Sunday Morning! “Chéri” and “La Fin de Chéri” by Colette
This seems to be how Colette wrote her masterpiece novellas: Chéri and The End of Chéri: she had these two characters in mind
Category: Mindless Diversions
Saturday Morning Gaming: On Silent Protagonists
In the Dead Space remake, Isaac is no longer a silent protagonist.
I don’t see this as an improvement, really.
Weekend Plans Post: Making an Amazing Chicken Alfredo by Cheating
Sure, you could make it from scratch… but it’s been a long day, hasn’t it?
Weekend Plans Post: A Glimpse Into Another Life
I spent a week with some small children.
They are very bright lights for someone used to a darkened basement.
Weekend Plans Post: My First Piccata
One of the food prep fallacies I’ve encountered out in the wild is something like “I can’t possibly make that. It tastes too good.”
Saturday Morning Gaming: Three Person Chess
I played my first game of three-person chess and have thoughts about it.
Weekend Plans Post: The Christmas Bomb Cyclone
Holy cow, is it Christmas Weekend already?
Indeed it is.
Saturday Morning Gaming: On Fun
I watched one of Yahtzee’s Extra Punctuations and I have some thoughts.
Weekend Plans Post: 9 Shopping Days Until Christmas
Holy cow, are we halfway through December already?
Sunday Morning! “The Door” by Magda Szabó
They always judge you. On Hungarian writer Magda Szabó’s haunting novel about a housekeeper who loves and persecutes her employer in equal measure.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Pentiment First Impressions
Becoming a Medieval Master in a game made by Obsidian.
Weekend Plans Post: The Preparation for Monday
“One of life’s most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life’s least appreciated pleasures is defecation.”
–Mark Twain
Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring and Getting Gud
I wouldn’t say that I got *GUD*, but I did notice a few things recently.
Weekend Plans Post: Three Day Weekends
The only thing better than a Friday-Sunday off is a Saturday-Monday off.
