Facebook has been in the news lately for being generally terrible in every way. Which is great. But what no one seems to be talking about is how Facebook has destroyed the space-time continuum.
Year in Review 2014.5 HD Final REmix: Music
5 years on I can say with reasonable certainty that I don't wish I could hear this for the first time again.
Smash That Vote Button
Not voting, or voting for someone you know can't win, is anti-democratic because it means your vote doesn't count.
The Great Political Screed, First Installment
In August of 2015, after watching the first Republican primary debate while making snide comments on Facebook, I promised to write something substantive about politics. Since I have a habit of turning small tasks into big projects that I then don’t finish, it was both not surprising and very surprising that the result of that promise was this document, an in-depth review of all my political beliefs at the time, to be added to and amended as my beliefs evolved.
Arguing 101: How to Be Right
It should be noted that some of this was learned from either myself or others failing to actually live up to it and is therefore somewhat theoretical.
Breaking
I broke my right arm when I was twelve, my humerus, specifically.
Office Hours #1: Technically the Worst Paper I’ve Ever Written
The Assignment: Compare, contrast, and synthesize two critical essays on William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, including an analysis of the role of New Orleans in the text.
Paris: An Essay in Pieces
Essay: from the French essayer, “to try.”
Four Ways to Vanish an Elephant
“Is this your card?” Uncle George said, flipping the card over with a flourish. There was a collective gasp from the four great-nieces and -nephews gathered around the coffee table.
Certain of Eventual Failure 