My brain used to exude sharp degeneracy, but it seems to have gathered layers of dull crust over the last years. Maybe realizing this is the first crack forming to restore the wild shine

Heck, I meant the Tuskegee Tsukiji tupperware..

I love word nerdery! The Canadian craigslist is called Kijiji, so maybe the Tuskegee Tsukiji can be found on Kijiji.

I miss Scrabble! I wish I could find people that play regularly

Seven Samurai (for quality), Mask of Zorro (for childhood nostalgic fun), Kill Bill (for being the only other sword movie I could think of, and it's good)

I contend that "mowing the lawn" should be renamed to "violently touching grass"

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of… The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achie…

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Really enjoyed this insight from @mikeduncan.bsky.social into the lesser-known (than Julius Caesar & the Empire) Roman Republic and the issues that led to its violent transformation.
I'm not well-versed in history so grain of salt etc. but it was engaging.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring