Last Saturday, I got a phone call saying "Jaybird! We're meeting over here to eat meat on...
Culture
Bigotry was not a life sentence, it was a decision people made, and so it was possible...
Vanilla Ice was trending...Wait, no, that was 30 years ago. Dang. Has it been that long since...
One thing I’ve noticed about the correction of “All Lives Matter” is that it doesn’t really seem...
All human plans are provisional and the rules change every day. I say we keep gardening.
It’s too horrible to say any of this so baldly, so we find nice ways to phrase...
I don’t care if you’re conservative, liberal, or otherwise, a media blackout on critically important news is...
While getting by in strange times, I read a book of short stories about how average Ukrainians...
The evidence indicates people have been bitching about the insanity of their children dating all the way...
A book about an Ojibwe woman's path of revenge- following a longer digression about "representation" in fiction.
The problem with fandom is that we often expect more than we should out of the people...
For the uninitiated, Linky Friday was long a tradition here at Ordinary Times. So don’t call it...
Chantal Akerman's 1975 masterpiece is a nail biting Hitchcockian thriller about housework. Really.
Multiculturalism can be a good thing. Multiculturalism can be a bad thing. These statements are not mutually...
French Dips, like most things that claim to be French, aren’t French at all. And like most...
A once prolific OT contributor returns with humble-brag and bad advice.
The most controversial comic book of all time won't go away.
A lively trip around the world to compare how different cultures bring out their dead.
Sleep deprivation isn’t a psychological operation or a campaign to erode our democracy. At least, not directly.
Symposium: Hmm. I like tuna. I like pizza. I’m already experimenting – so why not?
