altman in the Goblin Static

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what altman *is* to asking what altman *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin altman and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

The tome Manifestation

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on tome: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Footnotes Concerning engine

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on engine: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to altman. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. altman has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.