Ars Nihil

Yeah, the Journal entries are dead again. Sorry to get your hopes up, folks.

AQI and heat here in D.C. have me going "Meh."

I had a roller-coaster of a weekend and a quiet Monday, hence the delay. The weekend is more of a private matter that I don't want to detail on a public-facing blog, so I won't be going into details here for you all. Ultimately, it ended on a good note, though, so I'll just say that... My partner is away on business, so it's just me with the house, and I'm mostly finding ways to motivate myself to act like an adult. Catching up on albums and anime on my to-do lists may not ha

Just a bunch of really small cars.

Really old funnymen, really bad cartoons, really questionable uses of AI, and Willem Dafoe gardening memes.

A selection of 11 albums for you all to hear during July-August 2026.

Quiet day - RIP Bonnie Taylor, Satanic doo-wop, and some cute animal videos.

Just a very funny story about a cat named Felix Martinez.

A sadly out-of-print book about how to do various crafts and hobbies from almost 50 years ago, now in PDF format!

Standards to help you become the very model of a modern majordomo.

I've only made duck breast twice but it turned out amazing. Here's some of my own tips and a few videos from experts.

Having almost fallen for a couple of them recently, here are some reminders of what to look out for if you suspect a cult's trying to recruit you.

I seem to be in "dweeby Anglophile" mode today.

No more heatwave = Dolly Parton, freakish Norwegian soccer players, and "Weird" Al playing the bananas.

Giving this another shot (for some reason).

250 years and this is where we're at. Where are we going next? Who knows...

Some organizations to know post-Pride Month.

A good speech about one man's history with the beginnings of Gay Liberation.

A very crashy crash course on queercore punk.

A very important piece of pre-Stonewall queer history that everyone should know.