Tag Archives: arts-entertainment

On the first tease of Tuesmas, my true love gave to me

Posted on December 5, 2023 by smellincoffee

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive GOLD-en RIIIIIINGS! (ahem) Sorry. ‘Tis the season. Here’s a tease and then the top ten. In order to become a swordsmith, Kevin had to be something of a Renaissance man: equal parts historian, artist, scientist, mathematician, and detective. Some … Continue reading →

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Reads to Reels: The Island of Lost Souls

Posted on October 25, 2023 by smellincoffee

Tonight a friend of mine and I watched The Island of Lost Souls, a 1932 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau. The island references Wells in the credits, and largely follows its plot although a shift in … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season II

Posted on August 31, 2023 by smellincoffee

No, Strange New Worlds is not a book. It is, in fact, a TV show. But I pay the bills ’round these parts, so I reckon’ I’ll write about what I want. The long dead period of onscreen Trek was … Continue reading →

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This is the greatest thing to hit Star Trek since Leonard Nimoy

Posted on August 29, 2023 by smellincoffee
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Mythic Realms

Posted on August 25, 2023 by smellincoffee

“It’s our duty to search out anywhere the excellent that exists within culture, and to promote it — because the excellent is always going to be in the minority. Excellence is the particular, whereas crud is universal. We find only … Continue reading →

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Woke Up This Morning

Posted on August 21, 2023 by smellincoffee

Ho! Waitaminute. This is a review of a book about The Sopranoes called Woke Up This Morning. It would be wrong to begin it without “Woke Up this Morning”. Alright, wiseguy, you watched the theme? Good. This thing of ours, … Continue reading →

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PSA: This exists

Posted on August 11, 2023 by smellincoffee

And it’s awesome. AI version of Roger Clark’s American accent (he’s Australian, mate) as Arthur Morgan singing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird”. Manalive. We’re in this interesting window where this stuff is possible and where the copyright law hasn’t caught up yet. … Continue reading →

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Meditating while the world burns

Posted on May 26, 2023 by smellincoffee

I recently asked BingAI to review the works of Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, and Musonius Rufus for me, and then roleplay as a Stoic sage. We then had an interesting conversation on Stoicism, Epicureanism, Buddhism, Taoism, and human flourishing. Then, … Continue reading →

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Log Cabin Pioneers

Posted on May 18, 2023 by smellincoffee

Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs, and Sayings© 2001 Wayne Erbson184 pages Few things are more evocative of the American frontier than a log cabin. This isn’t a new thing, either: log cabins entered American iconography as early as the 1840s, … Continue reading →

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Breaking Bad & Bama Baseball

Posted on May 11, 2023 by smellincoffee

If you’re an obsessive fan of Breaking Bad — and is any fan of Breaking Bad not an obsessive one? — this little book is a quick treat, consisting of summaries with commentary of each respective season, along with character … Continue reading →

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