Part of the challenge of tackling Tolkien’s massive story is learning how to pronounce the names! I’m very thankful for the audiobook versions, especially readers like Rob Inglis, Martin Shaw, and now, Andy Serkis. Hearing the names read is an immense help and certainly adds to the richness of Tolkien’s legendarily… I’m not sure howContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: How To Pronounce Names In ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog”
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Marginalia: How To Spot Someone Secretly Writing With AI | The Daily Draft
The biggest giveaways usually have nothing to do with the writing itself. https://medium.com/the-daily-draft/the-obvious-ways-to-spot-someone-secretly-writing-with-ai-f36ce8d4d715 Matt Lillywhite makes some interesting points about the current obsession with identifying AI-generated writing. His conclusion is especially relevant for those of us who’ve been around long enough to remember when good punctuation, structure, and transitions were just called good writing. AfterContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: How To Spot Someone Secretly Writing With AI | The Daily Draft”
2026: A Cat Oddity
Funny how muscle memory works. This afternoon I was running a little containment drill in the laundry room — we have three orange kittens who treat every cracked door like an escape hatch — and somewhere in the middle of it, 1977 walked back in. Not as a thought. As a feeling in my hands.ContinueContinue reading “2026: A Cat Oddity”
Done Caring What’s Right
There’s a moment when you realize the problem isn’t that people believe the wrong things. It’s that they’ve stopped caring which things are true. I’ve been watching that happen across my country for a while now. Both sides. Every tribe. Same reason, though they’d never admit it — and honestly may not even see it.ContinueContinue reading “Done Caring What’s Right”
Marginalia: Diesi’s Little Capitol
That sign. Shot from below, the Louisiana State Capitol rendered in gold sitting on top of the name like it belongs there, big Gulf Coast cumulus stacking up behind it. Diesi’s Little Capitol sits off Interstate 10 in South Louisiana, between Breaux Bridge and Henderson — visible from the highway in a “you can’t missContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: Diesi’s Little Capitol”