Journal

More musings...

Just random thoughts.

Stuff

Strange things are afoot

What's in a name?

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 29

Life Noble notebooks, Dominant Industry ink, Paper Republic, Milanote

Journal

Heading off the beaten track...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson I came across that quote for the first time earlier this year. When I first heard it (it may have been in an episode of The Blacklist), it

Admin

Launching The Call of Cthulhu

This is probably duplication for a lot of people, but just in case you are not also signed up to the Pleasant Green site, our new crowdfund is now at official pre-launch with a go date of May 20th. You can get all the info and register your interest (without

Admin

Change is coming...

I have some changes in mind for Cartoon Gravity, and I hope they are changes for the better. This was always supposed to be my scrapbook, my commonplace book; the place where I posted things that I found interesting and thought others might also be interested in. So far this

Newsletter

Cartoon Gravity 44

This is going to be brief, because it would be really nice to salvage something of the holiday weekend. This week has seen me mostly cosplaying as a Customer Service Assistant. Crowley and Mythos were both released this week, and that necessitates dealing with a lot of people who have

Audio

Mythos: The Village

This one really shouldn't exist. Somewhere back in the mists of time, the first Mythos radio play slipped unnoticed through the BBC commissioning system. I had wanted to do something "A bit X-Files, but British", which is probably what I pitched. It is not quite what

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 28

Spectacular cinemas, Graph paper drawings, a Wild West town in Kent, The Brain at Rest, Girl Gangs of New York

Admin

Still playing...

The launch of Pure Hokum

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 27

Buffy, Qntm, The Ipcress File, Austrian Audio, Ken Adam

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 26

Ruth Wylie, The Bride, De La Soul, 3-D scans, Sign Painting, Bonus - Derelict.

Newsletter

Cartoon Gravity 43

Some enthusiasms.

Movies

Movies Watched - February 2026

A mixed, and smaller, bag for February. Some amazing films (Sentimental Value) and some turkeys that were even worse than I feared (Madam Web). * Bombshell * Lou * The Running Man (2025) * Black Bag * Defending Your Life * Madam Web * Marty Supreme * Sentimental Value * The Life of Chuck * Anatomy of a Fall * The

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 25

J. Cole, Under-appreciated movies, Paper masks, Book covers, Debunking AI panic.

Admin

The pivot to Pure Hokum

Building a company that builds worlds.

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 24

Photography Awards, The New Attic, a World Railway Map, and the Bibendum chair at 100.

Journal

2026-02-24

This is just depressing: The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films - The Atlantic. Maybe I'm a little Victorian about this, but I think if you're on a film course, it should be mandatory to attend a percentage of in-person screenings, and at

Journal

2026-02-20

There's a publication in Milwaukee called the Shepherd Express. They have a section called "News of the Weird", from which I culled the following: Christopher Carroll, 36, was suspended from his job as a paramedic with the Baltimore County Fire Department and is facing 23 criminal

Wednesday Wonders

Wednesday Wonders 23

Choosing Keeping, Renate Reinsve, The Hour of the Predator, Obsidian, William Hannah

Journal

2026-02-16

Some incredible images from Mongolia. In ‘Altai,’ Photographer Claire Thomas Chronicles a Time-Honored Way of Life in MongoliaThomas celebrates the nomadic lifeway and ancient customs of livestock herding and eagle hunting in the Altai Mountains.ColossalKate Mothes An interesting Medium piece on simplifying productivity. I had already got here, but

Journal

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Gore Verbinski is back behind the camera.

Journal

Dressing Up Dogs

Part Three of a career retrospective

Journal

2026-02-13

Cal Newport has just launched his Masterclass, and it prompted him to write this piece on the qualitative difference between professional productions and YouTube videos. He also talks about "micro streamers", which is a really interesting concept.  This morning I am noodling with the idea of a stage

Journal

2026-02-11

Back to (maybe) daily posting