every time I think to make a pubski post, all of the voices in my head start rushing for the keyboard, and I get tired of playing traffic cop, so I tell them to shut up and I just read your posts... but today I'll try.

- We're on day something something (maybe 20?) of terrible air quality. California and our own fires are combining to give Denver some of the worst air quality in the world. So the little pleasure one can normally get from going outside leaves you with a lingering scratch in your throat and/or cough. It's a bummer, but I'm grateful I'm not in imminent danger and feel terrible for the people whose lives are totally disrupted. My gratitude reminds me that little and temporary inconveniences are just that.

- I've just finished Creativity, inc. I'd recommend it to anyone who is, or wants to be a manager, who works in business, who wants to work at Pixar, or even people remotely interested in some Pixar culture/anecdotes.

-Been watching ethereum wax and wane over the last month or so. I had fogotten how emotional I can get over something like that. I've got back to not looking at the value.

- kids are in remote school for now. starting back in-person in smaller cohorts in a couple weeks. Everything is weird. I'm on the school board for our little charter school. It's been a rough summer getting ready for this nonsense.

- creativity has come in fits and starts... but work seems to rule supreme in my day-to-day. it's tougher and tougher to come up for air and do anything remotely enjoyable/creative.

- That's not to say things are all bad. Things are actually pretty great. just weird. Everything is weird. I still love you all.