It’s Friday night I’m alone as I write. There are a lot of lonely nights as a writer, nights where I hole myself up and let my mind move through my fingers. But I’m not alone in my forlorn feelings: We’re all human, all of one mind, all alone in our own ways. To appease… Read More We’re All Alone, So Why Do We Feel So Alone?
“We’re getting pretty old, aren’t we?” When I was 25, a woman I was dating said this to me. It was the first time I had ever considered growing old, outside of abstract thoughts and stoned existential crises. I found it to be a strange comment. Old? I still barely knew my drinking limits –… Read More Feeling Old Before We’re Old
A meme posted by March for Science – one that was liked more than 27,000 times and shared more than 20,000 times on Facebook, a number of them on my timeline – shows two cartoon people pointing to a number on the ground. One ‘toon says the number is a 6 and the other says… Read More On: An Awful March for Science Meme
I’m not a boring asshole, but you might think I’m one if you read my writing. Look at that sentence. “I’m” is used twice, the same overused structure is recycled once again, and the word “asshole” is used to congratulate myself for being a boring asshole. It’s a dick sentence and meta. I hate meta.… Read More What the hell is a writing voice, anyway?
This isn’t the future we’re facing, this is our new present.… Read More The Potential Fake News Havoc of Video Manipulation
How are we to prevent information on a mass murderer from leaking into the ether in the era of social media?… Read More Should Journalists Name Mass Murderers?
If equal treatment of all beings follows to animals, we’re in for a hellride. … Read More Is There an Ethical Argument for Eating Meat?
Hyperbole is the deepest red of all the red flags. Every time I’m certain, I know that I’ve fucked up. “Yeah, it’s the best,” “Oh, for sure,” and “Definitely” are the fastest routes to the poorest decisions. Hold up, I spotted some hyperbole. “Every time” I’m certain, I have not been led to some awful… Read More hyperbole and the death of nuance: you don’t have to always be right
“If there is a third principle, its name is childhood. But it dies; or rather, it is murdered.” … Read More killing the child to make the adult
