No sides, no labels, no reductions, no judgments

I miss the days of having long-form discussions with 1 or 2 other people who really wanted to dive deeply into an idea and really discuss it. This could be technical, it could be about media, it could be about an event, it could be about a pure [...]

No Masters on the Lonely Road

A few years ago, I lamented that there were no masters of my craft, from whom I could learn. The only way to improve was to delve more deeply into my ideas, alone.

The problem with doing this is that it usually isn't improvement, at least not [...]

The Intensity of Non-Feelings

For the past couple of weeks, I have had a bizarre feeling. It is the same as I have felt before (overwhelming boredom and futility) but in a strangely more thorough or "deep" way.

OP work is slow-going as the motivation is hard to find in large [...]

Warm Weather to Break the Cycle

One of the reasons why I am looking forward to the warm weather is that I do miss going for long walks through the city on hot days (in the winter, the wind is often too unpleasant, and all the clothing leads to overheating). It is getting warm [...]

Re: 8 years ago today.

That is a neat shot. I have heard that the place is interesting but haven't been there, myself (not typically the kind of thing which interests me much, for whatever reason).

Re: Awaiting Warm Weather

Yes, not yet shorts and Vibrams weather but we are definitely climbing out of winter.

Awaiting Warm Weather

I find myself often thinking about how long it will be until I can comfortably resume my long walks through the city. I suspect something like 1-2 months, but I can't ever be fully sure. It doesn't happen all at once and I never remember it [...]

Re: Cuddle Party in Toronto

I remember hearing about things like this, years ago. On one hand, I like the idea behind it but, on the other hand, I can't really imagine being involved.

While I do want a world of more casual physical touch, I mostly want a world where I can [...]

Re: The Dark Crystal.

I also didn't see that movie until my late 20s, I think. I thought it was good but definitely not as fun and memorable as something like Labyrinth.

Well-done puppet work, though, and definitely a good kids movie.

Re: Happy Friday the 13th.

Ha, nice. Since this is February, and not a leap year, we also get Friday the 13th next month.

I still wonder if that old superstition which eliminated the 13th floor from buildings still exists (not sure if floors ending in "4" has replaced it or [...]

Re: I hate Kijiji.

Wow, that is crazy that you are having so much difficulty in terms of them being snatched up quickly. I would have expected the issue being around scrutiny of application or difficulty in physically transporting the cat or maybe in verifying its [...]

Widelands - an excellent open source clone

For some reason, my mind recently got onto the track of old video games I miss from back in the day. One of my favourite city builder / real-time strategy games is Settlers II. Unfortunately, the old games in the Settlers series are only available [...]

Re: Unpleasant Thoughts

This "band of misfits" was more me thinking in terms of Robin Hood. I guess I am looking for my Sherwood Forest, where the questionable authorities of the outside world have little power.

You are right about mainstream culture and my wording was [...]

Re: Testing on Kubo 0.39

Hmm, I wonder what issue you were having, since everything seems to be working, now.

There are a few subtle things I should look at if I get back into making modifications to Cacophony so I will think about what could make the UI more obviously [...]

Unpleasant Thoughts

Tonight was another night with unpleasant thoughts dancing around my head. There are a few areas where things really worry me, these days, but I am powerless to do anything about these (and the mainstream culture's demand that we all "care about [...]

Re: Jeff and Korey (10 years ago today)

Aww, I do miss getting to see that little kitty. He was always so energetic and quick to switch into play-fighting mode.

Re: "The Bride!"

I am really not sure where this movie will go. I don't know much about the source material or if this is only from an earlier movie (in which case it isn't too concrete). On one hand, it seems like an interesting story we haven't seen anyone do [...]

Re: Interesting poem.

This thing about colour names reminded me about how English didn't used to have a name for "orange" until the fruit was imported (it used to be something like "yellow-red").

Somehow, this got my mind going down the path of "impossible colours" with [...]

Re: Orange - poem by me.

Aww, I hope that writing things like this is helping you through such a difficult loss.

Based on how I felt yesterday, it seems like that "feeling not 100%" was the onset of a cold. Feeling better, today, at least (no more sore throat, chills, or muscle aches - just stuffed sinuses and a bit of a cough).

However, I did manage to get [...]

Questions of Winter and Trials of Animation

I have been feeling horribly lethargic, today, and my throat feels a bit strange. I was a zombie yesterday, too, but after being out until 4 AM on Saturday night, drinking, that much made sense.

So, this leads to the question I find often comes up [...]

Re: Catchup

It is good to hear that you are back and feeling somewhat better.

I was worried when you weren't responding.

Need to plan drinking more flexibly

I think I drank too much on Friday night, mostly because of how rough I felt Saturday morning. Uggh, probably the most hungover I have been in a few years. The odd thing is that I have definitely been more drunk than that, within that time frame [...]

End of the Year

So, the odometer will roll over in a couple of hours and 2026 will begin.

This year has, for better or worse, been much like the one before.

I do know that I need to keep in mind the belief that humans are generally friendly and looking for [...]

Illness Caught Up

I seem to have finally succumbed to a seasonal cold, this year. I guess it makes sense after spending a few days travelling in the cold and going to family dinners that I would come down with something.

Had to cancel my plans for yesterday once I [...]