Nobody listened.

Just a few things to mention today:

  • My new progressive breaks album MOVE with Mark Musselman keeps slowly creeping up the charts. I don’t know if the album has legs or if it’s climbing the charts because my mom, some friends, and a few of you kind blog readers bought it, but it’s currently #11 on Beatport Breaks releases. If it breaks the Top 10 I promise I’ll shut up about permanently, at least on this blog, but if you’re an electronic music fan and you’re feeling the Momu vibe, I’d greatly appreciate if you could buy the album on Beatport. I think eventually Elon Musk will file a cease a desist, so grab it while you can (or maybe he’ll tweet-blast it because we’re amplifying his warnings about rogue AIs taking over the world).

  • A nice surprise on Twitter today — I learned that my story The Fo’dekai Artifact (originally published by Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores in 2017) was recently podcasted. You can listen to the full story on Youtube for free (which is great, as this story was previously behind a paywall). If you enjoy the story please follow Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores on Youtube and maybe subscribe to the zine.
  • After a few hiccups I was finally able to claim my author page on Goodreads. If you use Goodreads, please follow me over there (I currently have all of five followers). I turned “Ask the Author” to ON, so if you have any burning questions about my novel The Sky Woman or any of my short stories (including The Fo’dekai Artifact), please ask them on Goodreads and I’d be happy to answer.

OK — that’s everything I have to promote. Thank you for any links you may have clicked on!

Upcoming Posts

  • Word Craft with Russell James (author of The Playing Card Killer)
  • My Current Anti-Aging Protocol
  • Strategizing my next career steps as an author
  • 2019 Hair Update (Patreon-only)
  • Initial Thoughts on 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates

Note: I haven’t been carefully tracking the “Upcoming Posts” I’ve previously mentioned. If there’s something I promised or mentioned and it hasn’t yet materialized on the blog, feel free to mention it the comments or send me a request via my Contact page.

A New Experiment

For the next 15 days Kia and I will both be taking 500mcg/day of BPC-157. We’re taking the pill version from Dr. Seeds which I read about on Ben Greenfield’s blog. Without going into too much detail, BPC-157 (BPC stands for Body Protective Compound) is a peptide already produced in small amounts by the gut. Taking an exogenous form of the compound has a variety of potential physiological effects, from reducing gut inflammation to healing damaged ligaments. I’m taking it as part of my overall anti-aging regimen, and also to potentially repair any lingering gut damage from gastritis.

Greenfield is an eccentric but otherwise reliable self-experimenter — otherwise I wouldn’t have purchased this product. The injectable form is too hardcore for me, but we’ll see if the oral form does anything. Anecdotal reports I’ve read on the internet range from “chronic pain gone in four days” to “meh.” There has been very little testing in humans, but no reports of adverse reactions (at least none that I have seen).

If you’re interested in BPC-157 here’s a Pubmed dive for you.

I’ll report back in a few weeks.

Have a great weekend!