Nov 02, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Nightside Confessions Autobiography is the ultimate example of the unreliable narrator in purported non-fiction. The only particularly compelling reason to read any autobiography is because you consider the author inter...
Nov 01, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Africa Has More Catholics than Europe EWTN, citing to statistics compiled by Agenzia Fides, reports that Africa now has a larger Catholic population than Europe (288.3 million to 287.2 million). I would have guessed that was the case b...
Nov 01, 2026 from Case Vault — EN The Bre-X Gold Scandal Indonesia · 1993–1997 · Fraud — Geologists artificially enriched drill core samples with river gold at Indonesia's Busang deposit, fueling a massive stock market fraud before an audit exposed the t...
Nov 01, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Learning New Things About Ren’Py (Screenshots) I have reviewed many visual novels written in Ren’Py (I also published a visual novel that I wrote in Ren’Py). I want to reassure everyone that it had totally occurred to be before I published my O...
Nov 01, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Hellraiser: Revival – New Routes To Hell Aidan Lynch dropped out of medical school, addicted to entirely too many substances and thrills to cut as a doctor. Instead, he became an enforcer for the Hell Raisers biker gang, doing the occasio...
Nov 01, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Hair Color in Once Upon a Hallow’s Eve (Visual Novel) Analyzing hair color in a 10-year old freeware original English-language visual novel.
Nov 01, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Once Upon a Hallow’s Eve – Visual Novel Review A Halloween review of a freeware otome visual novel set on Halloween, Once Upon a Hallow's Eve.
Oct 31, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal Inbox Treat 〜 Booletter Leaf Journal CCCIV Spookleaf Intro Welcome to the 304th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-for...
Oct 31, 2026 from Improve Something Today Simple ways to prepare before facilitating a meeting Things to do in advance: make a plan & be ready to throw it away; keep some secrets & reveal others; get some rest.
Oct 31, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Webmaster PSA: RSSingBot I encourage people to follow this site and The New Leaf Journal via feed. But while I welcome feed readers, I do not welcome bots and scrapers that fetch my feeds for the purpose of effectively re-...
Oct 30, 2026 from The Autodidacts A Yes Person’s Guide to Saying No Defenses upI've always been an enthusiastic person. I like to jump from one project to the next (literally running, when possible) with my knobs turned to 11. I tend to do well on relatively short ...
Oct 30, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Bad Puns: Romania Edition The Jamestown Foundation published an article by Peter Fazekas on the formation of a new minority government in Romania. In discussing the various parties, Mr. Fazekas explained that the largest op...
Oct 30, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Pumpkin Arranging and Pumpkin Clean-up Learning about pumpkin porch decorating businesses, with an emphasis on clean-up services.
Oct 29, 2026 from Case Vault — EN The 1994 Scream Theft Norway · 1994 · Theft — Thieves used a ladder to break into Norway's National Gallery and stole Edvard Munch's iconic 1893 painting The Scream in just 50 seconds.
Oct 29, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Churanoumi Becomes First Sumo Wrestler From Okinawa to Reach Sanyaku Churanoumi became the first sumo wrestler from Okinawa Prefecture to reach sumo wrestling’s sanyaku ranks. He will make his sankyaki debut at Komusubi 1-East at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, wh...
Oct 29, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Halloween Ghosts in Brooklyn (Happy and Bibliophile) After offering thoughts on tasteful Halloween decorations, I present three happy ghosts seen in Brooklyn in October 2026.
Oct 29, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Crooked and Slanted The world's got me feeling like a dollar in her hand, but too bad I don't make any sense. What if, perhaps one day, I closed my eyes and didn't care to wake up the next day? All the busyness, all t...
Oct 28, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Wonderful Weather: Floods and Foreboding in 17th-Century Britain When the Bristol Channel flooded in 1607, it was not just one of the worst natural disasters in British history, it was also a sign, for many, that they had strayed from the path of God. Erik Crnko...
Oct 28, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Flat-Out Lying Over the last few months, I have truly found myself embracing non-activity. Perhaps it's because I am too tired and ill for other stuff, but I find that most days, I just hang out and do—well, noth...
Oct 27, 2026 from The Autodidacts The Command Line as Franken-REPL Learning to thrive in the Mos Eisley cantina
