Mondayyyy. I did some stuff last week and have some things to write about. The world cup is over! I didn't really watch it that much but I had fun watching the handful of games I caught over the last month. I am going to miss the excitement in Boston though!! It really felt like a huge mood booster for the whole city and I think everyone remembered we're allowed to have fun and be happy for a change. Hopefully some of the stuff local govs did like expand public outdoor drinking stays in…
First, the good stuff. My husband’s condition has stabilized, and he is feeling so much better. He’s looking a lot better, too – though some of that is partly because, with the heat we’ve been having, he finally shaved his head and most of his beard off, a few days ago. Today, however, was a … Continue reading Good stuff and not so good stuff
Today has been ok. Work was kinda bleh, but at least it went by fast. But I was so emotional today, I kept crying because I was sad about things in my books, even the book that I finished that I didn't like. Just a lot of 'what if things had been different' thoughts, especially regarding my family. But work eventually passed, and now I'm home. I got a nice shower, and the dev for Rush is streaming so I played some more. The dev is very nice, he's been giving me lots of complements for my play,…
Back in the day, I was a bit of a gym junkie. I would train pretty hard, consume a lot of supplements, and read a lot of bodybuilding magazines. Despite being totally unblessed with the necessary genetics, I would quietly obsess over growing bulging biceps, thunderous thighs, and washboard abs, just like the magazine ads promised.Back then, mirrors rather than smartphones were the screens of ruthless comparison. It was all about the body image. The body image and the projection of what today…
...and it ended yesterday, with Spain defeating Argentina in the 2026 World Cup final — an ignominious match, one of the worst finals in recent memory, imho — one must deal with the inevitable W.C.-withdrawal symptoms by looking for a book [any book!] related to any aspect of beguilement this year's epic invoked. [ in progress... ]
This past year has been a bit of a whirlwind. Between starting one job, completing the 2025 Tour, then in the fall starting another job where I pivoted back into hands-on development, only to find myself in the midst of the greatest upheaval the tech industry has ever seen1, honestly, it’s all been a lot. The result is that I have been woefully neglectful to my commitments around the Tour. First, and worst, I’m still not done the socks from last year’s raffle (in fact, I’m only 1.5 pairs in on…
I’m down to just five habits now. Today ends the 100 days of connecting with my sister. Most days this amounted to sending her a video to update her on my life and she would send a text reply of what was going on with her. The videos and texts started out pretty short, but by the end the videos crept up to the four minute mark and her texts went on for pages. This habit was sort of a last minute idea (spawned form the fact that Kira calls her sister every day) and it ended up being something…
surpriseday unsure i really stand by anything i wouldn't really know where to start i'm always kind of just here then i'm kind of just there warm erasence like you spotted the moon behind me today on a monday afternoon i was painting a gateless gate in a city garden and where's mind gone? i guess it's just a series of columns other things said it's a long list not the gate Yesterday :: Monday, 20th July 2026
Yesterday, Unattributed posted a long response and dissection of my article What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really?, analyzing the lack of intellectual rigour, nebulous wording, and poor research I did throughout. I already added an update to the post in question, so I won't get into the weeds here. I tried my best to respond graciously and with appreciation towards the author of the response. The writing was critical, but it was also fair and written in good faith. That said, seeing a…
This will serve as my post-race wrap-up and my Random Thoughts that I usually post on Mondays following a race – so please bear with me. It was another race and another Alex Palou win. That makes five out of twelve races that have gone to Alex Palou. As I said in this morning’s post, […]
I guess I didn't understand the degree to which Against the Storm is designed around roguelite progression. It's a fun colony sim that screeches to a halt every minute and a half so you can choose some minuscule resource production boost or an uninspiring 2% stat increase. Maybe this implies that I've enjoyed my time with the game less than I have, but what else can I say? It is very much what it is. Obviously a colony sim organized around missions with specific objectives isn't a bad idea. We…
Hi Crowd! for some reason The Algorithm presented me with this post earlier today with this snip from an interview with Naval Ravikant where he’s talking about his schedule, or rather his lack of one. “I read a blog post by Marc Andreessen where he said don’t keep a schedule. And I took that to heart. So I deleted my calendar and I don’t keep a schedule… My wife knows not to ever book or schedule me for anything. I’m not expected to go to couples dinners. I’m not expected to go to birthdays.…
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Desert Brat 2026-07-20 I can't help but notice that you didn't say "no"
Every time you have settled for less, lowered your standards, skipped, postponed what was good for you, you accepted less of you for yourself... How much have you enshittified yourself?
# Congratulations to our daughter who has just got her university results and has passed her degree with a first! She can now officially use BSc after her name. 🎉
you know when theres a fly flying around you and feel like you have stink lines coming off you? thats how i feel vibe: drinking orange juice, waiting for nick to wake up so i can just cook once before it gets too hot, listening to this as background noise to write to because it just popped up grandma update: so within the last four weeks, she fell down the stairs, had a partial hip replacement surgery, had a bilateral stroke, upper GI bleed and a heart attack. shes moved to 4 different…
CLICK HERE TO BOOK FOR MY TOURS Since before records began, Swan Upping has taken place on the River Thames in the third week of July – chosen as the ideal moment to make a census of the swans, while the cob (as the male swan is known) is moulting and flightless, and before the cygnets of Spring take flight at the end of Summer. This ancient custom stems from a world when the ownership and husbandry of swans was a matter of consequence, and they were prized as roasting birds for special…
You've probably heard this one before. It might have come from a parent, a teacher, or a friend who bought an expensive item and wanted to justify it. It goes something like this: A poor man buys a cheap pair of boots for a few dollars. They fall apart within a year, so he buys another pair. And another. Over five years, he spends far more than the man who bought one expensive, well-made pair up front. A pair that's still going strong to this day. And the lesson was simple: buying cheap is…
In search of a relatively flat cycling route that would show us an interesting cross-section of Halifax, we found our way to the Chain of Lakes Trail this afternoon. The trail runs 7¼ km, starting on Joseph Howe Boulevard and ending on Beechville Park Drive. It’s a completely separated-from-car-traffic paved trail that starts off urban, becomes park-and-lake intensive, and ends up in an industrial area.We had out bikes loaded into the car, and parked at the Atlantic Superstore on Joseph Howe;…
This museum dedicated to comics and cartoons was so inspiring, I had to sit down and catch my breath. (Let's just say I _really_ liked the funny pages when they were a thing.)Currently Listening: R.E.M. “Oh My Heart”Reply via email
We’re back home after a crazy long weekend celebrating my birthday with the grandkids. We had some adventures on land, in chasing a few leaves around the pool, and walking across a few bridges. This grandpa couldn’t have asked for a better time celebrating. Now to prepare for our next trip. Thanks for reading. You can subscribe to this blog if you care to. You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can…
I stand on a flat, high-altitude plain scattered with rocks of various sizes, sparse grass and wildflowers filling the cracks between them. The uninterrupted line of dirt and smaller stones stretching before and behind me gives the impression that this place has rarely seen bipedal life—or, if it has, it is during a time when it looks nothing like it does today. Maybe it is the foggy air that lends it a sense of mystery and magic, but this place seems untouched by the kind of time marked by…
95 reasons for having your own website by Bell Kiosk. 1) to write for oneself…3) to have a home on the open web…40) to become an island41) to become an archipelago with your friends Yep.
Left North Carolina early in the morning, made it back home to Ohio a little after 2pm, and along the way drove through just about every summer weather pattern short of an actual hurricane or tornado. One does forget how immensely large this country is, and also how lovely it is to boot. But now I’m home, and Krissy and the pets were happy to have me back. Best of all, no travel planned for a month. I can live with that. — JS
In the first two installments of this “state of AI” series, I reviewed the pace of change and the factors driving that change. Today’s installment reviews AI’s present-day impact.In the first two installments of this “state of AI” series, I reviewed the pace of progress and the factors driving that progress. Today, I’ll explore the impact of these advancing capabilities, which can be summarized as follows:AI has had, with a few exceptions, very little clear impact on the world at large.Strap…
Finished my first day at Relay today.
I’ve noticed something about living with CPTSD that I never expected. When something good happens, or we accomplish something we’re proud of, it isn’t always followed by a celebration. Instead, it can be followed by an emotional crash. It’s as though doing something positive comes with the expectation that the emotional bill is about to […] The post Why Success Can Trigger CPTSD first appeared on About That Jack.
