Let’s bring back pen pals and keep in touch offline
Okay hear me out: we should bring back pen pals. And not necessarily email pen pals, where we just write long messages to one another. I’m calling for…
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Social media isn’t fun, and that might be okay
Lately several of my friends have left social media. I wish I could join them. Unfortunately, running a blog or any other creative pursuit makes social media obligatory.…
The Mandela Effect is mostly nonsense but a little cool
I’ve been on a mystery YouTube kick lately, and a topic that keeps coming up is the Mandela Effect. It’s a much-discussed phenomenon, first described by paranormal researcher…
Love letter to print: Why I still simp for paper
Print media still rules, I don’t care what the haters say. I will always enjoy sitting down with a physical newspaper, magazine, or a book, even when I…
Reading by force: How I rekindled my love of books
Something wasn’t sitting right with me after I wrote that article about reading during the pandemic. The post ended on a bittersweet note in which I hoped I…
Recipes on paper are more practical than videos
Call me old school, but I think the most practical medium for recipes is print. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching recipe videos and seeing the techniques…
Reading during a pandemic is not an easy task
After writing last week’s post on the video games I’ve played during the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought I would look at some other media that has keep me…
I need to find a new way to find new music
I realized recently that I am a musical monster. My plan was to write about how there are several albums that I started out being indifferent toward, but…
It’s 2021. Why are people threatening to become the Joker?
The Joker is a destructive, attention-seeking, self-obsessed edgelord like the ones that have made using certain parts the internet an absolute hell. He’s bad for the sake of…
That video game you want has a best-before date
I’m terrible at playing video games in a timely fashion. Most of the games I play are a couple years old, and I usually choose them because they…
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