I need something to divert me from doomscrolling and since I have this blog I might as well use it. It seems I’m most productive blogging when I set some parameters — a story a month, 100 days of blogging, weekly roundups, etc. — so I’m going to do 100 days of blogging. The last time I did a stretch like that was 2022 and I remember enjoying it. Coincidentally, 100 days from now I have a birthday, and I’m jetting off to Oslo. Why Oslo? Jennifer has a conference, so I’m flying out at the end of it and we’re going to hang out for a week.
I cycled through a variety of possible themes – autocracy in the USA!, NO POLITICS, re-watch a series and post about it, posts about the fictional city of Abdera, book reviews, podcast reviews, etc. I eventually decided I don’t have the focus to stick with a single theme for the next 3+ months, so it’ll be a whatever-I-get-posted kind of theme.
To start us off, let me introduce Alvin the dog!
Alvin joined us at the beginning of August 2023. I think he was about 4 years old? He lived at the Humane Society for months before coming to live with us. He was adopted twice and returned. The first time because the person decided it wasn’t nice to keep him cooped up inside a small apartment all the time, and the second because they couldn’t break his obsession with the cat. And it’s true that if Alvin has any issues, it’s that he can be a little prey focused. He’s a hunting hound! We haven’t done any tests but I suspect him of being a Plott Hound mix. He has the characteristic brindle patterning on his chest and legs, and he’s definitely a scenthound.
He’s also a very good boy. 14/10.
100 Days of Blogging – Day 001/100