Work in Progress #30: Progress Report, January 2026

Happy New Year, everybody!

It’s been a while since I’ve visited this site.  The dust that’s collected here is epic; how often does the dust on a website get so thick that you sneeze?  And I guess that’s reasonable, considering I haven’t been on this site since—WOW—last March!  Holy crap.  I hadn’t realized it had been so long since I’d come up for air.  I’m glad I live in the northwest, or the sun would burn my eyes.

Jeez, what is that?!

Bad joke, sorry.

I could sit here and talk for a while about why I’ve been gone—and I will, at some point—but I think now might not be the right time.  It’s bad manners to start a new year by just info-dumping last year’s problems.  Anyway, since it’s been a while, and/or since you don’t really know me, my name is Franklyn Thomas.  Frank to my friends.  I love stories.

I love reading them.  Watching them.  Playing them.  Writing them.  Telling them.  Talking about them.  Stories are the tapestry of life and have been since the dawn of civilization.  I want to put out and take in as many stories as humanly possible.  My bookshelf—especially my TBR queue—is an anxiety-inducing testament to that.  So is this site, and so is this blog.

I’m going to talk a lot about stories in this space.  I’m going to talk about the stories I consume, either by reading, watching, or playing.  I’m going to tell stories of my experiences with the people I encounter day-to-day.  Every so often, I’ll share a story I’ve created or talk about one I’m actively working on.  And I want everyone to tell me their stories or talk about the stories they’re working on.

It's my fervent hope that the collective story of 2026 is made up of a million little stories of us becoming the best versions of ourselves.  Started from the bottom, now we’re here, and all that.  I’ll tell you my story.  Tell me yours.

Cheers.