Anniversary Thoughts

Coming up on the anniversary of being laid off, I’m thinking about what I’d like to do differently in year 2: Find people in the east end of Toronto who want to play some jazz once a week. I’m currently commuting to the west end to do that: I enjoy playing, but the travel time is wearying. If you’re interested, I’m easy to reach. Find a small F&SF writers’ group, also in the east end, to swap crits with. I’m currently getting great feedback from a friend, but would like more perspectives and an excuse to drink coffee. (Scribophile has been moderately useful, Wattpad hardly at all.) Again, if you’re interested, please reach out. Go on long bike rides. A friend has been going on 50km+ rides this year; it’ll take me a long time (and probably a new bike) to get up to that, but it’s a shame not to be out on sunny days like today. Teach something that I’m interested in learning myself. I built a discrete event simulation framework last winter, and a little formal verifier this summer, with…