Hah. Like carving away the marble to reveal the elephant within, where the marble is the Library of Babel.

it's how games get designed!

Should be easy with all the tentacles

Well, it gave me some plausible daily targets.

I’m glad you’re enjoying it (and I love that picture spread)

My kids got homework about it today. They had to read an article on it, and answer six of seven questions about it, including ”if you’re getting homework about it, does that mean 6-7 is over?”

I had one today which showed how closely they’d read the book by adding a character that doesn’t exist and then structuring the whole pitch around that character.

This morning, I opened google, famed for its classically simple homepage. A monument to minimalism - just the search box and two buttons. Stark, pristine...

And a pop-up suggesting I upload a photo to gemini to celebrate movember.

less encouraging and more "see? this is what it's like from the outside"

Look, you fix the water heater, and I'll write "the Epic Tale of Bob the Elemental Master, who through his sorcery commands fire and ice, steam and lightning" for you.

It's always weird when you think about bills in terms of word count. We got our kitchen redone a few years ago, and they quoted us a price on stone countertops. "That's a novel and a half" I said out loud.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5evil, 5eviler, 5eveneviler, 5veryevil, 5superevil, 5downrightevil, 5ican'tbelieveit'snotevil, 5thirteenisalsoevil, 5stillevil, 5yepstillevil, 5itseviltorunthisjokeintotheground, 5evilevil, 5evenevilverthanthelast, 5evilnearlythere, 5EVILEST