lil -What's life like post spousal unit?

_refugee_ - You still painting? Let's see one?

mike - How is the viking math camp coming along?

b_b - How is married life? Still can't believe you took the plunge. Though, as someone that has met your wife... I can see why.

ecib - You still roasting coffee?

cgod - How is the coffee shop?

kleinbl00 - Life not in LA, the new business, the kid. -How goes it?

insomniasexx and randomuser -How are the wedding plans coming along? Insom - any regrets about leaving your day job to pursue your own thing? What has been the greatest change? The most difficult?

forwardslash - how is that project you were working on coming along?

rob05c - how is the new gig? Is this the first time you've been this engaged politically?

cW - You still planning to buy an AirStream and travel?

BLOB_CASTLE - a few years back you entertained dropping out of college but you resolved to stay and finish. Was it the right choice? How are things in Portland?

veen - Any travel plans for 2016?

elizabeth - Is it hard traveling with someone, even if they're your boyfriend, for such a long stretch? I think I'd want some "space" after a while. Do you guys spend days solo while traveling?

tacocat - Any new works of art to share?

nowaypablo - You a General yet? How is the piano playing going?

theadvancedapes - What are you doing these days? Haven't heard from you in a while.

StJohn - You been writing?

OftenBen - you and ref ever create that music project?

galen - How is the drumming going?

wasoxygen - Remember when you signed an NDA to help us with our bitcoin business? -I just found an old business card of mine for coinamp. Those were fun times. You working on any side projects these days?

humanodon - You still taking photos of people at Fenway? You been writing?

steve - What side projects are you working on? .....Have you put any more thought in to our top-secret Hubski project?

mk - #meethubski deserves its own page/link. -I have one in the works...

ghostoffuffle and T-Dog - I miss making music with you two. You guys have any new work to share? I'm a fan.

flagamuffin - Where you living these days? How are you? I'd like to meet you in person some day.

How am I?

I'm good. Thanks for asking. I'm working a lot. Too much. It's actually unhealthy, probably. My brother turned me on to trying modafinil to help with productivity etc. I tried it for a while and I have to admit, it was pretty amazing. But... there's no way it could be that great and not have consequences. Turns out, it did. I got mouth sores and a rash on my body. My body was rejecting it and had a strong immune response. I immediately stopped taking it and over the course of a week it abated. It was awful. I'm an idiot. Before you accost me, let me repeat.... I AM AN IDIOT.

I'm enough. I am a very hi-functioning person without any added drugs. I don't need them. SO DUMB.

Anyways, since then I have taken up meditation and I am trying to be healthier overall. I had a nice conversation with mk about meditation and he essentially said people need to be holistically healthy. I'm not.

I'm starting to feel my age. It's an odd thing. My lack of caring for myself physically is ironic considering the business I'm creating.

The business I'm creating...

I'm pretty damned excited about what I'm working on. We've assembled an amazing team. We have an amazing product and what we are doing could sincerely have a tremendous impact on peoples lives. I'm very proud of what we are accomplishing.

It looks like we will have our first paying customer in the coming weeks. Pretty amazing stuff. I can't tell you how much work has gone in to this. Those that have started their own businesses will know what I mean.

We are close to being able to announce here what it is we've accomplished. It's pretty cool.

My family is good. My wife is approaching the end of her residency, my kids are healthy and awesome and we are considering making a third baby. Hard to believe, but our thought is this; twenty years from now will we regret not having had more? It will be tough for a few years, but eventually I think the positives will outweigh the negatives. In short, the ROI is there. I love being a dad, my wife is an awesome mother... why not.

Ethereum: I'm pretty bullish on this whole ETH thing. IT's been a nice way for my wife and I to connect over something. We are both drinking the ETH koolaid.

Anyways... life is good. I'd love to hear from you. I realize that much of what you share has likely been shared over time in #pubski's or in random posts, but because of my business endeavors, I've not been as active as I'd like.

I miss you all.

Your friend,

-Steve

_refugee_:

I haven't gotten any further on my cat painting. However, I am trying to sketch every day for at least 10 minutes, so I am still acting. Here are some of my recent doodles. Thanks for asking. I like to share!

I'm afraid I'm a little too hungry and tired to go into an honest answer of "how I am," but if I recover, I'll respond to myself later with stuff. This winter was a hard one. It was not pretty psychologically. I did write a short piece trying to capture it just the other day but honestly, it's too grimy and dark for me to even want to share. The bright side is that spring is coming and my attitude is pulling through. Plus, sobriety is actually pretty great.

Can anyone get all three of 'em? I feel like the 1st is the least-good.


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