Today we celebrate the birth of one of the greatest minds in history, dodge cruise ship germs, and take a hard left into ‘90s internet nostalgia. This batch of links wasn’t supposed to have a theme, but somehow it turned into a Ferris Bueller-fueled time warp with a splash of gastrointestinal dread. It’s part history,…
Month: April 2025
Books, Bones, and Broken Links: This Week’s Curated Curiosities
This week’s internet rabbit hole led me from the lofty halls of Mensa reading lists to plastic bag wallet tutorials, with a detour through vertebrate anatomy and early-90s generational angst. Also: RIP to a few of my old bookmarks, now officially 404 ghosts. I’m starting to think a personal archive might be less of a…
Storytelling Cheats to Unlikely Bonds: A Writer’s Curiosity Cabinet
I’ve often wondered how two animals, sometimes of completely different species, can somehow convey mutual affinity without even having mutual body language (much less similar bodies). I wonder how you might write two characters as best friends that can’t use words? (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdy3WxpNUg Hmmm, the next link is a video, too. This is not planned….
It’s probably not going to work out
The truth is, creativity is not a stable career path. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that we are inherently creative beings. Even the ones that can’t draw or dance or sing. We all make something out of nothing in some way. And we should all pursue whatever creative outlet that serves us best. And…