This page is all about what I am doing now. It was last updated on September 23, 2025, and will be edited as things change.

Where I am now

Still living in Athens, GA in the home my partner and I bought several months into the pandemic. Same house, same neighborhood, same roots growing deeper.

Who I am around now

Our house has three people and two cats. The people include me, my partner, and my youngest daughter who spends every other week with us—she’s a sophomore in high school and doing great things. My eldest is now a senior at Georgia State University.

We lost Charlie but our two remaining cats continue to keep me company while I’m working. You’ll find plenty of photos of them in my gallery.

What I am doing now

I’m the Vice President of Technology at Infinity Interactive. Our whole industry is in turmoil, so work is hard. We’re doing a wide range of consulting—from technical infrastructure and software development to workflows and solving both simple and complex problems. Basically, all things having to do with technology and helping organizations organize what they have.

Just completed a massive six-month migration of LocallyGrown.net from dying Rails 3 infrastructure to modern SvelteKit. The migration to new infrastructure is complete, but now the real journey is just beginning as we can take advantage of all the things the modern platform has to offer. Time to write new features, grow the service, and take it to the next couple of decades.

What I am reading now

Just finished a new short story by Dan Moren set in his Galactic Cold War series—it was wonderful. Currently a few pages into Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

What else?

Emerging from the LocallyGrown Marathon

The LocallyGrown work consumed 100% of my free time over the last five months. Everything got dropped. I’m slowly emerging from that intensity and starting to pick things back up. Kind of in recovery mode, just slowly coming back out and getting to be myself again.

Creative Projects Resuming

  • Working on a corset vest sewing project that I’m super excited about
  • Eager to get back to my YouTube cooking series, the Random Recipe Project
  • Haven’t released podcast episodes for Eric Says Hi or Brothers Grimm Lunch in quite a while, but want to start again—I just need to do it
  • Eyeing some leather working projects with supplies sitting ready for this fall

Upcoming Events

  • Wild Rumpus (end of October) - Athens’ big outdoor Halloween parade festival. Need to decide on and create my costume soon!
  • CONpossible (2026) - I’m the Costuming Track Director for this annual convention that started as steampunk but has expanded to embrace all of the “punks.” This year’s theme is “Through the Faerie Ring”—magic mixed with technology should be a lot of fun

Where my head is

Really just trying to emerge from the LocallyGrown marathon. I knew it was going to take a lot out of me, but I wasn’t quite ready for how much effort it took and how all-consuming it was. Slowly rediscovering equilibrium and reconnecting with the creative projects that feed my soul.

Checkout the /now page movement started by Derek Sivers. You can get a profile if you set up a /now page. /now — so many people doing stuff in the now!