Tuesday, March 18, 2025

It's a Tie

Posted 6:30 AM by Gerald So

I wore a collared shirt and tie the other day. I seldom do, so I took a photo and made a vector cartoon:

A side-by-side comparison of my headshot photo and a vector graphic re-creation

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Stopping for Death

Posted 6:00 AM by Gerald So

Inspired by Emily Dickinson, I intend this entry title to be accepting, not blunt. My brother and I are going to a nurse cousin's wake this afternoon. Her husband, a dentist, had a heart transplant a year or two ago, and somewhere in that time looking after him and their daughters, she was diagnosed with cancer and, like my mother, needed a pleural catheter at the end.

As bad as I feel for my cousins' loss, I know death is also something of a relief. Cancer ravages the body. It doesn't get the spirit. I mean the soul for believers, but I also mean one's personality in life, what everyone remembers.

Thursday, March 06, 2025

Economic Blackout

Posted 3:30 AM by Gerald So

I participated in the February 28 Economic Blackout, not only refraining from buying anything, but also not watching YouTube (Google) and Prime Video.

Apparently the blackout had mixed results, but I joined to practice even more restraint than the usual not making much, not spending much. I don't know if I'll be able to join further actions, so I gladly did this one.