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Read through Wendell Berry’s “Think Little” essay a couple of days ago. He published this essay way back in 1969, but his encouragement and advice to live against the consumeristic age are evergreen: Odd as I am sure it will appear to...
Prime Video / YouTube: Welcome to a future we no longer control. Blade Runner 2099, a new series, premieres November 25 on Prime Video. First of all, a distinct lack of Miguel O’Hara. Big issue. Secondly, while I am still really really...
Wow … so I got a teaser email about Aion 2 and a package with a 5 day headstart. The link took me to the game’s page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/1675065/ Seriously? This must be a joke. That’s highway robbery. No VIP...
Wow … so I got a teaser email about Aion 2 and a package with a 5 day headstart. The link...
Dear Constant Reader, Happy Friday! Here’s your tip! When sewing by machine, before you raise the foot and cut the thread, make sure your needle is in the highest position. If the needle is in a lower position, the thread will probably...
Derek Lowe is scandalized by the fact that 9 out of 10 drugs that get to a first-in-human trial don’t get approval or, to use some jargon, a clinical failure rate (CFR) of 91% per year. He quotes a recent paper which followed CFR over...
In 1970s England a young man encounters a slick motorcycle rider and quickly enters into prolonged but abusive relationship with him. A swift sharp hit of discomfort and sexual violence. The protagonist here recounts us of the...
The plate for Chapter 20, in the art deco style. That’s Seth, his dog Cooper, and the long way home. A little over a month ago I started writing my first novel - Zero Knowledge. I decided to publish it chapter by chapter on the Internet...
So my last post was about me failing the hell out of the 52 book challenge. I've written plenty about my on-and-off (and on-and-off) again trouble with reading. Well, recently, I've gotten back into it. Yesterday I read about 60 pages....
I rage-deleted Claude from my phone last week. I had to, to save the phone. The tics, man. I would open the app, ask a question, see "earns its keep" or "the honest answer" and have to suppress the urge to shatter the phone on the...
Writing is thinking. Deep thinking apart from writing, however, is impoverished thinking. When you don’t know what to write – write about that. You’ll pick up the thread again somewhere along the way. Write yourself into a new way of...
My reading nook and music wall is done! About 3 weeks ago, I started tackling the wall across from our bed. It had a few iterations: First it was Daniel's office area during the pandemic, then my home workout area, and finally the...
Working on a migration back to WordPress. Things are going to be **weird**. Sorry for all of the RSS issues this will likely cause!
Oliver Habryka is proud to introduce Lightcone Commons, a new funding platform for coordinating large-scale ambitious philanthropy. Now with Opus 5. I believe Lightcone Commons is a strong implementation of an urgently needed and...
Another one in the long line of Korean toowoomba variants. This one looks a little different – it seems like this is definitely more pasta than an instant noodle. Let’s delve into the depths of this bowl. Surasang Toowoomba Pasta – South...