And keep the mind quiet.
Periodicals
Posted by j.c.w.
on May 13, 2020
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Warren Ellis has a newsletter. It’s very good. It has turned me on to some really good books and a couple of magazines that I feel like sharing.
Rituals and Declarations is a UK based series of 4 issues. The current is issue 2. I’ve taken my time reading these. They’re nice to savor. Interesting topics that I wouldn’t have come across on my own. It feels like I’m learning things.
There’s also Weird Walk which is another one based out of the UK and is about, well, walking and weird places. Another good one to pick at over the course of a few evenings.
I’m not sure that Ellis brought me to The Desert Oracle but I’ll give a not anyway. This one is subscription worthy for sure. It’s a field guide to the American Desert. The stories cover flora and fauna with the occasional UFO or conspiracy theory thrown in for good measure. The podcast is great too.
Where Are We?
Posted by j.c.w.
on May 11, 2020
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Here’s the thing: a few months ago, I wanted to get this site going as a daily blog thing just to make sure that I was putting something out there. It was an exercise in thinking and staying awake.
And then, the apocalypse kind of snuck in and wrecked everything.
So here we are. This is week 9 of lockdown. There are a million voices out there screaming different narratives and all that matters to me is that I have vulnerable people in my family that require care. I have to make sure they stay safe.
But in all of this, I also have to keep myself sane. What does that even mean?
It means that, starting today, I’m going back to my hobbies in a big way. I’m getting more involved in my radio stuff, I’m going to spend more time with my guitar, I’m going to read and write more, and I’m going to build a LEGO model of the ISS.
Yup. That’s the plan.
The Monkey Grammarian
Posted by j.c.w.
on January 8, 2020
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I finished this one up last night. It keeps in line with my recent kick with authors translated from Spanish. This book is more poem than prose and it is beautiful. Chapter 9 in particular is one that I would underline all of. I will definitely revisit this one in a year or so. It’s dense, but I don’t want to overthink it.
The Mighty Fitz
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on January 6, 2020
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I finished up The Mighty Fitz by Michael Shumacher a week or so ago (just before I finished Kitchen Confidential) and it was a fascinating recounting of the tragedy and investigation. No, it’s not an in-depth, technical rehash of the sinking, but it did plow through enough of the detail to make one want to know more. A good introductory text on the matter, I’d say.
Given all the theories, it did make me want to dig a little deeper. Later. It’s not great before bed reading, this subject.