Juneteenth is a True American Holiday
From Texas, the celebration of Juneteenth spread across the South. As blacks migrated north, seeking more freedom and opportunity, Juneteenth went with them.
Monthly Archive: June 2023
The Good Place, Ethics 101, and Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers
Seriously, this essay will contain spoilers for The Good Place (now streaming on Netflix).
Saturday Morning Gaming: Ye Olde Cribbage Club
There’s an imperfect cribbage game on Steam. But it’s the only cribbage game on Steam.
POETS Day! WB Yeats’ “Easter, 1916”
Throughout Yeats’ changing tastes and experiments, there remains Yeats. The form can’t suppress his understanding.
Trump Learns the Hard Way: Free Advice is Worth What You Paid For It
A competent lawyer is often the only thing standing between a person and their personal or financial ruin. But Trump had Tom Fitton
Thursday Throughput: Chat GPT Is Not Your Research Assistant
A running theme with Chat GPT: It has a tendency to very confidently say things that are not true and cite sources that are fictional.
Republicans Tout Biden Recordings, But Do They Exist?
I’m willing to consider the possibility that Joe Biden is corrupt, but so far, the evidence does not match the hype.
Chicken Spiedini with Amogio Sauce
If it were up to me, we’d have pasta with a variant of tomato sauce for every meal. Instead, we have things like Chicken Spiedini
How Far Is Too Far In Supporting Ukraine?
The most hardcore supporters of Ukraine in the West are too gung-ho about war aims, to the point of being entirely counterproductive.
CorningWare: Everything Oldish is Newish Again
CorningWare is Em’s current obsession/old lady pastime. Do you have this stuff in your cabinets? And how much do you want for it?
The ChatGPT Lawyer Case: Mata v. Avianca
I’m not a lawyer but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express a couple of years ago.
Debunking Trump’s Defenders
There are a few new legal theories floating around by Donald Trump’s defenders that need to be addressed.
The Month in Theaters April and May 2023
Once Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came out, every spare moment I had in May outside of seeing movies in theaters was reserved for that game.
