The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: 2022 Off-Year Election Edition
It’s time, once again, for the most important election of our lifetimes.
The Content of our Discontent
Sunday Morning! “What is Art?” by Leo Tolstoy
We’re not all Christian anarchists like Leo Tolstoy, but he’s not exactly wrong about how art eases our sense of isolation.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tic Tac Toe Theory
I recommend that everyone sit down and play a game of tic-tac-toe with a little kid. It’ll teach you stuff about modern games.
Weekend Plans Post: I want my hour back hour back hour back.
This is the weekend when balance is restored.
POETS Day! John Donne
John Donne will be known for his more complex works such as “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” where you read it and think it’s pleasant until you read an essay about it.
Ordinary Times’ First Annual Halloween Watchlist: Week 4
We’ve finally reached the end of our Halloween series, but I have to say it was a pretty sweet ride. This week we finish things off on a bit of a lighter side
Throughput: The COVID Lab Leak Theory Resurfaces
While this COVID lab leak theory fire has burned for a while, the last week saw two deluges of rocket fuel poured on it.
The King Over the Water
On Donald Trump, Trumpism, the failure of the Jacobites, and the folly of yoking a political movement to a lost cause.
The Month in Theaters: 20 Reviews From October 2022
11 movies in theaters, as well as an additional 10 with one repeat, for a total of 20 reviews. The standout is clear, but I had fun this Halloween season.
SCOTUS and Moore v Harper: To Be Democratic Or To Seem Democratic
Burt Likko previews Moore v. Harper, the SCOTUS case about the subtle and obscure but potentially explosive Independent State Legislature doctrine.
Mindless Diversions Extra: Gotham Knights First Impressions
The Arkham games were nigh-perfect. This game isn’t just different…First off, let me say explicitly that Gotham Knights is *NOT* a sequel to the Arkham games.
Sunday Morning! Leonora Carrington, the Complete Stories
Like fairy tales for mad children, the stories of Leonora Carrington are as packed with strangeness and complete imaginative freedom as her paintings.
