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[AE.NiNoBilMa] Clarifications, course corrections, and exercises. (Tell Me About Your Octopus)

December 7, 2021

Well, two days into NiNoBilMa and I am learning some things about what works and what doesn't work. Among many of those of you who have contacted me, it...

[AE.NiNoBilMa] NiNoBilMa 2022: Kindergarten, Week 1

December 6, 2021

Welcome to the first day of the first week of the first month of #NiNoBilMa 2022: Kindergarten Edition! If you don't know what #NiNoBilMa is, you can find...

[AE.NiNoBilMa] Introducing NiNoBilMa 2022

November 27, 2021

So November will be ending in a few days, and with it, NaNoWriMo. While I've relished the effect that ADHD medication has had on my ability to sit down and...

[AE.Writing, AE.RPG2FictionPipeline] Telling Stories Without Dice: Entering The Tabletop-to-Fiction Pipeline

November 18, 2021

Last week, while brainstorming some ideas about TTRPG (tabletop roleplaying game) design and theory, I spun out some thoughts on Twitter in a thread that...

[AE.Books, AE.Politics, AE.ADHD] Bluebeard Revisited

November 16, 2021

It's an interesting thing, re-reading a book that I had found to be profound as a teenager, as an adult. It's not the first time I've read this book since...

[AE.Personal, AE.ADHD] My path to a prescription.

November 9, 2021

So yesterday I told you that today I'd say more about how I got here. I'm glad that I started writing about that yesterday because early this afternoon I was...

[AE.Personal, AE.ADHD] One month on the pills.

November 9, 2021

So about a month ago, I said on here that I intended to share more specific information about my journey with ADHD meds when I had been on them for a month....

[AE.Mailbag] A Friday Reader Mailbag Situation Inauguration

October 15, 2021

Welcome to the inaugural installment of the Erin Endeavor Friday Reader Mailbag Situation! I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure off the top of my head if...

[AE.News. AE.Editorial] Netflix and the Malcontents of Laughter

October 14, 2021

So Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix, doubled down on the company's decision to stream a Dave Chappelle special that contained anti-trans hate speech that was...

[AE.Opinion] Of Fair (And Balanced) Reporting

October 12, 2021

Author's Note: This is an essay adapted from some old tweets of mine as an exercise in creative non-fiction writing to hone my rusty skills after a long...

[AE.Personal, AE.ADHD] On the pill.

October 11, 2021

There's a bit of received wisdom around the area of cures and other medical treatments that suggests that the more complaints a supposed "miracle cure"...

[AE.Personal] ADHDevelopments

October 6, 2021

A bit of personal news that I hope will lead to some professional progress... I have received an ADHD diagnosis and am waiting on meds. I see this as the...

[AE.Personal] The pipes, the pipes are calling...

September 22, 2021

So, the repair work I've mentioned is finished. It wound up being spread over last Friday, this Monday, and Tuesday. It took longer than we had expected, but...

[AE.Personal] Down with the sickness.

September 16, 2021

Hey, all. So, I made it through a week of daily newsletter updates, and then got a decent start on this week... and then it fell apart. Mostly because I fell...

[AE.Politics] On Amy Coney Barrett and the political theater of the absurd

September 13, 2021

There's a lot of chatter on Twitter today about Amy Coney Barrett's recent remarks on the Supreme Court and partisanship. Most of the headlines I've seen run...

[AE.Politics] Hey, Aren't You The Pail From Palin Around?

September 11, 2021

I have very mixed feelings about writing this because I would love little more than to write off Sarah Palin as a relic of the past, a political non-entity...

[AE.Personal] A reminder from my body.

September 9, 2021

Today I have been reminded that regardless of what I do to improve my sleep routine, my work routine, or my other daily and nightly routines, the body I live...

[AE.News] Butler, Scuttled

September 8, 2021

So, The Guardian recently published an interview with venerable feminist scholar Judith Butler that was edited after the fact, redacting an entire answer...

[AE.Personal] The Gentle Art of Not Hustling

September 7, 2021

So I mentioned yesterday at the outset that I've been working on some new work/life balance and productivity hacks, which I elaborated on a bit over on...

[AE.Politics] Trump's Labors Lost

September 6, 2021

Hey, what's up, subscribers? It's been a minute. I've been working on some work-life balance stuff, working on building a daily work routine that I can slot...