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“An app can be a home-cooked meal,”

IN WHICH we consider when we ought to say, “No, Chef.”

Published March 10, 2026
Categorized as essays Tagged Austin Kleon, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes, Erika Ishii, Newsletter posts, Robin Sloan, TapStack, The Story of the Stone

Gillen & Rossignol on MYTHIC BASTIONLAND

IN WHICH we contemplate the procedural generation of knightly adventure.

Published March 4, 2026
Categorized as update Tagged Cosmic Encounter, Jim Rossignol, Kieron Gillen, Mapping the Interior, Mythic Bastionland, Old Men Running the World, Stephen Graham Jones, The Smiling Fox

he says he wants to kill us

Sincerely, L. Cohen.

Published October 3, 2025
Categorized as quotes Tagged Leonard Cohen, The Flame

“We wanted causality from observational data. That was the dream.”

IN WHICH some observations on science strike a haunting chord.

Published September 15, 2025
Categorized as quotes Tagged ecology, Lizzie Wolkovich, science, statistics

No silk, no song

IN WHICH we plant a flag in our little patch of history.

Published September 4, 2025
Categorized as update Tagged Caught Stealing, Charlie Huston, Christian Conn, Hollow Knight, Silksong, Steam

what is thu he yells

IN WHICH we arrive late to what we suspect is a pretty well-publicized party.

Published August 3, 2025
Categorized as quotes Tagged Paul Kingsnorth, The Wake

OSR=KOB

IN WHICH we consider the diagnosticity of “rules-lightness” in picking out “old-school” TTRPGing.

Published August 2, 2025
Categorized as essays Tagged Adventuring Academy, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Dungeons & Dragons, Jim Rossignol, Kids on Bikes, Kieron Gillen, Matt Finch, Molly Knox Ostertag, Old Men Running the World, Old School Revolution

A self-published writer’s workflow, 2025

IN WHICH we open up the kit bag to reveal… not much.

Published July 21, 2025
Categorized as update Tagged Atticus, reMarkable 2, Scrivener

A new leaf for Shark Week

IN WHICH we discover an entirely new valence on a cultural icon.

Published July 20, 2025
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 30 Rock, Last Call, Shark Week, Tim Powers, Tracy Morgan

That crucial sense

“To be writing on a blog in this day and age is, let’s be honest, like being a scrivener of three-decker novels in the days of the paperback original…”

Published June 22, 2025
Categorized as quotes Tagged books, Jamie McKelvie, Warren Ellis, writing

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