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  • πŸ“š Library haul! Planning a blog post on why embodiment is vital to creative works.

    • Virtue Hoarders
    • What We See When We Read
    • The Art of Slow Writing
    • The Class Matrix
    • Bride’s Story 11
    • The AI Mirror
    • Unmasking AI
    • Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
    • The House of Green

    stack of books with one manga, one graphic nonfiction, six nonfiction, and one art book

    β†’ 3:45 PM, Jun 17
  • Finally published a long blog post I’ve been working on for weeks! I dug into the values embedded in generative AI and the aesthetics of what I’m calling the “Business Borg” πŸ˜„ I also picked out accompanying indie tunes (gauging “obscurity” by fewer than 200k views on YouTube, mostly much less) 🎢

    β†’ 1:07 PM, Jun 3
  • πŸ“š Oops got more library books πŸ˜…

    • Alien Next Door
    • Emotional Robots
    • Strayed
    • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
    • Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT & the Race That Will Change the World
    • The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires & Big Tech
    • Seven Drafts

    flatlay of one manga, one graphic novel, and two picture booksflatlay photo of three nonfiction books, two on tech impacts on society and one on editing fiction

    β†’ 11:53 AM, May 31
  • Baked cinnamon sugar sourdough scones. Tasted good, not sure why they spread so much πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Added 1T buttermilk, baked 18 minutes.

    four scones on a baking sheet whose bottom halves have all spread out like melting

    β†’ 8:22 AM, May 27
  • πŸ“š Fiction + comic roundup: discovered my library has an adult graphic novel section, I thought they were all under 741.5 😱 Asked the librarian where they were and she was like 😢 ??? we just moved them, and I don’t remember where! πŸ˜…

    • In The Shadow of the Ship
    • Man’s Best
    • A Sea of Love
    • Pushwagner

    three comics and a novella, one comic massive compared to everything

    β†’ 7:37 PM, May 23
  • πŸ“š Library roundup on culture and making in an age of AI:

    • Futureproof by Kevin Roose
    • The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
    • Pretentiousness by Dan Fox
    • The Meaning in the Making by Sean Tucker
    • The Crisis of Culture by Olivier Roy
    • Culture Crash by Scott Timberg
    • Elite Capture by OlΓΊfΓ©mi O. TÑíwΓ²

    flatlay of 7 books with white, black, red and yellow covers, mostly text with a simple graphic

    β†’ 7:27 PM, May 23
  • Baked lemon blueberry loaf cake – used butter and cow milk. Cut the sugar in the cake to ¾ cup, seems fine. Rubbed the zest into the sugar first. I think half a batch of glaze would suffice (see puddle). Dried the blueberries before coating in flour and they didn’t all sink! πŸ™Œ Baked 75 minutes.

    half eaten loaf cake drowning in a pool of glaze

    β†’ 11:07 PM, May 12
  • πŸ“š Library haul!

    • The Plenitude of Distraction
    • Changing the Subject: Art & Attention in the Internet Age
    • Witch Hat Atelier 1
    • More Than Words
    • Deep Dream
    • Possessed
    • Let’s Do Lunch
    • American Book Design and William Morris
    • The Naughty Secretary’s Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry

    stack of library books with one cookbook, one manga, one sci-fi anthology, two artsy books, and four nonfiction on consumption

    β†’ 2:57 PM, May 6
  • Baked buttermilk spice muffins. Usually I can get away with going shy on the sugar but I missed the tablespoon or two I shorted in the batter πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Baked 20 minutes, should have pulled it a min earlier, a touch on the dry side. (Batter also seemed dry so I added 1Tbsp buttermilk, maybe shouldn’t have.)

    top down view of crumble top muffins that have spread quite a bit

    β†’ 11:15 AM, Apr 20
  • Baked snickerdoodle blondies πŸ‘ Quite sweet but very tasty with good texture. I subbed butterscotch chips because I dislike white chocolate. Baked a bit over 40 minutes. Yeah we each scarfed three pieces while still warm πŸ˜‚ Could probably skip the mildly annoying inner cinnamon sugar layer?

    looking down at baking square of blondies sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and dotted with butterscotch chips cut into tray of blondies showing gooey insides though the cinnamon sugar layer isn't very distinct

    β†’ 11:48 PM, Apr 15
  • πŸ“š Library haul!

    • Peacock and Vine by AS Byatt
    • Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow
    • Revision and Self-Editing for Publication
    • Dangerous Fictions by Lyta Gold
    • Suri’s Dragon by Jo Rioux
    • The Pantry: Its History and Modern Uses
    • The Arts and Crafts Movement: A Study of Its Sources
    • In Harmony with Nature

    stack of library books, with one comic, two writing books on revision, and three books on the arts and crafts movement

    β†’ 8:26 PM, Apr 3
  • Baked orange cranberry sourdough scones πŸ‘ Half gone before I remembered a photo πŸ˜‰ I did a cream wash instead of egg wash for the turbinado sugar topping.

    holding a partially eaten scone over a baking sheet with one left

    β†’ 2:14 PM, Mar 23
  • πŸ“š Library haul (still haven’t finished my last haul oops πŸ˜…):

    • How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis
    • On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche
    • Wanting
    • Strange Divisions & Alien Territories
    • Chronicles of a Liquid Society by Umberto Eco
    • The Mediterranean Dish
    • American Backyard
    • Japanese Interiors

    stack of library books with 1 cookbook, 1 novella, 2 art books and 4 nonfiction

    β†’ 4:02 PM, Mar 14
  • New personal policy: when I come across a blog without an RSS feed or a newsletter that I’d like to subscribe via RSS, I’ll email them instead of shrugging and saying oh well. I’ve done it twice in the past month so that makes it a thing, right? πŸ˜‰ Be the change you want to see in the world lol 🌈

    β†’ 1:27 PM, Mar 2
  • Brunch! Avocado toast with mushrooms, sauteed cabbage, sweet potatoes and arugula salad - inspiration (though it took me a lot longer than 20 minutes πŸ˜‚). I never had sauteed cabbage before, but will again! I skipped the curry powder and added chile powder to the sweet potatoes.

    platebowl stuffed with avocado toast topped with a poached egg, a pile of red cabbage, and arugula salad dotted with tomatoes

    β†’ 11:14 AM, Feb 22
  • Baked sourdough blueberry muffins to Blue Train this morning. Needed to add 6Tbsp (butter)milk to get the batter a good consistency. Tossed (frozen) blueberries in cornstarch and 1/4tsp cinnamon and folded in at the end. Baked 30 minutes. Pretty sweet, could cut the sugar by a tablespoon or two.

    tray of twelve muffins baked with crispy edges and chunky crumb topping

    β†’ 1:00 PM, Feb 9
  • πŸ“š Today’s library haul:

    • The Ordinal Society by Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy
    • What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump’s America (from 2017 so may not be useful but worth a shot πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)
    • Hearts of Oak by Eddie Robson
    • On Community by Casey Plett
    • On Browsing by Jason Guriel

    person holding a handful of books in their lap, just thin enough to hold 5 books

    β†’ 3:51 PM, Feb 3
  • πŸ“š I’m trying a themed set of books on consumption for my first library run of the year:

    • Scorched Earth by Jonathan Crary
    • Elements of Taste by Benjamin Everett
    • All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld
    • The Ugly History of Beautiful Things by Katy Kelleher
    • The Joy of Missing Out by Svend Brinkmann

    flatlay of five slim books loosely related to consumption, three with white covers

    β†’ 3:12 PM, Jan 8
  • I’m working on a series over at my main blog that I’ve been working up to for the last year or even two 🦾 I tried to write it back in March, but didn’t have a good thruline. It finally came together under “the mindset of more.” I’m psyched about the most recent post, on taking control of my reading.

    β†’ 3:17 PM, Jan 4
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