Category: fluff
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Quote of the Day
No comments on Quote of the DayA study during the pandemic found that people who started gardening, crafting or woodworking for just a half-hour a day reported greater life satisfaction;
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Twenty-First Night of September
Do you remember The twenty-first night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away
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Reading Recommendations
Short things by Naomi Kritzer: Better Living Through Algorithms – just won Best Short Story Hugo Award The Year Without Sunshine – just won Best Novelette Hugo Award Recent books: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older, and the sequel, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles The Infomacracy series by Malka Older. Life Beyond Us […]
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Podcast Apps
As usual when Google has an app that just works, it’s being taken away. Google is pushing Podcast users to YouTube Music. I’m looking at other podcast app options for Android. At the moment I’ve installed AntennaPod, largely because it’s open source and free. I’ve had no problem finding my usual podcasts. Playback hasn’t been […]
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A post
I have installed Habitica again, and setup a system of things to do daily, things that repeat frequently, and occasional to-dos. One is to “Write a blog post”. So. This is a blog post. :)
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Hm, maybe I should post more often
The 2nd-most-recent post on the blog is from February and mentions that I’d gotten my silver Translator badge that week. I got my gold Translator badge* last week. Maybe I should post more? Harriet Brown has been writing more about weight and health of late. The most recent, in Slate, is worth reading (though the comments are […]
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I confess – I laughed
I live in Seattle, which means The Stranger is a local institution. From The Stranger‘s “regrets” of the previous year — a mishmash of errors they made and regret, errors and non-errors they don’t regret, and various other sarcastic local commentary — comes this sarcastic and possibly blasphemous gem: Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior, […]
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Ingress
If you saw my recent tumblr posts you may have thought I’m playing Ingress. I am. Ingress is many things: an augmented reality game, Google Maps gamified, a walking game, a reason to get outside the house. The game centers around “portals”. Portals can be gathering places, libraries, churches, unique businesses, or artworks — and, as a […]
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Need a laugh?
This video from The Doubleclicks gave me one today. Growing up isn’t fast In fact it’s so slow you don’t see it happen I turned around one day to find That I worked a job & I had to file taxes But I still like fun And I still like games And I still want […]
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It Came From The Search Terms
Once again, a post inspired by search terms used to reach my site. how much does a woman who wears a 5x weigh This probably depends on the woman’s height, amount of muscle, and how many limbs have been replaced with cybernetics. Really, some of those are heavy. what are the rules about having to […]
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Back from Norwescon!
As mentioned on Twitter, I was at Norwescon this weekend! One of the most delightful parts was the interview session with special guest Seanan McGuire, who is also Mira Grant. I don’t have that to share with you, but I do have this from her book tour last fall for her book Parasite (which IS about […]
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It Came From The Search Terms
When you go to a page by searching Google (or whatev) it very nicely let your sites know what you searched on. WordPress aggregates this for its users. Some of them are fun. how do morbidly obese people get dressed Once you manage to buy the clothes it’s not all that different…. how some will look if […]
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Music Monday
You have probably heard “Stairway to Heaven”…. Stairway To Heaven performed by Heart with Jason Bonham But have you heard “Railway to Hogwarts“?
Living ~400lbs 