Dubbed the Whole Sort of General Mish Mash (WSOGMM) in Douglas Adams’ Mostly Harmless, there couldn’t be a more perfect metaphor explaining what you can expect from this blog.
I like to think of the WSOGMM as a crystal. There are myriad lines of fracture that could produce smooth, flat cuts and reveal the cross-sectional shape of the outer surface. A different cut reveals a different outline with different inclusions. With enough cuts, a polished gem may emerge. Yet some cuts may miss, producing a jagged — yet perhaps still interesting — edge.
Likewise each post here is just one cut — one probability that exists of looking at things. What things? Well, all the things. I mean, that’s just it: the WSOGMM is the sum total of all these different ways to look at things, just as this blog is a partial sum of all these slices through the multi-dimensional solid of my experience.
Or maybe to rephrase that, this Mish Mash (pejorative) of collected thoughts represents the Chaos and Disorder (complimentary) of my interests, experiences, and efforts that I choose to share for your consideration (humble).
Okay, but what’s everything?
I’m a lifelong gamer with a passion for collecting and playing retro games. I’ve been programming for more than 20 years, and as a late-identified AuDHDer I have a multitude of different hobbies that might even rival my game collection (the supplies for may of which is variably gathering dust in my basement).
And hey, maybe some of it will be familiar to you. Maybe some of it will be new and help expand your own WSOGMM of experience. Maybe some of it will be just Mish Mash. Overall it’s mostly harmless. Probably.
– Izzy
Suggested Track: Caligula’s Horse – The World Breathes with Me