Inbox Reboot – Part 7: Taming the Monster Inbox

You know the feeling: you open your email and the unread counter just says “999+” because the program can’t count any higher. You scroll—and scroll—and scroll—only to see repeat subject lines from people who’ve pinged you three times because you never answered the first one. Maybe you’ve just come back from holiday, maybe a life-event set the world texting and emailing you, or maybe you simply haven’t wrangled your inbox in a while. Whatever the cause, you’ve got a big, sick-making inbox on your hands.

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When “The Last of Us” Kills Off Your Soul

I adored Season 1 of The Last of Us—not because it echoed the game (I’ve never dared touch the game), but because it gave us that rare, aching dynamic: a broken man given one last chance to do right, and a broken girl who just might live through it. Then Season 2 came along and killed Joel with a golf club. In Episode 2. And just like that, the show lost its soul.

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The Streaming No: Why Epic Fantasy Shows Are Dying Mid-Quest (And Why Books Still Win)

Ah, “high production costs.” The new “it’s not you, it’s me” of the streaming world.

First it was Andor, quietly sliced from five seasons to two. Now it’s The Wheel of Time, which spun valiantly for three seasons on Prime Video before the thread was abruptly severed—despite critical acclaim and a devout fanbase. “Too expensive,” they say. “Too complex.” As if they didn’t know, going in, that adapting a sprawling 14-book fantasy epic might require some…commitment?

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Which Futurist Are You? Doom Prepper, Tech Worshipper, or Somewhere in the Murky Middle?

So, I’ve been in a bit of a spiral lately. You know how it goes. You start off with “What happens if the economy tanks?” and four hours later, you’re elbow-deep in a John Michael Greer blog post about catabolic collapse and wondering if it’s time to start hoarding seeds.

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“No Fantasy for Men?” — Or, How to Find the Books You’re Actually Looking For

I spotted this on X recently:

Happened to be in Target again and decided to check in on the ‘Fantasy’ section. Unlike last year, any male-centric fantasy is nowhere in sight.

It’s all Chick Lit and Booktok slop.

Modern publishing hates male readers.

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Inbox Reboot – Part 5: Filtering Beyond the Inbox

Beyond the Inbox: Where Email Management Really Happens Filtering your emails into sub-folders is a great start, but sub-folders should be temporary storage, not a long-term solution. Email programs are designed to deliver emails—not manage them. The real key to email control is moving emails out of your email program and into systems that help

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Wait, They’re Making a Harry Potter TV Series? And John Lithgow Is Dumbledore?

This week, I stumbled across some news that made me do a double take: Harry Potter is getting a full-fledged TV reboot, and John Lithgow has been cast as Dumbledore. A few things struck me about this announcement—first and foremost, the fact that I had somehow missed the memo that Harry Potter was headed for

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