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Aug
20
Some questions about starting a blog

Some questions about starting a blog

How do you make money? Can I blog anonymously? And some other questions about blogging.
3 min read
Aug
18
Two children standing in snow. The girl is about to throw a snowball at the boy, but he doesn't see it.

I remember Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid

Memories from primary school
8 min read
Aug
06
Two Chinese propaganda posters showing children shooting sparrows out of the air with a caddy.

Mistakes, catastrophes, and the climate crisis

A story about the unintended consequences of killing one billion sparrows.
8 min read
Jul
30
A photograph of a purple Harry Potter-themed notebook

Commonplace books

How do you keep track of the most interesting things you know?
8 min read
Jul
23
A view down a street in Castleton, with old stone houses

Not somewhere else, but here

Some very disconnected thoughts about what it has felt like to be on the other side of the world during all this
13 min read
Jul
02
What should we do with all the old statues?

What should we do with all the old statues?

(after we throw them in the ocean, that is)
10 min read
Jun
23
The Bachelor is the perfect TV show

The Bachelor is the perfect TV show

You will never convince me otherwise.
8 min read
Jun
16

Money 101

An online course about the basics of money.
15 min read
Jun
15
When did you last have an identity crisis?

When did you last have an identity crisis?

Why it's important to have a breakdown occasionally.
9 min read
Jun
04
Robben Island's Rabbit Problem

Robben Island's Rabbit Problem

People were stupid in the olden days. Totally unlike now, when we've got it ALL figured out.
9 min read