Science for Kids
My seven-year-old is interested in science. Mostly geology, but he has for years been inclined…
Performances Lost
I’d rather play a maid than be one. –Hattie McDaniel On the radio, Amos and…
Taco Break: Dream On
When thinking of dreamlike films and filmmakers, I’m guessing the name that comes to most…
Five Years Gone
The Dissolve Facebook group has now lasted longer than the Confederacy. Formed in the first…
The Culture of Suicide
“You know what they say about people who commit suicide—in the afterlife, they become civil…
Tragic Backstory
I’ve started my kids on Avatar: The Last Airbender this morning. My son, Simon, who…
A Defense of Episodic Television
I do not have access to HBO, so of course I have not seen the…
A Proliferation of Cops
Practically no one on TV just happens to be a police officer. The only Wacky…
Taco Break: Escape To Quarantine
Quarantine being lifted means we can look back, summarise what it all was, and safely…
Taco Break: Angry Mob Justice
“Can’t this town go one day without a riot?” — Mayor Quimby Miller here: The…