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  • CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).

  • Fragments of the Long Tail
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    Fragments of the Long Tail

    Movies, Television

    Unorganized thoughts about what sticks after narrative storytelling collides with imperfect memory

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes that I didn’t like much even though I probably should’ve known better

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers
    Tuesday, January 6, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes inspiring some amazing dancing and choreography put to video

  • The Hollywood Seven
    Sunday, January 4, 2026

    The Hollywood Seven

    Movies, Nonessential Thoughts

    Trying to keep up with what Hollywood considers hot vs baseline attractiveness

  • Dispatches from a Purple City
    Thursday, January 1, 2026

    Dispatches from a Purple City

    Nonessential Thoughts

    Using a trip to Atlanta as a reminder to be mindful of how much we know about people and places is just made up

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Balldroppin’
    Tuesday, December 30, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Balldroppin’

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tangentially-related tunes to guide you through a time when your calendar is going through strange and confusing changes

  • My Hopes for the Steam Frame
    Tuesday, December 23, 2025

    My Hopes for the Steam Frame

    Technology, Videogames

    Speculation about the near-future of accessible, approachable VR, which Valve’s new headset will totally make happen, for real this time.


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One Thing I Like

  • CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    CuJoJo, or, One Thing I Like About Primate

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).

  • One Thing I Like About Dust Bunny
    Saturday, December 13, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Dust Bunny

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    Dust Bunny is undeniably a movie with a distinct creative vision, I’m just still deciding whether I like that vision

  • One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2
    Friday, December 12, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The sequel continues the precedent set by the original of being more clever and insightful than these movies need to be


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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Don’t Get It

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes that I didn’t like much even though I probably should’ve known better

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers
    Tuesday, January 6, 2026

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sympathy for the Dancers

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes inspiring some amazing dancing and choreography put to video

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Balldroppin’
    Tuesday, December 30, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Balldroppin’

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tangentially-related tunes to guide you through a time when your calendar is going through strange and confusing changes


More Posts in “Tuesday Tune Two-Fer”

Books

  • The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
    Monday, September 29, 2025

    The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories

    Books, Movies

    My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting

  • Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures
    Monday, August 18, 2025

    Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures

    Books, Literacy 2025

    Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house

  • Literacy 2025: Book 23: Heads Will Roll
    Monday, August 11, 2025

    Literacy 2025: Book 23: Heads Will Roll

    Books, Literacy 2025

    Josh Winning’s slasher novel about a camp for a celebrity who’s in danger of being canceled… PERMANENTLY


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