Cryptocurrencies, Explained
Cryptocurrencies, Explained: Arboreal mastication of the liminal turophilic angstrom usually results in–your mileage may vary!–platonic lucre
Category: Culture
Saturday Morning Gaming: I was wrong about Horizon Forbidden West
I no longer think that my buddy was suffering from recency bias when he was telling me that Horizon: Forbidden West is better than the first one
The Time Mike Pence Tried to Make Scottishness Great Again
The following is fiction. As far as we know, the real Mike Pence is not, in fact, the “laddie from Dunedin” or Chieftan of Clan MacPence
POETS Day! Anne Sexton
Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton all spent time in McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, in Massachusetts.
Weekend Plans Post: The Last Cherry Pie Until Autumn
The time has come to stop eating hot desserts and to start eating cold ones.
A Reverie on Failure Part 13: Imparting Experience from One Friend to Another Friend
Moreover, reading experts is not so impenetrable for me as for the inexperienced novice, as I remember being.
The Chic-faux-Lay Sandwich
I love replicating fast food at home. It’s like a game. But Chic-fil-A serves waffle fries and mandolins are so fickle.
Hemingway Home: Past, Prose, & Polydactyly in Paradise
A visit to the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West is a perfect encapsulation of the uniquity of the southernmost point in the United States.
POETS Day! Robert Lowell’s The Dolphin
I may think him a personal ass, but Robert Lowell was brilliant, among the greatest poets of his generation.
Mass Shooting Facts and Figures
Solving mass shootings means taking a hard look at the data and finding solutions that are based in reality rather than conventional wisdom.
The Month in Theaters February 2023
I managed to get to the theaters eight times in February, with one repeat, and seventeen movies otherwise, with one repeat, for a total of twenty-three reviews.
Weekend Plans Post: The Thunderstorm
Lileks said something to the effect of “A good thunderstorm should sound like Beethoven after a couple glasses of wine.”
Alabama’s Baseball Disgrace
An Alabama baseball coach apparently sold out his team. In sports, that’s about as bad as it gets.
Sunday Morning! Richard Hambleton
If living in this world nearly overwhelmed Richard Hambleton, his paintings still have the power to nearly overwhelm this world.
Horizon: Forbidden West and Sequels Messing It Up
I’ve recently started Horizon: Forbidden West and, well, there’s an indirect threat. You have to save the world from that now.”
POETS Day! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I’m no connoisseur, but I read a lot of poetry. I know what I like, and it isn’t Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s work.
Weekend Plans Post: Spring has Sprung
It’s time to put away the winter stuff and bring out the summer stuff.
Rillette and Other Things That Start with “P”
Chop meat is/was fabulous so well enough was left be. A filet is a filet is still a filet, but a rillette is more equal than others.
The Goddamn New York Jets
Being a Jets fan means waiting for the other shoe to drop and never being surprised when a boot comes down on your throat.
