No, Michael—Your Book Actually Didn’t Need THAT Scene
Dear Reader, Just a quick note that this week’s newsletter contains a conversation about sexual assault in works of fiction. There are no descriptions of...
A Three Year Trip from Shanghai to the Netherlands
The delegates of General Assembly 3 in King Alexander Hall Hey Everyone! This week’s newsletter is a bit of a travelogue. Sunday morning, I hit the...
Another Take on that Silly Chat Bot (or Death to the High School Essay)
I’m not opposed to new technology. Hell, I love a new gadget as much as the next guy. But we need to pump the brakes and have some collective conversations...
In Defense of Gatekeepers and Screaming Loudly at Bigots
The next time someone complains to me about free speech, I’m just gonna yell “Stop!” In this week’s newsletter I’m riffing on grifting influencers, media...
Missing Home, Dreading Home
The east facing view from our flat apartment in Abu Dhabi Hey everyone, This week I am back in the desert and reflecting on a long conversation I had with a...
To the Year Ahead and Year Behind
Turning the page from December to January into 2023 Happy New Year! I hope you’re staying warm and making it through the holidays. The time between Christmas...
Back in Tacoma for the Holidays
You're a mean one, Mr. GrinchYou really are a heel,You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch. In my pre-teaching life, I spent...
It Was Capitalism All Along - #6
Photo by Andrew Ling on Unsplash Happy Sunday, Friday began my eighteenth winter break as an educator (whew!) and we’ll be flying back to the States for...
Newsletter #5 - Giving People their Flowers
Photo by Ioann-Mark Kuznietsov on Unsplash Happy Sunday, This week’s missive is an appreciation for really awesome people who have either inspired me or made...
Dune Hits Different When You Live In Arrakis
A scorn of camels in the Liwa Desert in UAE - Photo by Yer Boi Happy Sunday, Yes, I too am mourning the US exit from the World Cup in Qatar. If the team...
Newsletter #3 - Leaning Into the Silence
Photo by Semyon Borisov on Unsplash Happy Thanksgiving, US vs England Day, and Stay Home & Chill Friday, Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Today I am...
Newsletter #2 - When Censorship Backfires And The Toll Of Opiates
Greetings and Happy Sunday Friends! This is Newsletter #2—you may have noted the migration from Tinyletter to Substack. Let’s just say I had a bad customer...
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