I’ve rarely been busier or more inter­ested in what I’ve been doing lately. I was telling Deb­bie the other day that it is nice to have so many var­ied things to do that in my free time all I want to do is read instead of play­ing video games or some­thing else.

BLACKHEART Cleve­land has been eat­ing up most of my time; try­ing to sched­ule inter­views and rus­tle up good and excit­ing infor­ma­tion. We’re still at the heavy lift­ing stage, but I’ve got a good feel­ing about its direc­tion and longevity. Now I just have to get out, con­duct some inter­views, edit them and get them online. It is nice to have a chance to do film/​video work again, even amateurishly.

Through my gov­ern­ment design blog The Design State, I’m work­ing on a weekly video with Gov­Loop where I [and even­tu­ally a few other folks with areas of exper­tise] will answer ques­tions or present, briefly, on a cer­tain topic.

Abra­ham had his belated birth­day party and we’re headed out of town for the week­end. I’ve sched­uled my GRE exam, but haven’t had a chance to study yet. I’m not much wor­ried, though I hope I’m not being too overconfident.

I’ve been in another video as The Face of Solid Waste:

Through­out all of this, Deb­bie has been a champ. I worry that I’m neglect­ing her or my parental duties from time to time, but she said she’d let me know if I was slack­ing in that area. That’s cer­tainly the top priority.