: The Faith of Beasts just arrived. Sorry Dostoyevsky, you’re getting back-burnered for a bit.
: Is there a word for that feeling that you’re on the cusp of a big change in life? Not …
: I went to Mass this morning at the monastery down in Whitesville. It was my first time visiting. It …
: Ross Douthat and Ben Sasse talk about death This is a fascinating interview. As Brent Beshore writes …
: When I look at the Youtube Family Plan on my phone, it $34.99/month. When I look in my browser, it’s …
: It turns out I might be a daily Mass person. I’ve been hitting up early morning masses 4 out 5 …
: If ever I was meant to get a crossword answer correct, this is the one.
: YouTube Premium for the family is $34.99/month now. That’s crazy.
: Aadam Jacobs Collection This is an incredible collection of live recordings from the mid-1980s until …
: I’m struggling with the impulse to shrink into my church, my home, and my gym. As Christians, …
: Over the Easter weekend, I was confirmed into the Catholic Church. What a beautiful day it was.
: My local news outlet has an RSS feed which is great. However, they also include the obituaries in …
: U2 has always been “a Christian band” in multiple senses of that phrase except the one …
: Increases in people joining the Catholic Church The Diocese of Owensboro doesn’t have their data on …
: The Chrism Mass tonight was beautiful. It’s so powerful seeing a community come together to …
: That overnight on-call is tough for an old man like me. I’m dragging this afternoon.
: So many lunges at the gym this morning. My hips aren’t working.
: Amazing day today. Fixed a weird bug early and then met some great dudes to help them with their. …
: AI and the Church, Again Jim Morin on AI and the church: A Disembodied Gospel This seems quite reasonable to me. As someone …
: I gathered some ideas of how to convert more folks when they visit my clothing store at Deathless. I …
: The Madison is probably the best work Taylor Sheridan has done. What stands out the most is how good …
: Whipsaw brain day today. Mass -> Work -> Confession -> Work -> Volunteer Committee …
: How is there not an HVAC controller that has any logic to it? I want my house to be 68 degrees all …
: When they start smashing up bells made in that exact building 140 years earlier, it really makes for …
: Gambling on Everything I’ll admit to being somewhat surprised at how quickly Polymarket and …
: Father Longecker pulling no punches on Prince William Prince William was asked about his religious …
: You’ve settled into Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov for 900 pages of Russian love triangles and …
: A couple of weeks ago, the Bishop of our Diocese said, “Last year, we had a record-breaking …
: Is modern technical clothing really better? I love the big takeaway here: better skill and knowledge …
: Hope in this World and the Next Inmate crafts crosses, delivers hope to nursing home residents It’s easy to be cynical about …
: It’s hard to compete in online marketing with the AI memers of the world. As a personal …
: I’m here for this phase of Jonah Hill. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: …
: The Oscars’ Unlikely Tribute to Motherhood Powerful cultural forces have long called for adults to …
: Just a bit outside. I’ll get ‘em next year.
: Last night, we had a tornado warning amidst a severe thunderstorm warning and then 30 minutes later, …
: On the Night Shift I’ve long worked in organizations with engineers spread around the globe. It’s common to …
: Another week. Another round of tornado watches.
: I doubt this holds through the end of the competition but I’m proud of myself for being in the top …
: You know the world is changing when your wildly non-technical spouse sends you a link to a Claude …
: Walmart’s Great Value ginger snaps are the best ginger snaps you can buy. You can make better but …
: Coldplay’s Parachutes album still holds up 25+ years later. Anyone of a certain age probably …
: This folks define “lifetime” a bit differently than I do.
: My son is taking the SAT today. He asked me this morning, “Did they have Latin on the SAT when …
: It’s a bit wild to go back and look at some of the notes I made and conversations I had a year …
: There have been 14,000+ visitors to Deathless and not one conversion (outside of my family members). …
: Every day working with AI sees me vacillating from escalating excitement for what’s possible …
: I never suspected I’d be sitting at work wishing I could get back to a 1000 page Russian novel …
: The MacBook Neo seems like a great idea. 8gb of RAM will be the big hinge point but I suspect for …
: What a beautiful machine. The fastest steam engine ever, the Mallard.
: If you were going to buy clothing, specifically tshirts, from a brand you’d never interacted …
: I was just reminded of this RC Cola I had in Prague several years back. I’m pretty sure this …
: My Lenten fast did not go well this evening. Homemade cake at the fish fry at church sent me …
: I’ve been doing some work around IndieWeb and SmallWeb sites and communities. I thought …
: If you, like me, spend your day netjacking the cyberlanes to fight against the corpobots, this is …
: Five books were delivered to my house yesterday. I duly placed them on the stack of books that have …
: The world of social media advertising is a nightmare. The tooling that these companies (Meta, X, …
: I probably won’t be adding this to the library anytime soon.
: I don’t know if I mentioned it here but Deathless has finally launched. Buy a t-shirt, please!
: This Lent, I’m trying to get back to blogging and the universe around Indieweb/Smallweb …
: I hit a major goal this morning. I got my weight below 200 for the first time since I was 15 years …
: If you have access to PBS Masterpiece, perhaps through Prime Video, please watch the show RFDS. It …
: A while back, I built a little toy to help people have fun and do some introspection: StoicBard It …
: I went to an early morning Mass. It was as full as the Sunday Mass I went to yesterday. Entire …
: Watch Ghostlight My strongest recommendation that you watch the movie Ghostlight (2024). I watched this movie a …
: It’s May Day (May 1) which in Irish is called “Lá Bealtaine” and often is seen as …
: Goodbye Discord There’s nothing inherently wrong with Discord. I actually love it. But, I love it too much. It …
: Is the Xcode Simulator the only way to build iOS apps? Is there no faster feedback loop? It’s …
: This album by Virgil Shaw is criminally unknown. Yes, it’s over 20 years old. Trust me. …
: I’ve been trying hard not to get involved in the day to day, “OMG! Did you see?!” …
: Seems like it’s probably time to revisit this little site.
: These Ticketmaster assholes:
: There’s a very subtle detail at the end of the recent All Quiet on the Western Front which …
: Parvenu: derogatory a person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity. From …
: Getting very excited about my 4x5 Calumet CC-401 that’ll be here next week. Finally making an …
: BecketAI - A one-act play I gave ChatGPT a prompt to write a one-act play. This is what it came up with: The Prompt: Write a …
: Book Angels From a publishing executive in this article about the merger of Random House and Simon & …
: Review of Spirited Will Ferrell plays himself playing his Elf character. Ryan Reynolds plays himself because that’s his …
: A Brain of Books The folks behind MusicBrainz which can identify digital music files through fingerprinting are …
: A Song of Forgetting The universe will poke you every once in a while. It just wants to make sure you’re paying …
: Sneaky Words There’s a lot to unpack in this sentence. It’s said by a character we aren’t sure if we are supposed …
: Millenary of Questions I looked up the word “millenary” and the adjective definition is “suggesting a millennium” or …
: Home Ownership I had the ultimate yak shaving homeowner day. My wife left the mower outside on Thursday. I went to …
: MOST OF US PREFER to believe we are the active subjects of our victories but only the passive …
: I don’t think I should be proud of this but I have felt this way keenly in my life. I’ve never been …
: The Truth of Work People think programming is cool and fun. I spent 30 minutes pondering the nature of truth while …
: Rediscovering Silence I think about this a lot when running or hiking in the woods. It’s one of the main reasons I’ve …
: Being good at reading code is so much more important than being good at writing it.
: Defining Irony This profile of Michael Stipe goes on to explain why the author likes this story that Stipe shares. …
: Sad, is it not? And not just for the Chinese, but for humanity in general, which loses so much when …
: Do web developers even look at their sites on mobile? This is the website for the World Games 2022. …
: Elvis Lives On I just saw the new Elvis movie. It was excellent. Even if you don’t care for his music, it’s still a …
: Permanent Record We’ve long told young people that one of the dangers of being extremely online is that anything you …
: Fireworks are Dumb I know many folks have dogs that hate the sound of fireworks. Ours do too but the 20+ horses on our …
: It can’t always get worse I went to visit my mom down in Georgia last weekend and got home Wednesday. I have accomplished …
: The Flesh A Mongol legend told to Ossendowski via Terzani. Some prophecies become fact. Thirty years before, …
: Traveling Alone Here, Terzani nails one of the joys of traveling alone. It seems a shame that our constant …
: Money for Nothing I’ve never beheld the appeal of gambling. Sure, you never know what could happen but the …
: A Changed Tune Interesting to compare this to what Terzani wrote in Giai Phong which was dismissive of “the rumors …
: Stay Busy I don’t know if we can pin this ever-vibrating busyness for all the depression in the world but it …
: You have zero knowledge of building native Apple OS apps. If you were going to build a native …
: Something Lost He’s writing about Singapore in 1993 and the question is even more prescient here and now. We focus …
: It didn’t quite work. This was published in 1995. Today, Malaysia’s population is about 33 million. …
: I remember when the MacOS used to smile at you. There was some sense that a human being made it for …
: Out of Our Element This was written in the early 1990s. How much more true must this be now? Even as we separate …
: Get Rid of Carpenter Bees For you homeowners out there with carpenter bee problems: We get carpenter bees in our barn really …
: Shortcut to blog a book excerpt to Micro.blog I still like to read a printed book. Often, I’ll come across a passage that I want to comment …
: My favorite part of Star Wars is the Absurdist and Brutalist architecture of the Empire. Absolutely …
: Vapor1994 in Swedish I received a report from @ndreas that my Vapor1994 theme wasn’t working with some characters …
: I really enjoy watching Kenley Jansen pitch for the Braves. Big guy, great stuff, confidence, old …
: I just added this site the Indieweb Webring and noticed that the links look bad in the Vapor1994 …
: The Joy in a Broken Heart A million years ago, I was living and working in Switzerland at a startup called Singularis. One of …
: Portals and MUI and Maps I’m posting this in case Google finds it and it helps someone else. I’m building some …
: Great Writing Finds a Way After writing about baseball, I have stumbled into the world that is amazing sports writing. …
: On Baseball I’ve been watching a lot of baseball lately. I was never much of a fan but something about it has …
: Strange New Worlds is definitely my favorite Trek in a long while. The acting, the structure, the …
: Vapor1994 v1.1.0 Released Vapor1994 v1.1.0 is now available. It seems like the Vapor1994 theme hit a chord with a few folks. …
: Modern Penpals I’ve recently signed up with Postcrossing which reminds me of the very best of the early …
: Given what’s happened in practice, I assume there’ll be a number of “incidents” during qualifying at …
: The New Search I don’t write a lot about tech stuff on here. However, that is my day job and I spend a lot of …
: This seems to get at the root of how so many revolutionary movements fall apart as soon as they …
: Finding all the Special Edges I love all of Orville Peck’s latest album Bronco but this song is especially beautiful: The …
: Where do we stand on Mac & Cheese ice cream? I did not buy it.
: Announcing Bandcamp Shortcode Plugin for Micro.blog I just pushed up the initial release of a plugin for Micro.blog. It’s boringly called …
: Some songs easily transcend this crushing physical reality when you listen to them in the dark with …
: Jangle and Strum This piece by Mitch Therieau explores the tension and latent power in jangle pop. I was in love with …
: Another excerpt from Giai Phong. Published in 1976, before the confirmation of the Khmer “killing …
: I’m reading Giai Phong by Tiziano Terzani and these passages about Saigon in April 1975 call to mind …
: I played Malvolio This past weekend, I played Malvolio in the Oak Island Theatre’s production of …
: It’s been very emotional here the last couple of days. My wife broke her leg and will need surgery. …
: I go through waves with SomaFM where I listen constantly for a few weeks. Then, maybe a new album …
: This song from Jake Xerxes Fussell is like a meditation and an oral history and a prayer all bound …
: Support from a Bunker Just now, I filled out a support ticket for a piece of software that I use. Their auto-reply …
: Highwire Act I thought this anecdote about stoplights was an interesting view into communication. I think we all …
: Alcohol is Bad for You One of these days, the preponderance of evidence is going to cause a shift in the culture around …
: I wish I had listened in my 20s when they told me about running and lifting weights. I’m happy …
: Onto the Favorite List Finished reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 📚 A stunning book with language and characters …
: Hard to Ignore This short, crystalline essay by Roget Lockard does a lot to wipe off the vaseline on the lens of …
: I’m making good progress on this script. Probably two-thirds of the way through. Maybe half. …
: It's Always Family Finished reading: Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey 📚 I don’t know if the authors had this …
: Sitting on a bench, having just done a workout, wondering why my scale said I gained 8 pounds in …
: I used GIthub’s VS Code in the browser yesterday to do some work. The problem I see with this …
: Let me Smell Your Baby When my wife was pregnant, I read in several parenting books that men connect with their babies …
: I love stumbling across a song I haven’t listened to in a while and needing it on repeat. …
: The bookshelves are finally coming together.
: A little mini-project that popped in my head this evening: imissyoursmell.com
: If you are trying to reach me by phone, too bad.
: What’s the current best way to do Remote Desktop between two Macs? It’s been a while …
: Working on my first new script in many years. It’s a very personal piece. I’m not sure …
: It’s the question that’s haunted me for years. Round tortilla chips or triangle tortilla …
: Nutrition is a Weird Beast I just spent a bit of time trying to identify the simplest foods possible to meet some macros for …
: The sky after a long day of putting up fence.
: If you need to bliss out with generative ambient space sounds, this video is the one you want. Some …
: I’m watching Star Trek: Discovery - S3E7 - a character just said “Your methods and …
: The Power of Teachers Our short run of shows for the Little Women play ended yesterday. It was a warm, sweet, and tender …
: I’ve just started rereading Alastair Reynolds’s Revelation Space. I had forgotten how great this …
: Two vibes today: Tessa - Crush Black Am I - Spliff Haffi Burn 🎵
: From this fall’s adaptation of Little Women at OCTC. 📷
: An Arts Collective for Owensboro It would be awfully exciting to create an arts collective here in Owensboro. It seems I’m …
: We Knew This About Pollution I can see smokestacks from the chair I’m sitting in. They mostly belong to an older coal-fired …
: The old saying goes, “I will forgive but never forget.” This is backwards. It puts all …
: The Difference Between an Artist and a Engineer I’m watching a replay of the Blue Origin launch. Specifically, I’m watching William …
: A friend shared this wonderfully detailed video about how clans work in the matrilineal culture of …
: I really love watching Billy Crudup in The Morning Show. So many strong choices that bring a …
: I’ve been vacuuming up the stinkbugs infiltrating my home. Every time, I dispatch them with an …
: There was a school shooting in Texas today. You didn’t hear about it? Doesn’t that …
: Sometimes people crack a little bit. They don’t fall apart. They develop a fissure out of …
: Lovely new experience: an ocular migraine with TV static auras and crushing movement-induced spikes. …
: Cultural shift observation: Getting married in a barn is a status signifier.
: Shakespeare's Lights I saw this in my Theatre textbook today: “Interestingly, the division into acts was added …
: Between the Christmas episode and the Beard episode of Ted Lasso, plus the Writer episodes of Mythic …
: Just saved a guy from ODing. Thanks to the sheriff’s deputy who showed up with his Narcan. I …
: Death Songs I’ve been curating a singular playlist for as long as it’s been possible to have digital …
: I have to memorize a very long monologue in the next week or less. Looking on the Internet for tips …
: Ezell’s Law: “When working in technology, there is an inverse relationship between speed …
: It’s been fun to watch our son start to take responsibility and pride in the work he does for …
: Effusive Joy If you’ve never seen someone step into something that scares the shit out of them and then do …
: I would love to see someone like James Gunn take on a reboot of the Remo Williams movies series that …
: Today was my third day in acting class at the local college. I haven’t yet found a way to …
: “If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really …
: I’m watching this Beckett movie on Netflix. This man is in a Greek police precinct and behind …
: This book’s sense of place, and light, and heat, and shadow has me jealous beyond measure. …
: A Rapacious Infrastructure I’ve worked in the tech industry since 1998. Mostly, I’ve been building websites or more …
: It makes sense to me that we should be careful about the language we use in the forest. While most …
: I’m in the wrong business. This cereal is $10 per 7oz box. I buy some ridiculous, bougie, …
: We are traveling to pick up our son from camp. There have been a few letters home and a few photos …
: A week in and Rich Eisen is still terrible. Bad jokes about names he finds hard to pronounce. …
: This NY Times article about running has some great stats and measurements about how the body runs. …
: Streaming the Olympics As Catie Keck points out in this article on the Verge, streaming the Olympics is a mess. One thing …
: My coworker is unhappy with their desk location.
: Happy to have just pre-ordered a Playdate handheld gaming machine. This scratches the itch of …
: It’s new comic book day. One of the things I really like about reading comics is that new …
: It’s easy to ignore how what we eat affects not just our physical health but our mental …
: In what year did pitchers become “very serious players” instead of the characters and …
: The Routine Sequence I’ve written more words in my novel manuscript in the last week than I have in months. …
: There are a lot of emotional moments in the Olympics. It’s part of what makes it special. The …
: Now that the Cleveland Indians are becoming the Cleveland Guardians, I would like to announce my …
: I would love to know what about my Youtube history would make them think I want to see a Ben Shapiro …
: It’s always a good day when they tell you that over half of your tuition is going to be waived …
: Got back in the saddle today with some work on the novel. I’m going to try the same routine …
: I know some folks want to get moralistic about all this “sticky stuff” talk in baseball. …
: From on High On occasion, I work in my living room instead of my office. Mostly, because it looks like this: …
: Lewis Hamilton overcomes a 10 second penalty after an early tussle with Max. I know opinions abound …
: I’d love to watch a great sci-fi film that isn’t just horror in space. So much of sci-fi …
: Mythic Spin-offs I’m no horseman. I do live on a horse farm with almost two dozen horses. There’s a pig, a cat, and …
: At least 80% of my work is, “This feature seems a lot like that feature except with different …
: I know the All-Star Break is a nice special event. I’m ready to get back to the rhythm of …
: To write a first page like this must feel like one could simply mold the world to your will. …
: I wrote my first micro.blog plugin. Then, I decided I didn’t like it. Learning is like that …
: Beginning another read of my second all-time favorite book. Currently reading: Shadow Country by …
: I’ve recently started watching a lot more baseball mostly to connect with my Mom who is a big …
: When they say “bodyweight exercises” are we allowed to choose the body? Next week, we …
: Hamlet is enjoying his new pool.
: Every so often, I decry the cost of the NY Times. It snuck up to $17/month for me. Then, I read a …
: I was using eleventy to build a static site for alexezell.com but considering moving the whole …
: Currently reading: the last days of new paris by China Miéville 📚
: Tell Me More I was thinking today about how we are drawn to those aspects of people we know that are either …
: Started a workout routine. I won’t bore you with the details. Instead, I wanted to highlight …
: I’m just putting the finishing touches on www.sadvacuum.com - That’s not wholly true. …
: Reading any of the Warhammer books from the Black Library really makes you shift the way your brain …