I’m continuing to enjoy my delve into audiobooks with The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson. This was my first book by him. It was great, if a bit triggering for me. When I was Read more…
I never had good luck with audiobooks. As someone who mostly reads nonfiction, I find that audiobook readers often have no idea how to handle it. It often sounds like the high school P.E. teacher trying to teach algebra — Read more…
TW: discussion of make-believe self-harm. Back in 2002, I made friends with someone who played the live-action role-playing game (LARP) Vampire: The Masquerade. I was familiar with it, having attempted to play back in the late 90’s, but I never Read more…
I don’t read many fiction books. I used to, but in the last decade or so I’ve had a harder time with mental world-building. I still read Rudy Rucker, though. He’s a physicist and computer scientist who did a lot Read more…
You can learn a lot about a society by its taboos. Surprisingly, Britain and her former colonies still have a lot of the same social mores as the English during the Elizabethan period. From the disgust at open-mouthed chewing, to Read more…
I am currently reading Life on the Edge: : The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili. It was recommended to me by an acquaintance who is a biologist, and it’s interesting reading. I had Read more…
I’ll be honest with you: I haven’t been reading any non-fiction lately. I’m sorry. I go through phases, you see, and as of late I’ve been reading novels. I’m going back to school full-time this month, so I don’t know Read more…
I originally wrote this up on the Facebook “Tarot Nerds” group, and someone wanted to share it elsewhere. Instead of joining other groups just to post it, I thought I’d put it here and expand it a little. Even if Read more…
The Dutch tulip craze of the 1630’s went far beyond a love of pretty flowers. Tulipomania created a bizarre futures bubble in which some people literally sold their homes and businesses to bet on tulips that hadn’t even bloomed yet. Read more…
I just read a book on sanguivores: animals that drink blood for survival. It was so good. I should warn you, this post gets a little disturbing at times. Okay, maybe all the time. Enjoy. Let’s start with the bats. Read more…