Anyone who thinks Bill Gates can create a vaccine-delivered microchip that controls people has clearly never seen a class full of parents try to use Microsoft Teams to do remote learning for their children.

I sometimes think that winter beach is the best beach.

Two girls on a winter shoreline

Saturday night internet culture nostalgia: In 2006 they were taking the hobbits to Isengard (gard,gard,gard)

My daughters’ rendition of “We wish you a Merry Lockdown and a Happy New Tier” is simultaneously very cute and mildly creepy.

Workin’.

A professional camera mounted on a tripod is equipped with an external microphone covered with a windscreen.

Less than 12 hours to finish a book and meet my reading challenge goal…

A 2020 Reading Challenge progress bar shows that 25 of 26 books have been completed, indicating 96% progress.

I just learnt that Jackie Cassada, an acquaintance from my old White Wolf/RPG writing days, has passed from COVID.

A lovely person and a great talent, lost. Heartbreaking.

How I’m embracing a life in Tier 4 lockdown.

A couple on Shoreham Beach.

Beach life in Tier 4: where better to take your permitted exercise?

Worthing, as seen from Shoreham Beach on a december afternoon.

Evening on the beach.

Silhouette of a couple on Shoreham Beach.