Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse taught me new terms.
- Abraxas, a word of spiritual significance to the Gnostics (also a Santana album)
- Chanteuse, a night club singer
- Heeled man, a lackey, a brown noser, willingly subjected dude
- Soiled dove, a female sex worker, used in the old West
What is my "authentic" self? There isn't one. There are untold multitudes within me, all of which are as real as any other.
Smoke stacks near industry city.
Did not finish: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho📚 Not for me. I’ve gotten my fill of “embrace your destiny” allegories.
Started reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚
New York style trend update: cop mustache's for men and expensive mullets for women.
My friend Jon gifted me the classics. 🍿
With great powder comes great rash-squash-ability.
-- Uncle Ben "Gold Bond" Parker
✈️ Flying out to Chicago today. It will be my first time there. I'm planning on seeing some improv and eating a sausage. Any other recommendations?
A taste of las Vegas in LaGuardia.
In the LaGuardia airport they make you walk through a gift shop to get to the gates. For sale: a Turtles in Time arcade cabinet.
Who is making this kind of floor space decision in an airport?
Unity exec tells Ars he’s on a mission to earn back developer trust | Ars Technica
"There was a lot more [feedback than we expected] for sure... I think that feedback has made us better, even though it has sometimes been difficult."
Execs always trot out the “we didn’t realize” line. Frankly, that says they are either disingenuous or impossibly stupid. Either way, not trustworthy.
Reminder that while USB-C is a welcome universal plug, the rest of the situation is, and will remain, a mess.
Model train dioramas are cool. 🚂
