Jack Mudge's Blog

The webiste's name isn't creative, but the person who wrote it is! This is my personal homepage and blog - old-school as that is - and I make no guarantees. 

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Image of a cat on a cat hammock facing a window overlooking greenery.
My cat, Georgia, lazily staring out the back window (2020).
Jack Mudge

Be Comfortable with Solutide

I mentioned my Cyan Starlight gameplay to someone the other day, in a passing conversation, it probably wouldn't even register. Their response was, in a nutshell, that they were surprised by the concept of playing a single-player ttrpg. That interaction made me think I wanted…

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Jack Mudge

I'm a cyborg, apparently.

I have diabetes, this isn't something that you can really hide even if you want to because it tends to require constant attentiveness - whether to food, to insulin dosing, to meal timing, or - of most relevance to this post - to blood sugar…

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TOP Food and Drug historical image
Jack Mudge

Vibrance is Outdated Nostalgia Now

In today's episode of Enshitification Daily: Growing up in Kent, up until they closed about 15 years ago, there was a locally owned and operated grocery store at the top of Smith Hill, called TOP Food and Drug. We used to shop there even though…

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Jack Mudge

Fermented Cherry Tomatoes

Fermentation is great, and this is one I highly recommend! Cherry tomatoes become fizzy and zesty, like balls of carbonated tomato sauce. Okay, that may sound terrible, but they're quite tasty. Here we see them served with a little fish sauce and lime juice. I…

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