Finnginn

Notes on philosophy, poetry, bartending, politics, copywriting, parenthood, whatever's occurring to me...

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Pluto and the Principle of Universality

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You will occasionally hear elder Millennials opine to their beheadphoned offspring: "When I was your age, Pluto was a plane...
Thursday, 6 August 2026

Not only 'not only' but also 'also'

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  After a decade of writing the internet for local businesses, the role of educating people about garage doors and patio paving was made red...
Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Blame it on a Backroad

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My wise old pal Little Hannah says you should learn a new skill in your 40s. I thought I might learn to play the mandola! But for some reaso...
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Saturday, 13 December 2025

Santa's Doing the Mambo This Xmas

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Mambo Santa Mambo by the Enchanters is a classic Xmas cash-in. By the winter of 1956/57, the Mambo music and dance craze that had swept thr...
Thursday, 19 June 2025

Reading the Nebula Award Winners - 1968 - Rite of Passage

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In the universe described in 1968’s Nebula Award winner - Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin - Earth becomes uninhabitable in 2041. So far, ...
Thursday, 1 May 2025

Oranges and Lemsip

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There's a tradition in English poesy that marries financial misfortune with the chiming of church bells. You may recall from your childh...
Monday, 24 February 2025

Reading the Nebula Award Winners - 1967 - The Einstein Intervention

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Samuel R Delaney’s second Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel was bestowed for his book The Einstein Intersection (published in 1967...
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