Literacy 2026: Book 5: Strange Pictures
“The Japanese Mystery-Horror Sensation” about sinister messages hidden in drawings
Farm Girl Has Weird Dream
Internet fun with movies made even more boring
Ha-ha, gottem! (Round 12 of 13,768)
A friendly reminder to anyone who’s been left lost and wandering through the zeitgeist after winning the most recent culture war
Literacy 2026: Book 4: The Ending Writes Itself
The “meta thriller” debut novel from Evelyn Clarke about authors trapped on a secluded island competing to write the best ending
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Swiftly Flow the Days
Two tunes warning John Mayer’s urethra not to come creeping ’round my back stairs
My pens!
Speed-running through a new fixation on fountain pens, which are supposed to be all about slowing down
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Remember His Song
Two tunes from Labi Siffre and the 1970s as a decade that never ended
Our Dumb Country
Maybe we can try celebrating on the 251st
Pangrammer, or, Zeke Just Bought the Quietest Pixies CDs for His Family in West Virginia
A new time-wasting web toy for no good reason
Pride and Curb Cuts
Simple thoughts about how LGBTQ pride helps everybody (but that’s no reason not to keep celebrating it)
False Grit, or, One Thing I Like About Supergirl
Supergirl is like putting Woman of Tomorrow under a red sun, but I at least like this version of the character. (No spoilers)
Paying for Quiet
Amortizing the cost of the Steam Machine across decades of having to put up with consumer-hostile nonsense