Finished reading: The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs π
Great fun with some good insights for the rest of life, not just puzzles.
Finished reading: The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs π
Great fun with some good insights for the rest of life, not just puzzles.
“…anger is counterproductive to puzzle solving. And to problem solving in general.” A. J. Jacobs in The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
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Santigold’s Can’t Get Enough of Myself is mental health goals. π΅
π A solution to writerβs block: Transcribe yourself (Austin Kleon)
This is a brilliant piece of advice. The 1000+ words of my post about sweetweird and hopepunk flowed out of me beautifully and easily. I use the Otter.ai app on my phone for this.
Today I swam one pool-length, then water-walked for about 30 minutes. I also packed up 3 boxes of storage stuff to clear out the room we’re going to turn into an art studio.
I’m extra psyched about July’s Atlas Obscura Finding Wonder book club pick, The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales. It’s got that perfect new paperback smell and is about the deep ocean, a place that fascinates me. π
Anti-Racism Daily offers actions to take in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
W is reading M a Pokemon manga where a professor invited Ash & Goh to be her research fellows, which they see as great for their careers, and I don’t think W or M appreciates my color commentary about the exploitative nature of unpaid research fellowships.
Currently reading: Borderland 1 by Terri Windling π
Continuing my deep dive into woodland goth.
Currently reading: The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs π
This is the June pick for the Atlas Obscura book club at Literati. Great fun!
This is the website of Kimberly Hirsh. The subtitle of this site comes from the description of woodland goth on the Aesthetics wiki.
I acknowledge that I live and work on unceded Lumbee, Skaruhreh/Tuscarora, and Shakori land. I give respect and reverence to those who came before me. I thank Holisticism for the text of this land acknowledgement.
We must acknowledge that much of what we know of this country today, including its culture, economic growth, and development throughout history and across time, has been made possible by the labor of enslaved Africans and their ascendants who suffered the horror of the transatlantic trafficking of their people, chattel slavery, and Jim Crow. We are indebted to their labor and their sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the tremors of that violence throughout the generations and the resulting impact that can still be felt and witnessed today. I thank Dr. Terah βTJβ Stewart for the text of this labor acknowledgement.