2026 Week 43 Digest

Starting new job, reading more British mysteries, playing video games, listening to new music. I've had my first two training shifts for the new job. Day shifts are definitely more boring than nights. And there are still a lot of questions I don't know the answer to. But it's a chill atmosphere and low stress and the managers have been good to me so far. I wouldn't say I'm enjoying it as much as Previous Job, but also I'm already sliding into winter malaise and general discontent and that won't be going anywhere until March. ReadingCecil John Charles Street had about a half dozen aliases because he was so prolific in writing mystery novels he otherwise would have flooded the market. He was a bestseller and member of the Detection Club. And now, apparently, nobody has heard of him and most of his books are out of print. They are definitely more of the action-adventure genre and his writing is very to the point, but I like that. I hate reading constant odes to the English countryside.…