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The Roottrees are Dead is a deduction game by Jeremy Johnston set in 1998, which tasks you with doing online research to complete the family tree of a trio of very famous teen models. The history of the game itself is pretty interesting....
Shawn was kind enough to host me again, this time banging on about Hungarian/Magyarul literature in English translation, one of my personal obsessions. Click through to watch. Books discussed:Zsófia Bán: Night School (A Reader for...
“[T]here is, perhaps, a special pleasure in re-learning the names of many of the flowers every spring. It is like re-reading a book that one has almost forgotten. Montaigne tells us that he had so bad a memory that he could always read...
There is a certain kind of privilege in Jackson, IL and it comes with a name.Vale. Thompson. Morgan.These are old families, respected families, the sort of names people recognize before the person attached to them has said a word. That...
Welcome to the (continuing) Sunday Ramble© series I was looking back at some music files that I’ve been working on, and it looks like--basically, I haven’t opened Ableton Live all summer. I think I really peaked when I did the South by...
It’s not a system. It’s just how I do things. An improvisation on the fly, influenced by decades of lived experience, thought, memory. A personal configuration file. A topography of consciousness. A constellation of synapses. Etcetera....
Sunday 9th August 2026 This is the second route numbered 99 in South Yorkshire (check out last time’s journey between Doncaster and Retford) and despite what I (mistakenly) initially wrote in that blog about that being the only one to...
New bookshelves
Above all Those Who Slumber was the power of the One Who Was Born of Destruction, the Song Render, the Ender of Souls, the Dweller in Darkness. And among those who would speak his name, his name was Shallamoth Kindred – the act of...
Thursday, 8/13, is the day when we celebrate the techies and tech companies in the 813 area code: 813 Tech Day! We recently celebrated the 727 area code, which covers Clearwater and St. Pete with a one-day, multi-event celebration of the...
You may remember that at the BBC Gardeners' World show, I had an issue with my Merlin Mayflower. A cab full of flame made the RC wiring a bit crispy. My assumption was that this would all need replacing, but out of curiosity, I switched...
Last night, I had a dream that I ran into Sam at a diner. I was with my friend Yasmeen and I said oh that’s Sam. She’s not responding to my texts. She reached over and tapped Sam on the shoulder and asked her why she would do such a...
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot...
There is an update to yesterday's post: Apple Is Not Doing Enough for Its App Stores. Apple's reviewers did do their job accurately. Sorry for the link.
Links Posted to Thoughts The Week of 08-02-2026 There were 4 links posted this week. 08/08/2026 @18:35 “As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program.” – UnsungMac’s operating system has a peculiar way to install apps....