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.
Category: Culture
Juxtaposition Nation: Israel at 75
Israeli society and culture are just as seemingly contradictory as are its geography and settlement.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Joys of Virtual Pachinko
Remember Peggle? Remember missing it? I’ve got some good news. There is a Peggle-like genre!
POETS Day! The Villanelle
As forms go, the villanelle wants you not to take it seriously. At a glance, it’s childish. It seems the stuff of sing-song nursery rhymes. It is not.
Confessions On Modern Gaming As It Passes Me By
In which I just admit that sometime between the Atari 2600 and PlayStation 2 or 3 gaming has passed me by, and that’s o
Spring Minestrone
Is minestrone pronounced minestrone-eh as if a Canadian was offering it to you, minestrone-ee as if there were no generous Canadians aboot?
What is a National Divorce?
National divorce is loser talk. It only comes out when Republicans lose elections. If Republicans win, talk of national divorce disappears.
Sunday Morning! “The Solar Circus” by Gustave Khan
A “lost” symbolist classic by Gustave Khan about a dreamer throwing himself into “life” and running away to join the circus.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Debt I Owe Elden Ring
It took Elden Ring to teach me “Yeah, you can walk away. Come back later.”And having done that, I’ve found that Horizon: Zero Dawn is a really good game!
POETS Day! Li Bai, Ernest Fenollosa, and Ezra Pound
Li Bia, who Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound refer to as Rihaku as he is known in Japan, was born in 701 A.D.
Not French Onion Dip
We fast track that kind of thing, and for good reason. French onion dip is delicious. This onion dip is preferable.
New York City, For We Are Many
Is it wholly representative? I argue that it is. If you come to New York City, and only New York City, you have truly been to America.
POETS Day! Kit Marlowe v Sir Walter Ralegh
Sir Walter Ralegh was…well, he was Sir Walter Ralegh. Unfortunately, like Kit Marlowe, he found trouble and fell out of favor with the queen.
Chili with Szechuan Pepper
All of this is true. I don’t live in Austin. I don’t live in San Antonio, Houston, El Paso, or Amarillo. I don’t even live in Texas. In fact, I hate the Dallas Cowboys...
Twitter, Trina, And A Tempest At A Tiny Desk
“Someone said something on the internet” reared its digital head again, this time producing social media complaining over a Tiny Desk episode.
Sunday Morning! “Twist: an American Girl” by Adele Bertei
In Adele Bertei’s novelistic memoir, a Dickensian waif survives a rough childhood and recreates herself as a queer “stud,” a poet, and a performer through the saving grace of music.
