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Hobson-Jobson

Recently I bought a copy of the British-Raj-era classic reference book Hobson-Jobson. I was at dinner with my friend Pranav (who makes great videos that combine history and trivia with cooking, such as this one), and we were discussing favourite dictionaries (because, as I was telling him, K thinks it’

Life/Death Update

I haven’t written here in a few weeks – I was working on the next Weeknotes (Weeknotes 29 – for reference, we’re now in Week 33), and I wanted to post an update here for anyone who hasn’t seen it on BlueSky (so, a whole lot of you, most

Thoughts on Seven Years of No Smoking

(Content warning: This post describes the act of smoking several times, sometimes positively. If this might trigger or affect you emotionally, please prioritise yourself and feel free to skip this essay.) 30th September this year marked seven years since I quit smoking. When I completed 100 days of not smoking,

Status Update / 2023 / Week 41

Hello, the Internet! I’m writing this on a lazy Sunday afternoon. After a friend’s quiet birthday celebration yesterday, I was reminded that I am now old and, in fact, loving it. There’s been a flu going around the city, probably down to the erratic weather, and I

Reincarnation

It is early afternoon. Not raining yet, but the air is moist and rapidly cooling. I’m sitting at the neighbourhood café by myself. I came here to write, but I’m avoiding it, nibbling on a sandwich while hunched over my phone. There are three men at the next