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Dec
06
Episodes: Chopsticks

Episodes: Chopsticks

I set far too many New Year's resolutions. Only informally, to be sure. I'll get to
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Dec
01
Episodes: You're Good #Content, Charlie Brown

Episodes: You're Good #Content, Charlie Brown

"I just don't know, Linus," sighed Charlie Brown. "I just don't know."
5 min read
Nov
29
Episodes: The Simpsons and cutaway gags

Episodes: The Simpsons and cutaway gags

(Fluffy Bunny's Guide to You Know What? Technically not a cutaway gag!) Like many of you, I'
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Nov
23
Episodes: Goodbye, Scott

Episodes: Goodbye, Scott

(Scott loved drawing sight lines on screencaps, which he called "eye lasers." Hence the image.) I first got
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Nov
19
Episodes: There is no good food in the Midwest

Episodes: There is no good food in the Midwest

I am spending the weekend in the Midwest for a family event, and the stay has finally confirmed something I
3 min read
Nov
17
Episodes: The Messengers

Episodes: The Messengers

I have a map of the United States that refers to every river, every city, every state, by what it
4 min read
Nov
15
Episodes: Normal

Episodes: Normal

The night after Donald Trump won the election, surprising essentially everyone who was supposed to know how these things worked,
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Nov
01
Episodes: Focus block

Episodes: Focus block

I have writer's block. This is not going to sound right to you if you look at, say,
6 min read
Oct
22
Episodes: Empires of the air, OR Your big friend in the Midwest

Episodes: Empires of the air, OR Your big friend in the Midwest

Immediately after finishing Kelly Reichardt's achingly melancholy new film Certain Women, which tells the stories of three different
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Oct
21
Episodes: Five crimes that should become American Crime Stories

Episodes: Five crimes that should become American Crime Stories

With the rumor that the third season of American Crime Story will focus on the murder of Gianni Versace taking
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