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New story in Express Elevator to Hell from Theogony Press

I contributed to a four part novella along with Rick Partlow, L.L. Richman and Jeffery H. Haskell in this new anthology that’s packed with military science fiction greats. Express Elevator to Hell is up for pre-order now, and free to read on Kindle Unlimited.

Buy-Nothing January 2024

A list of impulse purchases as they occur to me this month. Normally I would jump to Amazon, Ebay, Aliexpress, etc, and buy these things if they’re under $50. This month I decided not to do that. This won’t include necessities like gas or groceries.

I’ll re-evaluate this at the end of the month and see what I really need. I might push this longer than a month.

  • Heavy-duty Glue Gun that doesn’t fall over when I set it on the desk
  • Dehydrator for my truck
  • (Finally!) the complete Expanse on Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/3RAsyju
  • T-Deck by LilyGo: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-deck?variant=43087936422069
  • The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One https://amzn.to/3RKp51U
  • Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept https://amzn.to/3RKpcdQ
  • The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower https://amzn.to/41OxgPu
  • Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America https://amzn.to/3H5v4cv
  • Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World https://amzn.to/3H2Y9pf
  • T-Beam Supreme by LilyGo: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/softrf-t-beamsupreme
  • Project: Keyyyyys Keyboard https://www.stavros.io/posts/keyyyyyyyys/
  • WiPhone: https://wiphone.io/
  • TTGO LORA32 433/868/915Mhz SX1276 SX1278 ESP32 OLED 0.96 Display SD Card Module https://www.ebay.com/itm/253947618343
  • Beepy: https://beepy.sqfmi.com/
  • MeshCom: https://icssw.org/en/meshcom/
  • LilyGo on AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805505920840.html

Saved: An Ephemerist

Q: “I tend to either act as a data hoarder, but most of the time end up being overwhelmed with anxiety about having so much data. Even when I just look at my personal photos, I just feel impeding doom knowing it can only grow and grow, it will never get smaller.

“I was wondering if this had a term.”

A: An ephemerist, someone who enjoys things that are fleeting, temporary, out of sight and out of mind once they’re used.