The Snail Shell

ultimately, we did move. like, on the one hand, we picked the building that we want to live in. Our building has every convenience! It's...

(read this in the voice of one of those quick-cut videos) "two bedrooms! ok, cool. so here's bedroom number 1, and ... oh, I see, b...

hobbies : " do hobbies suck? " there have been times in my life when I would have had an opinion about this. I think from approx y...

" Why was the daily screaming at 8pm instead of 7pm tonight? " lol at Lyft for saying it out loud: we made everyone data scient...

usually when I say "wow!" I am speaking in doge. today I'm not! I'm gonna write "covid-19" and "coronaviru...

content warning: discussion of whether everything is or isn't hopeless bullshit; the word "suicide" comes up briefly; it'...

I used to post stuff like this and maybe I should again! Honestly, it feels like mostly clearing my brain - stuff that was in a tab somewhe...

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...