Ten Years On
The room was eerily quiet as the students sat waiting for me to get ready, so I tried to lighten the mood. They all take this so seriously, too seriously.
How to Love a Thing You Made Your Whole Personality but Now Feel Cringe About in Three Easy Steps and Two You Should Have Done Ten to Fifteen Years Ago
Most normal people just kind of age out of the media they like and stop thinking about it, but you are not a normal person.
It’s All Too Much
I don’t want to get used to the chaos, but history says I will.
Block by Block
It is astonishing that a game released in 2011 has been continuously updated and hasn’t increased in price.
Ode to the Skip in my The Sunset Tree CD
I decided to put up with you.
Unfinished, Underappreciated
The sports reporter lives in a closet in the studio, and the summer intern will never grow up.
Wind and Darkness
Some movies you watch over and over with friends to feel good. This is not one of those.
Full Soul
For the first time, it feels like I’m succeeding at being single and in my twenties.
Rating Films of Bad Movie Club
Poor critical reception. Lines that made us burst into laughter at their strangeness. The most contrived reason to crossdress I’ve ever seen.
American Dreams
I wonder how a man who by all accounts hated tyranny treated his slaves.
Faygo Flavors that Should Definitely Exist
Just add some bubbles Faygo, please? For me?
Big, Mean, and Green
Compared to other superheroes out there, there’s not much interesting about a white guy who goes on a rampage when he’s angry.
The Light Which Pollutes
And the obvious solution is to turn off the lights.
Bad Movie Club
Have you ever seen The VelociPastor?
Who Am I?
How do you sum up all the complexity of a human being in a medium as limited as words?
Some Good Adventures in Space and Time
Also there’s a sentient universe that’s a frog.
The Love of a Game Master
Homebrewing is a way for GMs to say to their players “I’m invested in what we’re making together. Let’s try something new.
I Can’t Live With or Without Cars
I felt like I could drive literally anywhere in the world. And I loved that feeling. And I hated that I loved it.
The Perfect Summer Meal
They won’t need the little bit of butter you’ll add when they’re done but you’ll add it anyway.
Three Laps Around Salesforce Park
It felt solarpunk, if anything with a company’s name on it can be called punk.
Remembering in the Moment
My problem comes with, for example, the teenage couple directly in front of me at an April show who filmed the entire thing, starting a new recording with each new song.
How’s it Pokémon Go-ing?
Even then, a year on, people had mostly forgotten about the game.
Columbo, Secondhand
However, after the nearly six months of absorbing memes, gifsets, and posts imagining the character in modern situations, it will forever be impossible to watch The Princess Bride without acting like the Leonardo diCaprio pointing meme.
Citywide Constellations
The Moscow transit system looks more like a jellyfish than Ursa Major looks like a bear.
Digital Ghosts
It was a bit like walking into a friend’s home to find they’d unexpectedly moved out, leaving empty shelves, bare walls, and rooms with no furniture.
Pop COVID’s First Wave
James Bond never would have been allowed to look like this, depressed and wallowing in his pain.
Internet Alphabet
If this computer had history from my childhood, there’s no way this wouldn’t be Lego.com.
The Dog-Man Question
The lack of human hands was a dealbreaker for some members, who were told to “be the pickle jar opener in their own life,” by the group members who chose this option.
Libraries
I am reasonably convinced librarians are the closest thing that exists to wizards.
Chasing Worship
It’s also hard to worship while mentally taking notes on ways to improve for next week.
