view from the present
view from the present
drmollytov
an extended meditation on presence
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I always have a notebook going. It's always a single-subject, college-ruled spiral notebook. I fill about one a month. I buy them in July during back to school sales, when I can get them in bulk. It's always just one notebook. I use a...
(A series in which I ramble some personal perspective on ICYDAK's "30 Proven Tactics to Resist Authoritarianism in Daily Life," because most of this stuff is just default daily life to me.) ICYDAK: 30 Proven Tactics to Resist...
I have started seeds and early planting, so I also started a list. I have four times the available full-sun garden space this year, and I fully intend to use it. Started Indoors Acorn squash White acorn squash Butternut squash Spaghetti...
most A student invited me to their improv class "final exam," which is a show at a downtown venue known for student/avant-garde work. Of course I said yes. I asked two kids if they'd help me reclaim a couple wandered library chairs from...
On Monday, I sent an email to the local amateur radio club, asking about their classes. That evening, I get a response: "Your timing is impeccable. The next class starts tomorrow evening." I spent Tuesday signing up for other classes I...
I spent the weekend thinking about various and sundry warehouse fires. And Luigi Mangione. And universal healthcare. And "all you had to do was pay us enough to live." The Epstein class does not understand how reasonable our terms are....
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a small landowner with a half-dozen projects already underway is in want of more projects. It's garden start season, which means my basement is full of seedlings under grow lights, my chickens...
Longtime readers may remember that time I kvetched about how every job I wanted as a kid was met with "that doesn't pay well," as if getting rich was the only thing that ever mattered about one's daily project: me: "that doesn't pay...
Seeds are a psyop. I tear open a little paper packet. Inside are some grains of expensive dirt. The packet assures me this dirt is not ordinary dirt, however. No. This dirt is MAGIC dirt. If I put this magic dirt on top of some ordinary...
We are L-2:07:30 on the Artemis II launch. I am sitting at Gremlin's house so we can watch the launch and I can blog about it at the same time. (Gremlin is making dinner. He is Scully to my Mulder for the purposes of this evening's space...
I know I'm not supposed to get too excited about space launches. I know things could be delayed or postponed up to the last second (almost literally). I know that today's weather briefing put the chances of launching tomorrow at only 80...
I sent the following two texts to my BGFF(FN1) today, about an hour apart: charged the solar battery and plugged the fridge into it to see how long it lasts. The sun is my friend measuring the bedroom windows for reflective coverings to...
Little Molly was obsessed with radios. (Adult Molly is also obsessed with radios.) Thing is, Little Molly didn't get to do much with radios except have one in her bedroom as an alarm clock. Little Molly's parents didn't think twice about...
(A series in which I ramble some personal perspective on ICYDAK's "30 Proven Tactics to Resist Authoritarianism in Daily Life," because most of this stuff is just default daily life to me.) ICYDAK: 30 Proven Tactics to Resist...
the sublime Web The sublime form of the Web is when complete nerds geek out in minute detail over their obsession in a manner specifically designed to let any random surfer-by understand and geek out over it as well. For example, this...