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For Ash Wednesday: Allegri’s “Miserere mei, Deus”
(repost from this past Ash Wednesday) This seems like a fitting piece of music to share this Ash Wednesday. Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus per Wikipedia: It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of the Sistine Chapel during
Substack is social media
(reposting older post from October, 2025) So says Hamish McKenzie, which is funny since one of the things Substack said about itself years ago was that they were the antidote to social media. Remember those heady days of 2021-ish when it was “quality over quantity” and writers could go directly
“Deleting” contacts in HEY email
Today I decided to give HEY one more go as my full-time email and calendar applications for one week. My subscription is up in the middle of March so I need to make a decision soon. I decided I needed to clean everything out of the account and start fresh.
Anyone remember Zuma?
My wife and I were just sitting around watching TV, my wife playing a game on her phone, when she asked me if I remembered a certain “marble game” that we both used to play on the phones. She was talking about Zuma from PopCap Games. This game was a
A Return To Vinyl
There is a certain irony in using a screen to announce a retreat from them, but lately I’ve been feeling a need for change. Toward the end of last year, I decided to shift my focus toward more “analog” pursuits: reading real books, journaling by hand, and listening to
Reclaiming myself
I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about what people think, far too much time. Over the last several years it’s been exceptionally bad due to conflicts on social media. I have friends who have been labeled the vilest things by people who have impossible moral purity tests