Category Archives: General

Progress report

Posted on July 2, 2019 by smellincoffee

Well, dear readers, we’re sixth months in to 2019, and that’s a good time to do a little check up on my challengs.  First up,  Science!    For the past few years I’ve organized my science reading into diverse categories to … Continue reading →

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Library Loot Box

Posted on June 24, 2019 by smellincoffee

One of the libraries that I use for occasional nonfiction reads is going through a massive summer discarding, and – though part of my brain is steadily kicking me – I’ve taken advantage of it to acquire a box…or two…of … Continue reading →

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AI Spam Comments Volume I

Posted on June 21, 2019 by smellincoffee

I get so many bizaare or uncanny AI comments these days   that I wanted to share a few. I’ve shared a couple before which were spooky — well written, with no links or hooks, making me wonder what the point … Continue reading →

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What kills us VS what we’re told to worry about

Posted on June 1, 2019 by smellincoffee
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Buddhist cyberpunk?

Posted on May 30, 2019 by smellincoffee

“As a child I’d believed there was an essential person, a sort of core personality around which the surface factors could evolve and change without damaging the integrity of who you were. Later, I started to see that this was … Continue reading →

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John Grisham: Favorites and Unfavorites

Posted on May 17, 2019 by smellincoffee

John Grisham was the first novelist whose entire bibliography I ever finished, though these days I must limit that to “adult” biblography, given his kid lawyer series.     Given that there are so many, I thought it would  be fun … Continue reading →

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On books and decluttering

Posted on May 13, 2019 by smellincoffee

I keep a photo in my  bedroom of my college dorm —  not for sentimental musings over my  halcyon college days,  but for the simplicity expressed.  The room is largely open, containing a twin bed,  an end table with a … Continue reading →

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So it goes

Posted on April 22, 2019 by smellincoffee

This weekend has seen me reach the end of Red Dead Redemption II. I have never been as moved by the ending of a game, or by a videogame protagonist. The sheer depth of this game — so much so … Continue reading →

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Crickets

Posted on April 18, 2019 by smellincoffee

This has been a dismally slow Read of England, between a history book more dense than I’d expected, and the fact that I have been utterly absorbed in the world of Red Dead Redemption since mid-March, and when I say … Continue reading →

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Read of England, 2019!

Posted on April 1, 2019 by smellincoffee

Ah, dear readers, it’s that time again – April, a wonderful month of warm sunshine and cool breezes, and with them both a dream of another land. It’s READ OF ENGLAND time once again, a monthlong dive into English literature … Continue reading →

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