Books… Why Everyone Should Calm Down and Take Vonnegut’s Approach to Talking about Big Game Hunting 30 Jul 201526 Sep 2016 People love to shame these days. They also love to shame the shamers. And with the tendency for the internet to get hysterical about anything that seems worthy of hysteria,…
Books… Six Things Hemingway Never Said 10 Jul 201512 Jan 2017 The internet loves a good quote. Trouble is, the internet rarely cares if the quote was said by the person whose name follows it. It also rarely cares if the…
Joyce Carol Oates… One Month Later: Regarding Joyce Carol Oates and Dinosaurs 9 Jul 20159 Jul 2015 Something that never ceases to interest me is how different the world can be, depending solely on what news you consume. I noticed this more than ever one month ago, in the situation…
A Song of Ice and Fire… Six Months of Search Terms: Wolverine, His Beard, and The Strange Searches That Lead People Here 2 Jul 20152 Jul 2015 A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called The Maramduke Fart Paradox, in which I discussed the strange search engine terms that lead people to this website. Among…
American Psycho… Six Months of Reading Books in 2015 1 Jul 20151 Jul 2015 For some time, I've considered tracking what I read on this blog, but have not yet gotten around to it. The following is a list of the books I have…
Batman… Reserving Judgments is a Matter of Infinite Hope: Regarding Batman, The Joker, and Their Fans 20 May 201520 May 2015 On the first page of The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway tells us about a piece of advice his father gave him: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just…
2666… The Book You Need to Read Before Season Two of True Detective 12 May 20152 Jan 2018 People are always recommending things with the equation of if you liked this, then you will like that. Or, before you see ____, make sure you read _____. And while…
A Game of Thrones… Brief Interviews of Ice and Fire: The Sand Snake Seven 11 May 2015 The following is a conversation regarding both the A Song of Ice and Fire books and the Game of Thrones television show. It contains spoilers for the five ASOIAF books…
A Game of Thrones… Why All the Bad News About Game of Thrones is Actually Good News 4 Apr 20158 Apr 2015 Before you read: I assume you have seen the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, but have not necessarily read the books. I have carefully written this to not give…
A Song of Ice and Fire… Why House of Cards is Dumb 21 Feb 20151 Jun 2017 Yes, everyone loves House of Cards, and everyone is excited about Season 3 impending breaking of the internet on February 27th. And yes, it's because it's very entertaining. But let's talk about…