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  • Where Have You Gone, Hard Hat Mack?
    Sunday, February 8, 2026

    Where Have You Gone, Hard Hat Mack?

    Game Development, Videogames

    Discoverability, building communities, and adjusting to a market based on sustainability instead of breakout hits

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Moondog’s Theme, Caffeinated
    Tuesday, February 3, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Moondog’s Theme, Caffeinated

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes from Louis Thomas Hardin, Moondog, the Viking of 6th Avenue

  • Dancing About The Bone Temple
    Monday, February 2, 2026

    Dancing About The Bone Temple

    Movies

    More thoughts about the 28 Days Later series as multi-sensory experiences. (Lots of spoilers for the whole series)

  • CEO of the Flies, or, One Thing I Love About Send Help
    Sunday, February 1, 2026

    CEO of the Flies, or, One Thing I Love About Send Help

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)

  • Catherine O’Hara and the Simple Kindness of Humanism
    Friday, January 30, 2026

    Catherine O’Hara and the Simple Kindness of Humanism

    Personal

    A brief tribute to Catherine O’Hara and what we can all probably learn about overthinking kindness and comedy

  • China on Easy Mode
    Friday, January 30, 2026

    China on Easy Mode

    Nonessential Thoughts, Travel

    A short travelogue from a week in Hong Kong, with a digression about Ugly Americanism

  • Literacy 2026: Book 1: The Impossible Fortune
    Thursday, January 29, 2026

    Literacy 2026: Book 1: The Impossible Fortune

    Books, Literacy 2026

    Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series

  • One Thing I Like About 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    Monday, January 26, 2026

    One Thing I Like About 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The Bone Temple is the rare sequel that makes every installment before it more profound. (Spoilers after a warning)


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One Thing I Like

  • CEO of the Flies, or, One Thing I Love About Send Help
    Sunday, February 1, 2026

    CEO of the Flies, or, One Thing I Love About Send Help

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)

  • One Thing I Like About 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    Monday, January 26, 2026

    One Thing I Like About 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The Bone Temple is the rare sequel that makes every installment before it more profound. (Spoilers after a warning)

  • CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).


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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Moondog’s Theme, Caffeinated
    Tuesday, February 3, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Moondog’s Theme, Caffeinated

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes from Louis Thomas Hardin, Moondog, the Viking of 6th Avenue

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes that I didn’t like much even though I probably should’ve known better

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers
    Tuesday, January 6, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes inspiring some amazing dancing and choreography put to video


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Books

  • Literacy 2026: Book 1: The Impossible Fortune
    Thursday, January 29, 2026

    Literacy 2026: Book 1: The Impossible Fortune

    Books, Literacy 2026

    Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series

  • The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
    Monday, September 29, 2025

    The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories

    Books, Movies

    My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting

  • Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures
    Monday, August 18, 2025

    Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures

    Books, Literacy 2025

    Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house


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