25 Feb 2014

The wreck today

Posted by Jeff in random

Now that I have some time, I figure I should let everyone know that I was rear-ended this morning. Me and the other driver were both unhurt. No one else was in our cars, and our two cars were the only ones involved. Honestly, it was very minor. What the other driver gave as his description matched mine.

19 Jan 2014

Beginning to see some things coming back

Posted by Jeff in deep thoughts, geekiness, recovery

You know, I was originally writing one of my "extended novel" form posts., but I think I'm going to use this lockup as a signal that I should be doing something a lot shorter. What I was really trying to say was that as strange as it seems, I've decided to look at a small slip that resulted in something taking a lot longer than it should have as a sign that I'm gradually getting back to much closer to normal.

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01 Oct 2013

Sorry about the site "going away"

Posted by Jeff in geekiness, site updates

For the three or so people that were probably paying attention, I've found and fixed my error that resulted in this site "going away" for a few days. I can get technical on a one-on-one basis for anyone who's interested, but it's too long and boring to share here. The short story is that it's fixed, and it shouldn't happen again.

25 Sep 2013

Relating to a web comic

Posted by Jeff in deep thoughts, recovery

Yesterday, I happened upon a web page that had a collection of web comics that all dealt with the difficulties of depression. There was a lot of stuff I related to, but there was one quote in item 15, that really resonated with me:

I had simply become bad at the thing I was best at, and it disappointed everyone, especially me.

That's how I feel right now.

08 Sep 2013

TED talk on stress

Posted by Jeff in deep thoughts, geekiness, linkfood

I just watched this TED talk on the effects of stress. The short version? The presenter is showing statistics which argue that the negative effects of stress can be pretty much negated by connecting and sharing with other people. In other words, the negative effects of stress are largely the result of how we deal with stress. People that seek help from others and people who help others largely don't experience stress' negative effects.