go back to the dermatologist every six months. My doctor has me on an every three months schedule for my meds. And all of these checkups are happening in March. Two down, one to go.

My buddy Brandon gave me a sweet guitar, so I’ve been practicing again. Nothing like a new piece of equipment to get you back in the mood! I’m still not good, but I look much better practicing!

I bought a new 60% keyboard because I wanted to torture myself try to force myself to learn Vim keybindings since I pretty much live on the Linux command line. I have my old TKL keyboard at the ready, but I have to give the new one a fair shot before throwing in the towel. (I’m writing this on the new T63, so I guess things aren’t going too bad.)