I’m bringing Fate Accelerated and dice with me to our Sunday family gathering. I don’t know if anyone will want to play but I want to be prepared to run a game at the drop of a hat, which Fate Accelerated excels at.

While I’m a supporter of apps with subscriptions I’m hitting my limit. I can’t subscribe to every app. I love Ulysses and will continue my subscription but part of me is tempted to purchase iA Writer once and be done with it.

I picked up a copy of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History at Underground Books today. Looking forward to reading it later this evening.

Mother’s Day

We’ve been celebrating Mother’s Day all weekend. Friday we went to Hawks Provisions and Public House for cocktails but stayed diner dinner. Yesterday we went to Napa Valley with friends and had wine at Castello di Amorosa and V. Sattui. Today we had brunch at Old Soul Co. and picked up some books at Underground Books. Visiting family shortly. Epic weekend.

Gobble.

Elon Musk’s starship is great marketing, even though it won’t be visiting any stars.

I re-read Bruce Sterling’s Heavy Weather. The book really holds up. A nation wracked by climate change and rampant viruses and a protagonist who wears a face mask through most of the novel. This graphic would have been perfect accompaniment.

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” — Carl Rogers

We are launching an online book club and we’d love you to be part of it.

Our first book is Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature.

The Laws of Human Nature will be discussed on Clubhouse Sunday, June 27 at 12:00 PM Pacific.

After getting my second dose of Moderna I prepared for the worst: fever, chills, body aches, etc. I suffered none of that. My shoulder where I got the shot is a little sore and I pretty much slept the entire day. We’ll see what day two brings.

I just got my second dose of Moderna. Hopefully there will be no ill effects. But even if there is, it beats the alternative.

I’m thrilled to share with you today’s mix from Krautrock legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius with music from Brian Eno, Harmonia, Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Nikos Arvanitis. Listen http://josephaleo.com/blog/soundwave-57-roedelius/

Today my TextExpander app stopped working. I was anxious without it and rely on it. I’ve keyboard commands that are muscle memory. It’s constantly working behind the scenes fixing my most common typos, adding date stamps, autofilling email addresses, etc. Glad it’s working again.

Final episode of season one of Invincible: holy shit.

The Expanse feels cyberpunk. Like it picks up where William Gibson’s Neuromancer left off. Now if only a streaming service adapted Bruce Sterling’s Shaper/Mechanist short stories into a tv series.

I’m grateful that there are so many RSS apps out there since most people get there or news and entertainement from Facebook and Twitter. I’ve tried a fair number of them but I’ve stayed with Feedly. It displays the perfect blend of photos and information.

Today has been fantastic! My Spotify Discover Weekly plays list was kicking out the perfect morning jams. I ran an errand driving in the rain. I love driving in the rain because it’s such a rare experience in San Diego. And I’ve been brewing cup after cup of fantastic coffee.

Moorcock’s Elric IP was optioned as a tv series but stalled due to the success of The Witcher. Shame, I was hoping to see Eddie Redmayne as Elric. As an alternative, I’d love to see a series based on Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. It’s got real Game of Thrones appeal.

There’s so much crazy stuff being produced for tv these days (I’m thinking of Grant Morrison’s Happy, for example) that I’m making my pitch to Hollywood: the short stories of Thomas Ligotti animated by the Brothers Quay. No-brainer.

I’ve been hand grinding my coffee beans for the last eight years. This week I purchased an electric conical burr grinder and what once took five minutes now takes 30 seconds. Why did I wait so long?