Another 500 games of Wordle played since 1000. During that time my longest streak ended, and apparently I’ve gotten worse because my average score has gone down. Let’s take a peak at the numbers.

I had a fun time taking on the What’s in a Name? 2025 Challenge, so let’s run it back! The challenge is once again being hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook and runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.

I found this fun end of year reading survey from Perpetual Page Turner and thought I’d fill it out. Here we go!

2025 was a year like any other. I’m terrible at writing these retrospectives, hence why it’s already February and I’m just now publishing it. Which is worse, posting a year in review in two a month after the year starts, or sending out the yearly wrapped/recap/some-other-fancy-name two months before the year even ends? I’m looking at you, Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, etc. etc. etc. How can you possibly know who my top artists of the year are going to be if you stop counting in November? A lot can change in those final two months; I first listened to the song that would eventually become my most listened of the year on October 9th! Kudos to Last.fm for being the only service that waited until January to release their playback. Rant over, let’s break down some numbers.

I enjoy a good book challenge but some of them are just too daunting (I’m looking at you, r/fantasy). Fortunately this year I found the What’s in a Name Challenge, where each book title must contain the prompt. The challenge is hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook and runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

I don’t tweet anymore, I’ve yet to join Threads or Bluesky, and I never really got into Mastodon. You would think that might lead to more blogging, but I don’t often find myself with something significant or coherent enough to share in a blog post. I do, however, want a place to share things that I find fun and interesting on the internet, with perhaps a short note or highlight from them, so here it is: my very own link blog!

I shocked myself by solving a Game of Crowns puzzle in only ten seconds!

This week, two services that I’ve used for years announced that they will enter the web’s graveyard: Pocket and Glitch.