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On the six month anniversary of the day I quit drinking, I marked the occasion by attending a meeting. It seemed appropriate, plus I wanted to get my coin. Getting the coin for six months was important to me; it signified that this was...
Inspired by the recent publication here of thoughts on the new Koumpiodontosuchus paper… and by other work, in prep… I felt it appropriate to rescue another article from the archives, specifically from ver 3. Here we go…
Finished reading: The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst 📚 A worthy follow-up to The Spellshop, about Caz’s creator continuing her forbidden magic. Sort of. I like this world, and I enjoyed seeing another part of it. Felt a bit...
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund‘s Jeff Trexler caught sight of this headline appearing to announce a very unlikely musical. And since I’m sending something out, let me note that Free Comic Book Day is coming up this Saturday. (Also, so...
The fourth installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at the first book in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure series, and how new choices are always possible.
In my opinion, SCOTUS' decision in Louisiana v Callais is based on two flawed beliefs. First is that it is ok to make voting districts for partisan reasons, in other words, allow a majority party to create districts that favor their...
Tiffany Aching is one of the great characters of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasies. While the novels she is in are aimed at young adults - Tiffany is only 11 in this one - they are profoundly clever works exploring our moral universe...
This is the sort of bread Rachel turns out on a random Thursday. She’s gotten so good over the last couple of years.
Blue Heron, an absorbing debut film from Canadian director Sophy Romvari, begins as if it's going to be an idyl about the joys of childhood. Romvari introduces us to the kids of a Hungarian immigrant family that's settling into a new...