The Waxing And Waning Of Intellectual Energy

It’s about 8:50 PM on a Tuesday night. I’ve had a busy day, not quite typical, but not exhausting. And I’m sitting here attempting to access thoughts. This will be difficult to explain.

I’ve been reading some things online, disturbing things. And, as it often happens, I feel compelled to seek solutions. Not that I think anyone would pay attention to my reasoning, but if I could at least get it put down on paper, or in this case, onto my computer screen, at least I would feel like I have done something.

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Update: Me and My New MacBook Air

In July of this year, I bought my first Apple product, an M2 MacBook Air. The intention was to see if the laptop could replace my aging, ailing Windows PC. As I suspected, the transition to macOS has been cumbersome, and quite annoying at times. Here it is weeks later, and I’m still in the process of transition. Two pieces of financial software are yet to be moved to the laptop. I would like to say that process will go smoothly, but I have had several surprises about how hard it is to set up something on a Mac after doing it so easily on a PC.

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The Frustrations of My Fantasy/Reality Technology World

I am an old guy, retired, finding myself in a mildly desperate financial situation, a situation brought on by my own actions, an old guy desperate to exploit my creative mind. That often leads me into fantasy, and not the fantasy in which you might expect a man to indulge, but in the fantasy of living a better life, a life provided by an imaginary source of funding, usually some sort of lottery.

Living a portion of my life inside that fantasy can relieve the drudgery of real-life, but it also can sometimes butt heads with my real-life goals and expectations. I often find myself considering the possibilities of life-enhancing purchases using a dual-perspective process that involves what is actually possible within the limits of my budget and what would be possible if some life-altering financial windfall should manifest itself in reality.

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It Just Keeps On Changing

This morning I visited Lake Conestee Nature Preserve again. I left home a little later than I usually do, had a different agenda, and made a little progress toward dealing with a photography issue that has recently captured my interest.

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