I don't know what to write anymore

Creating writing samples is difficult, as evidenced by my lack of writing and posting. I feel like I no longer know what to write unless someone gives me a prompt and clearly defines my audience. It also now feels weird writing anything outside of the math realm; I've invested a lot of points into that specific skill tree. I'm fully aware that math writing is simply a specialization inside of the...

April Snow in Ohio

 Nearly every year in April, it snows in Ohio. It snows in the northern part of Ohio, at least. And every year, people are surprised by this weather event. I'm not sure if this surprise is due to the spring weather here being so swingy (it was 80 degrees a few days ago) or because people have selective...

Meet Sprocket

Recently, Amadeus has been acting suspiciously. I knew he was up to something, but I had no idea what it could be. One afternoon, not long after the suspicious activity began, a package appeared on the front step. Amadeus opened it and quickly got to work, studying the instructions thoroughly before...

Cherry Blossoms

I had an idea for the type of pictures I wanted to take for this post. I was going to document the blossoming of the weeping cherry in my yard, from buds to flowers to leaves. However, during my daily trips into the yard, I captured some other photos that I thought were better looking than the progress...

Amadeus in the Spring

Early spring flowers can be tiny and adorable, just the perfect size for Amadeus. He wanted to pick a flower for a potential date, but couldn't decide which kind was best.Some of the flowers are a bit too tall, though. He wanted a single flower, not a cluster, so he couldn't simply pick these from anywhere....

Spring Flowers

Each spring brings a slow warmth and a renewal of the landscape. With the renewal comes the anticipation of learning whether the bulbs planted in the fall will grow or whether I yet again wasted untold amounts of money on flowers because I planted them too late or too early or under the wrong phase...

Happy Birthday, Grumbles!

For Grumbles 6th birthday, he took a trip to Valheim. While he didn't go on any grand adventures hunting trolls or raiding caves, he did enjoy a relaxing day.The day began by surveying the land from the deck of his cabin. No enemies were spotted in the area.Next, he spent an enjoyable morning fishing....

Meet Amadeus

Meet Amadeus. Amadeus is a wooden robot who plays music. He only knows a short portion of a single song, but he is more than happy to play it over and over in a slightly creepy way. As long as you keep winding up the key, that is. He cannot wind it himself. Yet.Being recently assembled, Amadeus...

Tips for My Future Self

Dear future self,I'm guessing you are reading this because you are in the middle of another series of migraines. This post contains several things that helped in the past (which is actually in the present as I'm writing this). It also contains a short list of things you should stop attempting every...

Cutting Paper

 My new hobby is cutting paper. I have an X-acto knife. I have printer paper. I have a cutting mat, which claims to be self healing. I'll try not to dwell on the fact that I am repeatedly injuring the mat so much that it must heal itself.My first attempt at cutting paper resulted in a small rectangle...

A Reintroduction

 I recently remembered that I have this blog, still hosted on Blogger. I archived all old posts; sorry if you are one of the few who remembered they existed. I'm sure you could find them if you tried. If you really wanted to. I found a new template for this blog; it is very basic and free....