Task Avoidance Update

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I’ll get back to my personal issues with Dorico in the next post. Right now I want to share a list I made myself write of all the projects I am currently not working on but should could be. (In my defense, my Lovely First Wife had major surgery last month and I’ve been busy with her care and feeding.)

In no particular order:

  • Symphony for Band: reconstruct the original Finale file in Dorico

  • weed the herb garden, etc.

  • reseed the labyrinth

  • my lessons for CREATE•U

  • Beethoven’s Blueprint, a real back-burner project

  • STEAL FROM THE BEST by composing some music which mimics some that I admire, like Hans Zimmerman, etc.

  • install the new patio lights in the patio

  • N•E•W•N•A•N: THE PAGEANTING, a work on spec for Newnan’s Bicentennial in 2028

  • two showstopping dance numbers for Mike Funt, a clown.

In other news, apparently I’ve started showing up on scammers’ radar, since my spam filter has been letting through a bunch of these:

First of all, shouldn’t you know the actual title of my book? Especially if it’s a bold, deep concept that really stands out? I’ve received two of these, identically worded. Here’s another one that just came in:

Do I maintain a Line of Credit for my creative work? Sure do. It’s called Dale’s Bank Account (although as a librarian I first read LOC as Library of Congress). Seriously, though, at least this one recognizes that Lyles Creative Services LLC (as if) is a thing that provides creative works in a multitude of media.

These things apparently get through the otherwise phenomenal spam filter at dalelyles.com because there are no links for the filter to catch, and the email addresses appear to be legitimate though not from any actual financing concern. I recently responded to one of these recently with a profane and aggressive answer, and the actual owner of the account responded that he had been hacked (and I apologized) — and so I’m extremely curious how this scam is supposed to work if there are no links and the email does not connect me with the person attempting to scam me.

Oh well. Back to Not Doing All The Things!