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White Male Fear: The Insecurity Behind Hunting Culture
We saw some 🦌 this morning and my friend reflected that “white tail deer” sounds like “white male fear”, so here’s an es... -
🎲 Alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons
Perhaps you’ve heard some recent controversy around Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons. Perhaps you haven’t... -
📚 2022 Book Review
Welcome to my yearly summary of books! Table of contents: Intro - my process and tools The Books - which books I recom... -
🔒 A Mental Model for Cybersecurity Operating Modes
A person in risk & security can generally be thought of as acting like one of the following: Engineer Analyst Influ... -
No, the GOP is not the party of law enforcement
…and neither is the Democratic party. In the news this morning, there were reactions of surprise that there would be cal... -
Becoming a 1st level ranger 🎲 and sleuthing around 🔎
Two little audio stories from today’s adventures. -
🎲 Let's Make a Hexmap!
I need a hazardous hexmap for a post-apocalyptic science-fantasy-meets-dark-fantasy game I’m developing to play w... -
Being Wise with Readwise
This post is about how I make the best of Readwise.io, a service that works with your notes and highlights to enhance re... -
🔎 First 24 Hours of Trailcam
21 squirrel sightings 7 ring-tailed mini bear sightings, at least 2 raccoons 4 Canada geese sightings, at least 2 geese ... -
2021 Recommendations - Listening 🎶🎙
As I mentioned in my 2021 Product & Service Recommendations, I primarily use Plex + Plexamp for listening to music (... -
2021 Recommendations - Reading 📚🗞
Note: I’ve collected the recommended books from this post on this bookshop list, where possible. It is an affilia... -
The Future Is Unwritten - Wilde
As mentioned in a previous post, I received a new journal with quotes on the recto pages. I decided I would write short ... -
2021 Recommendations - Watching 📺
Your local theater - enjoyed (even via streaming) renditions of Tuesdays with Morrie, Cyrano, and A Christmas Carol See... -
2021 Recommendations - Products and Services
Reading 📚📑 Your Local Library and Libby for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks Bookshop for purchasing books and supportin... -
Week in Review 2021-12-10....err 2021-12-16
I started writing this on Friday the 10th, but am just now posting, because… 🔒 The Log4j issue is really bad. Sec... -
9 square: 2HISS 🏐
We played 9-square-in-the-air with the church youth group, today. If you’re not familiar, it’s like four square, but ove... -
📑 Sunday Quote
This quote comes from one of my favorite podcasts, the Peter Attia Drive, a podcast focused on health science and lon... -
What I learned during my first week with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)
About a week ago, I got started with a continuous glucose monitor. "Glucose monitor" means it's a device that ... -
"it's hard to decry Constantinianism when you're trying your damnedest to win every election"
Longer quote: During the years of the Iraq War and during the 2008 election, Christian blogs spent a lot of time writing... -
Friday Good Reads
Read any good articles, essays, etc. this week? I did! (Yes, this edition is early due to holiday in the USA.) Here's th... -
📑 Sunday Quote
Today we’ve got another 3-part quote. All of these arrived in my Readwise review today, and they tell a story. The... -
Sunday Quote 📑
This is great advice for many behavior changes, not just procrastination. (Make the healthy food visible, put away di... -
📑 Sunday Quote and "Persecuted" Christians
Let's make my biases clear up front: I'm part of a tradition (Anabaptism) that has a long history of pacifism and has co... -
Sunday Quote 📑
Have you heard of The Unicorn Project? It’s the follow-up to the great Phoenix Project. As I said in my 2021 bo... -
📚 Finished Reading: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview by edited by David Streitfeld feat. Ursula K. Le Guin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Recommended for any...