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My Wordle Strategy

Today’s topic is something literally no one cares about.  Not so long ago, many people –myself included– would share their Wordle scores on social media, and derive something resembling social capital and boasting rights from a quick completion.

But no one cares anymore. Personally, I’ve moved on to “Connections” as my preferred morning mental challenge. But I still do the Wordle as a reflexive bit of warm-up labour. And I no longer care whether I get it in 2, 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I just want to get it done and move on to another game.

I’ve developed a strategy that almost always results in a correct result in exactly four guesses. And I’m going to share that strategy with you today. (more…)

The Best Bond Songs

AI-generated image of a generic James Bond. Looks like one of my Indian cousins after he’s starved himself for a month.

Clearly I’m procrastinating. In fact, I’d describe myself as a professionally crastinator, I’m so good at it.

Instead of tackling one of the countless overdue tasks demanding my attention, this morning I’ve chosen to list the five very best theme songs from the James Bond movie franchise.

My criteria? I have none. These are just the ones I like best, the ones I regularly find myself humming and randomly calling up on Spotify. You might disagree with my ranking, but you would be wrong.

So from #10 to #1, here is my list….

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Free At Last!

My latest one-month Facebook ban expires today. Woot! Trying to celebrate by paying mocking homage (mockage?) to our new Twitter overlord, and maybe getting banned there, as well:

So, what was I banned for this time?  Well, this post… (more…)

Medieval (F)art

Not everything is about COVID, okay?

This past week I discovered the wonderful world of bad Medieval art. Here are some gems and what they look like to me.

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