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You Be You

You Be You

Hello. Are you ok? I hope you’re ok. hugs You can now get to this email via hellocomputer.email. Easier to remember. I’m streaming Mondays/Tuesdays/Wednesdays and Fridays on https://twitch.tv/petecarr or http://petecarr.live. Tonight, Friday, is ‘Think Different’ night from 7:30pm. Come

Don't go to war over a disagreement

Don't go to war over a disagreement

hello computer The other day someone said Preston Bus station is awful. Instantly I was enraged. It’s a brutalist icon I said. “Just because it’s listed doesn’t mean it’s good.” The voice in my head ran 18 different ways to reply, most using sarcasm. I chose

What a year of open water swimming did for my mental health

What a year of open water swimming did for my mental health

How are you? Another long year since last week. Treat yo self. It’s a day ending in y. What a year of open water swimming did for my mental health This week is the anniversary of my cold water swim adventures. I documented my thoughts before and after on

20 positive things from 2020

20 positive things from 2020

2020 review Hello computer. Archive 2020 please and thank you. Glad that is over. On to better things. What’s that? Everything is some how worse you say? Thanks 202x. I have already muted Trump and COVID-19 on social media. I am aware of the news from news sites. I

New Year, who dis?

New Year, who dis?

Happy New Year. My brain is telling me that logically nothing has changed since yesterday. This isn’t a magical reset day. We don’t exist in the Star Trek Voyager universe and maybe that’s for the best? Imagine being Harry Kim for 7 years. Yikes! Anywho just a

Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings. To borrow a message from a user on a Discord I’m on. You are wonderful. It’s the Christmas season. It’s complex. I’m writing this on the Winter Solstice. Yesterday was the longest night. Today marks the time when the nights get shorter and the

Christmasticle - It's a Christmas Listicle

Christmasticle - It's a Christmas Listicle

Since my dad died 4 years ago I’ve accidentally become a fan of Nordic Christmas. In Iceland in 2017 we drank Tuborg Julebryg for New Year and watched the fireworks outside the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík. I love their liquorice infused chocolate. I treat myself to a bar of