Friday Notes (Sep 4, 2026)

"I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my …" interest in blogging. (In fact, I have a pretty good idea wherefore, but I really like the speech the quote comes from. It's the same one with the memorable lines: "What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason. …"). Only six … Continue reading →

One-and-a-Half Decades

On this day fifteen years ago, in 2011, I started this blog and published the first Logos con Carne post. Since then, I've published 2,118,480 words comprising 1,503 posts (plus 42 pages) — an average of 1,375 words per post. The anniversary means it's time for the biannual extract and analysis … Continue reading →

Friday Notes (Jul 3, 2026)

After taking May and most of June off from blogging (in fact, from anything involving sitting at my computer), I tried to jump-start myself by putting out five posts at the end of June. The more eagle-eyed readers may have noticed I put out only three. I intended a Monday post about movies I've … Continue reading →

New and Old Stuff

In the last two Friday Notes posts [one and two] I mentioned spending March and April in getting stuff done mode (a change from my lazy retirement) but, other than a picture of my new couch, haven't written much about it. In part because I keep boundaries between online and Real Life™; in part … Continue reading →