It’s been another crazy week for work. I hit fifty hours mid-afternoon yesterday, and have to put in a few more today. This will be my life until June, if not later. The one bright spot is that I might not need to work on Easter Sunday.
The ongoing idiocy in the Middle East, perpetrated by the Epstein class in the USA and Israel and other various bootlicks and sycophants, continues to take its toll on people not in the Epstein class. Many of whom voted for the Epstein-in-chief, Donald Trump. So the toll has smackings and lashings of the karmic, even if the karma isn’t evenly or equitably distributed.
Reading
I managed to read some poetry here and there, most of it either the daily newsletters I receive in my email, or the contents of one of the issues of Big Scream I picked up last week. This is what is keepign me sane.
Writing
Late last week I transcribed a few poems from an old journal. Some of them were not terrible.
Weekly Writing Prompt
Subject: Language, Undead
Setting: Ship
Genre: Solarpunk
Listening
Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” from Springsteen’s 1984 album of the same name.
Interesting Links
- “Iran War: More Signs of a Long Conflict and Resulting Severe Economic Damage” (2026.03.29)
- “Iran War: US/Israel Escalation and Forceful Iran Retaliation Continue as Trump Says He May Take Iran’s Oil and Pakistan Hosts Talks With Nobody; Mr. Market Finally Waking Up as Brent Rises to $115” (2026.03.30)
- “Iran War: Trump Threatens Destruction of Iran Electric Generation and Oil Wells Even as WSJ Reports Temporary TACO on Trying to Force Open Strait of Hormuz” (2026.03.031)
- “Iran War: Israel Would Thwart Trump TACO Even if Genuine; US Forces Still Arriving in Middle East as Trump to Speak This Evening; Could Strait of Hormuz Traffic Rise Meaningfully With Less Hot Conflict?” (2026.04.01)
- “Iran War: Iran Pounds Israel with Huge Missile Barrage Just Before Trump’s Unhinged Speech Doubling Down on Failed Escalation; US Greatly Exposed to Shock as Inventories Depleted During April” (2026.04.02)
- “Iran War: US Continues Escalation by Striking Iran Bridge, Opening Way for Iran Destruction of Critical Links; Iran Moving to Attack Economic Targets” (2026.04.03)
- “Iran War: Disaster in Iran as Multiple Aircraft Downed, Pilot Missing; Iran Pounds Israel Hard After Trump Asks for 48 Hour Ceasefire; Concerns in Military and Congress Over Purge of Reality-Grounded Officers” (2026.04.04)