Weekend Plans Post: The Hospital
Warranties run out sometimes. You’ve still gotta do maintenance, though.
Author: Jaybird
The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: 2024 Election Edition
The election is coming. Lay down your marker.
Weekend Plans Post: The Royal Rumble
There have been a *LOT* of developments in the Wrestling World. Weird ones.
Open Mic for the week of 1/22/2024
On this day in 1992, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman to go into space, eh?
Weekend Plans Post: Slow Cooker Theory, The Bookcase That Got Away From Us, and a Small Victory
This weekend’s plans include the recipe for Lamb Dijon. Which, thankfully, requires that I brown some lamb and nothing involving a mixing bowl.
On Movie Soundtracks that Don’t Suck
I’ve been thinking about movie soundtracks every other day for 3 months. The best Orchestral ones are pretty easy.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Backpack Hero
Backpack Hero: A roguelike with an additional dynamic where how you sort your inventory matters.
From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Neri Oxman and Claudine Gay Cases Show We Need New Rules on Plagiarism
We’ve reached the “maybe these rules are too strict” portion of the discourse.
Open Mic for the week of 1/8/2024
The holiday hangover should be over by now. Now it’s just cold.
From The New York Times: The Misguided War on the SAT
Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Gremlins, Inc
You can play against bots. You probably should. It’s not good for your soul to play this game against friends.
Weekend Plans Post: Beef Stew and a Knife you Need
I got a knife for Christmas. I used it to make beef stew. The beef stew was *GOOD*.
From Twitter: Bill Ackman Releases Statement Following President Gay’s Resignation
“In light of today’s news, I thought I would try to take a step back and provide perspective on what this is really all about.”
The Best Joke of 2023 Happened on December 31st
This might be the most impressive piece of transgressive art since Serrano.
