Let’s unpack that. Let’s pretend for a moment, just pretend, that for every 500 American cops, there’s one “bad apple”. Maybe they’re racist, sexist, homophobic, a grifter/bribe-taker, maybe they’re selling drugs they confiscate. Who knows? Don’t growl at me over the number just yet (I think the number is much higher too), just follow whereContinue reading ““A Few Bad Apples””
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Land Before Time
Today I learned that there is a very devoted and actually unexpectantly culturally fluent fanbase in existence that’s really super into the Land Before Time franchise. This is a franchise that basically has produced one childhood classic for Millenials and then another 13 straight-to-video movies for Zoomers . Sequels that…pretty much sucked as I assumedContinue reading “Land Before Time”
Aging: Another Self-Obsessive Millennial Adventure
A little under three years ago, I turned thirty years old. As with almost every other milestone I’ve passed in life, I tried to convince myself that nothing about this would significantly affect me; that I wouldn’t go through the rigamarole of agonizing over the reality of aging like “everybody else” had. That I’m hereContinue reading “Aging: Another Self-Obsessive Millennial Adventure”
The Family Dinner
I’m starting a new series of stories all inspired by my various playthroughs of Stellaris (a 4x strategy game from Paradox Studios). They may be in different galaxies, or share continuity with the others. Some may even have sequels and follow-ups if there’s enough interest in such things, but they will all be inspired byContinue reading “The Family Dinner”
Hello
Stories are water for me. If I were to find myself on my death bed tomorrow, I would push harder for somebody to be by my side and reading to me than I would for my IV bag to be changed or my monitoring equipment to be hooked up. for a teller of tales toContinue reading “Hello”
