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This city would be perfect, just look at the math!

This city would be perfect, just look at the math!

The sad and perplexing tale of Morgan Cornwell

The sad and perplexing tale of Morgan Cornwell

The mystery in the beauty, the beauty in the mystery

The mystery in the beauty, the beauty in the mystery

Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

Now what.

Now what.

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Behold Jesus of Bennington

Behold Jesus of Bennington

On the edge of the ledge

On the edge of the ledge

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

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Mar
This city would be perfect, just look at the math!

This city would be perfect, just look at the math!

Letter No. 110: Includes urban planning, virtuous philosopher-kings, some snark aimed at productivity schemes, and the first-ever appearance of a colossally abundant number.
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Feb
Book report for January 2025

Book report for January 2025

Letter No. 109: Includes spies, grifters, scenesters, and acts of literary mimesis.
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04
Feb
The sad and perplexing tale of Morgan Cornwell

The sad and perplexing tale of Morgan Cornwell

Letter No. 108: Includes ancestry, battlefield surgery, and more mention of Indiana than customary.
6 min read
16
Jan
Best of the reading year 2024

Best of the reading year 2024

Letter No. 107: Includes two reading lists, 11 books, and wistful remembrance of an assignment that never happened. And repetition of the word “verve.”
4 min read
14
Jan
The mystery in the beauty, the beauty in the mystery

The mystery in the beauty, the beauty in the mystery

Letter No. 106: Includes beach grass, Hebrew and ancient Greek, an unhelpful definition of fields, and vortex shedding.
5 min read
10
Dec
Book report for November 2024

Book report for November 2024

Letter No. 105: Includes literary prepping for Antarctica, essayism, and some very weird physics.
2 min read
05
Dec
Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Letter No. 104: Contains content generated by a codestack exhibiting fine taste in literature and some confusion as to who’s who.
5 min read
01
Dec
It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

Letter No. 103: Includes some faux Latin, references to German philosophy, and a plethora of inadequate adjectives.
8 min read
15
Nov
Book report for October 2024

Book report for October 2024

Letter No. 102: Murderous Vikings, the lowdown on notebooks, and stuffed parrots of disputed provenance.
2 min read
06
Nov
Now what.

Now what.

Letter No. 101: This should be fun.
3 min read