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Freedom Tower Abstract – New York, New York I’m proud to announce that Issue 86 of my photography magazine is hot off the digital presses (via email)! I’m doubling down on New York City with photos from my 2024 NYC trip, unpublished on...
DOUG ALLYN “The Iron Maiden.” Michelle “Mitch” Mitchell, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November-December 2923. The online Crime Fiction Index lists only two stories featuring deep sea diver Mitch Mitchell, but there are others yet to be...
This week, a friend shared how he learned what to look for in a relationship. It was way back in college. He’s now married with kids. One day, he saw an attractive girl on campus and stared. An older student noticed him staring and said:...
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You can tell a lot about someone if you know a few of their favourite shows, but you can tell even more about someone when they tell you that they don't really watch television. This happened a lot when I was in my 20s and surrounded by...
It's so easy for a healthy habit to get derailed by a consumerist impulse. A while ago I started journaling, and things were good. I like the Field Notes pocket notebooks, and I've been using them for a long time. I had a small surplus...
I have a new chapter out in a new edited volume, Postliberalism: A Transatlantic Debate, published by Suhrkamp. Veith Selk and Julian Nicolai Hofmann edited the book, which has been published entirely in German. They have made sure it...
Win of the week: published my latest thoughts about authenticity in digital art, digging into what evidence makes us perceive cultural works as authentic — I don’t think we’re looking for the same evidence from every artist Looking...
Damaged atomizer and typo on back of box: "And her" should be "And hers." This vintage box and bottle survived all these years because it was probably pulledstock that was taken out of commercial circulation. I don't know if it's because...
For the past five years or so, I've gone to the MADE bike show in Portland every summer, which showcases custom bike builders, people who make related products, and suppliers for frame builders. It runs through Sunday and if you're in...
For my weird post-apocalyptic setting, for now called the Lakelands, there's a needle I want to thread between giving GMs ways to make the setting their own and giving them everything they need to run a game in the setting. That's not an...
I try not to give a lot of prescriptive advice about working in tech companies1. There are many ways to be successful, and every company works differently. If you’re shipping projects and your management chain is happy, it doesn’t really...
Book review for The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. I rated it 4 stars The Word for World is Forest is rather a short read, clocking in at only 189 pages. The storyline reminds me of the James Cameron movie Avatar. And it...
Yes, that's my chest in the header image. No, the cut of my T-shirt isn't flattering. When I wrote the post Six Months After OBX, I put together this separate post of spicy answers to the kinds of questions people have been asking, but...
Earlier this week a report by UK China Transparency (UKCT) entitled The Alleged Underworld Boss Close To The Chinese Embassy In London was picked up the Daily Mail, who reworked the research within it to create their story Meet ‘Brother...