When it comes to spooky mermaids, there’s very little stuff that can match Elizabeth Jerichau-Baumann’s paintings. We take a look at them today on my Patreon.

"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
When it comes to spooky mermaids, there’s very little stuff that can match Elizabeth Jerichau-Baumann’s paintings. We take a look at them today on my Patreon.


Arthur Machen (1863–1947), born Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was an influential Welsh novelist and essayist widely regarded as a forerunner of 20th-century Gothic science fiction and a pioneer of “weird fiction,” so it’s a man after my own heart. Machen lived most of his life in

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a 2025 science fiction comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) and written by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying). It was released early this year, but I just got around to seeing it now.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Bricks? You wouldn’t believe it, but there’s a question I get asked, in various forms, every single time I introduce LEGO Serious Play to a professional audience. Sometimes it comes as a practical concern: “Do we really need the

Arthur Machen (1863–1947), born Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was an influential Welsh novelist and essayist widely regarded as a forerunner of 20th-century Gothic science fiction and a pioneer of “weird fiction,” so it’s a man after my own heart. Machen lived most of his life in

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a 2025 science fiction comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) and written by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying). It was released early this year, but I just got around to seeing it now.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Bricks? You wouldn’t believe it, but there’s a question I get asked, in various forms, every single time I introduce LEGO Serious Play to a professional audience. Sometimes it comes as a practical concern: “Do we really need the
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