Month: November 2023

I BUGGERED OFF BACK TO THE HILLS OF PENNSYLVANIA!

I missed last week because I was out east on a planned vacation, and decided to give myself the next few days off of production. The holiday was coming up so it made sense to keep things smooth for a few days.

I covered the PA trip on this week’s Radcracker. It was a semi-regular meetup with my brothers as we chased the Vegas Golden Knights across Philly and Pitt, where they unfortunately lost two road games, but I had fun. Still planning a video about the whole thing.

WRITING

See the ‘drawing’ section below. Didn’t do any writing this week other than scripts for video production.

READING

Audible has a sale going right now, so that’s a donkey kick to the nuts of my finances. Haha. Major influx of books incoming.

I didn’t read anything during this decompression week, which is fine because I read TEN BOOKS before I went to Pennsylvania. 8 were audio, most of those were short, two were books I’d read before. As always there are qualifiers.

This week I have two long books to finish: NEVERNIGHT by Kristoff, and DESTROYER OF WORLDS by Correia (a re-read.) I’ll probably throw in something else along the way.

DRAWING

FINISHED WITH THE COVER! It will launch after I do one more round of edits and formatting for the ebook. Reminder that this book won’t be available in a solo print edition, I need to edit GUILD and put both these stories in one volume.

AUDIO

New Radcracker. Five of these left.  Subscribe on Apple, Google, or Spotify.

VIDEO

Here’s my Thanksgiving address for 2023. I’ve got two more videos in the cooker. Meanwhile my Mayflower Pilgrims video has gone thermonuclear–this week alone would give me the 4k watch hours I need for monetization if I hadn’t already reached them. I currently have 1,558 subscribers and 80% of those are from that video alone. Very happy with how the channel has grown this year and like so many things, I owe it to the Pilgrims.

Also, MISTER FRIDAY is available in ebook for just a dollar!

FITNESS

PectoCracker is officially at 23,000. I have 5 weeks left to do 2,000 pushups. I will probably step up the production here so I knock them out before Christmas. The week before New Year’s is another decompression period where I figure out my next round of goals.

For example, I haven’t really lost or kept any weight off this year, but I know I’m measuring different, so I need to look at other numbers. Waist, chest, etc. I still carry more blub than I’d like. That’s a consequence of my schedule.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Get back to work.

The masculine urge to bugger off back to the hills of Pennsylvania in November…

Two years ago today I returned to Salt Lake from Harrisburg, I still think about that trip often. Such a beautiful place.

WRITING

Not a writing week, I was trying to draw.

READING

I only finished two books because I lost a day at work, and MURTAGH was big. However I put MURTAGH on the best-of-year list, I had a good time with it.

This week I have a library book to read, a Mayflower book, and a Stephen Hopkins bio. Just those three for now.

DRAWING

Didn’t get as far as I wanted on the SST cover, I lost a fair amount of time, but I’m still plugging along. Drawing freaking foliage takes forever. I might make the Rex bigger just so I don’t have to add so much detail to the leaves and what.

AUDIO

New Radcracker, this was an eventful week. Seven left.   Subscribe on Apple, Google, or Spotify.

VIDEO

Since I finished MURTAGH, I did a video on it, and it’s doing well so far. Still got a few others to edit and air this week.

FITNESS

Getting sick and not eating much for a day, I managed to weigh in around 213! Haha. Also knocked out 600 pushups, bringing the grand total to 23,000 for the year. Heck yes! Only 2k to go, and then I’ll do a video about it.

Back to work.

The Wachowski Brothers made better movies.

Seriously, nobody’s defending that Jupiter movie with Jackie from 70’s Show, prove me wrong.

WRITING

Nothing new here, except for what’s under the next header. I was very busy this week and had to be selective. Top priority is finishing SST.

READING

Just dropped a huge update at CrackerStack, which I had neglected for a month. Sorry about that.

DRAWING

Got a lot done on the SST cover, I do need to study foliage so it doesn’t look so terrible. There remains plenty to be added on the sides of the path, and around Silas’ feet. I expect I’ll finish most of the coloring this week.

AUDIO

New Radcracker. Eight of these left! What should I do for the final episode on December 29th???  Subscribe on Apple, Google, or Spotify.

VIDEO

Got a video up about the recent Shad v George fight. Shad commented on the video and George followed me on Twitter, so I’m becoming a Trusted Voice in the Community.

FITNESS

Like a noble soldier making his last stand in the trenches of eastern Europe, I held the line at 214.6 lbs. Only did 400 pushups though, sleep deprivation on Monday ended up screwing my whole week, and I blew a tire on Thursday, so all-told I racked up close to 60 hours on the clock.

Nevertheless, we forge onward. This week I will cross 23k on PectoCracker.

Get back to work.