Watching the Hobbit

I recently finished (over a few months) reading through the illustrated version of The Hobbit with my daughter. This week the whole family watched the 1977 animated version of the Hobbit, and we love…

MLP and Star Trek

Yes, this is a serious title. While reading with Tara, I have acquired a "taste" for My Little Pony, and this has largely been due to all the references found within it. These are not for…

He-man

I did not expect to see this in a store, not in 2021. Yes, it’s good ‘ol He-Man and Battle Cat. The last time I saw this was probably the early 90s. Now I’m wondering whether I just wasn’t paying a…

On old software

George R. R. Martin, when asked by Conan O' Brien, on why he wrote on on an old PC, running MS-DOS, not connected to the internet, in Wordstar 4.0. I actually like it, it does everything I want a…

Monthly recap (Apr 2021)

Major updates * Trip to Mendocino for a week * Lots of eating and hiking Minor updates * Tara began “full days” at school * Got the first Moderna dose at CVS * Experimenting with a new Tind…

Switching to self-hosted Wordpress

For various reasons, I decided to ditch wordpress.com and self-host this blog. It might turn out to be a terrible idea, but I’ll stick with it for a year. Some motivations: * better control throug…

The Hobbit

Mid-way through a reading of the illustrated version1 of The Hobbit. * Well, there are many today, this is the one by Jemima Catlin)…