religion – The Beige Moth

Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets The Delight

March 2, 2025 Robin VanGilder2 Comments

I’m on vacation!

Well, just about, anyway. I suppose it starts properly tomorrow, this is just a regular weekend where my sunday evening does not have any creeping dread. Or not for the usual reason, at least. I already feel myself decompressing a bit, able to open my mind beyond my usual routines. I always try to get completely out of the work mindset for these, though it can be difficult at times. Well, let’s get back to this ancient tome, I still want to keep this streak of posts alive.

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Chapter 128: The Pequod Meets The Rachel

November 24, 2024November 24, 2024 Robin VanGilder6 Comments

Where does the time go?

I can’t believe it’s late November already. Well, I suppose the time around the election was a bit warped, to my perception, but still. I feel like I’ve hardly had time to catch my breath lately, one thing or another going on. But this weekend, I had some time to myself, got a little caught up on some other reading, and on relaxation. So, I find myself once again in a mood to reflect upon some proper lit’rature. Let’s get to it.

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Chapter 125: The Log and Line

September 29, 2024 Robin VanGilder4 Comments

What’s my line here? Ah yes: let’s get back to it.

Well, I missed a couple weeks again, so it goes. I’ve been busy and exhausted, mentally and physically, the past couple weekends. I desperately need a vacation, to tend to business in my apartment, and in my own mind and body. I’ve got one scheduled in a couple weeks, right after Metaphor comes out, hopefully I can regenerate myself somewhat.

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Chapter 124: The Needle

September 8, 2024 Robin VanGilderLeave a comment

Hoo, I think I’m finally in the clear.

From the summer heat, I mean, though the season doesn’t technically end for a few more weeks. It’s been awfully muggy here lately, and we had a couple last days of unbearable warmth, post-labor day. Ugh, it was right when I was working from home too, nearly melted into a puddle at my desk during a meeting, where I had to have my headset on. Anyway, I must apologize for missing last week, I was overwhelmed with Emotions after getting back into an old hobby. Perhaps I’ll write on it another time.

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Chapter 119: The Candles

July 7, 2024 Robin VanGilder1 Comment

Y’know, I’m starting to have more sympathy for Ahab.

I, too, feel like cursing the sun, and never looking skyward again, as it beats down and boils the air around me. That is to say: it’s getting hot again, and I hate it. Supposed to get above 90 for the next few days, and I will be melting into a puddle, so we’d better get into this chapter before that happens.

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Chapter 118: The Quadrant

June 30, 2024 Robin VanGilder2 Comments

Ahhh, finally feeling better.

My cough is finally clearing up. I can breathe freely for the first time in like three weeks. I was starting to go a bit stir-crazy, being cooped up in my apartment this whole time. Man, I don’t think I could handle working purely from home, I gotta get back into the office.

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Chapter 107: The Carpenter

March 5, 2024March 6, 2024 Robin VanGilder3 Comments

Alright, let’s get back to business, shall we?

How does this go again? Excuse me if I take a moment to get my bearings. The last time I was writing on this subject, the very flames of hell were licking at my monitor from outside my lone apartment window. Now they have been replaced with the icicles of the holy fanfiction of one Dante Allighieri. No, but we have in fact had a rather mild winter this year, no snow down here in the Green River valley, though it is a little chilly tonight. It will… not quite freeze, reaching a mere 33 degrees.

But enough about the weather, let us move on to today’s subject.

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Chapter 83: Jonah Historically Regarded

November 24, 2020 Robin VanGilderLeave a comment

Man, sometimes this book is just fun to read.

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There are many chapters that are a slog, a real downright trudge through sentences chock-a-block with antiquated vocabulary, but others? A real joy to sit down and digest after a long week in this, the longest year of my life. Let’s get into it! Continue reading “Chapter 83: Jonah Historically Regarded” →

Chapter 71: The Jeroboam’s Story

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Robin VanGilder1 Comment

Alright, now we are back in it.

jero1 — Jeroboam sacrificing to his idol, oil on canvas by Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, 1641

Today’s chapter is a lengthy one, featuring the tale of another whaling ship that the Pequod comes across on that vast, wild plain of the Pacific Ocean. They hear the story of this ship, another wild tale that happens to be incredibly relevant to their own quest. Let’s listen in, shall we? Continue reading “Chapter 71: The Jeroboam’s Story” →

Chapter 70: The Sphynx

July 18, 2020 Robin VanGilderLeave a comment

See? I said I would start posting more regularly, and here I am at it again, less than a week later.

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This chapter is a fun one, kind of a bridge between narrative and non-narrative. You get a bit of everything, including a return to Ahab being extremely portentous all the time. Let’s get into it! Continue reading “Chapter 70: The Sphynx” →