I’m at Magical ConFusion this weekend, most likely sitting at the Operations desk. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and finding a way to stay warm.

Next week I will travel to Philadelphia for work.

This year got busy in a hurry.

Reading

Attempting another read of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum, but this book requires dedicated reading time, of which I have none.

Writing

Nothing of note. I brought one of my work-in-progress manuscripts to ConFusion to work on in my spare moments, but spare moments are few and far between.

Weekly Writing Prompt

Subject: Possession, Genius Loci
Setting: Small Town
Genre: Utopian

Listening

“All You Zombies,” by Philadelphia’s own The Hooters, from their 1982 album Amore.

Interesting Links

• “ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb” (Erica De Bruin, The Conversation) – ICE is Trump’s Tonton Macoute.