Lithograph landscape of nineteenth-century Chicago

Conscious Consumption #2

Still from "The Brutalist" (2024)

Not a single entry for Pride & Prejudice this week. Pathetic. A marker of how much I’ve been enjoying it, I suppose. More on that when I’m done, and I hope…

Conscious Consumption #1

Still from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022)

New year, new habit. So begins my attempt to track the whole of my media diet, week to week. “Why?” you ask. “What would possess you?” Well, I don’t know…

Attending to My Attention

Image of an ouroboros

I’m typing this in my kitchen, at a small stretch of counter that rises taller than the rest. I use it most days as an improvised standing desk while I…

Bluesky Replies as Comments!

Icons for "reply," "repost," and "like"

I’ve been on Bluesky a lot lately. I joined about a year and half ago, but since it blew up at the beginning of the month,1 it’s been exciting to see…

We're Mad as Hell. What Now?

Screenshot of actor Peter Finch as Howard Beale in the film "Network" (1976)

It was a week or two before the election that I first started making the connection. I was up late again, scrolling through TikTok, watching video after…

Back to the Text

Photo of an "Under Construction" sign seated atop a keyboard

I turned forty earlier this month. Fifteen days ago, in fact. Took the day off. Woke up late. I think I did some laundry. Might have played a little of Lif…