Dana Byerly's Digital Junk Drawer

I’ve somehow managed to post the song in my head when I wake up, also known around here as Wake Up Songs, for three years!

July 1, 1995.

It’s been awhile since I’ve made a random post.

Not to jinx it, but it I’ve managed to keep up with posting Wake Up Songs, so like last year, I will now share a bunch of uninteresting tidbits about this year’s songs that were in my head when I woke up.

Just like in previous years, here’s one sentence about everything I watched in 2024 (2022, 2023).

I wasn’t paying attention again, and just like last year I missed the Junkiversary of this site.

Things have been quiet around here, at the web dev site, and over at Mastodon.

I’ve been feeling uninspired and moderately guilty about not finding something new to post at Pixelfed.

Last spring when I added TV Blurbs, my aim was to get them on the site and worry about improving the organization later.

In 2023 I added the Wake Up Song section.

Last year I wrote one sentence about everything I watched in 2022.

Seeing a couple of funny anecdotes of using Christmas or birthdays as a way to manage kid behavior reminded me of something similar my Grandma did when I was a kid.

I’ve been a fan Michelle Barker’s writing for a few years.

I used to be clever.

I had a big, weird, discombobulated dream last night.

The other day The Lady and I were joking that the pets think of her as The Treat Bitch and/or The Brushing Bitch.

Well look at that.

On my big list of potential posts or reoccurring features I have an item noted as “LOL dream file”.

It’s finally happened, I have a Necropost!

It’s been just over a month since I added TV Blurbs, Wake Up Songs and the latest from Pixelfed, and things have been moving along nicely.

After failing to deliver on my threat of unearthing old writing, at least for the time being, I’ve added some new stuff around here.

This morning I was scrolling through my RSS reader, begrudgingly getting ready to start my day, when I happened on an interesting post by Terence Eden.

The Super Bowl will always be one of my fond gay memories.

The blogging momentum I had earlier in the month was rudely interrupted by a bout of Covid.

In my haste to publish a year-in-review post I forgot to add something that brought me a lot of joy.

Most of you smarty pants types share your highfalutin “Books I read” or “Films I watched” lists.

Every New Year’s Eve I’m reminded of a phone call I had with my Dad.

I suppose it’s a good practice to review what has come to pass… Our existence on Earth is a puzzle.

Now that The Lady is enjoying The Sopranos Biennial I want to take a moment to brag about share one of my prize possessions.

Apparently I have a new tradition of watching a show’s finale without watching the entire show.

There’s a part of me that would like to start a TV blog.

Usually my neighborhood has a “go big or go home” holiday decoration vibe, and Halloween is no exception.

Not much going on here at the old Junk Drawer as I’ve been busy elsewhere.

Now that the weather is tolerable I’m out and about with more regularity.

I admire a nice labor of love.

Over the holidays last year I had a minor health scare… I was walking the dog when I started to notice some flashing in one of my eyes.

Earlier in the week my Mom sent an email with her usual innocuous subject “Hi”.

The brutal heat that’s seemed to go on for months finally subsided enough to resume a semblance of my daily constitutional, otherwise known as a walk.

I watch a lot of TV.

Three years ago today we said goodbye to our beloved dog Rulo after a six month battle with lymphoma.

When I was thinking about what to do with this site I spent some time looking around the IndieWeb Webring.

One of the Twitter accounts I enjoy is @WhatIsNewYork.

Now that I’ve got the site set up, all those little notes and ideas I had don’t seem that interesting.

Blogging, apparently it’s going around!