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I thought I was sad, but actually my music tanks were just low.
Contrariwise the Wizardly
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Am I deep-frying cubes of spam in a wok? Technically? Yes. Literally? Also yes.
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Welcome to “how hot is it outside right now?” The only game show where everyone loses and nobody’s happy.
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I could (and probably should,) write a whole dissertation on the mahjong scene in Crazy Rich Asians.
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare. Hi. Hello. How are you? Good? Fantastic. Look. This is weird. Can I get weird? I’m going to get weird. Welcome to my Want Ad For Friends . You: A person on this bitch of an Earth. Me: The weirdest person you’ll ever get to know. Probably. The rest is details. Who I Am Game designer. Thousands of RPG books I swear I’ll get to. I invent…
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Take my wench… Please! I get no fealty. No fealty at all.
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Presented with the following choice: My dream home and working for “the man” forever. A trailer park and working for myself at my dream job. I pick option #2.
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Step three: vibe.
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Contrariwise is Human and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
Some Thoughts on AI
This represents my thoughts today. They’re different from what I thought a year ago. They’re different from what I’ll think in a year. Let people change their minds. AI water usage is overblown. If you think AI uses a lot of water, I encourage you to look into how much water Netflix uses . Or the California almond crop . Lots of people really hate AI and they’re leaning into “but it’s using all…
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“Stick your chest out and go like — fuck it. Let’s try.” — Bruce Straley, Co-Founder, Wildflower Interactive @ GDC 2026
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Tired: Harry Potter houses. Wired: Winnie the Pooh characters. Tag yourself. I’m Owl.
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Lyft died halfway between LAX and Anaheim. The driver only speaks Mandarin, I only speak English. His phone is translating to English for me, my phone is translating to Mandarin for him. He says it’s doing a pretty good job. So anyway, we live in the future.
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“why am i like this” Digital Art, 2026
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Did I go to a book store in the gayborhood? Yes. Did they have a Dune tarot deck? Yes. Am I now in possession of a Dune tarot deck? A lady never kwisatz and tells.
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I’ve never been particularly interested in conforming to society’s expectations. I learned to fake it, for the benefit of fitting in. Now, with the benefit of some duly earned confidence, society is welcome to fit in Deez Nuts.
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The thinnest naturally occurring material is Free Hotel Breakfast Bacon. Much could be learned by studying the processes that lead to such delicate structures.
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It’s an interesting conundrum. The person I actually am trying to build the person I’d like to be, using the constraints of my known behaviors to try to push on the rudder of the behaviors I’d like to change.
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For reasons that defy explanation I’ve been watching a lot of Disney channel this week. They happen to be running a Zombies marathon. The cartoon is weirdly compelling. I may become the world’s foremost adult expert on the Zombies mythos. There’s a giant grasshopper and its name is Mr Paddlesticks.
A Brief History of my Readwise Enrichment Pipeline
I read a lot. Like. A lot a lot. And most of it is through an app called Readwise Reader . (Not an affiliate link. Possibly not even a recommendation. More on that maybe later?) Without getting too deep down the rabbit hole, I think it’s the best currently available solution to the me-shaped set of problems, but I don’t find it delightful and I would abandon them the instant a better app came…
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Sister Mary Corita Kent source
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