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Today's pretty non-descript - enjoy the offerings. - AB 10/27/25 Today's Offerings Album Soon Over Babaluma by Can (1974) Video Extra Credits covers the mechanics that make escape rooms work. Currently Reading Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture , edited by Roxane Gay Wikipedia Entry Social Media Share Article of Interest

Today's pretty non-descript - enjoy the offerings. - AB 10/25/25 Today's Offerings Albums Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) and its live predecessor, Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin' (1974), both by Paul Simon [selected since 10/25 is the 50th anniversary for one of my favorite albums] Video Up From The Depth , a channel dedicated to all things Godzilla, has a good video that works as a primer for anyone getting into giant monster movies and wants some recommendat

Today's pretty non-descript - enjoy the offerings. - AB 10/24/25 Today's Offerings Album Starfish by The Church (1988) Image Photo by Valeriia Neganova ( Unsplash ) Wikipedia Entry Social Media Share Article of Interest Special Day of the Year

Last night was a bit rough due to helping my spouse deal with a couple of crises, which unconveniently had to happen the day before a big trip so we only slept between 1am-5am. So I'm a bit groggy while also fighting a possible sinus infection. Mostly taking it easy today. - AB 10/23/25 Mood: Spouse is away, so just me and the dog in the house so just chilling right now, not fully sure what to do with myself... Weather: Chilly, sunny, wouldn't mind some rain. Today's Offerin

Today's pretty non-descript - enjoy the offerings. - AB 10/22/25 Mood: Frustrated but otherwise fine. Came up with an excellent idea for a possible book/set of stories that I'm excited about exploring further. Weather: Chilly, sunny, occasionally cloudy. Standard fall weather where I'm at. Today's Offerings Album The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands by The Turtles (1968) Image Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann ( Unsplash ) Currently Reading In the Time of the Butterflies

I woke up this morning obsessively thinking about anatomy for some reason and now want to buy a For Dummies book about it so I know more off the top of my head. This led to a rabbit hole about how there's so much out there I don't even know the basics for that I wish I hadn't dithered about for the last 20 years and just took advantage of learning more. (Spanish and playing guitar are always the other two that fall under this category.) Fortunately, youth is always wasted on

Since I've been complaining about not having much to say lately, I'm switching up the formula for these journal entries by providing clearly defined "offerings" every day (with longer things for the weekend posts). A lot of these are coming from back-logs and a gigantic OneNote file of shit I've been collecting for the last two years. Better to share than hoard, am I right? I'm hoping this freshens the blog a little bit more and allows me a chance to recalibrate how I want po

Like I mentioned yesterday, I'm finding myself in a rut with this blog and trying to figure out how to be more meaningful with it aside from just reposting things for whatever special day it is or because someone died. I almost decided that I'd stop doing these journals altogether but may instead switch focus to using writing prompts for days where I don't have anything personal to write about. Don't know, will figure it out. This weekend, otherwise, is packed with Halloween-

There's not been a whole lot going on with my life lately that I've been wanting to share here but I have been more focused on learning how to make zines and have been socializing a lot more lately than I normally would have. Also finding myself getting tired of making most of my recent posts revolve around "Days of the Year" things, so I want to dial back on that and start refocusing on what topics I base my blog around. Wouldn't feel right, though, if I didn't post somethin

Today's album is The Crane Wife by The Decemberists (2006) and the featured image is from Oskar Kadaksoo . - AB 10/16/25

Today's album is Lunatic Harness by μ-Ziq (1997) and the featured image is from Austin Ramsey . - AB 10/15/25

My spouse goes absolutely nuts about edible mushrooms, which is funny since I used to hate them when I was younger. Learning to taste the differences between them and knowing how to actually cook good mushroom recipes was a game changer on my relationship with these edible fungi. Today's National Mushroom Day and I was planning on cooking some tonight for dinner anyways so funny how that works out... 😄🍄 Reminder (since it's very important): there are many poisonous or hallu

Hearing D'Angelo passed away today is in the same category as when I heard the news when David Bowie, Prince, and Anthony Bourdain each died: an unexpected gut punch. I even just posted his debut not too long ago and was thinking about why it had been so long since I last heard anything about him. I wasn't a superfan but his career was built on just three absolute classic albums with no duds (1995's Brown Sugar , 2000's Voodoo , and 2014's Black Messiah ), which is as perfect

Today's album is The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet (1993) and the featured image is from Caden Flint . - AB...

Today's album is Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time by Patton Oswalt (2014) and the featured image is from Jonny Gios . - AB 10/13/25

Nothing big to report but today (10/11) is National Chess Day and I'm providing a link for a post I did for International Chess Day and some other chess-related posts a couple months ago to celebrate: This weekend's album is The Sacrificial Code by Kali Malone (2019) and the featured video is from The Royal Institution taken from Dr. Jim Gates's lecture on quantum gravity (with a couple wikis included about Dr. Gates himself and quantum gravity as a subject). - AB 10/11/25

Today's album is The Infamous by Mobb Deep (1995), which was crowned recently as the top rap album in Pitchfork's frankly weird "100...

Today's album is Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode (1987) and the featured video is from Kurtzgesagt about how amphetamines work on...

Today's album is Radiator by Super Furry Animals (1997) and the featured video is from Wendover Productions about how Washington D.C....

Today's album is Strategic Grill Locations by Mitch Hedberg (1999) and the featured image is from Mariola Grobelska . - AB 10/7/25