Good News for Introverts!
Still from Felix Revolts (1923) where Felix the Cat unionizes all the cats in town and they go on strike against unfair labor practices. • • • (The following...
Here’s a painting
So here’s the thing, I don’t know why you signed up for this newsletter, but I know it wasn’t to see paintings because I wasn’t painting when I started this...
Hello. I have a new book out today.
Hello. I have a new book out today. But you already knew that because it’s the subject line. Or maybe you heard about me talking about it online. It’s the...
It‘s horror movie season, witch!
The idea of a perfect movie is stupid. After all, perfection doesn’t exist. But neither do ghosts, goblins, zombies, vampires, werewolves, or the Candyman,...
Crab Theory
Every summer, my Dad would begrudgingly throw us in the car and drive south to Maryland. Why he did this I don’t know. He didn’t want to do it and we didn’t...
Go Magellan, go!
Sometime in the latter days of the 12th century two armies clashed on the west coast of the Iberian peninsula. The land where this battle took place would...
The Ukrainian
Since every platform on the internet is now apparently run by garbage humans, I've spent the last couple of days working on setting up a blog. Yes, a blog....
None of us are the same anymore, and some of us are dead
Last Monday, I took a hot shower, put on a wool hat, hopped into a rented car, and drove to the Walgreens in South San Francisco. I took a hot shower because...
Rua do Poço dos Negros
There is a street in Lisboa called “Rua do Poço dos Negros.” Roughly translated it means “Negro Pit Street,” or more honestly — that street where we dug the...