scraps – Professor Harbinger's School for Villains

Sleeping Beast Tomorrow

The Sleeping Beast should go out tomorrow, barring any surprise emergencies. I really want to get ahead on these. But that doesn’t look like it’s happening in the next little while. But I’ve still managed to get the Sleeping Beasts out each full moon for over a year now. And I’ll call that a win.

Becoming Illegible

I have been working on a reading list for my loyal free thinking cultists. It isn’t ready yet, but I want to talk briefly about one item that will be on that list: Seeing Like a State, by James C. Scott. In this book, Scott talks about how the state works to render the terrainContinueContinue reading “Becoming Illegible”

A Long Overdue Update

I’ve been quiet for some time. But I have not been idle. I will be making a number of new pieces of writing available shortly. If you are part of the mailing list, you will have been receiving the Sleeping Beast. And if you have been receiving the Sleeping Beast, you will know that I’veContinueContinue reading “A Long Overdue Update”

We are not Experts, Except for When We Are…

I want to take a moment and convince you not to trust us. Now this may seem like a bad idea on my part. Why would I want you to not trust me? Aren’t I trying to convince you, the reader, to sign on to whatever I am selling? No. I am not. I amContinueContinue reading “We are not Experts, Except for When We Are…”

Mondays, am I right?

So it is Monday, and I am considering what I should write this week. I have the Jimquisition on in the background. Because I like messing with the ability to manage multiple stimuli. Sometimes this helps. Sometimes it is excruciating. But here I am. I have been working on a system of long term planningContinueContinue reading “Mondays, am I right?”