calendar occasional essays on various topics Recent updates: 2026.1005: The Beatles: Get Back 2026.1004: Love & Mercy 2026.1002: 29+ albums by the Beach Boys 2026.0902: Fire and Hemlock 2026.0831: 2026.08 minutiae

interactive fiction stories in which you get to participate Endless, Nameless: my IF magnum opus Narcolepsy: Xyzzy for Best Writing Varicella: four Xyzzies, including Best Game Photopia: voted best IF of all time (2015 poll) ...and several more

conventional prose stuff you can read without entering commands my novel, Ready, Okay! the ever-popular Wikipedia Brown, Boy Detective a ton of juvenilia ...and various odds and ends

comics now playing: Evil Creatures Recent updates: 2014.07: part ten: “Thickly Settled” 2014.03: part nine: “More Than Meets the Eye II” 2012.08: part eight: “Fortune Teller” 2012.05: part seven: “Explosions” 2011.09: part six: “Room Service”

audio new adventures in lo‑fi Most recent updates: Radio K: Ask/Tell #20 (2026.0923) Radio K: Calen‑deliria #3 (2021.1027) …plus some rock and/or roll songs

gastronomy restaurant and cookbook reviews Most recent updates: 2026.1006: 10 • Simurgh Bakery (Emeryville) 2026.0924: 9 • Rita’s 2026.0917: 10 • May Thai Kitchen (Alameda) 2026.0915: 10 • Popbar 2026.0914: 9 • Milky Flakes (Walnut Creek)

miscellany stuff that didn’t fit anywhere else Recent updates: 2026.0713: 2026 Lyttle Lytton winners 2025.0605: Annotated list of favorite songs 2023.1225: Fake Roy Lichtenstein Diptych in CGA 2023.0609: Names 2013.0101: Stochastic Planet

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