Category Archives: General

Boy meets CPU

Posted on February 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

I’m one of those Millennial kids whose childhood had a BC/AD split. I was more or less oblivious to computers in the early and mid-1990s: though they were present in our elementary classrooms, none of my teachers used them. I … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: January 2025

Posted on January 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

JANUARY: Supermarket Woman, 1996. Japanese comedy about a man with a struggling supermarket who runs into an old high school flame and, upon realizing she has Housewife insight into supermarket operations, hires her. Fascinating to see 1990s fashion in Japan. … Continue reading →

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January 2025 in Review

Posted on January 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Welcome to the first 2025 monthly recap! The year is off to a good start, as I was able to hit most of my usual genres — only science fiction was neglected. I’ve already completed a quarter of the science … Continue reading →

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Top Ten New to Me Authors from 2024

Posted on January 28, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT celebrates authors we discovered in 2024. But first, teases! Fifteen miles in from Guadalcanal’s north coast, up a mountain trail that teases the climber with an apparently endless succession of hillocks, there stands a ridge that offers a … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday, TT, Tech Problems, and Fake News

Posted on January 22, 2025 by smellincoffee

I woke up Wednesday morning and my brand-new superduper gaming rig with nine colorful fans and a hum like a small airplane was unresponsive. No idea why, as it was working fine the night before — and into Wednesday, since … Continue reading →

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Trump: The Art of the Comeback

Posted on January 20, 2025 by smellincoffee

This business history / memoir is not something I’d ordinarily read, given that when my reading brushes business it’s usually in connection with something like food, energy, or IT. Howeverrrrrrr, since Trump went out of office and now he’s going … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Favorite Things to Do in Winter

Posted on January 15, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s topic from Long and Short Reviews is “Favorite Thing to do in Winter”. In Alabama, we don’t get snow (not usually, northern Alabama just got a few inches last week), so I’m not skiing or sledding or anything. It’s … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Recent TBR’s

Posted on January 14, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books recently added to our TBR list. I’ve got a few reviews lined up, but foist: here’s a tease! The Buddhist point of view takes the function of work to be at least threefold: to give a … Continue reading →

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Prompt: most memorable road trip

Posted on January 13, 2025 by smellincoffee

Oh, this is an easy one. New Mexico, 2016. Not only was it my first time on an airplane, and my first time out of the South, but it was my first time taking a vacation somewhere as an adult: … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on January 8, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Sword Brethren, the start of a new historical fiction series about a man whose childhood home and title were stolen from him at age fourteen, forcing him to create a new life as a … Continue reading →

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