Spinner fidget toys
I recently learned about a hot new toy: the spinner fidget toy. You hold it between thumb and finger...
Two business models
Two business models for selling CDs on Venice Beach: Hand a CD to a passing individual tourist in a way...
Speeding to a stop
I was driving along in the right lane of a Mountain View street the other week when I passed a...
Starting points for reading Delany
In the past couple years, there've been about three times when I've had occasion to suggest starting points for reading...
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...