The Snail Shell

this is the most Oblique Strategy blog post I was bummed about something and going "ugh, no no no" the other day, details aren...

I've developed a mental/emotional sore spot, it seems, around the US government. Or most governments these days, including but not limi...

Mystery Hunt just wrapped up again. It was so fun! I think my post from last year still mostly holds true. If you want some examples, the...

Happy new decade. I'm on kinda an emo tear right now, and I was going to post something more mopey and grim about how I'm not gonna...

Sometimes people get in a bad state. They become homeless or go to prison or something. There are two ways that a non-homeless non-incarcer...

or, "in which I let my privilege hang out" - so, if that kinda thing bugs you, you've been forewarned How the hell do y'...

ok, time passes: how's the "shutting off the noise" working? well, it's pretty ok. it was easier than I expected. I mos...

Realize I never set this down in actual written words! So: Pearson's* Law , paraphrased: when you measure something, you will natural...

Someone once told me I sounded like Youtuber CGP Grey, so when I stumbled on the podcast he co-hosts ( Hello Internet ) I gave it a try, an...

I don't know how I got linked to this "qualia computing" site but it's occasionally-really-interesting and occasionally-c...

It's been an interesting few days. For a while I've been trying to "be in touch with my body" more. I'm not sure w...

I have so many things to say! I'll start with "here are a lot of links" because that's easier. Trying to at least kinda...

Imagine two friends A and B. A: Hey, want to go to this Indian place? B: Nah, I don't really like Indian, how about this Mexican p...

This post/talk  ( video if you prefer) is a really good description of where I'm often getting to these days. (I immediately feel a ...

I kind of value being "tough", where that means some combination of "physically fit" and "able to tolerate discomfo...

Ok now we have been through: La Paz A Salar de Uyuni (and beyond) tour Copacabana and Isla del Sol and Luna Puno, Peru Some things I ha...

We are in La Paz, Bolivia! 1. Altitude and cold are bad. We're at 10,000 ft, and nights get down to maybe the 30s, and central heating...

I feel this a lot. In short: the author (and many formerly-very-internetty people) are withdrawing from large swaths of the internet becau...

There's a low level hum in the background, basically always, telling me why I'm a Bad Person. Sometimes it's "remember tha...

(Mannn I wish I had a better title for this. The point of it, though, is that I'm trying to define an internal concept, so I guess of c...