Month: September 2026

One of the first things I ever wrote about churning was this guest post for MEAB. Embarrassing usage of AI slop aside, I think it’s still helpful advice to keep in mind. When something keeps popping up but isn’t obvious to you, you’re probably missing something. Today, let’s dig a little deeper into that concept…

When I was a kid, my mom always had the Coldplay album X&Y on in the car. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve listened to it, but I still know every word to every song and one lyric is the perfect title for today’s theme. As a community, we spend quite a bit of time…

I started writing this post a couple of days ago on a flight back to the US from Edinburgh by way of Geneva. Up until right before arriving in Edinburgh, we were supposed to be flying home from Malta via Paris instead.  A week before, I was at Pijana Wisnia in Krakow having a cherry…

I’ve tried to avoid really ranting about too much on the blog outside of grifters (and Bilt). I think a lot of us are pretty exhausted with grifting, since it seems like everything is a grift these days. But there’s a particularly egregious example in our hobby that is worth discussing today.  There’s no shortage…

It’s been a hair over a year since I started CC, so it felt like a nice time to write a year in review in September, because why not.  First off, if you’re still here a year later, thanks! In transparency, putting myself out there and doing what amounted to meta commentary on a hobby…