The Noisy Alchemist

The Noisy Alchemist

The Republic Of Meteoric Woe

The Heat Inc. are signed to Republic Of Music, Severance's second season is spooked, and a meteor obliterates Mesopotamia...

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Feb 14, 2026
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I came to the beginning at the end but this time I did it to be absolutely certain, Dear Reader, that I wouldn’t be lying to you. I’ve kept it…more succinct for today and shan’t keep you from your très romantique endeavours overly long. I myself have a stupidly optimal Daddy/Daughter date to make and she will not be kept waiting. While I shall not expatiate here, the issue of timekeeping did come up this week and I decided to take my own sweet time to gather my thoughts on the subject before attempting to explain the importance of and nuances therein.

Time keeping is important because time is all any of us really have. One should not assume that one’s own time is more valuable than anyone else’s and while, yes, if you are “important” enough, people will wait for you, this should not be a given or taken for granted and doing so certainly does not make one a better person. It is beholden of us to respect the time of other people as we would respect their existence, as we would expect them to respect our own. That said: Everyone and I do mean everyone is five minutes late some days and everyone has had days where it is necessary to wait or work a little longer in order to make things happen for other people. Knowing this, understanding this and being understanding of other people when they and/or yourself are in this position, absolutely does aid in making you a better person and it’s within your power to choose that reality and that version of yourself on the daily…


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So yeah. It finally happened. We are signed. The Heat Inc. have signed. We have signed with Republic Of Music and Album II (as it shall be known for just a little while longer yet) shall be with you…sooner than you or I might have thought. Well, I expect the singles shall at any rate. As for the wax itself…this year, he said, with some confidence. I include here, for your convenience, a little artwork in progress and please believe me when I say that I’m pushing my luck in doing so…

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