Game of Thrones – S8E1 “Winterfell”, Recap and Thoughts
t’s been 595 days, and Game of Thrones is finally back. Let’s get right into it.
Monthly Archive: April 2019
Tech Tuesday 04/15/19 – “Taxes In The US Are So Stupid” Edition
I love it when we cause materials and chemicals to behave in ways that violate those general understandings of how physics works.
There’s At Least One Creep In Every Office
A Very Special Strip about sexual harassment in the workplace.
Yes, Virginia, You (Probably) Got a “Tax Cut”
People want a simpler tax code … except for the mortgage interest deduction. And the charity deduction. And state local taxes, definitely. And daycare, obviously. And …
Tiger Woods’ Far From Perfect Circle
We do love redemptive stories in the third act, after the darkness of the second eclipses the high notes of the first.
Ordinary Bookclub: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapters 16-25)
From the first day of Defense Against The Dark Arts class to Professor Quirrell’s first real conversation with Rita Skeeter.
What do you think?
The Pete Principle
There has to be an underdog to the story, whether he wins or not, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg checks a lot of those boxes.
Sunday Morning! “What we Salvage” (2015)
Reading a novel set in my current city three decades ago made me wonder how important setting is for fiction. Let’s talk about it.
Why I Actually Do Care About Trump’s Tax Returns
“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency,” – Former President Harry Truman
