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Blog Posts

  1. Fallacy of Record

    Exhuming a reflection I wrote in October around “leaving a record.”

  2. The Books of 2025

    Not all of the books of the year, but an overview of the ones that stuck out.

  3. The Books of 2025

    Not all of the books of the year, but an overview of the ones that stuck out.

  4. Yuletide

    I can think of no better time than that between Winter Solstice and New Year’s Day.

  5. Lake Effect Snow

    A winter poem celebrating snow.

  6. That Time In Between

    On that sacred time during winter dark.

  7. Serializing Somewhat Large Emacs Alists

    Creating a bespoke process to dump and load data in manageable chunks.

  8. Game Procedures as Bridges from Potential to Actual

    Considering the great utility of procedures and tables as a means of developing the fictive world, passing from potential to actual.

  9. Forged From the Worst: Session 5

    In which the Knights learn of a blood feud and yet another Myth plaguing the realm.

  10. Forged from the Worst: Session 4

    In which Sir Weydlyn confronts his fear and makes a solemn promise to Beatrice.