Mysterious Island, colonialism, and translators’ agendas
The other day, I pulled Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne, off my unread-books shelf. I decided that I didn't really...
The lifeboat scenario
My 9th-grade English teacher, Mr. Eymil, gave us a surprise in-class writing assignment one day in 1983. He told us...
In defense of Marvel and diversity
This is a long impassioned post in which I try to come to the defense of Marvel comics. The TL;DR...
Birthday week update
As I mentioned last week, I decided not to have a birthday party this year. And I'm not really particularly...
Spring
About ten hours ago, the vernal equinox arrived here in the northern hemisphere. In honor of that, here's my traditional...
The non-party of the first part
I had been planning to have a birthday party this year; partly just because it's been a long time since...
Foggy con
I'm at FOGcon, but boy am I not in con headspace. This morning I woke up a couple hours later...
Why I’m giving up on DoorDash
TL;DR: This is another over-long customer service rant from Jed, this time explaining why I won't be using DoorDash again...
Twelve years
Twelve years ago today, my father was killed. I've been off-kilter for the past couple weeks; sometimes fine, sometimes sad...
Hold the line: How best to contact Congress
Long but fascinating article about the effectiveness of various means of contacting US members of Congress. It contradicts some things...
Speed up, slow down, repeat
Something that happens surprisingly often when I'm driving on the freeway: I'm in lane 2 (where lane 1 is the...
Mood-swingy
On the plus side: Recently acquired a lovely glass Klein bottle. Warm sunshine and blue skies have lifted my spirits...