one monkey + one keyboard

Standing on a precarious ridge I have the misfortune to be an optimist.

A meditation story from 2014.

A confabulation I.

Have you ever been asked not to think of an elephant?

A while back I wrote about Eclipses, equinoxes, and everyday awe — telling the time on Spaceship Earth.

In 1650, Oliver Cromwell wrote to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland: "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken."

How 4,528 days of meditation led me to build a kinder more joyful life logger.

Monday, 8 April 2024 — Durango, Mexico 12:12:12 CST 24°01'21.1"N 104°40'17.9"W All morning Plaza IV Centenario in Durango has been filled as if for a festival.

Testaments as love notes, pranks, institutions — and the occasional drawing‑room mystery. ⚠️ Fair warning - post is ~40% AI slop ⚠️ I wrote my own will recently and afterwards I felt oddly buoyant... more alive, you might even say.

My Obsidian vault is haunted.

Not phasers or warp drive, just a world where life is free.

A new study in PNAS by V.

Did you know that David Foster Wallace wrote a book about actual infinity?

What 18,000 Files Taught Me About the Future of Digital Knowledge (And Why I Sent Robots to Spy on the Obsidian Community) By: Caspar Addyman Published: August 29, 2025 I have a problem.

I was listening to the Tibetan book of the dead as an audiobook.