Tag: anime
Favorite Summer Songs
Laura Cameron at The Well-Apportioned Desk is wrote a post titled Journal Prompt July. She decided to tackle July journal prompts compiled at the BaronFig blog in 2024. While I do not have a journal, this struck me as promising JulyReply material, so I looked at the five prompts she singled out as interesting examples...
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-01-26
I have not published "daily" Pook-Emu Bee links since June 23. But today is the start of a new month. Let us turn over a new leaf in July with the Pook-Emu Bee. [caption id="attachment_6173" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I took this photograph in Brooklyn Bridge Park on the morning of July 1, 2026. It is difficult...
Cabbage Sorter’s Review of Shiki (Anime)
I follow the excellent Cabbage Sorter blog for fun articles about and reviews of anime, manga, and novels (not to mention entertaining posts on other subjects). Here, she reviewed the 2010 anime version of Shiki, which is an adaptation of a serialized horror novel of the same name. She notes that she first tried to...
Gundam's Universal Century Timeline
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the Universal Century and canonicity.
Groundhog Day, Savescumming, and Our Endless Numbered Days
I love time loops in media—from Groundhog Day to Haruhi's Endless Eight. What do they reveal about mortality, memory, and the human desire to escape consequence through Nietzsche's eternal recurrence?
A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10: When a Door Closes, a Window Opens
A Clarifying Moment
In case you were on the fence about whether OpenAI was a positive force in the world, they sort of revealed their hand this week by leaning into a meme.
Japan 2024
I finally went to Japan! It was really nice. I found myself enjoying through both the ups and downs. Many things happened in the planning and execution of the trip. In this post I reflect on what happened, what I enjoyed and not, what I learned, and what I hope to do next. Ideation The...
Kase-san and Morning Glories
I add some thoughts to comments by Goyavoyage.
Best Anime I Watched in 2023
When I wrote Seasons of Anime, it was just middle of the year. Since then, I watched a lot more anime titles. I decided to use MyAnimeList to keep track of the titles I've watched and its ratings. Here, I will list some titles that are really exceptional to me in no particular order. Kaguya-sama:...
Year-end recommendations (yuri or otherwise)
In which I recommend some yuri and other works I enjoyed in 2022.
I wished that an AI could help me write about Madoka Magica
I got my wish, but I’m not ready to sign a contract just yet.
What’s a grown man doing watching anime?
Uhhh, enjoying it as a medium that tells interesting stories? Let me explain . . .