Blogs tagged "writing"

Man, the page really does feel like it's on fire today, so I better write fast. I felt myself getting manic again, wh...

I've been struggling with feelings of shame. With this project, confessing all the things I have—all under my governm...

I'm afraid of moving on. There's a certain paralysis-by-analysis that plagues me, if you can believe it! Even with al...

I came across a New York Post opinion column by Lydia Moynihan titled The Gwyneth Paltrow AI controversy only hurts w...

I came across a short post on @iamgregb (I assume by Greg B) titled “Like Them, but Better.” It’s Not. In the post, h...

It is time to wrap up another perfect five-for-five Pook-Emu Bee work-week before we take tomorrow off for Newsletter...

Sticks tongue out at AI

Free advice from the printer fixer

Graceful degradation is underrated

Leafy intro Welcome to the 294th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially v...

Welcome to the 293rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

Welcome to the 292nd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

July 22, 2026. 11:20 PMWhat’s a closet drama? Well. It is a play you read. Yes, that’s it. It is meant to be read by ...

A poem seldom arrive clean.It comes in through the windowwith dust on its knees,carrying one cracked cup,one unpaid b...

June 29, 2026, 05:45 AMThe trip was cancelled. The tickets vanished into the digital void, but the manager approved t...

L’onanisme des utilisateurs de chatbots Quand bien même les chatbots ne seraient pas les produits de gigantesques ent...

L’arnaque du bilan carbone Pourquoi nous nous sommes fait avoir dans notre soi-disant lutte contre le réchauffement c...

Un manifeste Offpunk Ce texte est une traduction en français du Offpunk Manifesto rédigé par Arlon de Serra Grande et...

Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in *The Matrix*, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of diffi...

Photographs from when Atlantic City beaches featured artists ornately sculpting sand.

A Zoroastrian text about serpents translated by the President of the Bombay Anthropological Society.

Note: this review contains spoilers What Worked the themes the curse of fame, the complicity of the public in that cu...

“Focus on the work, not your attachment to it.”

Note: This review contains spoilers What Worked Brandon Sanderson is known for his inventive world building and this ...

A professional update, some new things, a request for listeners, and a reading.

A simple method for checking in; a reading & a game for Disability Pride Month; plus some recent updates across the s...

Episode details A reading of a short poem by W.S. Merwin: The Estuary. I share a few words about what might have infl...

On the way to lightening up Even the dry sparkler takes a while

Physical space brings ambience An opportunity to dive within Suitably it manifests from within Neither more nor less ...

Sound of my master All over in me His breath in my being That sharp heartful bleeding gong of Shiva

Kicking rocks, it feels like.

Some lists of Bourdain's that I liked.

Thinking ahead.

Salutations, friends! It has been a time since I’ve had the notion of treating ChaoticanWriter.com as a place to talk...

Showcasing the latest tabletop roleplaying games from: Ghostfire Gaming, Splattered Ink Games, Wet Ink Games, Bright ...

I ran twenty 45-minute demos of Daggerheart at Gen Con 2025. Here is a list of big takeaways I have for game masters ...

Bill Walton was a one-man Venn diagram. A two-time NCAA champion at UCLA under the legendary John Wooden. A two-time ...

Bill Walton was a one-man Venn diagram. He was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA under the legendary John Wooden. A tw...

Everyone said NO. Not this year. Not this time. Not this team. We were all wrong. But never before has being so wrong...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

Lately, my son has been obsessed with asking us to tell him stories. At first, I eagerly jumped on every opportunity ...

Time to check in again on Big Finish’s offerings starring the Third Doctor. As with last time, we’re still in the era...

Time to hitch a ride with the Cosmic Hobo and take in some more Second Doctor audio releases. Last time we got four C...

When Virgin lost the licence to do Doctor Who novels, that could have been it – editor Rebecca Levene could have woun...

The non-apocalypse of Y2K obscures the lessons it has for the present

On social platforms, the "fluid self" is not a rejection of personal branding but another manifestation of it

God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hi...

I celebrate the Nintendo 64's 30th anniversary with a selection of my own late-90s N64 memories.

Recapping my 2026 Junited and JulyReply posts from Emu Cafe Social, all in one post on The New Leaf Journal.

A free white printer with a note left out for the taking in Brooklyn Heights reminded me of a Japanese horror visual ...

“Debate” as a sport is one of the most degenerate sports there is. I say this as a former participant in the sport, h...

The phrase “Sarkic” is a Greek word, meaning flesh. It’s a phrase used by the Gnostics to refer to carnal urges: thos...

Often, I write my work with a presumption in mind: Progress is bad. This view is based in various points of view, som...

I had been struggling to write for many years. Back then I was dreaming of having a blog with lots of entries. Now I ...

Not all political decisions are the same. Some are easier to make but potentially less effective while others harder ...

Have you ever thought that universities are boring and we might be able to make one that's not? Well, my friends and ...

Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredie...

Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredie...

Most people used to presume the Earth was the centre of the Universe. It sounded bizarre to others when Nicolaus Cope...