Ryan S.

Is Tolkien's ghost still pissed about tEotW?

2: This Way Up (Cooper-Jones/Foreman, print, 20 Feb)

Lighter fare. A comedic take on map history, from the Map Men. All about the limitations and innovations in maps, when and how they lie/tell the truth.
The Marshall Island stick maps felt like Isles of the Emberdark took a lot of inspiration

A new list.
Books I finished in 2026
1: The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien, print, 13 Feb)

Haven't read this in 20+ years it's still good. Noticed for the first time just how lyrical the prose is. What can I say that hasn't been said before about JRRT? Really highlights how heroic Sam is.

Your moment of zen.

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm on my first watch through, just reached S3. Loving it. But Tubi has not been serving me ads. Now Youtube will.

Any suggestions on the best physical collection to buy? I've heard some have issues with the CG.

Damn it. I have a hard time believing these chucklefucks aren't part of the reason WoT got cancelled

It's just amazing. And it keeps getting better. Enjoy it!

Can I provide a dead link to a Geocities page?

I suspect it's partly how we all came over en-masse at one point.

I was just looking at this! #WoTskies have our own little enclave, with a moat.

A pencil drawing. The capital letter G but dressed as a rapper. It has a handkerchief tied around the top and holds a microphone. It wears a (presumably) gold chain that reads "Universe." Lastly, it has baggy jeans with a belt buckle in the shape of the infinity symbol (∞) The shading is pristine.

When you're having a bit of a crappy day and then a student shows up with a gift because she was artistically inspired yesterday in class.
#ITeachPhysics

A hand holds a small clay pot. On the pot is a small relief representation of the Gavlegoat from Gävle, Sweden. There is a blue background and a green base painted behind and under the goat. In the background, out of focus, sits a small sculpture of another Gavlegoat.

I threw, carved, and painted this little flower vase. I'm really proud of the little Gavlegoat. Just waiting for it to be fired now.

Same with the little sculpture in the background

Finishing Babylon 5 Season 2.

What an ending.
What did London see? How internally conflicted is he actually? Where's the character who left suddenly last ep? Why is the CG so bad? Why is Sheridan riding public transit?

Above all, why must this show be so rough to watch in the US 30 years later?

I'll admit, I'm a few years late but Schmigadoon is a hoot.

Listening to #wxpn 's covers playlist with some kids in a study hall this week. I was amazed to find out Ram Jam's Black Betty was a cover. Research to find from 1930's or earlier. Wow.

But I then had to explain to a junior the concept of a Cover Song

Congrats, you're one of today's lucky 10,000

Nerds with the same name unite!

Oh. Right, because we've been feckless about diseases that seem to focus on those who've been Othered for decades. I can't believe I missed that initially.

Babylon 5 S2E18 Confessions and Lamentations. First time watch. How did a show from the mid 90's so perfectly predict the US Govt trying to disavow Covid in 2020?

Love it.

Listening to a playlist of the WXPN 885 Greatest Cover Songs of All Time (amazingly eclectic btw) got me thinking.

Could you classify a Symphony Orchestra as a cover band? Can we get them to start playing dive bars?

Does epaper interest you? My wife loves her Onyx Boox for ebooks and I understand they have versions that work with styluses. I can't speak to that side of it, but I know the reading part is good. And I *think* the latest tablets run Android 14 or 15.

Stranger Things Spoilers

They styled Nancy as Ellen Ripley on purpose. Right? I'm not alone in seeing it during this season?

I'm not complaining, just making sure I'm not crazy.

I don't know that one. Who's behind it?

I'm guessing the test worked.

Just a great and thoroughly bizarre movie.
PKD was off his damn rocker.

A still taken from a webcam. A large collapsed straw goat in the foreground. Sides and bottom of the image are pixelated for privacy.

The goat has fallen and I am bereft!

Dammit, the cold line on my water heater is leaking. I thought I fixed that damn thing like 5 years ago.

I hate plumbing.

It was! Bizarre as hell but so much fun. I feel like I need to read and think more but I had so much fun.

I'm the lucky guy who gets to see Keanu Reeves and @alexwinter.com in Waiting for Godot tonight with my amazing wife. I'm so excited.