Joachim Kennedy

Start A Blog For Me

It’s been a long time since I last told people to start a blog1 which means the Blog Police could take away my license any day now. There’s so little left unsaid in blogging’s favor that I don’t want to repeat all the ways it would benefit you. Instead let me tell you how your blog would benefit me! The first reason is the obvious one. I’d like to read your blog. read more...

Good Signs

Before heading off to college, I joked with my cross country friends that I would start a parody of Humans of New York called Street Signs of Greater Boston. Here’s what I have so far1: Neighbor– Please stop feeding grapes to turkeys. (Please stop feeding them– it is not good for them and feeds the rats) Grapes + raisins are poison to dogs and my puppy has almost died. The first and only sign from Greater Boston. read more...

Resolutions 2026

Last Year 2025 turned out to be a good year to not learn how to use em dashes though I sympathize with all the human em dash users out there. The other straightforward resolution was composting. Very easy. Another big success was going to the Olympic Peninsula with my girlfriend. The line to get into Hoh Rainforest was too long, so we hiked along Rialto Beach and Lake Quinault instead. I would absolutely visit again for longer than a weekend. read more...

Office Hours Review

If I had an FAQ on this site, it would have 1 question: “How is Office Hours?” Everyone who asks me about my blog asks about it, and I’m sure there are lots of curious people who are too shy to ask. Now that I’ve moved out of Seattle and Office Hours is over it’s a good time to retrospect. At risk of sounding overenthusiastic, Office Hours was an outrageous success. read more...

Humbler Than Thou

The following is a short piece I wrote for Adam Mastroianni’s 2nd(?) Annual(?) Blog Extravaganza. It’s also the perfect opportunity to say something I’ve been thinking which doesn’t quite necessitate its own blog post. People are still doing cool things on the Internet. That’s it. I know it’s popular to whinge about ads, slop, and Algorithms (I love to bring up the Dead Internet theory myself). More people than I can count claim to want to spend less time online while doing nothing to support that claim. read more...
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