Philip Brewer

Writer: science fiction and fantasy, personal finance, and Esperanto

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2022-02-27 11:24

Posted on 2022-02-27
by Philip Brewer

Many worthwhile things are hard to do. But the reason to do them is not because they are hard, but because they are worthwhile. (True despite the satisfaction of setting yourself a hard task and then seeing it through.)

Posted on 2022-02-27
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged doing hard things, dopamine

2022-02-26 15:16

Posted on 2022-02-26
by Philip Brewer

“DNA evidence collected over the past several months showed that [Hank the Tank] is at least three…”

and perhaps as many as a dozen raccoons in a bear suit.

Source: DNA Evidence Reveals Hank the Tank Isn’t One Bear, but Several – NYT

Posted on 2022-02-26
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged allegedly funny, raccoon, raccoon menace

2022-02-26 07:04

Posted on 2022-02-26
by Philip Brewer

I saw #writerslift on a twitter profile, and thought I’d found a community of writers who also lift weights. But no.

Posted on 2022-02-26
by Philip Brewer
in Fitness, News | Tagged exercise, Fitness, lifting, writer, writers, writing

2022-02-25 06:06

Posted on 2022-02-25
by Philip Brewer

Someone should make an anime series that’s just training montages. Sword-fighting training. Rock climbing training. Running. Martial arts. Always training for some competition or danger, but the series skips those and just goes on to the next training montage.

Posted on 2022-02-25
by Philip Brewer
in Fitness, News | Tagged exercise, training, training montage

2022-02-21 05:10

Posted on 2022-02-21
by Philip Brewer

In the Joe Pickett novels by C. J. Box, the locals wear Carhartt, while the folks from away wear L.L. Bean. That tidbit stuck with me, and is why this story caught my eye.

“Just as Patagonia sells rock-climbing jackets to bankers, Carhartt now sells logging pants to baristas.” — Source: NYT

Posted on 2022-02-21
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged clothing

2022-02-19 15:07

Posted on 2022-02-19
by Philip Brewer

Our main meal today is coho salmon with a soy-honey-ginger-mustard glaze, served with a blend of wild and brown rice.

Posted in News, Photography | Tagged food, minimally processed food, natural food, Photography, salmon, sitka salmon | 2 Comments

2022-02-19 13:55

Posted on 2022-02-19
by Philip Brewer

TIL that “protean” and “protein” are spelled differently. (I knew meanings and pronunciations; I just assumed they were spelled the same, like record and record).

Incidentally, I also bought @TheBioneerʼs new e-book: SuperFunctional Training 2.0: The Protean Performance System.

Posted on 2022-02-19
by Philip Brewer
in Fitness, News | Tagged Fitness, functional strength, the bioneer, training

2022-02-19 06:53

Posted on 2022-02-19
by Philip Brewer

Everyone needs an area of special competence. Mine is in drawing baths that are not too hot to get into, but warm enough that they’re still warm even after you’ve been in them for a while.

Posted on 2022-02-19
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged allegedly funny

2022-02-18 17:02

Posted on 2022-02-18
by Philip Brewer

It was @jackieLbrewer’s turn to bake bread today. (We are both pretty jealous of our turns. Fortunately, we both bake excellent sourdough bread.)

Here’s today’s loaf.

Posted in News, Photography | Tagged baking, bread, jackie, Photography, sourdough

2022-02-14 13:47

Posted on 2022-02-14
by Philip Brewer

Very yummy, if I do say so myself.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my sweetie, @jackieLbrewer!

Posted in News, Photography | Tagged baking, chocolate, food, Photography, valentine's day, whipped cream

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I write science fiction and fantasy stories.

I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.

For a while I taught Taiji. My current hobby is HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts, aka sword fighting).

For eleven years I was a senior writer at Wise Bread, writing about personal finance and frugality.

Before that I spent a quarter-century as a software engineer.

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