Blogs tagged "writing"

You ever just feel like all you'll ever amount to is just a series of impulses that can only see life as a series of ...

I had a bit of a rocky morning, but this afternoon is turning out better. I had to take my mom to a doctor's appointm...

I'm at a bar right now, and this is the first time I've gotten drunk in ages. I'm sitting outside on the patio with f...

Welcome to the 277th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

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...

We welcome May with a new edition of the daily Pook-Emu Bee links (after a spotty week). It looks nice outside my win...

I read an April 18, 2026 report in the New York Post titled After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stink...

Work did not allow for timely Pook-Emu Bee links, but today I return with nine new links from around the web. 1 Popul...

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

1st May, 2026. 08:10 PM.Maureen has posted the final housekeeping note. Which means it is official now. April has bee...

30th April 2026. 8:30 PM.It is a different kind of pain. The whole day I was so busy with work, I forgot today was th...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 30] Day ThirtyWell, it’s happened again. We’ve come to the last day of another National/Global ...

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...

The working class undergirds everything in this cartoon of capitalist society.

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.

This idea has been rattling around my brain for a while, but I’ve struggled to put it into words (though I did my bes...

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...

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

laying out the basics of the design

examples of revision to fit layout constraints

in the atmosphere

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 ...

Pin a fresh sprig of celery to your lapel, it’s time to check in with the Fifth Doctor’s audio adventures again! The ...

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...

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...

An article on Hackaday reminds me of my summer vacation 2005 project to record a perfect Mario Kart; Double Dash All ...

Back in 2021 I documented a well-painted banana bench in Brooklyn. Five years later, the bench looks a bit worse for ...

Celebrating The New Leaf Journal's sixth birthday with the announcement of a new project which will have me share my ...

“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...

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

During my teenage years, I am so fond of reading books, I believed the most effective way of learning is to read thro...

A newsletter earns its place when it gives a publication a narrower, more direct return surface instead of just repea...

A tiny publication starts becoming something you have to run when small fixes stop staying local. The archive begins ...

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