I shared the previous post introducing the interview podcast project, We Respectfully Disagree, just to put something on the blog after 2 months dormant. If this podcast project were a recipe it's not on the front burner or even the back burner. It's a bunch of ingredients still in the pantry for now.
Look for me:
Randomly streaming on Twitch, where I use the excuse of streaming to get my phone out of my hands, and to mumble a few ideas while getting things done. So far I don't use Twitch to interact with viewers.
My neighboring blog that is most frequently updated.
Mastodon, where I hang out every day and interact often.
As of Sept 2025 this site is Rob Middleton's “any topic but himself” blog (from my point of view). Also see RMiddleton, my personal update blog.
Humanissome podcast series: We Respectfully Disagree
I'm currently seeking guests willing to be interviewed on video or audio-only for the program described here. I have 2 friends in mind currently & think that I would need a lot more lined up before launching. Maybe?
Streaming Right Now
...or maybe not. But I definitely am streaming a lot. It's a whole project I'll explain later (or on the stream):
https://www.twitch.tv/humanissome
As of Sept 2025 this site is Rob Middleton's “any topic but himself” blog (from my point of view). Also see RMiddleton, my personal update blog.
I'm currently blogging regularly at @rmiddleton@dotart.blog right next door to where we are now :)
As of Sept 2025 this site is Rob Middleton's “any topic but himself” blog (from my point of view). Also see RMiddleton, my personal update blog.
I Don't Fight My ADHD, I Respect It*
* Alternate titles: I Roll With It, I Make It Tea, I Break Bread With It, I Befriend It, I Comfort It, I Coddle It, I Cuddle It, I Kiss It, I Ride It, I Surf Its Waves, I Embrace It, I Endure It, I Accommodate It, I Hang Out With It, I Tell Ghost Stories Around A Campfire With It While Making Smores
This Blog Is Changing
I cannot say for certain from what into what. Writing this should help me figure it out. In good news — for me; this is all for me1 — I can say that I have made decisions!
American Exceptionalism
Americans do not eat the fruit on their trees.
Most Americans do not walk anywhere daily.
Bakeries in walking distance where every American regularly can grab fresh bread is not a thing.
This post will be updated continually.
As of Sept 2025 this site is Rob Middleton's “any topic but himself” blog (from my point of view). Also see RMiddleton, my personal update blog.
Updates
Always with the updates!
In classic blog fashion I might begin, “Sorry it's been a while since I posted...” I recently have considered a secondary blog for more fragments and keeping this one to my original vision of posts I put some work into, edit, add photos to, etc. This post is not that. Maybe it's ok to have a mish mash blog. Whether it's ok or not for the long haul, that's what this will be for now.
As of Sept 2025 this site is Rob Middleton's “any topic but himself” blog (from my point of view). Also see RMiddleton, my personal update blog.
Expectation Renunciation
Or Why I Settle For Less
Fall Break
I am taking a short break. To write just to write, to meet a schedule, is antithetical to the principle of doing everything with meaning. Quite frankly, the weather where I live has been too gorgeous for me to sit at a keyboard!
The Ringing of the Bell Commands You
The loveliest lies of all are the ones we tell ourselves, now unceasingly aided and abetted by technology valued into the billions of dollars.
All for little ol' me? Yep. You're worth it. At least in combination with everyone else your value is infinite. Unfathomable resources are right now being devoted to commanding your attention.
Isn't it all a bit pointless? Don't get me wrong, the power wielded by the phone-industrial complex is undeniably immense. And what do they do with it? Besides undermining democracy and eroding the human ability to pay attention and collecting billions of dollars, what do these attention hoarders do with our focus once they've got control of us? I think I bought a shirt once off Instagram. Yeah, that's kinda all there is to it.
I'll beat them at their own game It's natural to want to stand up and offer meaning within a meaningless system. Here are two attempts that caught my eye for different reasons:
