A portal for big ideas, tall tales, and small revolutions — curated by Rick Klyner from a worn-in chair, with a guitar on his lap and three monitors aglow.
EST. RECENTLY · KICK BACK · TUNE IN
The world doesn't need more frantic. It needs more thoughtful. More patient. More willing to sit with the hard questions long enough to actually answer them.
This site is a recliner. A place to lean back and think about the things that matter. To write them down. To argue them out. To imagine what fixes might look like if we actually tried.
You're welcome here. Bring your opinions. Lose your rush. The world will still be there when you're done.
Everything on this site is sorted into rooms. Some are quiet. Some are loud. Some are for kids, some are absolutely not.
Essays, dispatches, and the occasional small revolution.
Short stories, novel chapters, and characters who refuse to behave.
True things, told with care. History, craft, observations from the chair.
Wizards, starships, talking recliners. The usual.
Ideas, prototypes, and arguments for fixing the things we keep stepping over.
Civics with the temperature turned down and the curiosity turned up.
A rotating selection. Click any of the rooms above to filter — coming soon.
A practical guide for thoughtful homebodies. Six small acts that compound into something the news won't notice — until they do.
Pull the footrest up. Open a tab. Write one honest paragraph. Ship the imperfect draft. The revolutions that stick almost always started on a couch.
Read the piece →A short story about a waitress, a regular, and the quiet weight of being seen.
Read →Curb cuts, cost-benefit, and the perfect bureaucratic pothole.
Read →A man builds a portal. The portal builds him back. Mind your footrest.
Read →Rest is not the absence of work. It is the soil work grows in.
Read →A monthly-ish dispatch from the recliner. Plus the link hub if you want to wander off.
One email a month. Stories, ideas, the occasional song from the chair.