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A ranking of the best Game Changer episodes
Ariele and I recently began a re-watch of Game Changer, perhaps the only game show that I would recommend not only watching every episode of, but also re-watching for added enjoyment. As fans of Dropout and its many works, the two of us naturally have opinions about Game Changer, arguably Dropout’s flagship series (especially if… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 26: Z
Welcome to the final installment of my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my… Continue reading
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The Horn
Jazz music is a misunderstood music, one of the load-bearing pillars of a culture that makes a habit of misunderstanding itself. Of all the kinds of music one commonly hears in America, it stands apart as the most human kind of expression—its cardinal virtue is improvisation, and it delights in the recreation of what was… Continue reading
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Vocab 103 Part 25: Y
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128 103, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 103 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary… Continue reading
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Are you too tired to write?
What do you write when your head is foggy, and your hands are tired? You can write about what is bothering you—how foggy your head is, how tired your hands are. You can write about the poor state of the world, if your head is just clear enough to give you an idea of what… Continue reading
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A Discourse Upon Age Cohorts
You think that you are virtuousbecause of where you were born,or when you were born?You even think that you are virtuousbecause of how you were born,but every one is born in much the same way,and if they make it that farthen they all get older until they die,you know about that, it’s the passage of… Continue reading
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Vocab 108 Part 24: X
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128 108, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 108 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary… Continue reading
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Things I enjoy, in no particular order
To be posted as a necessary counterweight to that other post: * “Little did they know,” one of the most evocative stock phrases in the English language. * A fat stack of pancakes on a Saturday morning. * Intricate and detailed set design, whether it be for films, theater, dioramas, theme parks, or whatever. *… Continue reading
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Things that annoy me, in no particular order
(For a cheerier list, follow this link) To be posted when I’ve gotten tired of adding to the list: * When people, in the context of creative arts, use the term “rip-off” for anything other than one artist plundering a different artist’s work for ideas and presenting every original creative element as their own work.… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 23: W
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
Ink Tea Stone Leaf 