Blogs tagged "writing"

Archive depth is not a post count. A small publication starts feeling worth staying in when one post prepares the nex...

A system becomes theater when dashboards, rituals, and workflow layers make the work look handled without making deci...

Document what future-you cannot safely reconstruct. A publishing system needs visible state, a real next action, and ...

Lots of driving today. Fuck driving, man, seriously. I had another medical appointment today for my SSDI benefits app...

It seems that we've been bitten by a certain bug, one that takes any sense of meaning and truth and tries to reject i...

Things have been low stress, which I attribute to more frequently taking my Olanzapine. I've been on pretty much all ...

I checked my emails this morning and saw an alert from Cloudron that New Leaf Journal had become non-responsive. By t...

Delayed by work, but not denied, The drags on, Pook-Emu Bee links for April 23, 2026. 1. Hochul’s Fast-Track Booze Pe...

Dan Lewis’ April 21, 2026 “Now I Know” newsletter covered the subject of Garfield (the comic cat) phones washing up i...

Leafy Intro Welcome to the 276th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially v...

Leafy intro Welcome to the 275th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially v...

Leafy intro Welcome to the 273rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially v...

You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying

First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)

Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 22] Day Twenty-Two Happy Wednesday, everybody, and welcome back for Day 22 of Na/GloPoWriMo. Ou...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 21] Day Twenty Wow! Three weeks down, and just a week and some change left to go in this year’s...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 19]Day Twenty Hello, everyone, and welcome back for Day Twenty of Na/GloPoWriMo. We’re heading ...

Ne rien avoir à penser Se faire prendre pour des crétins parce que ça fonctionne Google l’annonce : il y a plus de pe...

La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond Outre la première victoire au Tour de France d’Eddy Merckx, 1969 fut une ...

Le logiciel, un nouveau pétrole ? Extrait de mon journal du 24 septembre 2025 Nous sommes fiers de nous passer de pét...

What allowed occultism to blossom in the United States at the turn of the 20th century? Linotype machines, cheap pulp...

Lantern slide of man battling bug.

An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.

Note: this review contains spoilers.

As The New York Times’ Jon Caramanica said recently (on a livestream, it should be noted), “The gap between ‘I’m a co...

I listened to the audiobooks for the first two books, highly recommend! I enjoyed them both! I tried to write a short...

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 ...

Its that time, friends! The festivities of July 2025 has come to an end. Its been a fantastic opportunity to host the...

Three things to consider this week.

The Periodic Table of Questions, ICA’s ORID, Liberating Structures’ W3, and more. How might we organize questions, an...

Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing.

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

examples of revision to fit layout constraints

in the atmosphere

ancient errors in itunes

I opened my news app this morning. By the fourth headline my mind stopped reading and started mapping. The map it mad...

Download PDF There is a man named Plinko who used to work as a clown on kids' night at a Ground Round restaurant in J...

Download PDF In 1953, Samuel Beckett wrote a play where two men wait for someone who does not come. They insist he wi...

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 ...

Jhonen Vasquez hit his highest level of cultural prominence with Invader Zim, a Nickelodeon cartoon which benefitted ...

The Companion Chronicles concept, which has a companion actor mostly narrating a story audiobook style with another a...

So, here we are, having covered the last of the New Adventures and the final Missing Adventures. There’s one last bit...

I share the story of that one time I briefly proctored a high school exam while I myself was a high school student.

I once wanted to be a basketball coach. Although I have now become a source(TM) for basketball coaches, I never coach...

The case for taking the case to enjoy a walk (solo or with company) without listening to something on your phone or i...

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...

“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 ...