Well, let's see. I'm working on my fourth science fiction novel. Ive been working on it for about four years. The first one took about three months. The second

Well, let's see. I'm working on my fourth science fiction novel. Ive been working on it for about four years. The first one took about three months. The second one took about six months. The third one took a bit over a year. It seems I've been challenging myself more as I go. I've been recording a song I wrote in about 1982. I was in an obscure experimental electronic rock band that no one ever heard of in the 1980s. Nowadays I'm not in a band, but I play better than I used to and can afford much better equipment, so I make a hobby of slowly making recordings that I hope will be better than the ones we made back in the day, and writing new parts and arrangements and sometimes new songs. I've been working on a presentation server for Common Lisp programs. Someone approached me for help learning how to do some UI work for Lisp programs, and I helped, but then we started tinkering, and now we're trying to figure out how to make a reusable thing that we can both benefit from repeatedly. Also, it might turn out to be handy in my day job. And being a good friend to my dog and my close relatives.