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I’m on a mini quest this year to see if I can hear or see 365 different species of birds. Between trips to France, Costa Rica and Eastern North America I have logged 305 so far. I’m going to have to do some serious birding during the...
Ward Farnsworth is an old favorite around here; see my reviews of his Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric (LH, The Millions) and Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor (LH). He has now sent me a copy of his latest magnum opus, The...
Content warning: pet death. We had to say goodbye to Bruno yesterday. I can't really explain how much I'm going to miss Bruno. There's empty space that he would normally occupy. We had him since he was a puppy and we could not have loved...
I’m going to take the next week off from this blog. I only announce this in case someone notices and gets worried, which is highly unlikely but you never know. It’s not for any burnout or CFS reason. I’m feeling as OK as I ever do. I...
Let's say there is a statement in math T that you wonder whether it's true or false. You may even make a conjecture of which way it goes. Do you have a rooting interest? I may think T is true, but if someone proves T or proves NOT(T) my...
Saying “Hey, watch this video that was uploaded to Facebook / Instagram / TikTok” to someone without an account on Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok is just as bad as a paywall after two sentences.
My son is bringing his girlfriend to our house for a bit and this sort of warning will never stop being funny to me. My other son texts this as well when his girlfriend comes around. 😂 (❗️Disclamier, I am not just constantly naked)
I finished A Parade of Horribles (book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl) on my run today. I laughed out loud when the AI said the title of this post. I’ve savored this series for the past eight months, listening to about one a month on Audible...
I'm living all of this momentum around #RSS! Really Simple Conversations (RSC) is a great name too. 👌
Here I write what I’m working or studing for now 2025 12 10
I made this fun slab as a commemoration of the POAP KINGS, our Clash Royale clan, reaching 50 members for the first time recently. I love how well it turned out!
“Analog Maximalism” is another way to say “Digital Minimalism.” The point is to focus more on what you’re doing and less on what you’re trying to not be doing. It’s like minding the positive over the negative. The benefits of an analog...
Orginal post: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Johannes Gebben alias Kempers, son of Joannes "Jan" (Benerink alias Overes) and Alieda "Ale" Gebben alias Kemperink,1 farmer, was born in Groot Agelo, baptized in Ootmarsum 8 January 1782,2 and died...
Robert Maudsley has spent more than four decades locked in a purpose-built glass cell, fed through a hatch and watched around the clock by prison officers who rotate in pairs so no one is ever alone with him. The tabloids call him...
rain has stopped but water keeps dropping in a single spot outside my bedroom window a steady rhythm tempting sleep I keep avoiding for no good reason except yearning always the yearning