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- New weeknote covering first week at Natera, Gloomhaven returning, Dover sole, Girl Scout cookies, and spring allergies - Update now.md: date, Gloomhaven status, remove Infinity Interactive blog link, rewrite "Where my head is" for new-job context Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: Eric in the Present
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[infinity]: https://iinteractive.com
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[nowff]: https://sivers.org/nowff
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[Derek Sivers]: https://sivers.org
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[profile]: https://nownownow.com/p/2ugf
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[/now]: https://nownownow.com
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[blog]: https://blog.kestrelsnest.social
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[mastodon]: https://toots.kestrelsnest.social/@eric
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[pics]: https://pix.kestrelsnest.social/@eric
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[locallygrown]: /posts/locallygrown-origin-story/
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[randomrecipe]: https://www.youtube.com/@RandomRecipeProject
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This page is all about what I am doing *now*. It was last updated on March 7, 2026, and will be edited as things change.
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## Where I am now
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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.
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## Who I am around now
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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.
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We [lost Charlie](/posts/2023-07-24-goodbye,-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][pics].
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## What I am doing now
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I just joined [Natera](https://www.natera.com) as a Staff Software Engineer. Natera is at the forefront of cell-free DNA testing, with work in oncology helping detect and fight cancers earlier and more effectively. After more than ten years at [Infinity Interactive][infinity]—the last several as VP of Technology—this is a big change, and a deeply personal one. Cancer took my mom. Writing code that plays even a small part in that fight is not something I could turn down.
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[LocallyGrown.net][locallygrown] has settled into a rhythm of steady improvements after the massive six-month migration from Rails 3 to SvelteKit. The infrastructure work is behind us; now it's about new features, better tools for market managers, and growing the platform that serves 70+ farmers markets.
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## What I am reading now
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Currently a few chapters into *Service Model* by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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## What I am playing now
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- **The Outer Worlds 2** — A whimsically dark RPG from Obsidian in the tradition of Fallout. Delightfully cynical corporate dystopia.
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- **Assassin's Creed: Valhalla** — Viking exploration on the Xbox.
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- **Gloomhaven** — Back at it after a two-month break. Approaching the endgame now, maybe three quarters through the story, and every scenario comes down to the wire.
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## What else?
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### Writing Again
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After months of silence, I'm writing regularly again. The words are flowing.
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### Creative Projects
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- Recording, editing, and posting cooking videos for the [Random Recipe Project][randomrecipe] again
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- Still have that corset vest sewing project waiting—fabric ready, pattern chosen
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- Leather working supplies sitting ready for when I find the time
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### Upcoming Events
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Nothing on the calendar yet — just getting settled into the new role.
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## Where my head is
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Week one at Natera is behind me. The firehose is real, but the familiar faces help—several colleagues are people I've worked alongside at previous companies. I'm absorbing everything I can while looking for the places where I can start to make my mark. The creative projects that feed my soul are still in motion. Writing is happening. Gloomhaven is happening. Life is good.
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Checkout the [/now page movement][nowff] started by [Derek Sivers][]. You can get a
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[profile][] if you set up a `/now` page.
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[/now][] — so many people doing stuff in the now!
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