George Abbott's Blog

(This is entry 32 of #100DaysToOffload) It seems that so much of life is about interpretation.

(This is entry 30 of #100DaysToOffload) Humans, in cities at least, feel themselves external, privative of nature.

(This is entry 31 of #100DaysToOffload) I have know of course of the concept of a blog as a garden: where, instead of a stream of entries ordered by date, there is a garden like structure: entries have reference others, to allow for following a path, almo…

(This is entry 27 of #100DaysToOffload, and my weeknotes for the week 2024-10-28 to 2024-11-03) The week has been really neither busy nor not-busy, but here are some general updates...

(This is entry 28 of #100DaysToOffload) It seems that a very important concept in the managing of any state, whether it is an allotment, a relationship, a mere conversation, the development of a skill, or whatever else, is attention.

(This is entry 26 of #100DaysToOffload) It seems like disarray sort of piles up.

(This is entry 25 of #100DaysToOffload) On the train to work yesterday, I absentmindedly was looking out of the window.

(This is entry 21 of #100DaysToOffload) There are two ways of espousing an idea: brief, and verbose.

(This is entry 20 of #100DaysToOffload) There is a lot of talk nowadays about misinformation: purposeful falsehood (if maybe realistic sounding) generated spread for political reasons.

(This is entry 19 of #100DaysToOffload) At first glance, leisure and productivity appear to be opposites.

(This is entry 16 of 100 for #100DaysToOffload) I am 23.

(This is entry 15 of #100DaysToOffload) I'm mulling over setting up a watch list again.

This is day 13 of #100DaysToOffload.

This is day 14 of #100DaysToOffload.

(I'm not going to count this towards 100DaysToOffload, because it'll be brief.)

(Day 12 of #100DaysToOffload) It is Wednesday, and the weather is... far more foul now.

(Day 11 of #100DaysToOffload) I've, by virtue (or vice) of not setting an an alarm, gotten up very late today.

(Day 10 of #100DaystoOffload) Now the Monday.

(Day 9 of #100DaysToOffload) It's the second day today, and I've returned back to the hotel at about four again for a bit of rest before I go out in the evening.

This is entry 7 of 100 for #100DaysToOffload.

I'm doing Inktober at the moment (and not willing to share images out of shame!)

This is entry 3 of 100 for #100DaysToOffload.

This is entry 2 of 100 for #100DaysToOffload, and the first blog post of the redesigned website.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

I found my wristwatch today, but for the past while had lost it, and notice how much more at ease I feel because of it, and just how extensively I use it.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

TODO: port from old site.

On my main machine, I have a fairly bloated install of Artix Linux.

TODO: port from old site.

A thought popped into my head today: why do we say a person is Jewish, but that their religion is Judaism?

The /s/ and /r/ phonemes in Germanic have some quite interesting alternation between languages that you may not have even noticed.