I can think. I am awake. Twice in one week. Feels incredible

small ranting thread on the One True Reading of kafka's "the transformation". also if you call it "the metamorphosis" and not "the transformation" you have fallen hook line and sinker for one of the most nefarious conspiracies in human history

There's a good book that goes into this

I had a good brain day last friday--minimal fog. It felt good being so useful at work. a year or two since my last

i've developed a technique that gives trees sentience. makes yew think

i have returned, and the word from the woods is "caw"

this'll do

A few 80s kids had to be disappointed the d&d group never got around to satan

reading about stephen miller revealed he's exactly what you think and has been as long as anyone can remember. so many facts but no new information. it isn't for a lack of research, but for a lack of subject

this weather does things to me. i'm going backpack camping this weekend. if i bring a book, can i protect it?

found a friend in the woods

12 hour work days really hit differently in my 30s

What if all lawns were ferns instead

it looks like national parks get to live another day, but it seems BLM land is still very much on the chopping block

she saw ANOTHER one

the worst thing about long-distance relationships is that my SO sees black bears all the time without me

the second bite of my meal, I bit my tongue hard enough to draw blood. this is the thing my body is specifically built to do well

seitan has a pretty great laziness-to-protein ratio

brodeur rule

@clarkjosephf.bsky.social i caught a magpie in a cat bowl at work the other day

Cataclysm: dark days ahead Civilization 2 SimCity 4

Never stop posting your sketchbooks; they're beautiful

I'm a bit of a sketchbook truther. Those that get posted are drawn to be shown. My sketchbooks are random circles and lines and then, like, a finger

baseball has so much beautiful motion

big apartment upgrade. i've named the dusty little corner where i've stacked unused painting supplies "The Atelier"

getting more painful to hold a pencil for long periods. that's a certain kind of feeling

my dad is now 1/3 through moby dick. cementing my annoying obsessions as a net positive

Saw this at work today. I want to try the horn

I'm just going to use this as an excuse to say I'm grateful my dad introduced me to John Prine. Thanks dad!

We should all go camping

it's very good

In my 30s and I've never found a graceful way to take off a jacket

That time of year to start moby-dick again

Don't underestimate the caffeine content of cocoa powder. I goofed

I'm skeptical

More and more magpies moving in where I've never seen them before

a musician's goblin mode is called their wolf interval

we've just accepted that the first drop of tobasco goes mach 5 across the bow of our taco

Let's see the unreal engine do this

It turns out rollercoasters are quite fun

My neurologist said i shouldn't be experiencing my symptoms. It's good to be on the same page with these things

What i have learned from my time in the american south — that heart of our nation, that seat of our memory — is that there are lots of bugs

I have a little energy snd focus today. :) First in several months. Going to read 😌

two of my coworkers now wish magpies good morning. my work is done

i would never change our relationship

all crows are cute. better and more accurate example

i was born at the right time; history podcasts on one topic that are still somehow hundreds or thousands of hours long