Tyler
@tylerrothmar.bsky.social
Time to refresh myself with a dip
in Lake Synopsis.
The Cones and Quills. A writer living in Tokyo. Go, hikes and medical-grade nonsense. ●〇
https://open.substack.com/pub/archfidelity?r=7c5cd&utm_medium=ios
in Lake Synopsis.
The Cones and Quills. A writer living in Tokyo. Go, hikes and medical-grade nonsense. ●〇
https://open.substack.com/pub/archfidelity?r=7c5cd&utm_medium=ios
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Tyler
@tylerrothmar.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Found em! Cancel the martial law order, sorry about that, sorry everyone, I found my glasses, we're all good now
Big night at the go club. After months of mostly losing (picking and losing complicated fights vs stronger opponents) something finally clicked and I've started to win. Last night I beat at 3-dan with no gyakukomi and the staff jumped me up 4 kyu grades. Feels like rain after a drought.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Big night at the go club. After months of mostly losing (picking and losing complicated fights vs stronger opponents) something finally clicked and I've started to win. Last night I beat at 3-dan with no gyakukomi and the staff jumped me up 4 kyu grades. Feels like rain after a drought.
according to linkedin i've been on a roll for like, months
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
according to linkedin i've been on a roll for like, months
Nice spot to accomplish some scribbling.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Nice spot to accomplish some scribbling.
Heated up a prefab pizza as opposed to summoning one. That kind of day.
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Heated up a prefab pizza as opposed to summoning one. That kind of day.
"McCarthy was starting to seem like a man whose talents and intelligence were without limits, yet he lived in a hoarder’s shambles and couldn’t stop buying nonstick skillets and fruit bowls."
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth
The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"McCarthy was starting to seem like a man whose talents and intelligence were without limits, yet he lived in a hoarder’s shambles and couldn’t stop buying nonstick skillets and fruit bowls."
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
I might be at my calmest in libraries and book stores. The zone-out is total.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I might be at my calmest in libraries and book stores. The zone-out is total.
Time to not hike in those hills for a while.
The National Police Agency on Thursday began allowing riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across Japan.
Japan riot police allowed to cull bears with rifles
Police are set to cull bears in Akita and Iwate, which have seen an increase in attacks on local residents, with operations scheduled to begin on Nov. 13.
ebx.sh
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Time to not hike in those hills for a while.
Fired up the humidifier, which freaked out the air purifier, triggering online research to the effect that ultrasonic and evaporative humidifiers emit mineral dust. Currently converting credit card points into a warm mist humidifier.
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fired up the humidifier, which freaked out the air purifier, triggering online research to the effect that ultrasonic and evaporative humidifiers emit mineral dust. Currently converting credit card points into a warm mist humidifier.
When it comes to your physical books, do you mark the text up, whether with pencil, pen or highlight?
#books #PhysicalMedia #readers
#books #PhysicalMedia #readers
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
When it comes to your physical books, do you mark the text up, whether with pencil, pen or highlight?
#books #PhysicalMedia #readers
#books #PhysicalMedia #readers
Oh yes that's right, my knees are in their 40s ergo I can NEVER CROSS MY LEGS AGAIN.
(I'd forgotten.)
(I'd forgotten.)
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Oh yes that's right, my knees are in their 40s ergo I can NEVER CROSS MY LEGS AGAIN.
(I'd forgotten.)
(I'd forgotten.)
Recent trip to the peninsula was great for many reasons and food was # 2. I learned that Korean sashimi involves leafy sandos and dipping sauce, and that Korean people get secretly disappointed if you don't cram the whole thing into your mouth with gusto.
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Recent trip to the peninsula was great for many reasons and food was # 2. I learned that Korean sashimi involves leafy sandos and dipping sauce, and that Korean people get secretly disappointed if you don't cram the whole thing into your mouth with gusto.
Quick question for Kanto people who have traveled to the Philippines: Are there any clinics that you would especially recommend for travel shots/medicines?
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Quick question for Kanto people who have traveled to the Philippines: Are there any clinics that you would especially recommend for travel shots/medicines?
The shadow scoreboard of bad calls is also a nail-biter
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The shadow scoreboard of bad calls is also a nail-biter
Final go calendar image for the year. Dude is going to the mattresses.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Final go calendar image for the year. Dude is going to the mattresses.
When you can remember what the kanji means but not how to read it.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When you can remember what the kanji means but not how to read it.
Korean pastel = best temple colour scheme
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Korean pastel = best temple colour scheme
He cleans his metal mask with gasoline, they after him
last seen pullin' chicks
like a fiend pull a fast one
Can't put shit past him,
got niwas on his own team
mad enough to blast him
Retarded in real life,
on the mic Rain Man
who stand close to his main man
like a chain gang
last seen pullin' chicks
like a fiend pull a fast one
Can't put shit past him,
got niwas on his own team
mad enough to blast him
Retarded in real life,
on the mic Rain Man
who stand close to his main man
like a chain gang
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
He cleans his metal mask with gasoline, they after him
last seen pullin' chicks
like a fiend pull a fast one
Can't put shit past him,
got niwas on his own team
mad enough to blast him
Retarded in real life,
on the mic Rain Man
who stand close to his main man
like a chain gang
last seen pullin' chicks
like a fiend pull a fast one
Can't put shit past him,
got niwas on his own team
mad enough to blast him
Retarded in real life,
on the mic Rain Man
who stand close to his main man
like a chain gang
The Oxford comma is like the flaps on an airplane. There are times when you can and should use it, but using it all the time would create unnecessary drag.
*Hurriedly spray paints "AP" on the wall and disappears in a Foot Clan smoke bomb*
*Hurriedly spray paints "AP" on the wall and disappears in a Foot Clan smoke bomb*
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Oxford comma is like the flaps on an airplane. There are times when you can and should use it, but using it all the time would create unnecessary drag.
*Hurriedly spray paints "AP" on the wall and disappears in a Foot Clan smoke bomb*
*Hurriedly spray paints "AP" on the wall and disappears in a Foot Clan smoke bomb*
PLEASE DO NOT POUR OIL DOWN THE DRAIN.
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
PLEASE DO NOT POUR OIL DOWN THE DRAIN.
I baked a hot take:
The #BlueJays logo would look way more fire without the maple leaf, which looks like a sticker someone applied. People get it, we can leave the flag bit out.
The #BlueJays logo would look way more fire without the maple leaf, which looks like a sticker someone applied. People get it, we can leave the flag bit out.
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I baked a hot take:
The #BlueJays logo would look way more fire without the maple leaf, which looks like a sticker someone applied. People get it, we can leave the flag bit out.
The #BlueJays logo would look way more fire without the maple leaf, which looks like a sticker someone applied. People get it, we can leave the flag bit out.