I went to West Virginia to see my grandfather, because he told my mom that he wanted to see all of his children at the same time. I read between the lines, and drove down with her. He’s been in and out of the hospital… Read More
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Enough for Today
The dishwasher broke on Thanksgiving. Even five people can generate a lot of dirty plates on Thanksgiving. Learning the basics of dishwasher diagnostics could wait for morning, but the dishes themselves couldn’t. My mom took charge of cleanup (saying my wife and I had done… Read More
What we write about when we write think pieces about doing what we love
I’ve been in a running dialogue with a friend and fellow writer about articles on the topic of doing what you love. Articles talking about how to stoke your passion, about questioning whether you’re actually doing what you love, and so on. There are a… Read More
What I Watched In 2014
I started this last year feeling like I was losing touch with my love of movies, so I started an experiment. If I spent time to watch a movie, whether or not I had seen it before, I wrote it down. For your consideration, here’s… Read More
Choosing To Like Things
“I guess I just like liking things.” -Abed Nadir After two years of film school, my 20-year-old self had come to a conclusion: Modern blockbuster filmmaking sucked. Give me Criterion or give me death! Film study is wonderful in what you can learn about how… Read More