The Point!
This is the town and these are the people. This is the town where the people all stay.
The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman delivers a powerful poem at Biden's Inaguration.
Death in the Modern Era
There are things you can prep for, and things you can sort out, but digital security and accounts for the dead? Not actually easy.
New York(ish) Bagels by a Cleveland Jew in California
I love bagels. A lot. They're my favourite thing. So here's how I make them.
All American
All Americans means all Americans.
MP 46
In February 1989 I was 11. I’d not yet broken my arm. That would happen a little later in the year. Dad and I lived in the Big House on 12th street, our Cousin Dan in the Little House. Friday…
Critical Race Traders
I’ve been thinking about this story “The Space Traders”, which was written by Derrick Bell in 1992 and turned into a part of the “Cosmic Slop” anthology on HBO in 1994. The anthology was all about Twilight Zone-esque stories from…
One Filk at a Time
It’s not a secret, I love One Day at a Time, so with last night being the mid-season finale (thanks, COVID), I went and shared the filk I made of their opening theme: If you’re over 12 but under 55,…
It doesn’t feel real
It’s been a year. It doesn’t feel real yet. A few mornings ago I woke up and my first thought was “oh yeah, Dad is dead.” I got a phone call late at night, my belle-meré par remariage called to…
Ten Years Ago
How much changes? How much doesn't?