TikTok Is in Trouble, But Then, So Are We
To think that we can use social media without being influenced by it is the height of arrogance.
Par for the Comfort
I had totally conflated “my best” and “the best.”
A Road Trip Podcast Cure for the Winter Blues
When Scott, Drew, Rosi, and Jane finally arrive at the finish line, I felt as if I’d completed something of significance myself.
(Unconventionally) Rating New Experiences in 2024
Weekly square dancing is like doing your astronomy lab homework: it’s more mathematical than you hoped, but at least you’re having fun.
Spotify Ruined Music for Me
I’m cheating on music with podcasts and, unfortunately, there’s no marriage counselor for this sort of thing.
Engagement: Just Inconvenient Enough
A wedding is one of the few ceremonies that society deems all right to ask people to fly or drive across multiple states to celebrate. And that is a rare opportunity I don’t want to waste.
Let’s Call Villains “Villains”
If Lord of the Rings was published today, Sarumann would get the Joker treatment and have thirst edits go viral.
Movie #5: A Preliminary Response to The Brutalist
Production of more art and beauty cannot serve as the only available response to art and beauty around us.
A Letter to the 70,000
You and I likely were taught the same things about masculinity growing up.
Homesick
I’m homesick for a time when people were just people, not layers of complicated emotions and traumas and hopes and expectations.
