I’ve been trying to figure out why this timeline is timelining the way it is. I mean, I’m not the only one who isn’t a fan, right? But anyway, I’ve been seeking out material that goes into how things are work, how certain societal structures are the way they are, and what forces have been and are shaping them. You know, psychohistory kinda stuff. In my travels, I came across the videos of geopolitical consultant…
Yes, it’s not just for some inestimable hobbits (or rather, for ones giving a speech to said inestimable hobbits). The Great War aka The War to End All Wars (Except Not) aka The War That Produced Some Reactions Including Art That is Painfully Still Relevant started 111 years ago today. Is there a connection between World War One and Tolkien, you ask? Yes, there is. Just ask the Legends of Tomorrow. Anyway, what with the…
This weekend is the annual pop culture extravaganza known as Comic-Con. In fact, I’m already seeing photos and updates from friends who are there (alas, I have never been). So, in lieu of being able to give you the latest videos unveiled at Comic-con (which will surely be across the Internet by weekend’s end), here’s a video with prolific comic book creator, Todd McFarlane, with strong opinions on everything from, yes, Comic-Con, but also monsters’…
So I was actually going to post this before posting last Wednesday’s post, but I had enough thoughts in my head that I wanted to watch it again and perhaps comment. You see, I can make the entirely unremarkable observation that various forces are making the Internet less usable in a process of crapification (also known by other terms), but at the same time I’m at a loss for how to tackle it or frame…
I’ve been increasing my reading this year and I’ve been thinking about what a “bestselling author” means so along comes “bestselling author, John Green” with an explanation of what having a “New York Times Bestseller” means, seeing as the term gets thrown about like the literary equivalent of the “Dow Jones Industrial Average.”
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about work-life balance, but it does feel that, in 2025, more people have the assumption that WORK has won and the imbalance is fine. We know it. We’ve felt it. I’m sure some researchers have excellent terms for it, but I’m thinking of it these days as overproductivity. And it succeeds because we have zealots, who probably get up at 4am, who push for overproductivity. And when they,…
I know it’s hard to imagine in this peaceful time of extraordinary bipartisanship and respectful political discourse, but this country hasn’t always been so easygoing and [checks notes]. Whoops! Wrong timeline. Eesh. Okay, so you’re not in the mood for 1776, Hamilton, or even Stan Freberg presenting the United States of America. Well, maybe you will want to try one of these films out. Having worked for a company that published multiple civil war magazines…
I’ve delivered a couple presentations over the past few weeks that in work terms were “big” — not in terms of the number of slides of course, but in telling the story clearly. In preparation, I rewatched a couple videos by David JP Phillips, a speaker… and speaker about speaking. Here he is from 8 years ago about the science of storytelling” And if that’s released the “angel’s cocktail” of chemicals into your brain, you…
Shortly after Friday’s movie quotes post, I came across this montage, which is, in some ways, even more satisfying…
It’s been a packed week, so I’m looking forward to relaxing with some filmwatching this weekend. But which film? An old one? A new one? That one where they say…? To give you, and perhaps me, some ideas about which films to wile away the hours, the folks at Cine Fix helpfully compiled a list of the top 100 movie quotes of all time: Not content with that (and perhaps because of the comments, they…