![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F116%2F591%2F037%2F772%2F806%2F642%2Foriginal%2Fc8339053ae5f69b2.png\")
Don't know your musical tastes, but if you haven't heard the Disturbed cover, it's worth a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116638777436807854","date_published":"2026-05-26T03:35:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"03:35","date_timestamp":1779766501,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90856860","content_html":"100%.
Just don't be a moron like me and go near Greenlake...sheesh.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116632934676752093","date_published":"2026-05-25T02:49:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 02:49","date_timestamp":1779677347,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90856249","content_html":"Well, at least there's no question how you really feel. 😂
(For what it's worth, I'm with you 100%)
I used to work in Interbay with a view of the Pier 91 cruise terminal and we would entertain ourselves guess how many people disembarking brought something unwelcome home with them...
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116632862236170868","date_published":"2026-05-25T02:30:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 02:30","date_timestamp":1779676242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90834329","content_html":"😀 Yep!
Unfortunately, it was what turned out to be the final tour w/ Jerry. In fact, it was like 2 months before he passed. 😢
Here's the first show of their Seattle run that year:
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1995/05/24?source=3892354
I also went on night 3, but frankly this show was better (my opinion, of course).
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116630718241162577","date_published":"2026-05-24T17:25:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 17:25","date_timestamp":1779643527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90749018","content_html":"Let's see...
The Grateful Dead
The Jerry Garcia Band
Phish
moe.
Dispatch
The String Cheese Incident
Tea Leaf Green
The Beastie Boys
Pearl Jam
George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars
\"He's the human equivalent of death by misadventure\" is one of the best sentences I've heard recently. Also, one of the most British.
(Yes, I'm watching old panel shows again, why?)
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116616244440036292","date_published":"2026-05-22T04:04:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 04:04","date_timestamp":1779422675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90517084","content_html":"Anyone else's trains of thought so iffy these days a moderate cross breeze sends them hurling off a cliff?
No?
Just me, then.
🫠
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116603359528389178","date_published":"2026-05-19T21:27:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 21:27","date_timestamp":1779226067,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90445532","content_html":"Place, Context, and LIminality, Oh My!
https://ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/place-context-and-liminality-oh-my
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116597733867200255","date_published":"2026-05-18T21:37:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 21:37","date_timestamp":1779140226,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90438224","content_html":"No better way to start the week than writing about some company's made up new \"ABC as a Service\" offering, am I right?
🫠
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116597253527751861","date_published":"2026-05-18T19:34:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 19:34","date_timestamp":1779132896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90388831","content_html":"* Brunch at Jam Cafe (I like the one on 4th in Kitsilano)
* Granville Island is great to wander (if there are kids in your group, there's a whole building for them) and you can grab coffee at JJ Bean, check out Paper-Ya, and don't miss Upstart & Crow for your book fix.
* Tree Walk at UBC Botanical Gardens (just what it says on the tin, it's a network of bridges in the trees).
* Lynn Valley suspension bridge and park. Just as good as Capilano, but free and generally less busy.
Once again, this is why Barker is my (non-fiction) spirit writer.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
Anyone else's dog the best smack-talker in their lives? Or am I just lucky like that?
This boy speaks fluent sass, I swear.
#DogsOfMastodon #ACD #CattleDogs #Husky
![\"Rufus](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F116%2F587%2F125%2F426%2F785%2F104%2Foriginal%2F80bdecc8553166d8.jpeg\")
You know, it's really rather difficult to write about B2B SaaS when you have Cypress Hill on repeat inside your skull.
Live and learn.
Sigh.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116585047282326102","date_published":"2026-05-16T15:50:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 15:50","date_timestamp":1778946644,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90047978","content_html":"I am inordinately pleased with myself for this.
(This is the tailgate of my car, open, with ~0.5 mm of clearance between it and the wall of the parking garage).
#DrivingWin #Seattle #PNW #Subaru
![\"What](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F116%2F564%2F170%2F154%2F126%2F388%2Foriginal%2F4caf04105a08f8b2.jpeg\")
Place. Liminality. Context. This shit matters.
https://ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/place-i-keep-meaning-to-write-about-place
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116541451776947509","date_published":"2026-05-08T23:03:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 23:03","date_timestamp":1778281429,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89610513","content_html":"Yeah, I'm still feeling my way into that world.
For now, I'm thinking this character's soundtrack will most likely be either \"anything with Karl Denson,\" something with Alan Evens, or Snarky Puppy.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116519565997580255","date_published":"2026-05-05T02:17:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 02:17","date_timestamp":1777947479,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89584700","content_html":"Pardon me while I look up those genres...😎
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116517646828008700","date_published":"2026-05-04T18:09:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 18:09","date_timestamp":1777918195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89542215","content_html":"I don't get angry when I'm hungry so much as grumpy.
So, if:
hungry+angry=hangry
Does:
hungry+grumpy=humpy?
Because if so, I may need to rethink a few things.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116514277503356203","date_published":"2026-05-04T03:53:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 03:53","date_timestamp":1777866783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89484410","content_html":"100%
I'm lucky, the neighborhood association where I am sponsors a monthly repair cafe as well as a tool library AND a community shop space.
https://www.phinneycenter.org/
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116508303390960534","date_published":"2026-05-03T02:33:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 02:33","date_timestamp":1777775625,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89139786","content_html":"Thanks, I'll check 'em all out!
😎
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116479770881961598","date_published":"2026-04-28T01:37:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 01:37","date_timestamp":1777340253,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89132380","content_html":"I need a soundtrack for working on this book.
The protagonist in my first novel was basically me, so I used a local jazz group I love.
This dude is a developer at a big tech firm with a philosophy degree. He's also +/- 20 years my junior, so I'm at loose ends.
Any suggestions for something mellow, instrumental, maybe with a good repetitive bass line...but that won't drive my middle-age Deadhead brain to distraction?
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116479035029805249","date_published":"2026-04-27T22:30:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 22:30","date_timestamp":1777329025,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89063230","content_html":"More bloggity-blog-blogging at I Like How You Think:
https://ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/more-thoughts-on-context-and-termites-apparently
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116473200766672676","date_published":"2026-04-26T21:46:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 21:46","date_timestamp":1777240001,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70941512","content_html":"OK, time for another drop from the Massive List of \"That Would Make An Awesome Band Name):
* The Omnishambles
* The Audacious Alliterations
* Is that a euphemism?
* The Sarcastic Interludes
* Gremlin and the Incessant Squeak
And a handful from the List of Epic Names for My Concept Double Album (that will never be recorded as I have the musical ability of a chair):
* The squirrells, the pidgens, and the other birds
* As a child, I had a pet brick
* Somehow, this all started with a pickle
is it weird that I kinda miss it?
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114934405634601575","date_published":"2025-07-29T03:30:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-29 03:30","date_timestamp":1753759851,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69928872","content_html":"He heard that.
And he says, \"Thanks!\"
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114926576080367507","date_published":"2025-07-27T18:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-27 18:19","date_timestamp":1753640382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69928845","content_html":"💯
He's an absolute snugglebutt. Which can be awkward given how poky and angular he is, but we make it work!
Speaking of Shira and the resemblance Rufus shows, here they are, side by side. She was ~70 lbs, He's 50.
![\"Shira,](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F554%2F356%2F958%2F233%2Foriginal%2F980abf15de66de19.jpeg\")
![\"Rufus,](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F556%2F574%2F840%2F135%2Foriginal%2F4d3e18d60a6ceeb6.jpeg\")
\nWell, that was unexpected.
I adopted Rufus from a cattle dog rescue, so knew that was at least one piece of the puzzle. I worked out the Pibble (Pittie) piece later.
I did NOT see Husky coming. Though, he does remind me a lot of my last dog, Shira, who was an \"Alaskan Husky\" which is a fancy way of saying \"sled-pulling mutt.\"
So...who knows.
Anyway, here he is:
#DogsOfMastodon #ACD #AustralianCattleDog #Husky
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F515%2F191%2F868%2F174%2Foriginal%2F049e393931f6e892.png\")
Back to the initial question (though, I'm with you both on all of the above), I've been using Storygraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/) for several years and love it. I know folks have been saying good things about bookwyrm (https://bookwyrm.social/) as well, and it's federated.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114921279507479542","date_published":"2025-07-26T19:52:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 19:52","date_timestamp":1753559562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69870126","content_html":"progress on Shrek (gotta think of a better name...), my new-to-me Surly Ogre. Got the way-too-beefy Extraterrestrials swapped out for some Big Apples and got the basket mounted to the 24-pack rack that came with the bike. Also got some WD-40 on the squeaky-ass seatpost, so now the tires don't rub and the seatpost doesn't squeal, so riding is blissfully silent.
Anyone in #Seattle looking for some lightly-used 29x2.5's, let me know, I'll give you a great deal!
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F921%2F031%2F313%2F426%2F422%2Foriginal%2F5328cea7c4290d10.jpeg\")
But more importantly, for the moment, is that my laptop is back up and successfully running...Ventura. Sigh. Again.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114921001177706203","date_published":"2025-07-26T18:41:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 18:41","date_timestamp":1753555315,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69869604","content_html":"Allergies, or rather the allergic-type reaction I was having, was related to my sinuses/eyes...so in my head that meant it was attacking my head.
See, now it doesn't even make sense to me, and I wrote it. And experienced it. Sigh.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114920996797370187","date_published":"2025-07-26T18:40:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 18:40","date_timestamp":1753555248,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69818790","content_html":"Okay, so, Friday started with me pre-knackered from a long week of too much peopling and allergies to...something attacking my head and ended with me spending the last 3+ hours reformatting and restoring my 5+ year old MacBook from a backup.
And how was everybody else's Friday?
(I sincerely hope better than mine)
\"velociraptor and shoe fetishist\" is a wonderful phrase that brings up all sorts of mildly uncomfortable imagery...
I need to go back to crating Rufus, aka Sir Dingus McSplootyPants, but not because he destroys things (knock on wood...), because he snuggles so hard I'm having a hard time sleeping.
A trainer I'm talking to about his leash reactivity brought this up as a potential issue as it undermines the pecking order that *should have me as, forgive me, top dog.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113539401895421962","date_published":"2024-11-24T18:43:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-24 18:43","date_timestamp":1732473783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50303540","content_html":"I'm hoping that by adopting Rufus at a year I missed that particular stage of development.
A guy can dream, right?
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113536291044531746","date_published":"2024-11-24T05:31:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-24 05:31","date_timestamp":1732426315,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50286279","content_html":"I was...
Turns out I thrive with *some extrinsic accountability, but not *that much extrinsic motivation.
Who knew.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113534440588265802","date_published":"2024-11-23T21:41:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-23 21:41","date_timestamp":1732398080,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50236045","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780062645241/cover.jpg\")
Currently reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780062645241
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Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan 📚
I loved this book. Sloan has such a way with words…I’m going to have more thoughts on this one. I just need time to organize them. https://micro.blog/books/9780374716431
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113523172086039628","date_published":"2024-11-21T21:55:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-21 21:55","date_timestamp":1732226136,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50141368","content_html":"#writerscoffeeclub 11/21 - Do you have a day job? What is it? Do you wish you could write full-time?
Erm...it's complicated?
Currently unemployed/freelancing as an editorial content writer (business blogs, whitepapers, ghostwriting for execs, etc).
When I have a job, I DO write full-time.
Currently spending a lot of my time polishing novel #1 and starting on #2 in the series...so nearly full-time.
So, yeah, it's complicated.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113522553015480178","date_published":"2024-11-21T19:18:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-21 19:18","date_timestamp":1732216690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50071704","content_html":"2,074 words for today. Split between the new draft and some additions I realized I need to add to the first book before it’s ready to query. If you’re going to call your series something about case notes, it would behoove you to have something like, I don’t know, case notes in the story, right?
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113517460088650694","date_published":"2024-11-20T21:42:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 21:42","date_timestamp":1732138978,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50052373","content_html":"Currently reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780374716431
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113516336416834314","date_published":"2024-11-20T16:57:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 16:57","date_timestamp":1732121832,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50052359","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593652886/cover.jpg\")
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780593652886
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113516335600965576","date_published":"2024-11-20T16:57:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 16:57","date_timestamp":1732121820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50008643","content_html":"After far, far too long off as a result of…well…stuff, I’m back at the keyboard with a whopping 2,055 words on the new novel. My Writing Month is off and rolling once again! https://writingmonth.org/
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113512118990005581","date_published":"2024-11-19T23:04:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-19 23:04","date_timestamp":1732057479,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"49808872","content_html":"That is the face of no regrets.
Though, I'd be on the watch for one of those breakfasts making a return appearance...
😂
The Greenwood 328?
It's...Just...So...Shimmery.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113491026726951579","date_published":"2024-11-16T05:40:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-16 05:40","date_timestamp":1731735637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"49760647","content_html":"Anyone know what the hell's going on here?
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F113%2F490%2F487%2F597%2F855%2F492%2Foriginal%2Fde61631732469f69.jpeg\")
Now that's a holiday card picture if I ever saw one!
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113484819090423082","date_published":"2024-11-15T03:21:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-15 03:21","date_timestamp":1731640916,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"49531698","content_html":"Right there with you. I've now NOT written more days this month than I have...sigh.
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