subtle me

A brief note to my local friends: if I have seemed like a stranger lately, not appearing at any social event and generally declining most every invitation to do anything, it is because of the book. Though I've been theoretically working on it since February I really buckled down only a few weeks ago, and accepting a full-time job has put my remaining time -- especially the weekends -- at a premium. Given the choice between attending a mind-expanding, friendship-bolstering cultural outing versus spending hours alone making a few more steps' work of progress on the book, I lean towards the latter.

Things are going well, and gord willing I'll be done in this many more weeks [flashes a vague number of fingers at you]. When this happens, I shall be ready to play.

Today's nerdy giggles

wireless251% grep Local hints/darwin.sh 
# Locales aren't feeling well.
wireless251% 

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