Indicators A Lantern in the Storm: ‘Death by Lightning’ and Offerman’s Chester Arthur Matt, November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 Death by Lightning unfolds with a quiet assurance, the kind of storytelling that trusts its own pace. It doesn’t press or posture. Instead, it moves with a low, steady hum—lean, attentive, and grounded in the small human truths that make history resonate beyond the dates and headlines. Nick Offerman’s performance… Continue Reading
Indicators Tales from the Command Line Matt, October 29, 2025October 30, 2025 There was a kind of silence in the server rooms back then, the early 2000s—before everything was glossy and clouded, before the dashboards turned the work into cartoons. It was a dry, humming quiet, punctuated by the fans’ slow roar and the blinking of status lights that looked like Morse… Continue Reading
Indicators Old Haunts – The Landmark Tavern, Raleigh, NC Matt, October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 Fifteen years gone, and the Landmark hasn’t changed much — just grown a thicker skin. The wood’s darker, the air heavier with old laughter that long ago burned down to embers. The lights still hang low and tired, throwing a yellow hush over the bottles like a kind of mercy…. Continue Reading
Indicators Hiking Maine: Love and Adventure Matt, July 31, 2019October 13, 2025 I joined this family and their love of Maine late in the game. When I met Susan in the winter of 2014, she already had another trip north booked — probably her tenth — while I was packing for a flight west, bound for Oahu to catch up with an… Continue Reading