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A month’s devotion to art and acculturation, and now I have to study. I’m told I’m intelligent … why is it, then, that I stare at this textbook and feel so cosmically frustrated at my own stupidity? Because I’ve read this before, years ago, but now I fumble through exercises that were once second nature. […]
We’re in the death throes, now. Beasts like Inkhaven don’t go down easy. There’s a madness in the air. Ancient cultures commemorated the cold months with sacred rites, merry festivities, and human sacrifice … so too for this last week, the winter of April — with the Inkhaven Fair! For the month of April, 55 […]
I know you. You think you’re too good for the algorithmic short-form video apps. You read books and blogs. You’re a literateur. Intelligent. Well-read. You know what you are? Ignorant. Close-minded. And you are missing out. Everyone loses their mind about how much time people spend scrolling on these apps. Worthless brainrot slop, is it? […]
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Holy holy holy I want to punch that smug face what a condescending ass. Now for reasons of NUANCE I point out that there’s a motte and bailey here; the macro can be construed descriptively or prescriptively. There’s a world of difference between: And NUANCE demands of me that I […]
At thirteen, while my peers played ninepins and studied the blade, I engaged in a vast survey of the Oriental literatures. This of course qualifies me completely to speak on the character and pathologies of entire nations. Epistemic status one thousand. Now, some would try to convince you that Natsume Soseki captures the soul of […]
Hank Green argues that he prefers the theology of the Warrior Cats children’s books over that of monotheism: It’s a neat video, but I think he’s very wrong about many of the things he says. I have three objections. If you’re not familiar with the series, Warrior Cats features ancestor worship. When cats die they […]
I’ve replaced myself with a picoshakespeare of monkeys (the budget option) to free myself up for social butterflights — pologies to my three readers. I’m drowning in ideas, but not so many which I can do justice in a day’s work. My magnum opus for the month is in the pipeline, but scraping the sides. […]
Nothing good ever comes from this sentence, but here goes: I watched the Homestuck pilot. The original, a massively long multimedia webcomic, is something of a spectre haunting the web. I admit I only got through it in middle school because the girl I had a crush on was a huge fan; believe me when […]
Gillian snuggled deeper into the pastel quilt. Just like every Friday night, he was scrolling through the latest chapter of Star Terrestrial. It was getting super hype in the latest arc. A notification pinged. roni: gil gil gilgil: ?roni: ellogil: hoi yes whats uproni: you wont believe itroni: natalie kelway is conming to my citygil: […]
I hiked to the redwoods a few days ago. A fallen trunk was on display, its cross-section cleanly labeled. The center was 909 AD. Halfway through its vegetable life the Aztecs built Tenochtitlan. At two-thirds, Columbus discovered the New World. 1776 is an inch from the rim. “That’s America,” I said. Remy pointed at the […]