The Content of our Discontent
The Evolving Act of Physically Reading In a Digitial World
I cannot help but think about the difference in how I read in digital vs physical mediums, and how others might read differently also.
The Month in Theaters April 2024
This was a very good month in theaters. 14 movies in theaters, with one repeat, and an additional 19 otherwise, for a total of 32 reviews.
Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge!
“Let’s Emerge!” is Pye Corner Audio’s – known to his mother and his friends as Martin Jenkins – fifth studio album, and it is indeed a surprise.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed
I’ve played it enough to reach a tentative conclusion, I think. Fallout 76 puts the cart before the horse.
POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold
Matthew Arnold’s literary personage stands in contrast to his father’s upright example. And then it doesn’t. And then it does again.
Campus Insurrections?
It’s time to call out the fringes on both sides for the lawless demagogues that they are and embrace the sanity of the middle
Musical Complaints and Compliments about the Fallout 76 Radio Station
As I wander about the Appalachian Wasteland, I listen to a handful of original songs, some covers, and a DJ who encourages me to keep trying.
YouTube vs. The World
The case study of Screen Junkies Plus vs. the Mythical Society should be studied for how to capitalize on one’s YouTube audience, for good or ill.
Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical
This past Wednesday my wife and eldest son went into Boston to the Wang theater to catch a performance of Hadestown. I’m told it was excellent. While I haven’t had the in-theater, there is...
Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76
I haven’t watched the Fallout series but my buddy did and he said “DUDE, WE NEED TO PLAY FALLOUT 76!!!” and I was hesitant because…
“Boy Kills World”: Bloody Good Fun
“Boy Kills World” is definitely good…It knows what it is and relishes in it.
POETS Day! A Bit of Light Verse
What’s an otherwise famous dead English poet named Jonson to do when the Doctor hogs the name in such an un-Christian manner?
Time is Ticking for TikTok
While we disagree on the issue, my son did have a really good point. “If TikTok is so dangerous,” he said, “They should show the people why.”