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Blogocentric Formulations

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Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).

Blogocentric (adj). A portmanteau of "blog" and "logocentric" devised by a word nerd with way too much time on his hands.

Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, mostly scavenged from the following:

"Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"
"Blog City Prompt Forum"
"Invalid Item"
"Invalid Item"
"Take up Your Cross Blog Forum"

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Jeff

Mar 7, 2026 at 5:06pm
In response to "Watch List - February 2026"

@Annette

- I doubt I'll track where I watched something by default, but I'm always happy to tell anyone who asks. We Own This City is on HBO Max. Or Max. Or HBO Now. Or whatever Warner Bros. calls its streaming service currently before Paramount buys them and changes it again.

Steal and Vox Machina and Leverage: Redemption are on Amazon Prime, and "Memory of a Killer" is on Hulu.

Annette

Mar 4, 2026 at 1:25pm
In response to "Watch List - February 2026"

I watched Predator Badlands in the theater and had this to say: "Predator Badlands - a no spoilers review"

One suggestion for these entries: could you put a little add on where you watched the shows? I know Lincoln Lawyer is on Netflix. I've watched the previous three seasons and will likely watch the fourth one also. Thank you for writing about it without spoiling anything. I would be interested in watching "We Own this City" if it's on a service that I have.

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Brandiwyn🎶

Mar 4, 2026 at 12:12pm
In response to "Watch List - February 2026"

Thanks for the recommendation. We just upgraded our Prime to the no-ads version, so we're looking for things to watch.

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I Heart My Sox

Mar 2, 2026 at 6:14pm
In response to "undressed"

I like the song, but I probably wouldn't have listened to it otherwise.

💙 Carly: Happy New Year

Mar 2, 2026 at 9:46am
In response to "undressed"

Oh yeah. thanks. I will be checking that out.

Jeff

Mar 1, 2026 at 4:26pm
In response to "undressed"

💙 Carly: Happy New Year

- The song is called "undressed," and the artist is named "sombr"

💙 Carly: Happy New Year

Mar 1, 2026 at 12:18pm
In response to "undressed"

I'm not able to play the video. Could you tell me the band and the song so I can find it on my own. thanks. Don't know why it does this. Sometimes the link works and sometimes it tells you to Watch Video On YouTube as an error. Odd.

Jeff

Feb 28, 2026 at 4:47am
In response to "Forever Your Girl"

The intro deal was something like 6 cassettes (and later, CDs) for a penny each. That was how they got you, because to get the deal you had to enroll in their subscription plan where the regular price of the albums was seriously jacked up (to like $20-$25) and if you didn't make a selection every month, they'd bill you and send you a featured one every month. Most people signed up for the freebies, then ended up canceling just as soon as they could get out of their one or two year long contracts. But hey, when you're a teenager and building your music collection? The first batch of albums is practically free.

And I remember those days of calling into a radio station, requesting a song, then trying to record it off the radio when they played it. Yeah, you'd always miss part of the song, or the recording quality would be terrible because most people just put a tape recorder in front of the speaker to record it and you'd get ambient noise or interruptions all the time. I don't want to admit how much time and money my teenage self invested in a stereo system designed to optimize recording songs off the radio.

Annette

Feb 28, 2026 at 3:52am
In response to "Forever Your Girl"

You could buy an album for one cent? Dang, I got ripped off growing up in Germany.
I had to buy empty cassette tapes and record off my radio, always missing out on the last ten seconds of each song because the radio host was talking.

Reagana

Feb 22, 2026 at 3:00pm
In response to "GOODBYE YESTERDAY"

I Love their music!! It is always inspiring. Also is a great pick-me-up on the way to and from work.

March 10, 2026 at 3:50pm

#1110335

Racecars and Rolling Dice

Prompt ▶︎

I find myself inspired by a lot of people across a lot of different domains. At the moment, the two people that come to mind — in very different areas — are Lewis Hamilton and Brennan Lee Mulligan.

Lewis Hamilton is a Formula 1 driver for Ferrari this year. Last year was his first year with the Italian constructor and, to say that he had an awful year would be an understatement. He's been driving for twenty seasons and is the most decorated driver in Formula 1 history, but last year was his first year without a podium (i.e., finishing first, second, or third in a race) and, in a lot of cases, he was qualifying and starting races in a way lower position than he's accustomed to. It's also the longest stretch a Ferrari driver has gone without securing a podium since joining the team. Toward the end of last year, his media appearances were almost painful to watch; you could just tell he was so dejected and pessimistic about the decision to change teams.

This past weekend was the first Grand Prix of the 2026 season and Lewis finished fourth. Just shy of the podium, but his race pace looked good and he seemed genuinely happy with his performance. During media appearances after the race, he seemed more upbeat than he has been in a while, and admitted that he spent a lot of time over the winter break getting into a better head space. I definitely find myself inspired by the fact that he's performed at the top of his field for almost two decades, and still has the mental resilience to continue to push himself to not just perform, but to come back from discouraging circumstances. With all he's accomplished, it'd be easy to say, "You know what? I'm done. I'm going to go enjoy life as a retired forty-something multimillionaire." And instead he's still out there on track, pushing to be the best.

Brennan Lee Mulligan is an improv actor and professional Game Master in the liveplay TTRPG space. He regularly runs games for Dimension 20, and is running Campaign 4 for Critical Role after a number of turns guest starring as both a Game Master and player. There are a lot of people who will say that Critical Role's regular Game Master (Matthew Mercer) is the best GM in the business, but for my money, it's Brennan. Matt is absolutely fantastic as a worldbuilder and a character actor, but Brennan's improv background allows him to surprise players with both story and comedic moments that are truly delightful surprises.

Matthew Mercer is the kind of GM that I aspire to be in my own games. So supremely confident with his storytelling and his performances; he's able to create a vibrant and ever-changing world for his players and he's the kind of GM I could imagine myself becoming with years (or decades, more likely!) of practice and additional learning. Brennan, on the other hand, is the kind of GM that I know I'll never be, because what he does is just so beyond my own abilities. But that's also what makes him so entertaining to watch, because liveplay TTRPGs are a different beast than home games played with friends around your own table, and Brennan gets how to entertain an audience.

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