Jul 13, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Means Everything Information is pretty overrated, isn't it? In so many ways, it feels like we're really just going around in circles, and the sense of novelty feels more dangerous to me than anything. I keep circli...
Jul 13, 2026 from Noahie's Blog The Noahie Tapes I Your browser does not support the audio element. After a brief wait, I have finally released the first of TNT. This was a fun project, and while some of the transitions were a bit hacked together, ...
Jul 12, 2026 from The Emu Café Social The Sinking of Victory Chimes In late 2024, I wrote a research article on Victory Chimes, a historic schooner that was docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park and was in the process of being converted into a restaurant boat. My article ...
Jul 12, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal Reinstalling 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXVIII Welcome to the 288th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-form writing sister...
Jul 12, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Nagoya Basho Predictions The Nagoya Basho grand sumo tournament is about to begin. I watched the first three tournaments of the year (January, March, and May) and am excited for the fourth. I would not yet deem myself comp...
Jul 11, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Chosen I think I need to start doing less shit. Even less than what I've already been doing—can you believe that? I had to surrender Arthur to the shelter yesterday, so that was a hard day. Somehow I made...
Jul 10, 2026 from riz#000000me The One Ring Index An index of heroic cultures, patrons, landmarks, and magical items from across the published books.
Jul 10, 2026 from The Autodidacts People and Clothes Some people’s clothes have a way of riding up in unfortunate places, in a way that seems almost willful. It’s as if the clothes are sentient, and cloth and wearer are locked in a lifelong battle fo...
Jul 09, 2026 from riz#000000me Hacks for D&D to Do Less Math D&D outside of combat is way too fiddly.
Jul 09, 2026 from riz#000000me Simpler Character Creation in D&D5.5e We have got to get away from the tyranny of numbers!
Jul 09, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Deadbeats Most salesmen are thieves who steal with their tongues. It doesn't matter if you're a billionaire or some homeless schizophrenic; everyone lives hand-to-mouth. The true act of discernment lies in u...
Jul 08, 2026 from The Public Domain Review “Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head”: Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage. Arnoud Visser investigates this stock character of the pedant and his association with individual superiority, social dist...
Jul 08, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Peruvianizing Peru: Covers from Amauta Magazine (1926–30) Cover designs for José Carlos Mariátegui’s radical Lima-based magazine.
Jul 08, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Relevance To say that I don't write every day to maintain relevance would be a lie. I do want to stay relevant to my readers, but not for anyone else's sake—only for (You). Thankfully, my site is structured ...
Jul 07, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Choice Notes on History from Notes and Queries (1858) Selections from a peculiar British journal that focus on the peculiarities of British monarchs.
Jul 07, 2026 from Noahie's Blog The Gaps Remember the gaps. I've been getting better at it myself, finding those lovely small glimpses of time where nothing seems to pass; nothing to process, nothing to manifest or build. Those small mome...
Jul 06, 2026 from riz#000000me Grading Papers Working with high school students in a college-level class.
Jul 06, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Admonitions I find myself becoming a lot less rigid in my prayer life, which to some might sound like a good thing. For me, I don't see it as a bad thing so much as a slightly scary notion; there's a sense of ...
Jul 05, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Independence Day Fireworks I decided to step out to see if I could see the 4th of July fireworks from a cross-street in Brooklyn Heights. I took this video from Pierrepont and Willow Streets and then converted it into a gif ...
