The content of our discontent
A Dark Age
In the Dark Ages, there was no dominant world power to impose order. That won’t be true in a new dark age.
On Jethro Tull
If you want some rock and roll that was trying to do something groundbreaking and pretentious and crap, Jethro Tull is really good.
The JFK Files Drop Today (Supposedly)
We might learn a bombshell that will change everything we thought we knew about the 1960s… but that strikes me as exceptionally unlikely.
How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes?
I get the feeling that he had a fight about this the day before.
Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents
Per the Constitution, a barking madman elected to the presidency is a barking mad president. That’s for the best.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers
“Self, just order and appetizer as your meal. All you need. All you want.” Did I listen to myself? No. No, I did not.
Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations
What is clear is none of the students actually thought they’d be in the world of counterterrorism and extremism for their beliefs in college.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Gems in the Steam Spring Sale
There are a bunch of good games with seriously good discounts.
Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine
It’s a fun, dumb (but smart-dumb), action-comedy-body horror movie that is, seriously, rated R.
Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries
All this effort to have a new grease to fry them in seems empty and pointless when less of your customers experience the original simple dish America embraced.
POETS Day! Lascelles Abercrombie
Abercrombie was known for big dramatic pieces that read like plays, plays more so than poetry, and for poetic criticism more than anything
Weekend Plans Post: Ice Cream Theory
Dr Pepper Float? Like, vanilla ice cream swirled with Dr Pepper sherbert? Okay fine. And I brought it home and it tastes like a Dr Pepper ice cream float.
Posing, Posturing, & Positioning: 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidates
Our friends of the Loyal Order and Party of the Donkey begin the marathon process to a potential 2028 presidential candidate.
Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the Interwebs
Trains are wonderful modes of transportation. Trains also have to follow the laws of physics and realities of economics, politics, and public sentiment.
