The Diamond of Milan
Original Fiction: “Ah, so this particular treasure-this one is different,” the intruder guessed. “This one actually means something to you, doesn’t it?”
Original Fiction: “Ah, so this particular treasure-this one is different,” the intruder guessed. “This one actually means something to you, doesn’t it?”
Here is my journal which I kept from October 5 to December 21, edited for readability, followed by periodic commentary.
In lockdown, recuperation looks very similar to working.
What happened today could be a one-off that we will forget about months from now or it could also be a harbinger of something far dangerous down the road.
Samuel Little death seems to have made more headlines than his capture, confession, and conviction as America’s most prolific serial killer.
Kurt Vile is one of America’s great underrated songwriters and Courtney Barnett has released a few really great records over the past half decade or so
In a sense, it feels doubly-appropriate to reread Proust in middle age because so much of his novel is about the attempt to snatch our memories from the oblivion of the past.
There were several fascinating arcs of both plot and character the writers of Game of Thrones sacrificed at the altar of The Rule of Cool.
This is the review of Cyberpunk 2077 from someone who has done more than 90% of the side quests and most of the main quests
Some may ask “Who on God’s green and beautiful Earth is Roman Reigns and why did he have a better 2020 than most of us?”
Movie theaters were already on their last legs before COVID. The pandemic just turned them into dead men walking.
Turning the calendar page is only a reminder that we have little power over a few affairs scattered here and there.
MF DOOM, the mysterious rapper known for impossibly intricate rhyme schemes and his signature mask, has died at the age of 49.
The Apple Tree is an eerie seasonal tale about a widower and a familiar old tree to end the year. Next year, let’s read Proust!
Nominations for several dozen posts reflecting the work of 23 different authors, a shortlist of about 40 posts, narrowed down to ten.
A Child’s Christmas in Wales is itself, and in being itself it speaks to variegated experiences beyond its author’s own knowledge.
As a general rule, popular music, e.g. whatever Spotify, radio, and record companies drive people to listen to, will not be discussed here.
My family watched the new Pixar film, Soul, and let me tell you it is the gut punch that we all need right now.
Sometime over the last 25-30 years, I’ve heard someone say that I wasn’t a good writer and it was said in the most emotionally damaging way.