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This will probably be the last article i write for this site. It’s been fun, thank you internet it’s been fun. Here’s a link to a picture of a fish . There are so many requirements for these 8 blog posts, I mean gifs, images, even soundcloud links? I’ll be honest I’m not really lookingContinue reading “Last article”

During quarantine i’ve been doing a lot of research into long distance hiking. It’s been a dream of mine for years to hike the 2,000+ miles of the Appalachian trail. Founded by Benton Mackaye around 1930, the Appalachian trail follows the Appalachian Mountains from Maine to Georgia. The original blazing of the trail took 7Continue reading “The Appalachian trail”

I’ve been watching videos of this guy, Ed Pratt, who rode a unicycle all the way around the world. Why? i really don’t know it seems like an incredible pointless and futile effort, but i’d bet he lost some weight at least. It seems like it would have been a lot of fun traveling inContinue reading “Riding a unicycle around the world”

I’ve been spending a lot of quarantine making bread. The go to has been sourdough. Sourdough is a good option because it uses natural leavening instead of a mass produced one. This is good because everyone else bought all the yeast i would normally use to make bread. The ability to make leavening from wildContinue reading “Making Sourdough Bread”

Pangolins are one of the strangest animals I personally have ever seen. Looking like a cross between a possum, an armadillo, and a pair of boots my aunt used to wear, they eat mainly ants and termites. Found across africa and south eastern Asia, the Pangolin has no teeth or stomach acid so its stomachContinue reading “The Pangolin”

The Mountain Goats, founded in 1991, are a california based indie/ Folk rock band. This year is a song off their 2005 EP Dilaudid. The song tells the story of a teenage boy running away from home for the day, something i’m sure we would all love to do right now. The song talks aboutContinue reading “The Mountain Goats: This Year”

This scene in Dr. Caligari is the third murder we see within the film. With a body count like this the film may count as the first slasher movie. The scene begins with our main character going to check out the Doctor. When he sees the sleepwalker still in his cabinet he suspects nothing. ButContinue reading “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari: the attempted murder of Jane”

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari was a much more interesting movie than I expected. Often referred to as the first ever horror movie on one viewing it is clear how much of an impact this film has had on cinema history. The movie makes use of numerous tropes we still see in movies today. TheContinue reading “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.”

Once upon a time there was a man who lived in the world’s smallest house. He would wake up in the morning and put his head through the roof sitting up in bed. Then he would take a shower in a bathroom the size of a sink and get some water in a sink theContinue reading “Sound Narrative”

Max Hawkins spent two years trying to randomize his life. He is a computer programmer who noticed he was spending his time in the same places doing the same things. In response to this he decided to write a program that would pick a random bar in San Francisco and call him an Uber there.Continue reading “Max Hawkins’ Random Life”