Skapi's Porch

Swooping through

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:32:48 GMT

Hi all! Haven't posted for the longest time, have no excuses really. I'm okay, my new hip is better than the rest of me, and my mood is more on the copacetic side than it's often been in the past.

Take care, you critters!

Skapi

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New foliage

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:09:35 GMT

As it always seems to happen of a sudden, the leaves burst forth on the trees, fresh greens.

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Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:58:50 GMT

I've run into trouble with a section of service my cable provider is offering. I'm a Linux user, specifically Linux Mint. My cable provider says that the service on offer is not compatible with Linux systems, and that I could try either Windows or Mac. I could understand better if this was 2004 or so, but Linux has surely been around long enough to be included in the list of OS's that'll work with a service. Maybe there's something inherently difficult about Linux, not sure.

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Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:20:11 GMT

"Architect naohiko shimoda has created a detailed miniature ‘kamidana’ shrine specifically designed for an inner corner. the ‘kamidana’, which literally means ‘god shelf’, is a miniature family altar found in many japanese houses. usually placed high on a wall, these mini floating shelves are a way to bring the shinto shrine into the home."

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/naohiko-shimoda-detailed-miniature-kamidana-shrine-corner-01-28-2021/

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Sun, 03 Jan 2021 01:42:51 GMT

I've decided that this year, I'm going to be a Reader. I will read at whim, and sometimes just for the fun of it. So I went to the bookcase and tried out a book, entirely at whim, and just for fun.

This book is one I've tried to read for many years, and had to give up the project often. It isn't really a difficult book, in fact, the author often offers his POV using increasingly simple examples. I wonder what the issue is for me. I'm thinking I have a problem looking at the nearly unbroken walls of text. My eyes aren't really fixing on the lines as I read them, despite wearing spectacles.

But I'm determined, and will put up with re-reading parts after falling asleep. Forge ahead, Reader!

Skapi

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Sun, 16 Aug 2020 23:30:40 GMT

There’s a writer I’m interested in, who finds people ask him all about the tools of his trade. What kinds of pens he uses, how about notebooks. Right down to the exact model. I wonder how many writers and artists get the same questions. Do their readers think that by emulating their heros, that they will have some greatness and luck rub off on them?

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Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:46:28 GMT

I used to say, "I have a long term problem with writer's block." But it's gone on most of my life. I'm coming around to the idea that I wasn't dropped on this planet to write, and should just stop it.

Go do something else, like build a better kazoo.

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Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:37:14 GMT

I'm not my ebullient self these days, but I'm trying to recapture me. I hope everybody is shockin' and rockin' it!

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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:22:13 GMT

Poor Hagar!

https://www.comicskingdom.com/hagar-the-horrible/

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Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:33:14 GMT

I was thinking of calling my oldest friend in the world. We shared a nap-time crib as our mothers drank coffee and smoked at each other. I'd ask him a question, "Was it hard to be my friend?"

I've never brought the subject up before. I'm not sure how he'd answer.

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Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:54:34 GMT

Sometimes, feeling 'strange' or 'not quite right' causes alarm bells to clang, and worrying begins. But it could mean that the strangeness of feeling might indicate marked improvement over what has been accepted to be the benchmark for normal.

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Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:18:42 GMT

This is a chaotic day, in the emotional sense. A real roller coaster. Afraid of phone conversations, in case I have to explain myself, afraid to try to sleep in case I fail utterly. Hanging on with my prehensile ear lobes.

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How To Celebrate Canada Day Like A Canadian

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:38:47 GMT

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-to-celebrate-canada-day-like-a-canadian

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Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:16:15 GMT

This made me laugh:

https://www.gocomics.com/clayjones/2019/06/15

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Sat, 25 May 2019 01:32:04 GMT

Trudging around this week, pondering weighty questions like, "Why do non-commercial toilet seats come with lids?". Also coming to the conclusion that I don't trust any computer operating system as far as I can spit, and that's not far.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2019 03:39:06 GMT

'Norse Mythology for Smart People'. No lookie, unless you're smart!

https://norse-mythology.org/

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Wed, 26 Dec 2018 04:20:13 GMT

"Your heart has loved you from the beginning."

-Neyyirah Waheed

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Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:17:17 GMT

My ponder for today is, why don't they make Smarties using dark chocolate?

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Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:01:31 GMT

Like TED talks? Don't like them? Option 2, you'll like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A

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Parallel Universes: Theories & Evidence

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:33:30 GMT

A few months old, but got me thinking:

https://www.space.com/32728-parallel-universes.html

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At the Library

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:55:09 GMT

"I was not a good pupil, but I was a good learner, and in my neighborhood library, I roamed the shelves and stacks, had the freedom to select whatever I wanted, to follow paths which fascinated me, to become myself. At the library I felt free..."

- Oliver Sacks

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Prepped Heathens

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:12:55 GMT

I'm wondering, are heathens more likely to take an interest in developing disaster preparedness, or prepping/survival skills? Is it a common interest in heathen communities?

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Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:52:48 GMT

Today I poked my head out of my sheltered life to learn via Google that FWB means "friend with benefits", or "fuck friend".

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Japanese folk customs

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:42:04 GMT

Here's a piece about Japanese folk customs.

https://globalvoices.org/2018/05/07/tweeting-out-japans-idiosyncratic-folk-customs/

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Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:33:42 GMT

The adventure was driven by a search on "thought leaders":

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/i-tried-to-find-out-how-many-thought-leaders-are-on-linkedin-im-still-in-shock.html?cid=search

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