In no particular order:

• My blog had to be catastrophically reset. It no longer runs ikiwiki. It is being built using bashblog (see https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog for details). The blog remains at http://coyote.works/ for the time being.
• I am apparently a candidate for local elected office now as reported by The Star Beacon (see https://archive.is/BcU94 ).
  • The ward that I am running in is comprised primarily of “distressed areas” as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission (see https://www.arc.gov/distressed-areas-classification-system/ ). Their map shows most of Ashtabula County’s distressed areas clustered around Ashtabula City with two clustered around Conneaut City (see https://www.arc.gov/county-economic-status-and-distressed-areas-by-state-fy-2021/ ). In most cases it is only parts of five of the six census tracts that are “distressed” and one of the six tracts is entirely considered “distressed”. I live in the tract that is totally economically distressed and it is also what makes up most of the ward.
  • Running in an economically distressed area means that campaign priorities are going to be very different here compared to elsewhere. There won’t be any STEM or Linux initiatives in my campaign. Working to improve the basic quality of the roads and the road signage would be a huge thing to accomplish with the way things stand now.
  • I am unopposed in the party primary in May so I automatically advance to the general election in November. I will learn in May who my opponent from the other party will be.
  • No, I do not worship at the golden idol of the former president. Joe Biden is our lawfully elected president. I am still in shock at what happened on January 6th and want the rebels punished. If anything lately I’ll seem like a RINO or worse based upon the state of the party.
• Since I left my former federal job I have lost about 50 pounds of body weight. Apparently the job was literally killing me albeit slowly. Therapy has helped.
• Yes, there are some social media presences for me that are missing. The Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles that previously existed are now gone. Life is okay with them gone.
• After the events of January 6th I am reluctant to finish the third story to push to Kindle Direct Publishing. What is it about? Basically it is a look through fiction at what an attack on our orbital satellite infrastructure would do. I just don’t want to give anyone any ideas, though. There are 8,583 words written so far and by the time I am done I will likely get it over 10,000.
• I am not Roman Catholic but the fish from the fish fry by Our Lady of Peace Parish here in Ashtabula has been good on Fridays.