John P.
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(For those new to the home game, the reason I'm SO much a convert to trackball mice, the under-thumb version in specific, is that it is a MASSIVE improvement to the wrist, elbow and shoulder discomfort or pain all-day mouse usage used to cause: situate the mouse right, and those are GONE. And this
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
(For those new to the home game, the reason I'm SO much a convert to trackball mice, the under-thumb version in specific, is that it is a MASSIVE improvement to the wrist, elbow and shoulder discomfort or pain all-day mouse usage used to cause: situate the mouse right, and those are GONE. And this
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There are 53 stock art photos of me on Getty Images and there are 83,600 of Taylor Swift, and as it turns out this is a staggeringly precise representation of the difference between our levels of fame
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are 53 stock art photos of me on Getty Images and there are 83,600 of Taylor Swift, and as it turns out this is a staggeringly precise representation of the difference between our levels of fame
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No, you don't have to like any given take, and you can dislike it for any reason that strikes you, that's cool. But "not faithful" or "not accurate" is, IMO, not a particularly good way to express that dislike.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
No, you don't have to like any given take, and you can dislike it for any reason that strikes you, that's cool. But "not faithful" or "not accurate" is, IMO, not a particularly good way to express that dislike.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
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They're doing it in our current context, to say...something. Something about our current context, maybe something about the ways our current context interacts with the ancient context, maybe just something about "armor and spears are cool."
And that's ok! That's how art works.
And that's ok! That's how art works.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They're doing it in our current context, to say...something. Something about our current context, maybe something about the ways our current context interacts with the ancient context, maybe just something about "armor and spears are cool."
And that's ok! That's how art works.
And that's ok! That's how art works.
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even if the result wasn't going to look *exactly* like my book.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
even if the result wasn't going to look *exactly* like my book.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.