I’ve been having a lot of bad days of late dealing with a wide range of pains, brain fog, an accursed tinnitus that averages an 8 out of 10 on the loudness scale, unending exhaustion, and other issues. As a writer by trade, these are all crushing, but I keep trying to post.

What I need is to write something substantial, but for the past year or so I’ve been unable to do much. I haven’t blogged in weeks and filling my days with playing video games, watching YouTube, and drowning out the ringing in my head with music sessions in my AirPods is entirely unproductive.

In the middle of July I shall turn 57 and I’m nowhere near done yet, but the ongoing issues stemming from Long Covid, a bad motorcycle accident in 1990, degenerative disc disease, and arthritis have erected blockades that make it nearly impossible for me to engage in the one thing at which I’m actually decent.

Just ugh. #health #mentalhealth #writing #chronicpain

It’s that time again! Every three months, or “cour” as seems to be the preferred terminology, Geoff Thew puts out his guides for Best and Worst #anime of said season. This round is for the freshest trash for Spring 2025. Make sure to watch along… youtu.be/PCNT1xSW3…

Trashpettizers

• Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
• From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
• The Shiunji Family Children
• Can a Boy/Girl Friendship Survive
• Classic Star Stars
• Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
• Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World

Fantasy & Isekai

• The Beginning After the End
• The Brilliant Healers New Life in Shadow
• Unaware Atelier Master
• The Too Perfect Saint Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom †
• The Gorilla Gods Go-To Girl

The Hottestest Hot Trash

• I’m the Evil Lord of a Galactic Empire

† Longest title award for the Spring 2025 Trashies.

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The Cure - The Head on the Door (1985). Fantastic album. Early Cure is often lumped in with electronica and new wave, but I think they’re really a proto alternative rock band using the tools that had become available. #music #KROQ #80s www.youtube.com/watch