Category: Nonessential Thoughts
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)
I Wish People Got Fairly Compensated
The media is telling a fairy tale about scrappy young indies hitting it big, even though the happier ending isn’t even all that fantastic.
Why Mark Duplass, Though?
A short (I promise) tangent about the Backrooms movie and the ripple effects that result from adapting a story. (Spoilers)
Soarin’ Across An Imperfect Union
Thoughts about Disney’s stab at patriotism for the USA’s 250th, and whether it makes any sense to be celebrating the current version of America
The Unfairly Quick and Painless Death of the Author
Inspired by the movie Obsession, thoughts about intent vs interpretation. (Spoilers for Obsession and the 1987 Fatal Attraction)
Buy-Curious, or, Being a Good Video Game Consumer in the Age of Influencers
Mix industry news with entertainment/enthusiast news, let simmer for a few decades, and you’ll end up with the state of media in 2026
Person of Note?
A 20th Century Digital Boy struggles with the prospect of becoming a paper notebook guy
Shut it down
Computer nerd gratitude, an extremely inessential take on finding the rare things that aren’t getting worse
A Universal Picture
Re-thinking my earlier defenses of Pixar, since you can’t actually be universal without first examining what you consider normal
It’s Your Thing
Cultural blind spots, dismissive assumptions, and the paradox of having a unique voice in a world that would really prefer you didn’t
