I almost used the word “vicissitude” / almost correctly the other day.
Some More On Argumentative Discourse
You are not the only person in your movement / political party / other political/politicized group.
The Golem of Prague, Oklahoma
The golem was אמת and מוות.
Those Who Live in Belvedere
No child wants to run / a prison when they grow up / but someone has to
Mr. Jones Likes Cookies
Abby stood on the sidewalk in front of Mr. Jones's house, clutching a clipboard and pencil. She had been standing there for probably forever.
Year in Review 2018: Movies
I can understand people writing this off as another tortured-genius-white-guy biopic (and honestly they have a point), but for what it’s worth it’s the funniest movie I've ever cried at the end of.
Year in Review 2018: Music
One of my pet peeves with pop music is that a lot of pop artists are actually really good singers, but are frequently putting out songs that don’t serve their voices (and also have crappy lyrics but I guess that’s a separate issue).
Year in Review 2018: TV
Part of the difficulty of crafting a good-vs-evil narrative is that, for the sake of drama, evil needs to be besting good 2/3rds of the time without good being so inept and stupid that we stop rooting for them.
Year in Review 2018: YouTube
Okay, getting past the fact that peopleWatching still being distributed by Cracked is like seeing new posts on a dead person’s Facebook page, Season 2 is just as unabashedly uplifting as Season 1.
Year in Review 2018: Video Games
"Play Fallout: New Vegas," they said. "It's the best one," they said. And I, fool that I am, did not listen—until finally, on a whim, I added it to my cart to get free shipping.
Certain of Eventual Failure 