Ars Nihil

So a couple days ago while reading Reddit, someone had posted in r/ancienthistory a link about how benevolent the Roman dictator...

Brain rot: Mindless digital content; the fixation on it and harmful mental effects of it. - Merriam-Webster Been seeing a lot written and...

Imagine my surprise when I found out today was National Roller Coaster Day: I was obsessed with roller coasters as a kid, to the point...

Rabies is no joke. If you ever come across any animal infected with it, use extreme caution and keep the following information in mind:...

This week's Behind The Bastards was interesting, since it appears standup comedy has reactionary views kind of baked into it from the...

r/coolguides on Reddit is usually a junkpile when it comes to actually useful information but this one post about how to actually...

People-pleasing is something that seems to manifest itself for me and my spouse within our relationship and how we interact with...

I'm more biased towards dogs (I have a weenie mix whose still adorable and puppy-like into old age), I've always has a soft spot for...

Today seems to be the day I come across a couple articles about the nature of power vacuums. One was about how average people don't...

"The ostrich burying its head in the sand does at any rate wish to convey the impression that its head is the most important part of it."...

(Featured image is from Giammarco Boscaro .)

While I was in New York, I got a chance to see Seven Samurai at Film Forum as part of their recent Kurosawa 4K restoration retrospective...

This is several posts taken from Reddit, since this should be read by anyone dreaming about winning the lottery. Biggest takeaway is also...

Reminder: I'm currently taking a blogging sabbatical and this was a pre-planned scheduled post. If there's typos or mishaps, I'll take...

"Boundaries are often thought of as rules for other people, but in reality, they're rules for ourselves. They're our own definition of...

"The Origins of the Research University" by Clara Collier (Asterisk) Photo by Dom Fou ( Unsplash ) "Again: it’s not that nobody in...

Nothing instructional here, expect if you want to learn how being petty can turn you into a hero for wronged children. (This is one of my...

According to my Special Days websites, today is International Beer Day . Since my relationship with beer is a complicated one (I was a...

Reminder: I'm currently taking a blogging sabbatical and this was a pre-planned scheduled post. If there's typos or mishaps, I'll take...

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