Why and How a Blog Now?
Good questions!
Why?
Like everyone, I have some things to say. Unlike everyone, I'm mostly refusing to use social media, and since I'm not hugely into speaking with actual people in the so called real world, this seems like a viable option. (In other words this is a slightly less and slightly more crazy person technique for expressing the inner dialog.) ALSO there will be some pretty tedious notes to myself of a more practical nature - like WHEN did I last acquire our last ever non-stick pan? (this time I mean it!)
Tip
I'm using some features of the theme and blogging software here, like this tip, which isn't really a tip at all, mostly so I remember that they exist and have an example of how to use them laying around.
How?
The blog software Lume runs in Deno, using the pretty awesome Xeo theme
Note
Like the tip that isn't a tip, this note is well, I guess it actually is a note. So never mind.
What's with the frog and the pretentious title?
Some obsessions may be revealed, such as my obsession with Frog Respiration. Other obsessions, such as riding the Peloton "bike" will be lurking under the surface, almost in secret, until I run out of other things to prattle on about. Spiritus Ranae, is sort-of Latin, or perhaps actual Latin for "Breath of the Frog". For about four years, my Peloton user-name was "Frog Breath". There was some non-happiness about it from people I love and/or respect, so I eventually changed it to "Spiritus Ranae" about which I have as yet heard no compliants. (Then again, an eye roll is silent!)
Wut?
A few broad topics and particular ideas I might eventually get around to yammering about:
A Fantasy Letter to the President
I had this idea - entirely driven by magical thinking - that one could write a letter to our depraved president which could turn him around, make him see how cruel and counterproductive his whole schtick is and even get him to unbreak our hearts by fixing the enormous mess he's created.
Could this actually work? Probably not. But should that keep us from writing such a letter?
Northwestern Caved and Pretended not to Cave
$75M but no admission of wrongdoing... so wrong!
Back When I Had Gills
There will be song titles for songs that may or may not ever get written.
Always Be Crafting!
love that section of the We Will Craft values page.
If Ilhan Omar is Garbage I am 100% Pro-Garbage
asdf
My Crushing Disappointment with Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year
a white? really?
Video Game
Device That Made Me: Curren$y on Sega Genesis