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  • A Beacon of the Weird in a Broken World

    Ever since I began diving into the world of The Weird, I’ve encountered odd little synchronicities everywhere. Today’s synchronicity is brought to you by Meditations on the Tarot and my mood disorder. I have been struggling with my mental health… Continue reading

  • Book 2 of 2026: The Road

    If you’d have asked me two weeks ago when The Road was published, I would have guessed the 50’s. There’s something about the apocalyptic, vaguely post-nuclear landscape of The Road that strikes me as deeply rooted in the visceral fear… Continue reading

  • Book 1 of 2026: Are You Mad at Me?

    I’ve always enjoyed pop-psychology books. Psychology in itself is a super interesting subject, but academic psychology can be dry and unapproachable. Pop psychology books are a great way to explore the world of psychology without having to dive in to… Continue reading

  • Happy 2026!

    2025 is over and 2026 has begun. I’m not normally one for retrospectives. I’ve spent a lot of my adult life thinking about mistakes and miscalculations I’ve made, wasting thousands of hours of mental energy on endless rumination, marinating in… Continue reading

  • Book Completion: The Three Body Problem

    The holidays are always a little rough for me. This year, I’ve been working on my escape via books and reading. It’s December 21 and I’ve read about five books this month already, with several more in-progress on the periphery.… Continue reading

  • Intro to I Ching Reading

    On the advice of my long-dead grandfather (he didn’t talk to me from Beyond; he advised me when he was alive and I’ve only followed through now, decades later) I recently purchased a copy of the I Ching. The I… Continue reading

  • A Blogger’s Manifesto

    When I began using the internet in earnest in the late 90s, blogging was an incredibly popular way for people to connect. Early platforms like LiveJournal, followed by Blogger, Tumblr, and others, provided an easy means for people to share… Continue reading

  • Book Completion: “The Ministry of Time”

    This week, I started and finished the book The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. I’ve broken my usual reading pattern and gotten back into works of fiction recently, and I haven’t been disappointed. This book was well worth the… Continue reading

  • Book Completion: “We Used to Live Here”

    Recently, the topic of horror novels came up when my wife and I were discussing our recent reads. When I was a boy, I read horror novels all the time: Stephen King and Dean Koontz mostly, with a smattering of… Continue reading

  • Grandpa’s Esoteric Library: How To Use Astral Power (Key to a Miraculous New Life)

    I don’t know what a “normal” book is these days, or how many men my age even bother to read any more. I have always been an avid reader, and my tastes have been pretty normal for a nerdy guy.… Continue reading