Ars Nihil

Currently on my 2nd summer blogging sabbatical - please enjoy today's album and image. May or may hand out a micro-post, depending on how...

These four videos from YouTuber Unscary Ghosts actually make up a larger story - the less said, the sillier they are: Reminder: I'm...

"Against Self-Optimization" by David Zahl (Plough) Photo by Shiromani Kant ( Unsplash ) "There’s nothing wrong with conserving our time...

"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unflailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient,...

I have a touch-and-go relationship with drawing, in that I can draw simple cartoony figures but not much else. I've always like drawing...

Currently on my 2nd summer blogging sabbatical - please enjoy today's album and image. May or may hand out a micro-post, depending on how...

Continuing from similar posts showing some of my favorite Likes on Instagram and Tumblr, as a way of sharing cool things I find there....

Currently on my 2nd summer blogging sabbatical - please enjoy today's album and image. May or may hand out a micro-post, depending on how...

I don't have a lot to add for Ozzy's passing since I wasn't the biggest fan, even though I had a fondness for his time with Black Sabbath...

Seeing as I have nothing of real note to add lately, I'm going on my next blogging sabbatical starting tomorrow. If anything changes,...

A fun thing about being on Reddit and other social media is that despite all of the garbage you have to ingest, you often also find...

This is one of the best analogies I can think of regarding the U.S.A. as an American. Started reading Caste the other day and this...

Nothing notable this weekend or even today - mostly spent it reorganizing, chilling, and being with some friends yesterday. Also debating...

July 20th seems to be a big day for observation days, with chess and ice cream and all - apparently it's also National Moon Day too...

Along with chess , today was also National Ice Cream Day . Here's a clip from Modern Marvels about how it gets made:

A little late to the party (writing this at 9pm) but still wanted to make a quick post to mark today as International Chess Day . Here...

After finding out there is, indeed, a Bone Museum in Brooklyn, I was asked by my spouse to share what I found. It's certainly a thing....

This weekend's albums are both volumes of Mutant Disco: A Subtle Dislocation of the Norm (2003) [which should be shown as a double album...

Ibn Battuta was quite a character - his travels hilariously wild. The video from Extra History is a good start but I've also added some...

I don't have anything interesting or important to add for today - please enjoy today's album and image. - A.B. 7/18/25 Today's album is...