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For Christmas I got the first three books of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series. I recently started reading the first book, Children of Time. It made me think about how I go into a brand new book or even a series.

Holy crow did I read a lot this past year. Between the audiobooks and the actual books, I managed 67 books read which is a new record for me.

I didn't play as much as I hoped, but still got some in.

Recently Grok, Elon Musk's AI agent extraordinaire has been in the news for allowing people to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This should be a huge story, but instead, the mainstream media is making a mockery of itself bending over backwards to either ignore it or completely miscategorizing what is happening.

It was a lighter year for movies in 2025. We watched more TV than movies this year.

I listed the apps I use last year. I figured I'd update it with my current setup as a few things have changed.

It was another year of cuddles on the couch in the evening watching TV.

Whelp, the holidays, and 2025 is over. The month went by quickly, the holidays weren't too stressful, and I feel a little charged going into 2026.

For the last several years, I've written these posts setting some aspirations and goals for the upcoming year. I often set lofty goals for myself. Sometimes I complete them, other times I do not. Still though, I think there's something worthwhile in the exercise of targeting things you'd like to aspire to complete.

2025 was one hell of a year.

Recently I finally got around to cancelling my subscription to Microsoft's Office 365. I had switched to LibreOffice and determined that there was no reason to keep Microsoft Office around anymore. It's led me to look into what software I subscribe to.

I just watched A House of Dynamite and oh man does it show the insanity of nuclear weapons.