Farewell Facebook, One Year Later
One year ago today, I deleted my Facebook account. (I laid out my reasoning in this post.) I haven’t gone back, and I’ve had little temptation to return. Since it’s been a full year, I thought I’d take...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
I’m spending the day with family, but I wanted to make a quick post wishing all of my readers a heartfelt Merry Christmas! This year wildly exceeded my expectations, and that’s primarily due to all of...
View ArticleTrip Report – Hawaii
Hawaii has never called to me. Most of my impressions of America’s 50th state formed in the crucible of late ‘80s television shows, movies, and the representations therein. Those didn’t spark any...
View ArticleBuy The Stars Were Right for 99¢ and Give Back
If you’re at all like me, chances are you could use a little escapism these days. Something to pull you away from refreshing news feeds and doomscrolling through social media all day. Perhaps I can...
View ArticleHelping the World Central Kitchen Fight Hunger
I like food. I’m a food nerd. A “foodie.” I like to cook. I like to eat. I’ll try anything at least once. This isn’t a secret. So, it’ll come as no surprise that when I see a charity founded by a...
View ArticleEXTENDED—Helping the WCK Fight Hunger
I’ve seen a host of kind-hearted readers helping me raise money for the World Central Kitchen during the current COVID-19 crisis. Now more than ever it’s important to come together and help those...
View ArticleThe Stars Were Right 99¢ Give Back Promotion Ends Today!
It feels weird promoting this in light of everything that’s happened over the last few days, but here we are. Pretty much what the title says—today is the last day you can buy my weird little...
View ArticleGiving Back Promo Results
Because of the events of the last few days, I’m intentionally a little late with this report. As anyone who reads my blog regularly knows, for the previous few months, I’ve been running a special...
View ArticleNight Garden
I usually can lead into one of Kari-Lise’s show announcements by inviting locals to come out to an opening wherever it happens to be. But since America is still reeling from the pandemic and in-person...
View ArticleSign Up for Dead Drop
I don’t plug my newsletter often. Heck, I don’t send Dead Drop often—my last email was nearly two years ago. But I wanted to take a moment today and recommend signing up. When I do get around to...
View ArticleChange Is in the Air
I’ve had this blog since 2012, and for the extent of its life, it’s looked the same. Header, sidebar, posts, pages—everything has remained more or less unchanged for the last eight years and nearly...
View ArticleThings are a bit different around here
Back in early October, I mentioned that a change was coming. If you’re a regular reader, by now you’ve probably noticed things look quite a bit different. While on vacation last week, I took some time...
View ArticleMy Fantasy Map Brushes Have a New Home
Quick update since I’ve been moving stuff around. When I started #NoBadMaps and began releasing my brush sets, I didn’t expect them to explode in popularity the way they have. (My traffic has tripled...
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