August 24, 2025
I'm posting Something Blue and promoting next weeks show. Church. One More Question training this afternoon. Then tonight, Jazz Buskers with The Delta Horns in my studio.
https://sbblues.com/2025/08/24/dj-hairy-larry-presents-bebop-beatniks-playing-colossus/
THEY’RE HERE! My self-care adult coloring books arrived just now. I haven’t uploaded them to my website store (yet), but if you would like one, send $9.99 USD & your address to me at $mckra1g (CashApp) or @mckra1g (Venmo). Free shipping in the U.S. (add $3.00 for intl addresses).
#art #books #SelfCare #creativity #FediGiftShop #mind #MentalHealth #writing #journal #SelfHelp
A year in review - well my shortform diary on EOU:
This year, I started a daily doodling practice, one page a day, spending a quick 10 to 15 minutes each day. The idea was that by the end of the year, I would have a visual record of being present. It is a grounding ritual, proof of showing up every day, and a practice where my hands move and my mind settles. I will continue sharing some pictures in the thread below. 🧵
People who journal regularly - please, explain to me why you do it.
I mean this with kindness and inquisitiveness- as someone who has always found it painful and uncomfortable to physically write, and is scared of putting something on paper permanently, I’m fascinated by folks who journal.
Context: I have carpal tunnel now, but I’m also dysgraphic, have adhd, and as an autistic I prefer to keep everything in my noggin’ for quick access … we call it my Rolodex, lol
Writing anything down feels, unnatural? to me at least.
In a shocking discovery, scientific #journal finds that people work better when actually paid for it.
In the six-month experiment, reviewers who within four working days delivered a report that their handling editor considered good quality were paid £220 per manuscript.
Paying reviewers not only led to faster first editorial decisions — an average of 5.5 working days, down from nearly 38 for unpaid reviews — but review quality, as judged by handling editors on the basis of helpfulness in making an editorial decision, went up.
Not Like The Other Models—Samerion Journal
Here's what I'm up to: the next feature of Flamebox is the model editor, because Samerion's models are very unique in design: both a blessing and a curse.
