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The behind the scenes post is live. I backed up the project folder. I cleared off the SSD. That felt good. Two terabytes just liberated with a few clicks. The sigh of relief is real.

I started the research process for my next essay yesterday and time tracked it. I'm going to do my best to bring this habit to my essays. I have been tracking work time for six years. It shouldn't be too difficult to implement.

I have a few articles to read for my research. I spent some time yesterday ripping my (apparently expensive) copy of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Volume One on Blu-Ray—say that five times fast. I'm pulling in from quite a few formats and resources for this essay, I think.

Last night, I started The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville and Keanu Reeves. This quote early on struck a chord.¹ I always hate it when a quote hits home when I am in bed for the night. My phone charges out in the dining room, so I have no meaningful way to write the quote down. I've used my Apple Watch before to text myself in digital chick scratch. Thankfully, my wife was in bed and I just borrowed her phone to text myself. Maybe I should leave a Field Notes book and pen on my nightstand...I like that idea. Anyway, here's the aforementioned quote;

"I have always used writing to learn what it is that I think. And I find myself disinclined to leave these mysteries unexamined. I would like to know what I think about this." — The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville and Keanu Reeves

Why do I write/make these essays? Why does anyone put pen to paper? Part of it is to figure out what we think about The Thing™, that big amorphous thing that captivated our brains in some electrifying way. Why? Why did our synapses fire off? What is it that compels me?

I would like to know what I think about this.

Until next time...