Eating Humble Pie
Call it shedding my “a pleasure to have in class” skin.
Thunderbolts* (2025): A Strangely Tender Return to Competence
What Thunderbolts* represents is faith rewarded, a return (even briefly) to a tradition of blockbuster competence that seemed lost to a proliferation of nightmarishly digital and dumbly unfunny slop.
What Does a Good Day Look Like?
Too often we are asking the wrong question.
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.
Research Offered Me a Future
My birth story is one that my mom shares every year —she saw Lorelai do it in a Gilmore Girls episode.
Rebelling (or: Feelings Don’t Care About Facts)
Progressive politics have lost their narrative voice.
The Best Sport You’re Not Paying Attention To
Being a grown adult at a roller rink can be a bit of a trial as the primary attendees of roller rinks are families of young children hosting birthday parties.
‘Of Mice and Men’ and Me
“In the world, but not of it.” This gosh darn phrase is so flippin’ vague.
What to Do When Your Favorite Show Finishes a Season
I’ve looked to replace the level of obsession I had for the show with another, but struggled.
I Can’t Shut Up About My Shell Pot
The urge to stick shells to objects is nearly irresistible.
