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At the back of my mind this week was the sense that nothing had gone badly wrong, chronic fatigue-wise. I appeared to be living a reasonable normal life doing the things I wanted to do at a pace and capacity that didn’t feel constrained,...
The Guardian managed to write almost three thousand words about the history of the modern industrialized two-day weekend—published on a Sunday—without using the word “Sabbath” once. Remarkable.
Time to check in again on Big Finish’s offerings starring the Third Doctor. As with last time, we’re still in the era when Big Finish were reluctant to recast characters whose actors had died (or, in the case of Matt Smith and Peter...
The most widely read political theorists of history have arrived at the conclusion that control of natural resources is the greatest asset a budding state can have. Many a war has been fought over access to oil, fisheries, and land. The...
The Smith family are on the hunt for a new chair but chaos ensues at the department store during a big sale. There’s matrimonial war at the lingerie counter and the child of the family dabbles in a felony crime spree. Home Media...
we've finally reached the halfway point through august, where "back to school" signs make a lot more sense to see and i check the weather app every day to see if the temperatures are starting to trend downward. right now it is a cooler...
It’s the middle of the month. I think I’ve posted 12 times? Considering I was aiming for 15, pretty good going. I’m really tired. Happenings My wife started her new job this week, and it’s going well, so I’ve been on childcare most days....
On the wall at Osteria in Philly: The post “One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well if one has not eaten well.” first appeared on Uncorrected.
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Work Is depressing, I don't really want to write too much. Still have far too much to do, far too little time to do it in, and cannot get on with delivering my strategic objectives while being drawn increasingly into the weeds - despite...
Werner Herzog has spent six decades making films about people who chase impossible goals in places that don't want them there: a man dragging a steamship over a mountain, conquistadors floating to their deaths on a raft in the Amazon,...
Ego Hunter is amazing one-shot scenario for the equally amazing Eclipse Phase roleplaying game: The PCs are all different forks (copies) of the same person who, upon returning home to be merged back into their alpha, discover that their...
23:09 - Not sure if I'm feeling like shit because I'm overwhelmed with everything or if it's because I forgot to take my meds today. Cried for "no reason" again. I don't know.
Nitsuh Abebe, the new NY Times On Language columnist (see this post), has a new column (archived) on the word scam. Most of it is about how the word is more popular than ever and has expanded its remit to cover “any system, however...
The result of the latest Classics Club Spin has been revealed today. The idea of the Spin was to list twenty books from my Classics Club list, number them 1 to 20, and the number announced by the Classics Club represents the book I have...