Day: May 22, 2026

I’m spending a bit of time today on the planning side of life. What I am doing is dividing required work into hours and seeing how I can filter those hours into the course of a day. Presently I have three writing projects and three courses to develop, which amounts to 115 hours of total work. Now I don’t actually have that much time in a week that I am willing to devote to the effort. This means some of the work will drag out for weeks. The real question is how many hours a week do I have/want to devote to these endeavors?

Realistically, I recognize the work side of life tapers off more int he summer. I am always in a new location and dedicated to hanging with the Lady Talis, exploration, and bodily self-improvement through walking. As such, finding 5 hours in a single day feels like a lot. 4 feels liek a maximum. I’m thinking that I want to start building the day around a morning hour to cover some of the basic work (class stuff, mostly) and if I can stay ahead of that business I can really lock in on a 2-3 hour block of writing at some point in the day. This has not been discussed beyond the writing of this blog, so I need to work some more of this out with my partner. Still, the belief is that I can find the time during the day in a way that does not limit how much we can enjoy our lives and the space we are in. 15 of the 24 hours of a day are spent awake at minimum. If I can take smaller chunks of that time between activities to really settle into a work vibe, I’ll be back to being a productive person. Likewise, as I continue to be productive, the words should come faster. This present schedule estimates 250 words per hour. I can usually spit that much out in a ten minute blog.

I miss the times where that level of stream of consciousness writing is how I put together stories and other writing. Heck, this is already 360 words give or take. So if I can get back there, then I can be a much stronger writer. I need that.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Trump says he’s skipping his son’s weekend wedding” He blamed circumstances and responsibilities of the government. Yet, he has a scheduled tee time…
2. Since this wordpress format doesn’t have a wordcount, I fed the earlier text into an wordcounter to get the 360 number. That isn’t remarkable. What is remarkable is the allegation that it assumed 65% of what I wrote was AI generated. An additional 12% was considered ai paraphrased. Come on, now. I don’t sound that much like a bot… do I?

The Mandalorian and Grogu is not high cinema. I never expected it to be. I never went into it hoping to move the larger Star Wars story forward or learn tiny bits of special lore or even see easter eggs (However, the Dejarik does make an appearance). What I wanted was fun with Grogu. I got what I wanted. I also think Favreau got to make a film he enjoyed. This is a fun picture. It feels like a season compressed into a few hours with no filler. I’m good with that the way I was pretty good with the original Harry Potter movie. We got enough story without needing what was removed.

I want to be able to take something away from everything I imbibe. I want a movie to leave me something worth remembering and this one did. I remember the joy of Grogu and the relationship between him and Mando. This chapter of the story is truly enjoyable and is built in a timeframe that has a ton of room to tell stories that do not have to be about major moments. The show dipped its toe in that time and again, and it was okay. Still, this way is better.

This is the way.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Knicks move 2 wins from the NBA Finals with a 109-93 victory over the Cavs” 1999.. that is the last time the Knicks made it to the finals. Maybe three players on the roster were out of diapers when that happened.