How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Duolingo
I’ve been slowly catching on to the fact that this is an entirely different kind of language learning. Altogether.
Fool me once
After five years trying to give Trump voters the benefit of the doubt, I think I’m finally done with that nonsense
Earholes
Random psychic detritus left over from a weird adolescence
Raspberry Pi 400
Raspberry Pi has announced a new $100 computer that I hope can be as significant for 21st century kids as the Commodore 64 was for me
Tuesday Tune Twofer: What a Wonderful Time to Be Alive
Two tenuously and tangentially related tunes every Tuesday, with a hopeful Election Day reminder that we’re living in the best time
Semi-new Song Sundays: Parekh & Singh
A duo from India reminds me to let pop music be pop, and not to dwell on how quickly the early 2000s are receding from the present.
The Mandalorian: Now this is fan servicing!
The Mandalorian season opener “The Marshal” was like time traveling back to 1981
The Haunting of Bly Manor, or, The Stripping of the Screw
I liked The Haunting of Bly Manor, but I’m already afraid of diminishing returns
Peaches & Nougat
Recommending Adam Ragusea’s YouTube channel, which I’m only now discovering for some reason.
Tuesday Tune Twofer: Road Trip Repeat Plays
Two tenuously, tangentially related tunes every Tuesday. This week: songs from road trips with my fiancé
One Thing I Like About The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House had quite a few jump scares, but it saved its most masterful tricks for the finale
The Word Is Murder, or, Write What You Know
Anthony Horowitz’s detective story “The Word Is Murder” is a page-turner, in both directions