I like French, comics, books, podcasts, (board and roleplaying) games, biking, and trains. I try to stay organized and in good (physical and mental) shape.
Moi, j'aime le français, les BD, les livres, les podcasts, les jeux (de plateau et de rôle), le cyclisme, et les trains. Je fais de mon mieux de rester organisé et en forme (physiquement et mentalement).
You can subscribe to this content through this RSS feed or this Mastodon account.
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'A social media reset | Joshua M. Rosenberg, Ph.D.'
- kudos:Admire what Josh is doing here. I’ve been rethinking my own social media presence recently and want to take some cues here. link to ‘A social media reset | Joshua M. Rosenberg, Ph.D.’
- kudos:
Local farmers market has garlic chocolate chip cookies, which I love and no one else in my family likes. Suits me just fine.
- kudos:
I think I like to listen to the Interstellar soundtrack when I’m feeling anxious, but the truth is that listening to the Interstellar soundtrack makes me more anxious, so I gotta stop doing that.
- kudos:
À propos of nothing in particular, I’m looking into how to set up a Mastodon instance, and it’s not as hard or expensive as I thought.
- kudos:
Just recognized a song playing on (Swiss) radio as being from Eurovision 2021, and that makes me happy.
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'NFTs Are Here To Ruin Dungeons & Dragons'
- kudos:Hard to think of a worse use of the OGL than this. I’m already grumpy about NFTs, but this is making me mad. link to ‘NFTs Are Here To Ruin Dungeons & Dragons’
- kudos:
Recently got a six-month free trial of Apple Music, so I figured I’d try out music streaming for the first time in years. As great as the music selection is, though, my bias toward owning music and listening to internet radio is being strengthened.
- kudos:
Comme il n’y a même pas de métro chez moi, je suis limité à « vélo, boulot, dodo »
- kudos:
Ça fait 10 ans que j’écoute Les Cowboys Fringants, mais je les apprécie davantage avec chaque année qui passe.
- kudos:
Very relieved to learn that the singer on French radio that I can’t tell apart from Johnny Hallyday started his career as a Hallyday impressionist.
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Stromae’s Music Delves Into Dark Topics. His Return Is Right on Time. - The New York Times'
- kudos:Pleased to see Stromae reviewed in the NYT—by someone who liveblogged Eurovision no less. Will be listening all afternoon, I’m sure. link to ‘Stromae’s Music Delves Into Dark Topics. His Return Is Right on Time. - The New York Times’
- kudos:
Long week ahead, but there’s a new Stromae album coming out Friday, so I already have some self-care plans in place for the end of it.
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Tabletop Designers Rally to Support Trans Kids in Texas'
- kudos:Shut up and take my money! This is why itch is one of my favorite game-related places on the internet. link to ‘Tabletop Designers Rally to Support Trans Kids in Texas’
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Super Philosophers - Existential Comics'
- kudos:The last panel is the real gem here. link to ‘Super Philosophers - Existential Comics’
- kudos:
Rewatched the Pixar movie Soul while going through old letters and mementos, and that’s quite the combination.
- kudos:
Grumpy about DRM today. So much content I’ve purchased but am forever beholden to Amazon to access.
- kudos:
Jim Hacker is in The Prisoner???
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How Board Games Handle Slavery'
- kudos:Came across this while explaining Puerto Rico to my games and learning class. I love board games, but we have to critically evaluate them just like any other medium. link to ‘How Board Games Handle Slavery’
- kudos:
I think concerns about being dependent on technology are valuable, but I also note that no one is ever talking about technologies like, say, language or agriculture.
- kudos:
Is NaNoTwiMo a thing? Every time I assign Twine to my students, I want to spend some time doing something big and beautiful with it.
- kudos:
One of my favorite differences between European and Canadian French is the subtly different way they each pronounce words and names in English.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Belgium's new passport features comic faves | Boing Boing'
- kudos:Anyone know an easy way to get Belgian citizenship? [link to ‘Belgium’s new passport features comic faves | Boing Boing’](https://boingboing.net/2022/01/27/belgiums-new-passport-features-comic-faves.html?utm_source=rss
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Netflix Reveals New Wallace & Gromit Movie, Chicken Run 2 Cast'
- kudos:More Wallace and Gromit is always welcome. link to ‘Netflix Reveals New Wallace & Gromit Movie, Chicken Run 2 Cast’
- kudos:
Going through old files and throwing out notes from a French phonetics class from over a decade ago. I recognize that I don’t need them anymore, but there’s still something hard about it!
- kudos:
Paid a visit to Cincinnati’s Union Terminal today. The building makes for a gorgeous museum, but how cool would it be if it were still the busy train station it was designed to be?
- kudos:
I have been joking since March 2020 how desperately we need a new Stromae album now, but I could have never anticipated how perfect Multitudes is going to be for this moment.
- kudos:
Is it too late to exchange this 2022 for a new one? We’re within 30 days, and this one clearly came broken.
- kudos:
Angry at myself tonight for not noticing spousal abuse perpetrated by someone I worked with regularly while it was happening. Angrier still at those I know who were aware of it and did nothing.
- kudos:
I wish Nintendo would translate the French release of Mario Kart as « chariot de Mario » because it’s very fun to say.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'People spent 15 hours roleplaying a McDonald’s drive-thru on Twitter Spaces - The Verge'
- kudos:The internet is dumb but sometimes in an amazing way. link to ‘People spent 15 hours roleplaying a McDonald’s drive-thru on Twitter Spaces - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Amazon is retiring Alexa — no, not that one - The Verge'
- kudos:Why shut down Alexa rankings??? link to ‘Amazon is retiring Alexa — no, not that one - The Verge’
- kudos:
Grâce à YouTube, j’ai appris au sujet des « speakerines » aujourd’hui. J’étudie le français depuis vingt ans, et il reste des tas de choses à apprendre.
- kudos:
Initial Dungeons and Dragons pizza plans have fallen through. I have pointed out that there’s a LaRosa’s nearby and am now swelling with an unexpected amount of Northern Kentucky pride.
- kudos:
I traditionally get a mild cold every beginning and end of semester, which has always been a pain but has become anxiety-inducing these past two years.
- kudos:
It has been a long week, and tomorrow is looking just as long, but it’s been a beautiful Sunday that I plan to cap off with the new videos from the French train nerd YouTube channels I subscribe to and maybe even some Stardew Valley.
- kudos:
The more Grammarly ads I see, the more my skepticism of them grows.