Larry’s Pretty Good Journal

“now go! walk out the door! just turn around now! ’cuz you’re! not welcome! anymore!”

Thu, 21 May 2026 13:22:55 GMT

This fandom dates me a bit, but: a heartening discovery. Quite a few Ranma ½ video games were made in the 90s, including a couple versus fighting games on SNES and PS1. All but one were Japan-only releases, but you don’t need much Japanese to button-mash a fighting game. In all variations, several main franchise characters are available to play, including both of Ranma’s forms.

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“Whilst yet the calm hours creep, / Dream thou—and from thy sleep / Then wake to weep”

Wed, 20 May 2026 14:54:22 GMT

Links for your enjoyment, two taken from the same subreddit:

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“touch me in the morning then just walk away / we don’t have tomorrow but we had yesterday”

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:57:01 GMT

A few bits of translation news.

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“we’re all excited / but we don’t know why / maybe it’s ’cause / we’re all gonna die”

Mon, 18 May 2026 15:13:40 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“There are as many Hamlets as there are melancholies.”

Sun, 17 May 2026 15:01:03 GMT

A seven-step book meme that’s going around, which I first noticed from chestnut_pod:

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“i’ll tell you that i’m happy if you want me to / but one step further and my back will break”

Mon, 11 May 2026 14:38:21 GMT

For Poetry Monday, with a cut for length:

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“Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow”

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:51 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“i’ve squandered my resistance/ for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises/ all lies and jests”

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:24:33 GMT

A few musical links:

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“i see the bad moon a-rising / i see trouble on the way / i see earthquakes and lightning”

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:55:38 GMT

Eaglet is 13.

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“they’re so resigned to what their fate is / but not us (no never) / we’re far too young and clever”

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:43:52 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“on a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair / warm smell of colitas rising up through the air”

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:45:37 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“i’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror / it must be exhausting”

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:12 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“my heart is full of love and desire for you! / so come on down and do what you’ve got to do!”

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:51:45 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“they say this cat is a bad mutha— (shut yo’ mouth!) / i’m talkin’ ’bout shaft (then we can dig it)”

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:20:47 GMT

Following up on this post, this year for April Fools the Monterey Bay Aquarium posted under the Kriller Waves Radio label a 1-hour mix of anchovy, sardine, and mackerel schools moshing to thrash metal.

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“(we better) stop / children, what’s that sound? / everybody look what’s going down”

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:18:56 GMT

It was a good seder—smaller than some years, but good.

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“i would search everywhere / just to hear your call / and walk upon stranger roads than this one”

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:15:40 GMT

Links to adventures at many scales:

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“you’re the priestess i must confess / those little red panties they pass the test”

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:35:59 GMT

For Poetry Monday, dipping back a few millenia:

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“it’s not far down to paradise / at least it’s not for me / if the wind is right you can sail away”

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:45:06 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“what’s it all for / you better live now / before the grim reaper come knocking on your door”

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:53:33 GMT

Holy crap, how did I only notice this AFTER posting yesterday’s links?!? The people who brought us Krill Waves Radio posted at the start of last April a 1-hour mix of skeleton shrimp to headbanging to instrumental metal, under the Kriller Waves Radio label.

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“like a wire on a spool i keep on unrolling / a single thread that seems to unwind and unwind”

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:10:10 GMT

A few more musical links:

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“the air so heavy and dry/ strange voices are saying (what do they say)/ things i can’t understand”

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:44:56 GMT

This famous post is doing the rounds again:

my favorite thing i’ve learned in college is that way back in ancient china there was this poet/philosopher guy who wrote this whole pretentious poem about how enlightened he was that was like “the eight winds cannot move me” blahblahblah and he was really proud of it so he sent it to his friend who lived across the lake and then his friend sends it back and just writes “FART” (or the ancient Chinese equivalent) on it and the guy was SO MAD he travels across the lake to chew his friend out and when he gets there his friend says “wow. the eight winds cannot move you, but one fart sends you across the lake”

This story is so Chinese.

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“the moon and the stars / were the gifts you gave / to the dark, and the endless skies”

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:49:13 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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“windshield wipers slapping time holding bobby’s hand in mine / we sang every song that driver knew”

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:44:32 GMT

A few musical links, from various traditions:

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“got to be good-looking because he’s so hard to see / come together right now over me”

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:42:59 GMT

Speaking of Sayers’ writing ability, as a name of a Victorian bust decorating an Oxford college hall, the Reverend Melchisedek Entwistle is just about pitch perfect.

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“all i’m asking in return, honey / is to give me my propers when you get home”

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:15:03 GMT

For Poetry Monday:

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