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 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 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 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 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 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 — 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 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 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 Read more