Saturday Morning Gaming: Stone Age (the board game)
The general theme of the game is that you are a chieftain of a Stone Age tribe and your job is to make sure that your tribe gets the most points. Peacefully, I may add.
Category: Culture
POETS Day! Robert Frost
The Modern movement was turning toward urban. Robert Frost’s pastoral New England was, and remained, a Romantic throwback despite Modern sensibilities.
Stroganov’s Expanded Upon Beef Stroganoff
When a dish is as simple as beef Stroganoff it’s hard to sift through the claims of invention. It’s sliced beef in sour sauce.
The Month in Theaters June 2023
I managed to get to the theaters 11 times in June, with an additional 17 movies elsewhere, for a total of 28 reviews.
Saturday Morning Gaming: It’s the Steam Summer Sale!
They’ve put a bunch of stuff on my wishlist on sale. So I got some stuff.
POETS Day! Amy Clampitt
“Why wait until the middle of a cold, dark night / When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day / And we know the night is always gonna be here anyway?” So...
Getting Fries Right
These fires are so good. Every once in a while, I want them and I’m never disappointed. I have a sixteen year-old to do the messy clean up.
On Being Served A Bad Biscuit and Offensively Bad Bacon
I don’t like just flaming a food place for being bad publicly, but a bad biscuit and offensive bacon is an aggression that cannot stand.
Sunday Morning! Richard III by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Richard III is a useful reminder of how difficult it is to live under a truly malevolent man when power is centralized in his hands. As if one was needed.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning to Gloomhaven
I am replaying Gloomhaven and, seriously, it’s awesome.
Asteroid City, In Which Wes Anderson Is Now Just Screwing With Us
Asteroid City comes off not just as a wonderful, original movie but more like an immersive experience into Wes Anderson at his creative peak.
POETS Day! WH Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
I like it, but one of the problems of being a good poem by WH Auden is the comparisons to great poems by WH Auden.
Airshows and Americana
Airshows have been an American tradition since we pioneered powered flight in 1903; the experience is peak Americana and says a great deal about the American cultural identity.
I’m Told It’s Called Lamb Keema Curry
Lamb keema curry reminded me of something when I was a kid. The flavors are different, but we used to have ground meat over rice a lot.
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.
