The State of Hellenistic Philosophy Five Minutes Before Stoicism
I can step into the same river any time I want.
Questions and Answers in Practical Seamanship
Learn to answer questions clearly and concisely. ("Yawl: Same as a Cutter, but carrying a Mizzenmast well Aft.")
Monday Link Roundup
Expensive rocks, obituaries, the orca thing, the best roller-skating short film of 2023.
My Understanding of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Based On Occasional Glimpses of Closed-Captioned Scenes On My Wife's Laptop
It seems to me slightly risky to have given Amy Sherman-Palladino a TV show with a protagonist benefits from historical hindsight. Imagine Lorelai Gilmore with the gift of prophecy. Would this have benefited humanity?
Little Math Problems
A notes app list of equations, concepts, and games Nicholas Russell has collected over the years.
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[Slowly, and with mounting joy] Hey, My Kid Could Paint That
"My kid could paint this" is actually terrific news.
Ozymandias Speaks
Oh, you think you're so smart. "Gaze upon the inevitable failure of hubris in the desert!" Grow up.
Dante's Inferno, Canto III
Then: an old man in a boat. White hair, screaming,
the usual, shooing us off like pigeons: "I don't work for you!
Get out! Begone! Legally I don't have to do shit!"
Mises, Ranked
En-place the unchallenged victor. En-abyme bottom of the barrel. Man there's nothing I hate more than nesting stories, or mise-en-abyme, or recursions, or anything like that. If I pick up a book and there's a mise-en-abyme you'd better believe I'm putting it back down!
There Are Two Kinds of Farmers' Market
There's the normal one, that sells fruits and vegetables, with no live music. And the other kind.