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Brian Thackston

Brian Thackston

Table of contents
  1. Recommendations a ledger of books, films, music, inter alia
  2. Thoughts essays, dispatches, marginalia
  3. Wanderlust places visited, and places saved for
  4. Resources PDFs, links, further reading
  5. Tools the objects and software that earn their keep
  6. Wardrobe clothes I find myself reaching for
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Lately

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Tools Paco Rabanne Men's Phantom Parfum Oct 6, 2026

Sweet and strange and pretty darn good. Not like gasoline smells good weird, just not your typical cologne-fare and that's a-okay by me.

Cologne · ★★★★★ · bottle Read entry → All tools →
Recommendations Beef Oct 3, 2026

Painful stories of rage and jealousy and love and the entirety of the human condition. Worth a watch if you can deal with an endless parade of well-acted and cringeworthy scenarios.

TV Series · ★★★★★ · added Oct 3, 2026 Read entry → All recommendations →
Wardrobe Navy KNOWER T-Shirt Oct 1, 2026

Official 1000xRESIST tee from The Yetee, design by Gazola: the Knower in violet, halo behind her, pushing up her glasses.

Shirt · 1000xRESIST Read entry → All wardrobe →
Resources The Game of Life Jul 18, 2026

An estate worksheet in thirteen moves that ends at a printer: where everything is, who to call, and what you'd wish, left for the people who'll need it.

Link · Interactive worksheet Read entry → All resources →
Wanderlust National Postal Museum Jul 4, 2026

"Messenger of Sympathy and Love, Servant of Parted Friends, Consoler of the Lonely, Bond of the Scattered Family, Enlarger of the Common Life."

Washington, DC · visited Jul 4, 2026 Read entry → All wanderlust →
Thoughts Hoarding That READ/WRITE Data Feb 14, 2025

Files live in computers — and sometimes in our hearts. On databases, sacred texts, and the people who read them.

10 min · filed under AI, Law, Marketing Read entry → All thoughts →