The Lens of the Uncanny Valley
It is an easy explanation for why people are so afraid of clowns—or dolls, for that matter.
Fragments of Family
I “flew away from the nest” of family without really figuring out what my nest even was.
Coming of Age in the Arborist World
That’s when the client’s mailbox gets pummelled to the ground.
My Bible
I can’t explain, even to myself, why I’ve taken such pains to keep one previous owner’s “Streaky Bay Parish Announcer” bulletin from December ’65 in its proper page.
A Korean Movie Starter Pack (For Americans)
The Man From Nowhere is the kind of movie that can make your anxiety nearly incarnate.
Watching the MCU (And Trying to Enjoy It)
It didn’t matter if half the cast was snapped away by Thanos—they’re all going to come back anyway.
Twin Babies and Workplace Anxiety: A Guide to My Favorite TikTok Creators
I fully expected to delete the app after about a week. But I didn’t bail; instead, I became addicted.
(The Better) Half of Dune
It does manage to pass the Bechdel Test, but the Bechdel test isn’t exactly a trial by Gom Jabbar.
Gloom and Doom
As the days have steadily gotten shorter, darker, and wetter, the creeping presence of death has seemed to constrict tighter around my periphery.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Chaos Lillie
I don’t quite remember how we came up with the name Dusty Kevin, but it had something to do with mispronouncing Dostoyevsky while making enough pierogies to feed an army.
