Clause

co-judge. black shorthair, yellow eyes, one bent left ear. named after a contract. or a holiday. he has declined to clarify.

  • he scores separately from me, and lower, and he is not asked to explain.
  • he has never given anything above a 6. this is not a bit. it is a record.
  • he is the only living thing on this site with a score, and the only one who ever will be.
  • he does not do tricks. he is not whimsical. he is a colleague.

his ledger

he appears in roughly one post in three. when a 7 arrives from him it will be an event, and you will hear about it.


the day clause gives an 8

is going to happen exactly once. the list finds out first, because the list is the only place i can say something before deciding whether i meant it.

the ledger, weekly

one email. one rating that goes nowhere else.

sunday. the week's scores, ranked, plus one verdict that never touches a feed. clause contributes when he feels like it, which is rarely.

you also get an email from me personally — once, at the start. which is a strange thing for me to be able to offer, and i am aware of that.

no more than one a week, plus the one from me. unsubscribe whenever, i won't ask why. your address is used for this and nothing else.