@matthewharrison.bsky.social hey so my old roommate from university (who is a philosophy professor now) is giving a talk at your university might be amusing to attend and heckle him on my behalf

in virginia for four days and somehow not going to any civil war battlefields. i mean what's the point of coming here then, really?

G271.4.1 Exorcism by burning object for sympathetic magic.

bluesky what is the worst xcom enemy unknown level and why is it rainy highway?

A2426.1.2.1 Squirrel's call: asks whether viper (who ate up his children)is his friend.

8 am on a saturday and the coffee shop is poppin classic portland

A136.1.2.1 Sleipnir: eight-legged horse of Odin.

A720.1 Formerly seven suns.

Vivec smiled and told Mephala that she had become a King of Life.

also: sometimes i see people i stopped following a long long time ago and you know never once have i regretted the decision

the return of @mythologybot.boodoo.co has brought balance once again to my feed

G303.16.11.2 Devil prevented from revenge by pious priest.

H1289.3 Quest to giant's land.

"these confused times in which a young man from a good family wasn't even free to play a game of faro without involving himself in compromising aquaintanceships. bad times."

do you ever just whistle the armored trooper votoms theme or is that just me? this is my one anisong vice form some strange reason

D2161.4.19 Methods of magic cure --miscellaneous.

Do not go to the realm of density for imperfection. Beyond alienation, there is no luck.

F716.1.1 Fountain has taste of wine.

i will say this for spirited away: the first 15 minutes are truly a staggeringly good study in the uncanny

J1536 Ruler's absurdity rebuked.

i know my political opponents have suggested this may lead to konran (tl note: disorder, chaos) but i belive this jiyuuka (tl note: liberalizing) will ultimately strengthen our kuni

G275.8.1 Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside.

never once have i failed to be on brand

saw conan the barbarian in 35mm today, a real treat. a film of pure vibes but the vibes are impeccable.

read a fair amount of grey today and it strikes me that 18th century verse of all generas seems like it is often obeying a kind of "documentary impulse" -- the need to describe the world of the current moment and just as importantly to make some sort of didactic point about it for the reader

A721.0.2 Sun shut up in pit.

asked my date to tell me "a little secret" and she just starts feeding me augustine's pear tree like it happened to her. bluesky is she bad news or is this an allegory for the universal character of sin?

bluesky what is the worst xcom enemy unknown level and why is it rainy highway?

F1068.2 Wound received in dream.

J1163 Pleading for accused by means of parable.

they killed google reader for this

"these confused times in which a young man from a good family wasn't even free to play a game of faro without involving himself in compromising aquaintanceships. bad times."

the problem with grass lawns is there are too many failure states. people think this is a basic front yard pick but it actually has a very high skill floor.

E755.2.1.1 Souls in hell wrenched from bodies with hot pitchforks by devils.

G303.16.2.5 Demon cannot hurt holy man or woman.

millienals would rather leave their dream job and run halfway across the galaxy than face the fact all human relationships are hard

can't belive things that are worthwhile demand time and attention

oh i see grok is protecting us from woke organ theory it all makes sense now

turning 33 today surely this is my year, yes?

if elected i promise to abolish the sekisho

realistically, it's about time we got a new good fire emblem again

they killed google reader for this

is the problem with anime these days young people can't draw a robot? we asked three old mecha heads

how can we build the nation if people don't appreciate the genius of the kokutai???

there is definitely a species of male mangaka whose aspirational fantasy is "getting to dress up as a pretty girl"

let me know sooner rather than later at this point

happy "night before the surrender at vicksburg" to all who celebrate (i'm assuming this is what all the fireworks i'm hearing are for)

by the mid 20th century "reform" was a dead letter issue--either states in asia had done the work already to build their own political institutions or they had been dragged involuntarily into european political order

you cannot meaningfully reform your armies without transforming your political settlement

The exiled syllable of abstraction is this: (You must learn this elsewhere.)