by orchaeus | Jan 1, 2024 | Status Update
“Everything went absolutely wrong over ‘the holidays’. It was like some bizarre cascade of miniature apocalypses were fighting each other to cram their way through the hallway of the last 15 days of December. I am not even going to list the...
by orchaeus | Dec 27, 2023 | Status Update
^ “There are metaphoric factors in our language — and habits of thought and usage we acquire largely through exposure and emulation — which predispose us to attempt to define ourselves in terms of ideas or situations which have nothing in common with our nature...
by orchaeus | Dec 25, 2023 | Status Update
May your hearts be true and your holidays filled with love…
by orchaeus | Dec 24, 2023 | Status Update
They asked me how hot I wanted I wanted my chicken curry on a scale of 1 to 5. I said 4. The waitress looked at me with deep concern and said, “No, we make actual hot, you sure?” I stuck to my guns. A few minutes passed. I saw the staff gesturing towards...
by orchaeus | Dec 24, 2023 | Status Update
I’ve always had acrophobia, but today driving through Utah, I experienced something stranger… fear of +depth…
by orchaeus | Dec 23, 2023 | Status Update
As those of you who follow me know, I »almost never post anything personal here. There are a wide array of reasons why this is so. But I am going to do it now. This post may disappear shortly, so enjoy it while you can… To be frank, or even tom, I nearly never...