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May
28
Episodes: Cats I have owned since I became an adult, ranked

Episodes: Cats I have owned since I became an adult, ranked

(Sometimes, on Fridays, we rank things, why not? Also, those are not my cats. Maybe they're your cats?
5 min read
May
27
Episodes: The bird

Episodes: The bird

I live in downtown LA, near a strip mall lined with the usual suspects and a really great ramen restaurant
3 min read
May
25
Episodes: I happen to like New York

Episodes: I happen to like New York

Every time I go to New York City, I think I picked the wrong coast. Then, when I go back
4 min read
May
14
Episodes: The City and the City

Episodes: The City and the City

Living in Los Angeles, you see a lot of celebrities. And shortly after you move here, you learn to not
5 min read
May
12
Episodes: Stay woke

Episodes: Stay woke

I didn't realize I was a feminist; I just was one. Of course, getting to the point where
6 min read
May
10
Episodes: Nightswimming

Episodes: Nightswimming

The summer after my high school graduation, I did whatever I could to slip loose of the bonds that had
6 min read
May
07
Episodes: The Corrections

Episodes: The Corrections

So a couple of years ago, I made a typo. It wasn't the world's worst typo
3 min read
May
05
Episodes: In defense of the 22-episode season

Episodes: In defense of the 22-episode season

Let me submit a proposition to you: the problem with the 22-episode season isn't the number of episodes;
3 min read
May
03
Episodes: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why "of its time" rarely has meaning

Episodes: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why "of its time" rarely has meaning

At the recent TCM Classic Film Festival (which I talked about in the last newsletter), I ended up taking in
4 min read
Apr
30
Episodes: The defrag

Episodes: The defrag

I actually completely forgot I requested press credentials for the TCM Classic Movie Festival. (I'm also just now
4 min read