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  • Dangerous Double Standards.

    All double standards are dangerous, because all of them are an example of conflicted categories. I thought it might be a good idea to set out a list of dangerous double standards that we find in today’s society, as of the time of this writing. Hopefully, these things will change. (1) The Monopoly on Force:…

  • I’m reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike, as part of the Rabbit Angstrom four-book collected edition I got from Amazon, and it’s really incredible. The sense of just diving into not only a very specific world of America in the 1970s, or something, but also diving into all the thoughts, the streaming thoughts, of the…

  • Editing Showcase: #1

    This is going to be an edit of a post I had on MattThoughts. That site was made to be exactly what the spirit wanted, which is often not all that close to what Chicago wanted. Still, I think that site came out well, but, still, I think I could do better, in terms of editing…

  • The Fun Club.

    Stephen King releases a new book of short stories, next year. This does not happen every year, or even every sixth year, necessarily. It comes out in late May (May 21, 2024), and that leaves me enough time, I think, to not only reasonably, but fashionably, as well, complete a reading/Re-reading of every short story…

  • More Names

    I got another one, today, from the new (or, old? Who knows) Marvel show about how another sort of Iron Man–like character would be a young black girl who was supposedly some kind of girl genius–type character, and her name, in the show, is Riri. As in, “Ree ree.” Retard. You can make of the…

  • It Felt Like If I Was

    It felt like if I fell out of a plane, I would land on Something, safely, along the way. That’s what I suppose I have felt underneath everything, but Haven’t you?

  • 2024 TBR.

    I read one-fourth of the Library of Alexandria before it was burnt to the floor. —Canibus, “Master Thesis” So, I think this is just about the be the verge (or, it is the verge . . .) of my becoming a reader like I am a listener-to of music. That means if I get a…

  • One of My Best Self-Encouragements.

    So, let this be the last post referring to my Blatherworth & Bruiser collection until we at least have the first draft, or something to Look at. However, I just wanted to note here: I found a great way to get myself motivated to actually finish this book, which is mainly just transcriptions: Keep all…

  • ThOse Years, TheSE

    They spent those years dancing through empty hospitals, literally, and going on TV to say That there was a big Problem, here.

  • Reading Reps.

    Hit the gym for two weeks, back all chiseled. Elbows unique, now meet the New me. —Ghostface Killah, “Buck 50” So, I think I’ve been going about this reading thing in a way that tends to put up a locked door in front, of you. Go read ten pages of this a day. Read thirty…

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