I’ve never been great at dealing with stress. I have a tendency to overthink, assume the worst and constantly worry, it’s a great combination! This summer has been the most stressful of my life. My sleep has been terrible, I often feel ill and can’t …
Reading
The Butcher's Masquerade
Matt Dinniman
life
Attempting to deal with stress
Finished reading: Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman 📚
This one had a fun concept and intense ending, really enjoyed it. The peak outside of the dungeon in the last few pages was very cool.
photography
Test shots with the new lens! Not a whole lot to shoot around the coworking spot today, but I love this new lens and editing workflow on the iPad.
The lens is the Sony FE 40mm F/2.5 G with my Sony AIV body.


New iPad
After my last post, I pulled the trigger and went with an iPad Pro 11” with Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard case. Thankfully I got it the night before the massive Apple price hikes (although it still cost way too much).
I gotta say, I love this …
Becoming an iPad guy
I was watching Byte Review’s recent video on getting the most out of your iPad, which got me to dig out my 2020 iPad Pro 12.9”. It’s been awhile since I’ve used this device, and honestly I never did much more with it than turning it into a second …
life
Happy Father's Day!
Hope all the dad’s out there had a great Father’s Day today! I’ve spent my Father’s Day weekend doing the most dad things I could think of: teaching my kid to fish, wrenching on some bikes, taking the kid to an airshow and fixing stuff around one of …
cycling
2026 London Ohio strawberry bicycle tour
The London Ohio Strawberry Tour has been on my radar for years. Yesterday I finally got a chance to participate! I opted for the 44 mile route as I’m not nearly as in-shape as previous years. It was a really nice, mostly flat ride. The first …
photography
Photo journal day 9
I took a much needed day off yesterday and spent time outside. The day started with processing photos and posting the photos for day 8. After I drove out to one of my favorite small towns and grabbed a sandwich that a small deli. Sandwich in hand, I …
photography
Photo journal - day 8
Spider warning!
Had some time with the wife away from the kids this weekend that allowed us to go hiking!

Don’t fall off little guy!

I think my ISO was cranked up, unforutnately a lot of the photos turned out grainy.

This guy was so freaking …