Weeknotes: 04/11/26-04/17/26

This Week:

• It was cleanup after camp last week. I’ve got a big to-do pile that has sat on my desk for a while, and it was time to pick through it.
• To kickstart my week with some new tunes, I bought the album “The Window” by Ratboys. It’s a wonderful serving of jangling power-pop and I’ve been spinning it pretty constantly.
• I finished reading “The Graveyard Apartment” by Mariko Koike. It’s a strange, creepy piece of domestic horror, with a wonderfully satisfying ending that doesn’t give anything away.
• In MUST204, we started working on our final project; examining, photographing and condition-reporting key objects from the Museum’s textile collection.
• After years of being impressed with their mission, I finally bought a Framework laptop. Unlike most laptops (which are practically designed to be thrown away after a few years), Frameworks are as close to “Buy it For Life” as you can get in the consumer electronics space. They’re fully repairable and upgradeable, and their goal is to reduce e-waste. Their CEO has also taken a stand against the proliferation of AI, which I also appreciate.
• I did some planning on future Indigenous programs on campus.
• Good Things:
  • Monday was a Fake Snow Day for Oneonta Schools, so I took the day off and took my kids to Utica. We went to Barnes and Noble, ate pizza at the delicious Slice Utica and then played at the beautiful and historic Proctor Park (designed by FL Olmstead, who also designed NYC’s Central Park!). *True Things:
  • “The Bund w/ Molly Crabapple” by Know Your Enemy Podcast
  • Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity by Lisa Sirganian