Plight of the Small Farmer

QuentinOctober 29, 2010

I think the pictures from my latest garage sale camera tend to look like they came from a National Geographic magazine circa 1974.

That totally makes up for the lens being just a smidge radioactive.

Well, that explains it

“I consider myself the single honest man in a world of rogues and blackguards, present company excepted. In these conditions it is hard to accumulate wealth.” ― Jack Vance, Cugel’s Saga

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Concerning the kazoo

“The kazoo is rare in European classical music.” Thanks a bunch, Wikipedia.

August 26, 2025

Photo: Box of bookplates with blue stone bear beside it.

Ex Libris

April 18, 2025

In 1920, 8 year old Samuel Reshevsky played chess with several chess masters at once. He lost every single game.

The Opposite of a Chess Master

I’ve been playing more chess recently. It’s kind of fun to be absolutely terrible at something and enjoy it anyway.

March 14, 2025

Giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway The Blue Bear by Quentin Dodd Giveaway ends March 09, 2025. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway

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Awkward pen sketch of legendary film director David Lynch

Thank You, David Lynch

“I like to remember things my own way. How I remember them. Not necessarily the way they happened.”

January 17, 2025

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