Welcome back to your quarterly glimpse into my life...
[UPDATED 7-11-2024] The biggest "news" I have to report is that the second edition of The Virtues of Captain America is now available in print and as an ebook and will be released as an audiobook (narrated by Kirby Heyborne) on August 27. I have a number of podcasts lined up, and will undoubtedly be blogging about it here and there, so watch my page for the new edition, the socials, and this blog for news on that. It has been a wild ride since I sent the "hey, what if" email just over two years ago, and I am very pleased with how it turned out.
In related news, my blog of the same name recently passed 500 posts, and now covers the entire first volumes of the Captain America and Avengers titles. Of course, this means it will soon be starting in on the second (the controversial "Heroes Reborn" era, for those in the know), but I plan to go through that short run tout suite.
I have continued to blog at Psychology Today, most recently these four posts:
- Can the Serenity Prayer Help Us With Our Attention Problems?
- Is It Wrong to Ask for Fidelity from Our Partners?
- Finding Your Purpose in Life 'The Bear' Way
- Yes, Chef! How "The Bear" Can Make Your Workplace Better
As you can see from the last two, I am a huge fan of The Bear, and am currently engrossed in season 3. (The posts above went up before the new season began, so there are no spoilers for it; the post on finding purpose does vaguely recap the events of "Forks" from season 2.)
Other than that, work continues on several projects (including reading tons of Fantastic Four comics for some mysterious reason), while the day job continues to deteriorate. (1524 days to retirement as of June 30.) In the hope of finding alternative employment opportunities, I bit the bullet and joined LinkedIn although I have no idea what to do with it. (I almost made a joke based on an episode from season 3 of The Bear but I stopped myself before it was too late.)
On the brighter side, I have taken the plunge into vinyl collecting, amassing quite a collection over the past few months as my son and I make our Satuday rounds to the amazing record stores of north and central New Jersey. If you're curious, our main haunts are Scotti's, SOMA Sounds, Factory Records, Sound Exchange, and, as of yesterday, Vinyl Addiction. (There may have been a few ebay purchases too, but I prefer to shop firsthand.)
Also, we have been seeing a few hard rock and metal concerts, including Judas Priest; Saxon and Uriah Heep; Mr. Big; Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, and Frozen Soul (joined by my daughter, briefly home from college); Death to All and Cryptopsy; and most recently Overkill (at the same NJ venue where I saw them in 2010).
Coming up in the late summer and fall: Deep Purple (second time seeing them at PNC Bank Arts Center, third time overall) with Yes; Accept with K.K.'s Priest; Amorphis; Testament, Kreator, and Possessed; and Iron Maiden (second time seeing them at the Prudential Center in Newark, fourth time overall).
That's it for now... I hope to have more to report by summer's end, even if it is only promotion for Cap 2.0. Enjoy the rest of summer—or winter, if you tend toward the southern side of the planet!
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