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I want to start writing again. I’m going to use this site to develop ideas, post drafts (likely very rough drafts), and other random ideas. I think I’ll use this to post rather than posting to places like facebook or twitter.

Enjoy the ramblings of a thirty-something who may or may not be busy enough to maintain a more professional blog.

Tim Finley’s Blog

Jamie Foxx wears a Pineapple Shirt in Day Shift April 13, 2025
There are a lot of issues with this film. On one hand, it really loves gratuitous, meaningless violence. There’s no reason for any of this…
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Grold Summons a Tiefling August 25, 2024
Many moons have come and gone since Grold was relevant. His cult began to disperse, at one point having several dozens of followers. He lost…
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Why I Hate My Father: I Don’t Hate My Father March 21, 2024
In Orson Scott Well’s Ender’s Game, our protagonist, Ender Wiggin, is constantly showing us how he hates authority. He also loves the authority figures while…
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What does time do? July 10, 2022
My toddler asked me this question today, but I couldn’t answer him. I don’t know how. I needed to post this so I can remember…
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Fix ZFS after kernel upgrade March 23, 2022
Below are the steps I take whenever upgrading the kernel. Note* I'm using POP_OS! (Ubuntu, Debian based) so your results may vary. I'm mostly posting this as reference for future use
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Automount cifs Network Shares January 11, 2022
Problem: I use a VPN to connect to my office. I have network shares that I use, but I don't want to have to go through the routine of mounting the shares every time I login. If I forget, the software I use lags trying to find a directory that doesn't exist. If I forget […]
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Cthulu in the Eyes of Religion October 23, 2020
To say that H.P. Lovecraft’s seminal text ‘The Call of Cthulu’ was to describe the perceived feeling of Atheism seems very selfish, first, but also…
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A Tale of Nevada October 18, 2020
A note to the reader: This is the unedited original copy of this piece. I am currently rewriting this text as I believe it falls…
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Grold Need Milk September 24, 2020
Gerkin, Vorka, and Bantam recently joined Branch Duh-Groldians. Gerkin make good muscle. Make good guard for Fen when she needs. Vorka clever goblin. Grold think…
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Grold Hound-toad August 28, 2020
Grold Hound-toad is the leader of the eccentric cult Branch Duh-Groldians, who believe that Grold is is the reincarnation of the four Goblin Hero-Gods: Hadregash,…
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