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A Game of Thrones…

Every Westerosi Wedding, Ranked by Dothraki Standards

5 Mar 202326 Aug 2023
"A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair." This is one of those articles where I thought of the name of it first, and then…
American Psycho…

Stop Saying the Book is Better Than the Movie

20 Sep 202222 Aug 2023
(Except for when The Book is Better.) One of the cheapest, easiest opinions a person can have is the broad statement “the book is always better than the movie” or,…
Bale…

What Would Vonnegut Say About Cryptocurrency?

20 Feb 202121 Feb 2021
Or: God Bless You, Mr. Musk This is a question I keep asking myself: what would Kurt Vonnegut think of Bitcoin? Would he prefer Ethereum? Would he see the humor…
Books…

Mad Men and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

17 May 202014 Apr 2023
Today is the fifth anniversary of the last episode of Mad Men. I've been working my way through a slow re-watch in recent months. Perhaps I will have something more…
Books…

Why Does Slytherin Still Exist?

8 Mar 201931 Jul 2023
Or: The Harry Potter Fan Theory That Explains Hogwarts' Finances I finished reading the Harry Potter novels at the age of thirty. I read the first four books as they…
Books…

What is Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself?

2 Mar 201916 Nov 2019
It's a book that is real. Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself repeatedly fielding one particular question: “what’s the deal with this book?” This question has been presented…
A Game of Thrones…

Why is Google Displaying False Info About GRRM’s Fire & Blood?

22 Nov 201812 Jan 2019
I have not read the latest George R. R. Martin book, but I do know a few things about it. Here's what I know: Martin's Fire & Blood came out…
Bale…

Some takes on 2017, before it ends

30 Dec 201731 Dec 2017
The end of 2017 is nigh. And with it, the top ten lists, the retrospectives, the predictions. Rather than the Top Books Published in 2017 or the Best Films of…
Books…

9 Reasons to Start Reading Moby-Dick on its 166th Birthday

14 Nov 201731 Oct 2021
It's no secret that I'm a pretty big Moby-Dick fan. Or, if it was a secret to you, then this might be the first thing you've read by me. Which…
Alien…

The Alien: Covenant Ending Was Not a Twist. It Was Dramatic Irony.

11 Aug 201727 Aug 2023
On Ozymandias & Alien It was the best of Alien films, it was the worst of Alien films, it was the sequel to Prometheus, it was the prequel to Alien,…

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