Essays
Long-form — arguments, attention, the rooms we read in.
A flood is just water
Sometimes it rains for days. You go outside and everything's a puddle, the sewers can't take it and push the water back up into the street. Annoying, nothing worse than that. Other times it rains hard enough that — continue reading →
The absurdity at the dinner table
The most honest ethical position I hold gets tested three times a day. Or at least it used to be tested; for me, the meals now represent not only a way to get the nutrients in and satisfy — continue reading →
Horrors beyond comprehension
The idea of horrors beyond human comprehension bothers me. You've heard of Lovecraft. But who described it first? Firstly, it made perfect sense that the Mesopotamians were the first ones, with the Epic of Gilgamesh. The monsters described — continue reading →