About me

I studied math in college and ended up in supply-chain work almost by accident, a forecasting internship that turned into an actual career. I've been doing demand planning for the same regional outdoor-gear co-op for about six years now. Reading and board games were both things I did on the side until somewhere in there they turned into most of my actual personality.

I do demand planning and inventory forecasting for a regional outdoor-gear co-op here in Fort Collins, which mostly means I stare at a dashboard predicting how many tents we'll need before a weather system decides to prove me wrong. I've got a math degree I don't use directly anymore, but it shows up constantly in which books I actually finish, ask me about Schild's Ladder sometime and I'll tell you exactly which chapter broke me. Reading happens at night, physical book, rarely audio, usually until I fall asleep mid-sentence. Games happen Thursdays at my friend Dana's place, mostly at two players since that's who actually shows up most weeks, though I've dragged a coworker into more than one session when someone canceled. I back more crowdfunding campaigns than is probably reasonable and I track every delivery estimate the same way I track pallets at work, with an actual date written down, so when something slips I know exactly by how much.

Where I am: Fort Collins, Colorado

Still figuring out how much of my actual work week belongs on a books-and-games blog. Probably more than I think, less than Dana keeps telling me to write about.

What's here

Book reviews, board game reviews, and personal essays. No schedule, no affiliate links, nothing sponsored. I write about a book or a game after I've actually finished it and have something to say, which is why the dates on here are irregular.