Changing Traditions
This is from a facebook post I made, and posting here for posterity. A couple of you have probably seen this coming for a little while, but last night I did something I never actually thought I’d do. I had a lengthy one …
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A Fishkeeping Saga Part 1: Beginnings
Since the beginning of this year I discovered and was smitten by Aquascaping. I stumbled across some videos by people like MD Fish Tanks and was absolutely blown away by what they could do. To me, whenever I thought of …
Quote of the Day 2024/06/05
“The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses … It is the cheap cloth, the cheap cotton and rayon fabric, boots, motorcars and so on that are …
Good Friday
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum ᾽Ιησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν ᾽Ιουδαίων יֵשׁוּעַ הַנָּצְרִי מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים Or ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܢܵܨܪܵܝܵܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܕܝܼܗܘܼܕܵܝܵܐ Hebrew or Aramaic, depending on how you interpret the word the …
Quote of the Day 2024/24/3
Man, Sub-creator, the refracted light through whom is splintered from a single White to many hues, and endlessly combined in living shapes that move from mind to mind. Though all the crannies of the world we filled with …
The One Piece Manga
Shōnen: One of the four demographic categories of manga, targeting boys 9-18. I did it. I’m all caught up on the One Piece manga. One Piece isn’t just a shōnen manga. It is the shōnen manga. There are many who came …
AI Art Is A Defined Form Of Art
AI Art Generation is a form of Conceptual or Post-Conceptual Art. Allow me to explain. Here is a definition of Conceptual Art: Art in which the idea or concept presented by the artist is considered equal to or more …
I Bought A House
Finally, after many years, I have managed to get into a good enough financial situation to become a homeowner. I had originally intended to start looking for one near the time that my rental lease for our townhome was …
The Updating is Finished
We now have a new look, updated and streamlined content, and a faster, more responsive blog now that all the old bloat is gone. I deleted a lot of stuff. Copied most of the data over to the other site and ditched a few …