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Have you heard of ball lightning? Maybe you have. It's known as an odd weather phenomenon, thought of as supernatural. The oldest written record of it may be an illuminated manuscript from an English monk in 1195, describing a fire-globe...
A few days ago, a lovely person I happened to be chatting with asked me whether it is relaxing to make art. I explained that it is in fact quite stressful. Thinking about it now, though, I don’t think I was able to explain the real...
It's August, aka ARR-gust, aka International Pirate Month! As the resident bear pirate, I felt it was my duty to spread awareness of this month. If you would like to participate in the festivities, here's some ways on how: Write your...
I used to take a ton of photos during my “Bike Nerd” years (from 2010-2012ish or so). I’d post them to Twitter and Instagram, journaliing my adventures in real time more or less. Without social media (aside from Substack Notes, eh), I...
Big year! Probably didn’t thin enough to prevent a bust next year but we’ll see. Meanwhile, I’ve got a lot of processing to do… 🌱
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Dry Detached Experimental Arthouse Cinema but with a bit of dramatic heat, via heightened music, color, poses. Estelle narrates from her notebooks. “I pretended I was malleable… I know it’ll happen again.” Her troublesome sister comes to...
Frozen 2 should be rated R (Interconnected): Frozen 2 in which the entire city is almost destroyed by a tidal wave… It is SO LAZY. While we’re piling on lazy writing here: LOST, and most American television, is particularly lazy about...
I started making the files 300dpi and now they are too big to upload and I do not have the wherewithal to figure out resizing in the iPad at the moment. Things I like in the result! claws stilettos the aux cords dangling I didn't need a...
I think I was inspired to write about waking up early by isa's article back in February, but apparently I never got around to finishing it: "The dogs at 4 AM" (tahimik.com) For a long time I've been the kind of person who gets up at...
Vija Celmins, Untitled (Saturn), 1985, mezzotint, 11 x 9 1/4 in., ed. 150, collection Whitney Museum; Untitled (Saturn), 1985 “offset lithograph from a unique mezzotint”? ed. 50, via Phillips In 1657, two years after discovering Saturn’s...
StarringMatt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, James Norton, and Steve ToussaintOverviewWin or die.The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such...
My father recently wrote a piece detailing some of his thoughts on AI, and in doing so he compared using generative AI to playing Guitar Hero. I shall not let this analogy stand. If you think I’m pro-AI, you couldn’t be more wrong. There...
🇬🇧 English classes went well for Leo. He is motivated to learn and speak English. While playing Switch at the hotel, he even started speaking to himself in English, "I hate lynel... because they are strong", which is perhaps the longest...
Perfume PosseThree More from Naomi Goodsir Is everybody off on their August break? Possibly. Well, the perfume sniffage never stops. Here’s a quick run-down of three more Naomi Goodsirs, I bought the whole sample set since I loved this...