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Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:59:56 GMT

Haven't had a haircut in long enough that I actually comb my hair daily and hold my bangs back with a hairpin. (Old icon is currently appropriate.)

Am reading the harrowing memoir Year of the Nurse by Cassie Alexander.

Just finished Ben Rosenbaum's The Unraveling which was a little disappointing; I think it might feel brain-breaking to readers who haven't read any of the Terra Ignota or the 2nd and 3rd Imperial Radch books, but I wanted the constant idea-flourishing that I get from Rosenbaum's nonfiction speaking and writing, and instead, for about the second half or last third of the book, I knew where things were going and it felt like a kind of familiar story. But it's an interesting read and feels like it's going to be a 2021 must-read for people who want book-length speculative fiction that plays with gender.

I'm re-acclimating to my daily life after a couple of months unavailable/taking care of a responsibility that took me away from my daily life. My regular co-working and co-exercising videocalls help. So do walking around outside and seeing friends outside. I saw a couple of friends recently who didn't know that in NYC they can get free high-quality COVID testing from the city government. Glad I could tell them!

Today Leonard and I played a game where I read aloud nearly all of a New York Times headline and he tried to guess the last word. This feels like a game you could play with kids to help them learn a component of media literacy.

Am trying to co-exercise more -- this entry explains what I'm doing. My schedule has a lot more flexibility as I rebuild it so if you're interested in joining me, speak up in the comments?

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