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

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2023-01-02 10:59

Posted on 2023-01-02
by Philip Brewer

Ashley is teaching me how to stalk squirrels. First lesson: When the squirrel’s head is down, creep forward; when the squirrel raises his head, freeze.

A black dog on a multi-use path
Ashley is not stalking a squirrel in this photo

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Philip Brewer

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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.

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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“total abortion bans come at the cost of more than 36,000 residents per quarter.”

Source: Are People Fleeing States with Abortion Bans? | NBER (Link to page that links to the pdf of the study.)

Graph showing migration out of states that ban abortion begins rising dramatically shortly before Dobbs decision and continues to rise

Via Emily Peck, via Slate Money.

2025-03-29 9:19 am

It’s warm enough that Ashley’s place in the sun is almost entirely in the shade.

2025-03-28 12:08 pm

Daffodils and squills! The squills were my idea, but Jackie did most of the work in our little flower garden, except that the lilies, which won’t bloom for another couple of months, were left by the previous member.

Some daffodils and squills in a small flower garden by a door and window
2025-03-28 9:16 am

“… food delivery giant DoorDash announced a deal Thursday with buy-now, pay-later outfit Klarna, offering hungry consumers “the added convenience of Klarna’s seamlessly integrated, flexible payment options while shopping.”

Source: Almost Daily Grant’s Commentary

Of course. Who doesn’t think it’s a good idea to spread the cost of your lunch over a few weeks or months?

2025-03-21 10:46 am

Outside a Chinese restaurant near the Big Y, a big ol’ flock of (I think) Black Vultures. (Not Turkey Vultures, which are the only kind I can recognize.)

2025-03-21 7:59 am

The first crocus, the first squill, and the soon-to-be first dafodills.

Yellow crocus in our flower gardenBlue squill in our flower gardenBuds for some soon-to-be daffodil blooms
2025-03-14 5:41 pm

Ashley likes nothing better than tussling with another dog. In this case, with Roxie.

Ashley tussling with Roxie—both on their hind legs, grabbing at one another's collarsAshley and Roxie tussling, going for one another's necks
2025-03-08 4:11 pm

An AI app I’d find actually useful: philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-03-04 10:00 am

For years I’ve heard about double-yoked eggs, but this is legit the very first time I’ve ever broken an egg and had it turn out to be double-yoked.

A mixing bowl with two eggs, one of them double-yoked
2025-03-03 11:41 am

On my way to UI Con.

Photo by Jackie Brewer
2025-03-01 10:32 am

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