Random Musings
Have you heard of dark showering? Showering with the lights dimmed or off before bed. TikTok is obsessed, and the science is actually interesting.
“Showering with the lights off promotes melatonin release, preparing the brain for sleep ahead of time.” — Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, neuroscientist & sleep expert
Warm water raises your body temp, then the drop when you step out mimics what your body naturally does before sleep. I’ve tried it and find it really relaxing. Worth adding to your nighttime routine!
Photo by Victor Furtuna on Unsplash
An artist spent 3 years building a 3-foot haunted dollhouse set in 20th-century Mississippi. Rancid fridge, pet carcasses, crime scenes with her actual blood. It’s a Southern Gothic ghost story told in miniature. Fascinating and wildly detailed, right?
Robotic technology is coming, whether we want it or not. In this video, the robot does cartwheels—mostly just to prove it can do what humans do, which is honestly a little scary
Winter-bound? There are kits: Crochet, macrame, & decorating beautiful cakes. I always want to learn those new things. There are so many ways to keep your hands busy that aren’t doomscrolling. Pick up a hobby kit & turn the cozy season into something actually creative. Check it out here.
This Pittsburgh contractor built her house with a 6,000-pound copper spiral slide — a safety exit — and an 800-pound glass floor craned through the window. She’s hosted 32 slide rides in a day. How cool is that? Would you live in a house with a slide and a glass floor?
Starlink is up last night! Promised 400 Mbps, delivering 361. Cable always promised 500, gave me 250-350. Starlink’s upload at 31 Mbps destroys cable’s 5-10. Genuinely impressed… just hoping it doesn’t drop as often as my neighbors say it does.
AI tools are everywhere now - every app racing to add generative features. But there’s a backlash brewing: AI fatigue.
As Siddhant Khare puts it:
“People can smell AI slop from a mile away.”
And he’s right. We’re drowning in content from the same bland algorithm - polished but lifeless.
His piece nails why I keep my writing voice authentic. AI helps with writer’s block, but can’t capture weird brain connections or how you’d explain something over coffee.
The internet doesn’t need more generic content. It needs real voices.
Saw Mummy films & enjoyed all of them. Brendan and Rachel are coming back for another Mummy movie! May 2028. She wasn’t even in the 3rd one, so getting both of them back is amazing. After Brendan’s comeback w/ The Whale, this feels perfect. Two years feels like forever to wait though!
I love Spiderman! There is another Spiderman coming! Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man Noir in a new series dropping May 27th on Prime Video, and it looks incredible. 1930s noir detective vibe, and they’re releasing it in both black-and-white AND color. I’m definitely watching it in noir.
Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—literature’s first major vampire, and she was a lesbian. Published in 1872, Le Fanu’s novella features Laura’s tortured attraction to the mysterious Carmilla.
“I experienced a strange tumultuous excitement that was pleasurable, ever and anon, mingled with a vague sense of fear and disgust.”
Carmilla whispers,
“You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever.”
The novella predated Dracula by 25 years and established the lesbian vampire archetype. Though Dracula (born 1400s) is older in his story than Carmilla (1698) in hers.
