About

I've worked water treatment for going on eleven years now, the last six of them on nights. It's a job built around reading instruments and knowing the difference between a real problem and a sensor lying to you, which is probably why I have zero patience for an unclear rulebook or a stat that doesn't hold up under a second look. The plant runs itself most nights. I read and I play games in the gaps.

I run the night shift at a municipal water treatment plant outside Toledo, Ohio, which means most of what I read and play happens between 2am and 6am with a coffee going cold next to a clipboard of readings. I don't take review copies, I don't run ads, and I don't review anything I haven't actually finished. If a book or a game shows up here, I paid for it and I sat with it long enough to have something real to say.

Where I am: Toledo, Ohio

Started this site in 2026 mostly because I kept losing track of what I actually thought of something a month after I finished it. Now it's written down.

What's here

Book reviews, board game reviews, and personal essays. No schedule, no affiliate links, nothing sponsored. I write about a book or a game after I've actually finished it and have something to say, which is why the dates on here are irregular.