• nerd

    Rings of Power, S1 E2

    Ok. I’m finally getting around to watching the next episode. Here we go! Liveblog for initial watch-through of Rings of Power S1 E2 I’ve put my initial thoughts as I was watching in the main bullets, and then pulled out any additional info I added afterward into sub-bullets. Needless to say, spoilers abound.

  • nerd

    Rebel Badges

    In February 2023, two of my very, very close friends and I started a journey of self-improvement by working on grown-up merit badges. It’s like scouts for adults. Not quite sure how or when I became an adult, as I certainly didn’t sign up for it, but here we are.

  • foodie

    So now you’re gluten-free. What’s next?

    So you’re gluten-free. Whether you have Celiac Disease, your doctor has recommended you follow a gluten-free diet for another reason, you’re trying it on your own to see if it helps with some digestive issues, or you just plain don’t want to eat gluten anymore… you’ve decided to yeet gluten from your life in a big way. But what now? Where do you start?

  • nerd

    Rings of Power, S1 E1

    Liveblog for initial watch-through of Rings of Power S1 E1 I’ve put my initial thoughts as I was watching in the main bullets, and then pulled out any additional info I added afterward into sub-bullets.

  • nerd

    Rings of Pow-Pow-Power, here I come!

    Screenshot of show cover image from Amazon Prime So I’ve been putting off watching Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Not for any specific reason, mind you.

  • nerd

    The Seen and the Unseen

    So in Tolkien’s mythology, there is the physical, visible world, referred to as the “Seen”, and the world of those things and beings that belong to magic, which is called the “Unseen”. Let’s talk about this.