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Writing Doesn't Always Look the Way You Think
February 6, 2026
A couple days ago Penny Arcade posted a great scathing comic about an ad for an LLM; the ad promised that new users could “start writing for free!” Of course...
Snow Days
January 30, 2026
I could just subtitle all of these "some thoughts", you know
Engineers on God
January 23, 2026
Coming to you live from the rec center.
Fresco Fiction
January 16, 2026
Django Wexler's The Thirteenth God, Gillen's The Power Fantasy
Witness
January 9, 2026
Some scattered thoughts
A Little Christmas Music
December 23, 2025
Tunes for thought
Why I Left Substack
December 12, 2025
in case you can't guess
Third Place Gift Guide 2025
December 9, 2025
A few objects I’ve liked this year.
Pots and Pans
November 14, 2025
Things, and the melting thereof
Visits from the *ahem* Squad
November 7, 2025
On spare attention, the changing internet, and need.
It's time for DEAD HAND RULE!
October 28, 2025
Happy reading, everyone!
Next Week: Dead Hand Rule!
October 24, 2025
A definition.... and the story thus far.
Like Saruman
October 17, 2025
Approaching Launch Day with a Fragmented Mind
All at Once
October 10, 2025
Dead Hand Rule and This is How You Lose the Time War special edition inbound!
In a Way, the Skull is an Assistive Technology
October 3, 2025
An Interview with Courtney Floyd, author of Higher Magic
Where the Lines Converge
September 26, 2025
Dead Country and Wicked Problems AMA Roundup!
Bring Along All Your Hopes & Dreams
September 19, 2025
Events, Book Sale, the Springboard of the Imagination
36 Cups of Coffee
September 12, 2025
'til I go... tothevalleybelow
A Tension that Shapes
September 5, 2025
A note on finishing work, occasioned by the release of the bug gal game
Ruin of Angels AMA Roundup!
August 22, 2025
More questions and more answers.
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