Stationery
Wondermark said it best…
I used to be like this with planners. Thankfully I’ve gotten much better about how to plan. But this comic remains brilliant.
Psychology
Essentialism and Goal-Setting
For years now, my health hasn’t really allowed me to plan ahead. Why set goals when I’d have a health setback for six weeks or so that would stop my progress? Thanks to finally getting on the right medications, I’m able to think about the future. What do I want, Read more
Travel
New England Trip 2022
Mom and I took a road trip to New England this month, from Sept. 13th to the 23rd. We had a blast. I took lots of photos. Most of them are of nature, landscapes, or buildings. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions and descriptions (though many pics aren’t described, Read more
Stationery
Orlando Pen Show 2022
Yesterday I went to the first Orlando Pen Show. It was my first pen show, too, and I had a great time. I went with my friend The Artist, who is not into fountain pens but was happy to go with me. She lives in another state but was visiting Read more
Stationery
Let’s talk stationery!
A few weeks ago I got the urge to binge recent episodes of The Pen Addict podcast. It had been several years since my last listen. When I got divorced in 2015, I sold off most of my fountain pen collection, and pretty much got out of both the hobby Read more
Psychology
The Psychopath Test
I’m continuing to enjoy my delve into audiobooks with The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson. This was my first book by him. It was great, if a bit triggering for me. When I was a teenager I dated a man who told me, laughing, Read more
History
Stranger Than We Can Imagine
I never had good luck with audiobooks. As someone who mostly reads nonfiction, I find that audiobook readers often have no idea how to handle it. It often sounds like the high school P.E. teacher trying to teach algebra — like they don’t know the material, and don’t really care Read more
Psychology
Scarier than armed combat
TW: discussion of make-believe self-harm. Back in 2002, I made friends with someone who played the live-action role-playing game (LARP) Vampire: The Masquerade. I was familiar with it, having attempted to play back in the late 90’s, but I never got to do much with my character. This time I Read more
Uncategorized
My favorite fiction writer: Rudy Rucker
I don’t read many fiction books. I used to, but in the last decade or so I’ve had a harder time with mental world-building. I still read Rudy Rucker, though. He’s a physicist and computer scientist who did a lot of acid and it shows in his work. Rucker was Read more
History
Breaking Taboos, the Elizabethan Way
You can learn a lot about a society by its taboos. Surprisingly, Britain and her former colonies still have a lot of the same social mores as the English during the Elizabethan period. From the disgust at open-mouthed chewing, to many people’s horror at frank discussions of menstruation, there’s a Read more